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Windsurfing Salty Brine

Winter storms and winter swell means cold days at the beach for me and cold days in the water for water sports enthusiasts like Andrew, here. New Englanders are interestingly adapted to sports of every season, from the warm summer days of sun and small swell, to the winter days of 50 something degree water, 7mm wetsuits, and heavy storm breezes. This day in particular was one of the windiest I had...

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Water Panning

I didn't want my winter photography to become stale.  As exciting as it is getting up before the sun in the dead of winter, I needed a new project to work on.  After seeing photography of individuals like David Orias and Bryce Johnson, I came across a photographic technique that piqued my interest. This is called water panning, where the camera moves for a fraction of a second with the wave as it...

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Instas of Block

So my DSLR isn't the only camera I have on my person.  Like a lot of other people, my "phone" doubles as a pocket camera that also can make calls, and I found myself pulling it out and using the popular app Instagram to take some different shots during my recent trip to Block Island with Profundo Journeys. Some people think the filters and effects are tacky, but sometimes it's nice to just take a...

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The Last of Block Island

The last shots from Block Island and Profundo Journeys... After our Cormorant Cove morning shoot, we had an afternoon hike through Dorry's Cove on the west side of the island. I was trekking for almost an hour across the beach, stopping every now and again to take some high noon long exposures with that B+W #110 heavy duty neutral density filter. The longer daytime exposures certainly amped up the...

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