Abstract photography can be an escape. It forces me to let go, allow the creativity to take over, and look for the subtleties in the landscape. Intuition and expression take the place of contrived composition, and Mother Nature comes through.
I don't need much to photograph abstracts, just an hour or so of free time, my standard camera kit (always packed and ready to go), and my tripod. Just...
There can be unexpected obstacles for any profession, but being new to aerial drone photography there were a few things that I had not yet considered until I went for a late afternoon shoot at Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown. This beach is at the end of a quiet dirt road and unknown to a lot of local Rhode Islanders. It's further down Route 1 than Matunuck, and not nearly as populated or...
It can be hard to give new life to an ongoing project. You might put it on the back burner and forget about it for a while... or it might become so routine you aren't inspired anymore. With my abstract seascape series I find myself going out at similar times of day, with similar weather conditions, and coming back with similar shots. It can be difficult to put a new twist on a body of work. You...
More drones! It's hard enough to find time to go shoot for myself, but with my new aerial drone system I need extra time dedicated to flying practice, too. I had a rather busy day at the end of April and I just neededto get outside and go shooting. It was 5:30pm and with sunset so late these days I had plenty of time to get a kit together and make it to the beach. I turned from my DSLR camera...
Second aerial shoot: Bonnet ShoresIt's been tricky finding the right time to fly over the past few weeks. If it's not raining then it's sunny and extremely windy. It seems our end of winter had more agreeable weather than our start of spring, but one Saturday rolled around when the skies cleared and the wind stayed low. I had been running a few errands most of the day and when I finally had a...
