April Showers bring May Flowers never held so true! Well, some of these flowers arrived in April, but there were certainly plenty of rains and plenty of flowers. Light rains, heavy rains, misting rains... and blooms to follow.I have visited the gorgeous old magnolia tree on West Main Street in Wickford every spring the past few years. This time around, it was after a morning rain and there were...
Late March... it's technically spring but days like these would probably fool you into thinking it was winter. High School sailing is almost a month into its short season and my alma mater and local team from North Kingstown was out making the best of a particularly chilly March afternoon. No warm sun but luckily no snow or freezing rain either. This team was already undefeated in the few events...
There was another impending snow storm and the forecast was for overcast skies and gray days. But I took my chances one evening with a break in the clouds before the storm's arrival, and headed down to Point Judith Lighthouse. I wanted something different than my lost shot at PJ light but the closer I got to the lighthouse, the more the shore had been burmmed up by the winter tides, leaving step...
Epiphany #1: I have purchased all my filters to fit my 16-35mm lens. They are 72mm filters and for the longest time I thought my 70-200mm lens was sized for 77mm. But I was wrong. Both of my lenses take a 72mm thread size which means I can easily switch between lenses and continue with my long exposure photography!Epiphany #2: So that just left the question of where to utilize my telephoto...
I wasn't really planning on going shooting. I just happened to have my camera bag with me from a previous shoot and the clouds were rolling out. I was in a rush to meet the shoreline. Driving down the highway I could see the scene setting up beautifully. I made it to the Town Beach, the closest bit of water. The best of the light was gone but I thought there might be something beautiful lingering....
