It started out as quite the wet winter. Other places were seeing snow but it took everyone south of East Greenwich a long time to find it. We did have some serious fog in early December, and I was heading back over the bridges from Newport when I decided to stop and take a chance for some night photography. It was one of those heavy mists where it's wetter than a usual fog but not quite raining....
It seems I've forgotten about Jamestown a lot recently. I'll either be shooting in South County or in Newport, but not very much on the island in between. One of the greatest spots on the island is Beavertail Lighthouse, a popular stop for tourists, locals, photographers and the like. I remember going to Beavertail with the family when I was little to watch the storms blow in. Last year I captured...
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!I recently made a pit stop on the way home from Newport to photograph a local spot lit up every year by christmas lights and always visible from the Newport Bridge during holiday season! This private dock is decorated by a Newport homeowner happy to light up the night. I met the owner who mentioned he also installed port and starboard lights this year for those...
I've done shoots in Narragansett for surfing, at twilight and dusk to capture the Towers, but I had never gone for a sunrise seascape shoot until recently. These were two separate visits to Narragansett Beach during low tide. The first was at dusk as the clouds rolled in and the sky turned pale pink. With extra sand removed from the beach after the hurricane, the old pillons and remnants of Old...
I am a traditionally trained photographer, having spent my first years with film cameras and hidden away in darkrooms developing prints. I truly adore and admire the analog processes that may be slipping away from us, and the black and white medium. But every now and again color remains too distracting and a black and white counterpart comes up lacking. I have never done sepia printing, but I was...