In an effort to explore some new seascape locations I have been slightly neglecting one of my favorite winter beaches, Green Hill of South Kingstown. But mid-January I found myself driving there about 3 times a week, sometimes for shooting and sometimes just for beach combing. With some finicky weather and a slim opportunity to shoot seascapes with broken clouds instead of a dreary gray overcast...
Well I learned a new term this January, "Polar Vortex." That's right, a vortex of circulating polar air that sat right on top of most of North American for over a week. It was cold. It was windy. It snowed. Did I mention it was cold? While I mostly tried to keep all of my appendages in working order, I did manage to go outside a couple of times to photograph. No, I did not make it out as many...
Just before the new year, some swell arrived. Brought on by a cold storm this time, instead of the warm tropical moisture that had been visiting regularly all November and part of December. It was the weather just before the Polar Vortex decided to sit on most of North America. It wasn't 0° with wind chill around -56° but it was still cold and windy! I was down on the beach at the surf spot known...
There's a couple of reasons why I love long exposure photography. It forces you to take your time. It softens elements like water in a way that makes them gentle and approachable. It also enhances the color of a frame. Even if the color of the scene is hard to see with our human eyes, somehow colors are boosted and saturated as the camera shutter stays open longer.
While on a recent shoot to...
Another year in the books. 2013 started out with surf, snow and seascapes, which moved into spring flowers, high school sailing and Wickford Regatta in May. The summer was full of activity from the Sail Newport Youth Challenge kicking off the summer sailing season in June, to the junior sailors, beercan racers, and Newport Regatta among other events. The summer drew to a close with a cruise...
