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...
A while back I had photographed some waves and converted the images to black and white. While I come from a black and white film background, I rarely shoot black and white or film these days. I found myself at the beach in the middle of January. The sun was out, it was over 50 degrees, and the waves were there, churning that cold salty ocean water as they approached the beach. I shifted my focus...
Winter's finally here! We were spoiled into thinking El Nino had completely run the winter weather out of town, but as we get into the end of January it's very clear that the brisk New England winter has arrived, however late. On a rather beautiful sunny winter weekend I found myself walking along Hull's Cove in Jamestown, a lesser known spot facing due south out towards the open ocean. I hadn't...
With all of this summer sailing going on, it gets hard to find time for my more artistic work. I find myself longing for quiet afternoons on the beach to experiment with seascapes, color and movement, no time constraints or distractions, just pure creative exploration. Finding time for this sort of thing is something everyone should do in order to stimulate imagination and creativity, to bring our...
As a continuation of my attempts at a new kind of water panning, I made visits to the Narragansett Beach and Quonnie's East Beach recently to try and practice the art of incorporating motion into still seascapes. Both evening presented with pale pastels at dusk, giving my frame some pinks and purples to hold on to. I think I've got the hang of it, and I started to even incorporate more beach into...
