Ferris Wheel on the Last Night of the Carnival

The 2013 Marblehead High School Senior carnival came into town on Thursday and, as is always the case, brought with it cold and a bit of rain to break up the warm Spring days we had been enjoying up til then.  The weather improved over the weekend and the carnival seemed better attended than recent years.  I had little opportunity to shoot without my kids clamoring for cash but managed a sunrise session and one evening shoot.

This image was taken on Saturday night.  I had arrived at 7pm and ended up parking behind Dennis Curtin and Rick Ashley (two great photographers […]

By |May 6, 2013|Long Exposure|0 Comments
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Long Exposure – Corinthian Dock and the Mooring

On this Long Exposure Tuesday, I decided to share an image taken in early April 2012.  This was an exceptionally warm day (hard to believe with the weather we’ve had so far this month) and I ended up wandering up and down the harbor’s edge hoping to shoot under and around the piers that line the water.  I ended up at the Corinthian near the end of my shoot and noted the way their dock lined up with Abbot Hall in the distance.

As I got closer, I found this great old mooring somehow cemented in the rocks and decided […]

By |April 16, 2013|Long Exposure|0 Comments
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The Snow Trap at Tedesco Country Club

Is it safe to post photos of snow yet?  I know I’m tired of seeing the white stuff but have to admit it can make for some incredible photo opportunities.  In late December, we had a particular good sized storm.  The day after, the sun came up behind a bank of clouds and produced great diffused light.  This was just what I had needed for this particular image and I head out to Tedesco Country Club to see if I could capture what I had visualized.  As I made my way on the greens, I noted the sand trap was […]

By |April 11, 2013|Snow|0 Comments
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The Bent Tree on Crowninshield Road

So this has to be one of my favorite trees in Marblehead.  There is something about the odd bend in it and its location on the edge of the ocean that makes it instantly appealing.  I had struggled with compositions to highlight those characteristics until January 2012 when some great clouds rolled around. As I made my way around town photographing various scenes, I drove along Beacon Street and spotted the tree against the backdrop of those clouds.  I pulled over and put on my longest lens to make sure I could get the tree as the focal point […]

By |April 9, 2013|Long Exposure|0 Comments
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