Hurricane Sandy came to Marblehead today and brought with her incredible winds and waves. I managed to drive out during my lunch hour and hit Surf Street then Devereux beach followed by some time spent catching waves crash on to and over the causeway. It was incredible to witness and capture the strength of this storm as it hit. Hope you enjoy this look at the power of Hurricane Sandy.
I shared a photo of the blue moon on Friday that was taken on August 30th. Turns out the moon turned full the next morning so I had one more shot at getting a photo of the rising moon the next evening. I started off at the beach near Goldthwait and got some nice shots as it first rose. I was with the family and so, after getting my shot, we walked down to Lime Rickey's for a celebratory 'end of Summer' ice cream. As we did, I saw the chance to capture the moon behind the lamp post and [...]
This Summer seems to have brought with it more humidity and, as if to redeem the burden of a hot, wet season, big clouds have followed. On this day, I watched some great clouds come and go and, when this one set up overhead, I decided to chase it. As I got to Riverhead beach, the light took on the orange glow of late Summer and the clouds reflected that beautifully. You can just make out Abbot Hall in the distance as well as the boats filling the harbor but the clouds and reflection are really the main event.
I have to admit that it took me a minute to remember where I took this image when I looked through the archives for today's post. This was taken in early May during the blue hour that precedes the dawn. With the incredibly low tide and some leftover moisture on the sand, Devereux beach took on a great mirrored appearance. If it wasn't for the familiar lamp posts on the causeway, I probably would have been scratching my head for a while longer trying to remember where I was when I took this. Hope you enjoy this calm morning view [...]
I started the week with an image of a rainbow and decided it fitting to finish in the same manner. This rainbow has appeared here before when I chased it to Chandler Hovey park. Early on, I had shot another (smaller) rainbow off the ocean before turning and seeing this one at the end of the causeway. I couldn't help but try a few shots to compose the rainbow with the lampposts on the causeway. This was one of my favorites from the earlier part of the night.
It looks like the rocks are stacking up on the causeway... This became a significant collection last Summer and I noted the beginnings of the rock stacks on this June day. I had seen the rocks a bit earlier in the day but wanted to return when the sun was lower in the sky. For this shot, I closed down the aperture of the lens as far as it went to bring out the 'sun star' or 'sunburst' effect. The time of day also added some depth to the shot with the great shadows coming toward the camera. I may [...]
I am thrilled, honored and humbled that the jurors of the 2012 Marblehead Festival of Arts have chosen 'A Walk in the Fog' as Best of Show in photography. This is an incredible and unexpected honor. As I sought to show in the two posts from this week, we only moved to Marblehead in May 2008 and I started this project in August 2010. Here I am a few short years later receiving this incredible honor for one of my images. I will be receiving the award on Friday night outside Abbot and will be sitting at Old Town House [...]
As I mentioned in yesterday's image of Green Moss in the Blue Hour, I had decided to shoot both sides of the causeway during a photo walk last week. This was the second image taken. In it, I set up the tripod along the water at Riverhead beach to capture the S curve formed where the water met the shore. I waited for a passing car and then took a 20 second exposure in order to still the water and get the red tail lights to help illuminate the curves of the causeway. The lamp posts again make an appearance [...]
I mentioned the blue hour in a recent image and explained that the quality of light during this time can be really magical. The easier of the blue hours to photograph is the evening one owing to the much more reasonable timing of it. I went out last week to shoot at sunset and continued to shoot well into the blue hour. I noticed the low tide as I crossed the causeway and ended up taking two photos from the Marblehead Neck side. In this image, you can see the moss covered rocks which carry an eerie glow in this [...]
I was able to realize two images this week that had been long in the planning. The first was the causeway's lamp posts in the fog. This was the other. I had found myself on Harbor View Lane over the Summer and noted this simple composition of the causeway, ocean and sunset. At the time, there were several boats moored in the way and I resigned myself to wait. On Saturday, I spent some time photographing various store fronts in Old Town as part of Small Business Saturday and my Keep it Local friday series. Afterwards, I headed back to [...]