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.
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 [...]
Last weekend, I had set out for Fort Sewall in order to shoot the rise of the supermoon. Rather than the expected view, I ended up with a thick fog bank to contend with. I stood there for a while with a few others wondering if the fog would lift in town. When it only seemed to worsen, I shrugged it off and decided to make the most of what I was given. I walked around Fort Sewall looking for photos that could only be taken in the fog. As I turned from the overlook after shooting Gerry Island, I [...]
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 [...]
I had to include one more photo from Sunday's photo shoot of fog over the causeway. While yesterday's image was the one that brought a smile to my face and gave my creativity a big push, this was the image I had envisioned. For this shot, I waited patiently for cars and pedestrians to pass and tried to keep the photo minimalistic by focusing on the line of lamp posts fading in the distance with the arc of light neatly shown against the thick fog. Don't forget about the Annual Christmas Walk. I'll be at the Bus Stop on Saturday, [...]
Best of Show - Marblehead Festival of Arts 2012 Every once in a while, an opportunity comes along that reignites my creativity and makes me incredibly grateful for having started this photographic project...last night was just such a night. The weather called for gathering clouds at sunset so I had scratched a planned photoshoot off the night's plans. When I went out at 4 however, the air felt very humid and I wondered if we might be treated to a foggy night. I grabbed my camera and tripod and drove down to the causeway to get a better view of [...]