The first weekend in September brought great big waves at high tide and I decided to explore the ocean from the vantage point at Surf Street. I ended up exploring the entire length of the sea wall until I reached the end and this small overlook. The light hit at just the right moment and I caught some nice churning waves as they lapped against the rock mass below.
Last week, I posted an image taken of a wave coming to shore at sunset that I shot with a lens at wide aperture. The effect was to alter the sense of scale of the wave and the image was very well received. I thought I would follow that up with this image taken a few minutes later and with the same lens. This time I closed down the aperture to increase the shutter speed and panned across the ocean. The effect was to turn the waves into streaks and use the golden light to paint them. I'll ask the [...]
After shooting my kids at this beach and while waiting for the blue moon to rise, I found myself with just enough time to explore my surroundings. I was on the Goldthwait end of the beach and had two lenses with me. I decided to see if my 100mm lens might make for some interesting seascapes when 'opened up' to its maximum aperture of f/2. This allows the most amount of light in but also leads to a very shallow depth of field. I bent down as low as I dared and shot wave after wave as they come to [...]
I was sitting at the computer last night having just finished reading Percy Jackson to my son and was getting ready to catch up on a backlog of photos. As I caught up on Facebook posts, I saw one from All Marblehead giving photographers a heads up that a nice sunset was brewing. I looked at my camera bag, back at the screen of photos and decided to head out... As soon as I got in the car, I realized I made the right choice - nice pink clouds in the sky. Only problem was that it seemed like colors [...]
Time to return to Castle Rock for yet another temporary waterfall. If you missed the earlier waterfall shots, click here. This and the rest of the images of crashing waves were taken in mid June during a particularly high tide and with surprisingly large waves that came to shore. I made my way to a ledge under the main outcropping at Castle Rock and used my longest lens to zoom in on the waves as they washed over rocks. By slowing the shutter speed, I was able to capture these temporary waterfalls. Black and white helps isolate texture in the [...]
When I started this project almost two years ago, I did so in large part to learn more about my new town. As the shoots progressed, I found that Marblehead really did have everything I could ask for as a landscape photographer - ocean, harbor, beaches, ponds, boats, great architecture. You name it and I could find it...well, except for waterfalls. On Father's Day, I went out to Castle Rock with the kids and was surprised to see large waves crashing to shore. I had planned to walk down to the water with them but the seas were too rough [...]
We had a great fast storm roll through on Friday with lightning and rain. I arrived home from work just as the storm passed and ran inside to grab my camera. I headed straight to Devereux hoping to catch a rainbow (though I had my doubts as the sun hadn't yet popped up from behind the clouds). As I drove into the parking lot, this is the sight I beheld. A beautiful rainbow in the distance and an empty beach with great clouds and distant rain. I jumped out of the car and ran down to the water. I snagged [...]
A bit of an abstract image on this dreary morning. I went down to Devereux in mid-May and shot a number of images in the fog. Afterwards, I practiced a bit more with 'intentional camera movement'. I set the shutter speed long enough to be able to sweep the camera horizontally and bring movement to the water. I managed to catch this wave coming to shore with the perfect amount of white foam and nice texture in the distant water.
We had a short break from the rain on Sunday and so I took my son out to Fort Sewall for some exploration. The sea was choppy and large waves crashed on the rocks as we were there at high tide. When we reached the edge of the hill, we noticed this lone fisherman on the rocks. His perch was precarious and the waves crashed all around him. It looked like a rogue wave could have toppled him at any moment but he remained there casting his line into the water. After a good 20 minutes of watching him, they [...]
I had gone out last weekend at 8pm to chase some wispy clouds that held promise for a decent sunset. I realized fairly quickly that the sunset would come faster than expected and I therefore drove down Clifton Avenue and across Atlantic Avenue to get to Surf Street. This area is just a few blocks from the house and offered the best chance for a sunset shot before the light faded. I managed a few images of fading light reflected on clouds over an island in the distance. As I returned to the car, I noticed this shed for the [...]