This time an old quarry up in the White Mountains in North Conway. It was collectively known as the Redstone Quarry and had several faces and cutting operations. The area is huge and I needed many more hours to shoot there to get all of it. Up until the late 1940s it was an active... Continue Reading →
Spring has not sprung at the top of Mt. Cardigan
Stretch your creative side by picking up gear you seldom use. And again, the importance of looking back.
Even though I haven't been posting, I have been shooting. Went to a new location yesterday at dawn and I think I might go back soon as I have other things I want to try. Yeah, it's another river in winter, but the rough beauty of places like this just gets to me. The noise... Continue Reading →
I'm not a morning person, but for good light I can make exceptions. Yesterday we had fresh snow for the first time in a month and I just had to go out and play. It was wonderful. Crisp. Quiet. Shining. Here's how it went - Soft light brings out the sparkles in the snow -... Continue Reading →
Who doesn't love a cliche? Blue sky haters need not apply.
Trance-inducing vignettes off the macro path.
Strange elements in pictures are ok sometimes. Stray elements almost never. But what if you can't do anything about a stray element that is in an otherwise decent shot? Should you leave it or delete it from your hard drive? Here's an example of what I mean. This was a grab-shot done from a bridge... Continue Reading →
The butt-crack of dawn is worth is. In the winter anyway.
What I almost missed.
