Growing up on Long Island, my father taught me about gunkholing. The strange term comes from the boating community and refers to leisurely exploring, typically up small channels by boat, or along a coastline that has nooks and crannies. As […]
Florida
No vacation is perfect, and this proved true as soon as we hit the interstate in the rental Chevy Malibu. We were heading from Sarasota to Naples on Interstate 75 and as we accelerated to cruising speed, the car started […]
Living in upstate New York in the winter gets old, especially if you aren’t a winter type person. Don’t get me wrong, this has been a reasonable winter so far. Average temperatures and snow falls in December and January made […]
Something has always attracted me to the night. Maybe it’s because I’m not a morning person. Maybe it’s because I was born at night. Whatever the reason, photographs taken at night are intriguing because we see things in a different […]
This winter, we took a little vacation to southwest Florida. I wanted to try some birding photography so I researched online the best places to go near where we’d be. But I quickly learned that for most good birding, you […]
On a recent vacation to Southwest Florida, I had the opportunity to race in the Marco Island Winter Cup. A friend has a custom 42′ sloop he keeps down there. I hadn’t raced in years, but was eager to go. […]
A couple of days into the vacation, I finally get the energy to get up before dawn and shoot. Remember that goal list? Time to get to work on it. Using the Photographer’s Ephemeris, I figured sunrise was a good […]
It was a long and brutal winter for many. Here in the Northeast, we had below average temperatures and above average snowfall. Fortunately, we have friends in Southwest Florida and were able to take some time off from busy schedules […]
The “Miss Step” Chris Craft hydroplane at speed….this was taken in Tavares, FL, at the annual antique boat festival. The hydroplane was recently restored by Katz’s Marina, Lake Hopatcong, NY. The photo was the featured banner photo (top of the […]