Every fall I drive hundreds of miles looking for colorful foliage. The last several years have been hit or miss, the colors not that vibrant, and within short distances, there were pockets of nice color then trees that had already […]
Long Exposure
There is a photography group on Facebook called the “Long Island Sunchasers” that is rather large and very active. I met a few of them a couple of winters ago while visiting family on Long Island. We’ve remained online friends, […]
My Mom lives in a little cottage on Peconic Bay on eastern Long Island. Every time I visit I am awed by the different personalities that the bay has. There is always something to photograph. Several houses to the east, […]
I’m a huge fan of long exposures. There’s just something about the streaky blur of clouds or the silky smoothness of water that speaks to me. It is a way to capture an image that spans time that the eye […]
Victory Mills was built in 1918 and served as a cotton mill until 1929. The operation was moved to Alabama where labor was less expensive. For a while after, the complex was used for carton manufacturing before be abandoned completely. […]
While recently shooting a time lapse of low quick moving clouds, I thought the scene would also make a nice long exposure. The problem was I didn’t have second camera and tripod with me. But there is a way to […]
Thank you LakeGeorge.com for selecting one of my photos as your Pic of the Week. This was taken near the summit of Prospect Mountain looking north towards the Narrows. I used a Lee Big Stopper and .6 ND grad to […]
The Abandoned Power Plant A good photo friend messaged me one day. He was bored and wanted to go shooting with someone. I’m always up for that! I asked Jon what he wanted to shoot. He didn’t seem to have […]
The town of Lake Placid, NY is known for being host to winter Olympic games. Just a few miles out of town is Whiteface Mountain, the fifth largest mountain in New York State with an elevation of 4,865 feet. On […]
In reality, a photograph is simply a two dimensional interpretation of what we see. Most people see something memorable, point their camera at the scene and snap a shot. The result is often disappointing because the photo rarely conveys the […]