Just a Quickie
Here is just a quickie teaser from my trip last week to Maine for the lobster book project.
Just a touch of Light
I know I have said and written about this many, many times in the past but it is worth repeating. Not because you all don’t understand it but because just like me we often get distracted and conveniently forget about it. What am I talking about? Light, Baby! It’s all about light
Winter? What Winter?
So I have officially given up on winter this winter. There might be winter this spring or winter this fall but last winter was a lost winter with no winter to speak of so I have turned toward spring and but the winter of no winter away. This hasn’t been a particularly difficult thing for […]
Still At It
You would think that after two mostly unsuccessful times chasing winter storms on the coast of Maine that I would have had enough. This winter is not winter on the coast. The Maine coast was stuck in November until January and now it jumped ahead and is stuck in March. Either way the result is the same- cold, dreary, wet and no snow. All in all the perfect mix for miserable photography.
At it Again
Well, I’ve been at it again, chasing the weather in hopes of getting some wintery lobstering shots. Once again a storm was forecast to come up the coast and hit the Gulf of Maine. Not a big storm but big enough
Winter-Arrrggghhh!
What this means for the Lobstering Life book project is that it is very hard to get winter lobstering shots or I should say wintery looking shots. Wintery shots require snow on the ground at the very least and snow in the trees at the very best. Without snow the photographs look like a very dreary day in November or April.
Low light photography
It is amazing how good cameras are these days with capturing scenes in very low light. I learned this while I was doing my farm book project and I had to get pictures inside dark barns and sheds
More on Steve the Lobsterman
This wonderful gentleman we found in Stonington, Maine. He gets up at 2am every day to work in his shop cleaning, repairing, painting, organizing his gear.
A Real Character!
I met this man in Stonington, Maine while working on my next book, A Lobstering Life. What a character
