Photography

Thanksgiving’s Soft Light

December 1st, 2011 9 Comments

As Sally and I were setting our Thanksgiving table, I was distracted by the softness of the light coming though the south facing window of the dining room. Grabbing camera and tripod, I tried to capture the moment.

 

I kept zooming in…

 

And in…

 

And swung the camera to the left…

In the midst of all the coming and going of our son and his fiance and visiting with friends, the weekend was actually a wonderful slowing down time for me. I was able to get out and poke about with the camera. While it can be intese and very much in the moment, I find it very relaxing.

 

Fallen Leaf

 

Converted to black and white. I like this more.

 

Leaves in a vernal pool. What caught my eye was the reflection of the hemlock boughs and the color of the sky in the water. It created a sort of stained glass effect.

 

On Sunday we took a walk in a small sanctuary. It is known for it’s deposits of very large glacial rocks. Some of them are 30 to 40 feet high! Can you find the stone totem in the picture?

Have a great day!

Cheers,

 

 

It’s Summer Time and the Livin’ is Easy…

July 16th, 2011 No Comments

In the spirit of such a beautiful weekend, rather than put up the post I had written about the new Beta Plus books that arrived this past week, it felt much more appropriate sharing some of the photographs I’ve taken of various flowers in our yard this spring and summer.

I love our Kousa Dogwood.

One of our spring rhododendron.

A few of my favorite iris.

Our summer day lilies.

My favorite!

Black-eyed Susan.  They make me think of our family camping trips in the Adirondack Mountains.

Have a great weekend everyone! I started mine by getting up at 3 AM this morning and going striped bass fishing. The sky was so clear and the moon so bright, I felt I could see from here to Portugal – and the surise was breath taking . (And I caught a few stripers, too!)

Cheers,

Fantastic Equine Photography by Lisa Cueman

June 25th, 2011 1 Comment

Our recent Design Show vignette at the Wenham Museum offered many opportunities for us to get to know new artists and what the galleries are offering. We felt privileged to meet a new artist, Lisa Cueman, and feature her work in our vignette. I was captured by the magnetism of the photos I saw from Iris Gallery, Boston. As I reviewed the portfolio of new works, I knew that one of them would be a knock-out in our upcoming design show vignette.

Lisa, and Iris Gallery, graciously offered to loan us a piece, but frankly I was hard pressed to pick just one. Here I would like to show you all of our final picks. I would have been happy to feature any one of them in the show. John selected On the Run, and I said to myself, “John can have any one that he wants. I love them all.” So Lisa was wonderful enough to have the very first print made of On the Run, and you see it in our design show here.

On the Run

But I love In Flight, Mane Motion,  etc.

The tilt of the head in Snow Dance is just lyrical. Music in photography.  There is a wonderful energy here. An abstract quality along with the very real graphic quality. Studies in black, white and grey.

Many of Lisa’s photos that we loved were taken at mustang preserves out west, where she goes into the field and may wait for hours for “something to happen”. On the Run captures a magical moment. Notice the mane flowing, showing the movement of the horse, and the foreground flowers swaying in the breeze. Flowers and horse are clearly yards and yards apart. It is her skill with the lens that makes this a magical moment.