Swatting mosquitos in the Pine Barrens to get the shot Super Moon in the Pine Barrens by Richard Lewis 2014 Maybe it was the news hype or social media pressure, but on Sunday night I was standing next to an old cranberry bog as the August Super Moon made its appearance in the sky. I enjoyed the quiet evening setting up [...]
Is iPhoneography the next step in the Art of Photography? Over the last few months I've committed myself to learn how to use an iPhone to create art. iPhoneography, or smartphone art, is fascinating and probably as controversial as digital photography was years ago when it was a new art form. The images below were created on a recent Saturday. None of these photographs would have been [...]
Frozen Lake by Richard Lewis, 2014 Full Moon at the Blue Hour by Richard Lewis 2014 All over the Blogosphere, Facebook , Instagram, and other social media sites photos of flowers, birds and greenery are being posted as we Americans emerge from a long and difficult winter. You can't blame us for looking forward as the weather warms and [...]
Old Farm Stand by Richard Lewis 2014 Since I've started photographing them, I'm noticed more and more abandoned structures along the side of the road. This odd structure recently caught my eye. It was barely visible through the trees and vegetation that have grown up around it. I wondered what it was so stopped to explore. An old, barely readable sign said [...]
Spring Awakenings by Richard Lewis 2014 I thought I'd share the early spring in the New Jersey Pine Barrens with you. This photograph is from a recent scouting trip to the Black Run Preserve for an upcoming field trip. Visit my new website to see more photography Click Here to learn to be more creative with your camera
Atlantic White Cedars in the New Jersey Pine Barrens This is the second of a two-part post on the strangely beautiful Atlantic White Cedar swamps in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. As stated in my previous post, these trees grow in dense swamps by the sides of waterways and play a vital role in filtering water and protecting the riverbanks from erosion. [...]
This is the first part of a two-part post about Atlantic White Cedar Swamps There is nothing more strangely beautiful in the New Jersey Pine Barrens than the Atlantic White Cedar swamps. These trees grow in dense swamps by the sides of waterways and play a vital role in filtering water and protecting the riverbanks from erosion. They are also the reason the [...]
Medford Concrete Company by Moonlight by Richard Lewis 2014 Let's take a break form Death Valley so I can share this photograph with you. My first photograph of the year was actually about 30 years in the making. I first saw this old building when I moved to South Jersey and have had it on my list of things to [...]
Richard Lewis 2013 From the Pine Barrens of New Jersey to where ever you are in the world, enjoy the season! Rich
Full Moon On the Bog by Richard Lewis 2013 This is another photograph made during the full moon rise in the NJ Pine Barrens. (See my previous post) The difference between this image and the one in my last post is a little slight of hand. Observing the landscape while waiting for the moon to rise I saw two images [...]
Moon Rise by Richard Lewis 2013 Recently in New Jersey the sun set in the west a few minutes before the full moon rose in the east. Thanks to some great tools I was able to be out in the Pine Barrens to experience it. Getting a photograph like this is not random, it is all about preparation. What is [...]
Batona Trail in Late Summer by Richard Lewis 2013 Wood Scene by Asher Durand 1854 Recently I saw this painting (Right) by Asher Durand, a 19th century landscape painter. It was part of a series of he created called “Sketch In The Woods.” This painting shows a quiet forest scene. There are no grand mountains or roaring rivers, [...]
Warren Grove Cedars This peaceful and idyllic scene is a rare old growth cedar swamp located in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. It also happens to be on the not so peaceful Warren Grove Bombing Range. Air National Guard pilots bomb and strafe targets on a small area of this 9000 acre range. The rest is kept in its natural [...]
Windy Day on the Mullica River Photographers change reality. Although we essentially record what we see with a camera, we always add our two cents to an image. This is done with the choices we make. Some are done before we click the shutter, like the subject we choose, the camera angle and composition. Some are done afterwards, like converting [...]
The old expression “What you see is what you get” when applied to art should really be “What you feel is what you get” I had this experience recently at the Franklin Parker Preserve near Chatsworth, New Jersey. Twilight in the New Jersey Pine Barrens is a very magical time where the woods settle down as night falls. This photograph was made [...]
I recently headed out to the Franklin Parker Preserve near Chatsworth, New Jersey very early on a foggy morning. While hiking there last year I saw three dead cedar trees in the middle of one of the lakes and wanted to photograph them in these conditions. What was waiting for me was an almost mystical world. Instead of the photograph I was [...]