Inspiration 7
A kayak not only gets you into places that are unreachable on land, but that lower angle can bring change how you see photographic compositions.
Inspirations #3
Situational Awareness Situational awareness is the self-defense technique of being aware of what is around you at all times. It is training yourself to recognize potential dangers and threats, find escape routes, and remain safe. Situational awareness is basically seeing and analyzing what is around you. So what does this have to do with photography or this particular photograph? One of my [...]
Inspirations #2
To me snow is inspiring due to a conversation I had with landscape artist Peter Fiore years ago. One of the things I remember from our talk is a story he told about when his kids were little. One winter they were outside and he asked them what color the snow was. White was the obvious answer, but Peter pointed out how the snow actually can be many colors by reflecting all the colors around it.
Inspirations #1
Have you ever been alone in the woods and feel like you are being watched or followed? Lately I've felt that way in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, but it doesn't cause fear or concern. The watchers are the ghosts of those who inspire me as a photographer.
2024 in the Franklin Parker Preserve
2024 was one of the most unique years since since I've been photographing the in the Pine Barrens and the Franklin Parker Preserve. Among the misty mornings, wildflowers and beautiful light, there was a solar eclipse, a comet and the northern lights. It was a year that included a heavy snow storm, floods, extreme temperatures and an epic drought. To say the least, it was a very interesting year.
Death Valley New Jersey
Instead of hanging up my gear and waiting out this dry spell, I decided to photograph it. One reason is to document this unfortunate, but historic event. The other reason is to challenge myself to make at out of these conditions.
Fall in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Fall in the New Jersey Pine Barrens is the one time of year that the Pines become an amazing place to photograph. Fill will have many days with morning mist and the deciduous trees show off their bold reds, yellows and oranges as the season transition from the greens of summer to the muted colors of winter.
Fall at Whitesbog in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
On one of those trips, nature showed it's ability to overwhelm with beauty. Here is that story. It took place in a few minutes, 32 to be exact, where I was able to witness a day begin in a magical realm of color and light.
Spring Color, Yes, Spring Color in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Looks like Fall, but it's Not! The changing colors of the trees in the fall brings leaf peepers out all over the northeastern U.S. There is nothing like it, or is there? This spring in the New Jersey Pine Barrens we were treated to tree color that was almost equal to the fall. To call this leaf peeping really isn't correct. These [...]
A New Jersey Pine Barrens Ghost Forest
Sometimes as a photographer it is good to take a risk. Not the dangle from a cliff or any put yourself in an unsafe condition kind of risk, this post is about taking subject or compositional risks.
Photographing the New Jersey Pine Barrens in 2022
When starting to photograph the Pine Barrens, it's easy to chase the sky colors showing our beautiful sunrises and sunsets. The light reflects in some of the 17 trillion gallons of water under the Pines that makes it to the surface in the form of bogs and lakes. As you get to know the Pine Barrens, you start to see the beauty of the shapes, forms and textures of the forest in differing light.
Storm Light Photography
What I got from the Hudson River School of landscape artists is an interest in photographing storm light with the goal of showing beauty in the awesome power of nature.
Fire in the Pine Barrens
The Blog Post That Isn't a Blog Post Not long ago there was a major wildfire in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Pine Barrens forest fires are part of the ecology so there is do doubt that the Pines will recover, sort of. This wildfire was different. It was big, covering over 13,500 acres in some well travelled areas of the Pine [...]
The Pine Barrens By The Book
Photographing the New Jersey Pine Barrens For the last few years I've ended the year with a blog post that looks back on what I've done photographically in order to share some things that I have learned. This year, one major accomplishment happened that doesn't have anything to do with specific photographs. It was the publication of my book called Photographing the [...]
Seduced By Light
But Which Light? If I ever write an autobiography, it will be titled Seduced by the Light. Light, and its effect on the landscape, has fascinated me since I was a kid. Taking up photography has been a way to express that fascination. As landscape photographers we chase light and and tend to go for the cherished golden hour light of sunrise [...]
Snow in the Pine Barrens
Seeing the Familiar in a Different Way Before we get started, on Friday February 26, at 7pm, I'll be the featured presenter at the Pinelands Preservation Alliance's Lenses on the Pinelands online event. At the event I'll be presenting the the work of some of the amazing photographers who photograph the New Jersey Pinelands. Learn more and register here. Snow in the [...]