Category: Shoot
Storm surge imminent
Heaviness pervades at the transition between land and sea in the time preceding the event horizon of an impending winter storm. A restlessness pushes onshore with each high tide enveloping the sand, testifying to its own largesse, tossing every manner of matter about, and only increasing the weightiness of the rising notion in me, nothing…
Abandoned battery walkaround
It is a rare air found in this place, a bracing cool on the face and hands, each breath drawn reminding alveoli in the deeper recesses of the lungs what it feels like to exchange high grade oxygen. Dampness pervades unsurprisingly, given the Cape Disappointment heavy rep for inclement weather. Late morning sun filters onto…
Water and bark
Light overcast mid-afternoon diffuse lighting yielding good color saturation, combined with clear water, producing a glass-like result at and below surface, with reflected sky, shadow, rippling and flow on surface.
Among swords and sand
A story of opposites captured, two different shooting spans of time, one under a gray cloud cover, the other bathed in gold when a narrow slit opened up on the marine horizon line. Two varying focal length optic ranges recording both the wider context and the textural detail in-close. Two contrasting perspectives divided by a…
Autumn wetland
Cool temperatures, some precipitation and a mix of filtered light from the overcast makes for muted hues in-close and squishy, semiliquid backdrop.
Grass in broken light
Full sun leaking through checkerboard clouds and a couple of different lens focal lengths with contrasting depth of focus impressions.
Cannon Beach wander
Mid-day full sun, projecting sharp shadows, adding contrast, and reflecting an absolutely pure cerulean sky overhead.
Perseverance
Backlit solitary subject with selective depth of field and contrasting background color palette.
Riverbank rock study
Late afternoon light combined with contrasting hard and soft surfaces, compositionally organic geometries, and subtle moss-slate color range.