LIFE-STYLE | TRAVEL | AERIAL
Photographer/Videographer specializing in Life Style, Travel, and Aerial Imagery. FAA 107 Certified for sUAS flight operations throughout the US. Fully insured. Videography work is limited to Aerial productions.
Based in Maine (May-December) and SWFL (Jan - April). Available for travel year round.
The Watcher | Leica M240 + 35 Lux 1,4
One of my 2015 goals is to begin showing more of my work, both digitally and in print form. Some call it the decisive moment, some call it luck. I was working on a different way of capturing the Portsmouth Farm Market by trying to bring in some motion to my images. I guess a way of trying to impart the hustle and bustle of the weekend crowd. In this case I caught not only motion, but perfect stillness. One of my favorite images of 2014!
Leica MM, 50 1,4 Summilux
I love the power of the camera to freeze a moment in time. When viewed by the photographer it represents a slice of reality -- time stands still, captured in the moment that the shutter was pressed and light was passed to film or sensor. A moment that we then attempt to share with others in the hopes that they can see reality as we saw it; that they can see time as we saw it; and in the ultimate triumph, that they can feel the moment as we felt it.
Sometimes we succeed and sometimes, well we fail. Still, we keep pressing the shutter.
I went on a photo stroll yesterday looking for signs of spring. Rolling through the back-roads on the Mukluk with just one camera and a single lens was a refreshing exercise in simplicity. My weapon of choice, the D800E with a single fixed length lens, my manual focus Zeiss 50/2 Makro-Planar. I have to say, that lens has become one of my favorite of all time. While there are times I wish for something wider, I find it almost perfect for the way I see the world. When I needed to zoom, I simply walked closer or moved back. Again, a lesson in simplicity.
A bike, two wheels, a camera and one lens.
Spring growth surrounds an old abandoned fishing boat.