The Face of Courage

Ocean Point, ME

Allons Enfants de la Patrie....

Le 14 Juillet or Bastille Day has come and gone. Armed with my favorite bottle of pastis and a set of petanque balls I am ready to now celebrate this French holiday. Ennui has set in. I can not find anyone who will round up a little bourgeois wanna be francophile energy to care. Tossing some metal balls around my door yard is not sounding hopeful. Perhaps ears are shot from three weeks of vuvuzela or eyes are blurred from weeping over Lance in the TdF. In any case, I shall sing La Marseillaise , while strategizing my next toss.

It's a Wrap....

Shooting on location is a wonderful experience. Last night I photographed an interior room in the Harry Parker Boathouse. I could not wait to wrap it up, as I wanted to get outside before it got dark so that I could snap a few exposures of the building. Two things I love more than coffee, biking and rocks....is a building made out of wood. The color is creamy and dreamy. I took a lot of artistic license to accentuate the colors in this shot. Surrounded by so much concrete and rush this building celebrates a moment of reflection and calm. Inspiration.

July 4 2010

Let Me Out!

This photo was taken by my coolest friend R. Scott Taylor. He added a little FX to the mix, in order to make me look slightly more "super hero" than I generally appear. Now if I can just extricate myself from this reality, I shall get back to work.

Black & White

I just finished a few weeks working with John Still, master of all things masked and composited. Check out his website if you have a moment. In this photo I used two exposures and layered them to create a more robust and balanced photo. In the photograph entitled "Mise en Place" I used about six exposures to get the light/texture balance just so.