Gray's Beach

This photo is two images composited together in photoshop. The main photograph is of the boardwalk at Gray’s Beach in Yarmouth, MA. The clouds were stunning as they rolled in over the choppy water. Right after I captured this photograph, the sky opened up. Although the second image is not prominent. It’s of a log I found washed up along the coast line. This photo is layered on top of the other adding some dramatic textures and tones to the overall image. 

The lonely boat

Think salty air, sand between your toes, crashing waves, seagulls flying above, and kids building sandcastles: this is summer on Cape Cod. People come from around the world to visit this sandy peninsula which is surrounded by sparkling water, wildlife and some of the freshest seafood imaginable. The Cape has many harbors where you can find fishermen unloading their catch from the day, spectators admiring the boats, and families and friends enjoying a beautiful day of boating. Although the Cape is visited mainly in the summertime, you can still find plenty of things to do and see year round. This photograph is of a small row boat hidden behind the swaying sea grass along the coast of Orleans. The lonely boat gently rocked back and forth with every passing wave and chilly winter breeze. 

Winter Wonderland

Snow, ice, and the crispness that comes with freezing temperatures can add a new dimension to your photos. With Christmas right around the corner the hopes for a white Christmas are high.  This photograph was taken in Philadelphia last winter after one of the several big snow storms that were there. This image tied for second place in a winter photography competition last year. 

Cape Cod Graffiti

Cape Cod’s natural beauty is known world wide, offering visitors and locals a wide range of outdoor activities most of which are in the warmer months. So when most people think of Cape Cod they don’t think vandalism but in fact you can find some if you look hard enough. Most locals don’t even know about it so when they see photos of such graffiti they think it is in Boston or some where near a larger city. Although graffiti is considered vandalism I think that in some cases it is a form of art. These are some images of the local graffiti I have come across. 

FOOD

Food photography is one of my passions. Food is never boring with every meal, drink, desert, fruit or vegetable problems accrue part of the fun is the challenge that comes out of it. In order to make the food look its best so that people want to eat it when they see the photograph you must use a variety of lighting techniques along with proper styling. When it comes to food another challenge is not eating your prop...never photograph food on an empty stomach.

CD

These two photographs where taken at an abandon school in Philadelphia on one very cold early morning. I then used these two images to create a CD cover and back for a school assignment. 

26th Annual Parade of Lights

Tonight I went down to the Santa Barbara Pier with a friend to watch the 26th Annual Parade of Lights. This was my first time going to this event it was great seeing crowds of people in the holiday spirit. There where families, couples, friends and more lining the pier to watches as the decorated boats passed by. At the end of the parade there was a small fire work show. Here are a few photos of tonight's festivities if your ever in the area during the holiday season Santa Barbara is filled with things to do with the family. Hope you enjoy. 

The Natural World

It may seem a bit strange but I tend to photograph dead things when I come across them out in the natural world. Slowly I have been gathering a collection of images of dead animals. This particular bird was found laying amongst the rocks along the shore in Santa Barbara. Spread amongst the rocks near the bird lay feathers and small bones. 

Anti-style

These images were all created to show how a photographer can take a single object and transform it in to completely different looks using light, camera angle and color.  All of these photos where taken with white-lightning strobes, a Nikon D300s and multiple Nikon lenses. 

Gravity

This image of the vegetables falling into the bowl was photographed to portray gravity. Each vegetable was threaded with fishing line and hung above out of the cameras view in position. Any fishing line evident in the image was taken out in post-production to create this final photograph.