Below is the postcard for the upcoming exhibit “People Places Things”. This is a group exhibit at Ashawagh Hall in East Hampton. Our good friend and painter Eileen Skretch organized the exhibit, and invited Ann and I to participate. I hope that we can get a good turnout this is the first time my wife Ann will be exhibiting her paintings. I will post a couple of her paintings for your enjoyment.
Sam the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Many photographers have a muse. A person who inspires them to create works of art. I don’t know if Sam qualifies as a true muse, but he needs a couple of walks a day. When he is getting into trouble around the house it is time to take hime out for a good run, and what better place then the beach in winter. Taking Sam for these beach runs gets me out of the house. On these trips I try to bring a camera. Sam loves to run, and will run back and forth on the sand. Many times he will run right into a photo ruining the composition with his foot prints, eager smile, or both. I have countless photos of Sam’s dog prints. One day it might be fun to have an exhibit of his footprints. I felt as a good assistant he deserved his credit, and wanted to share his happy face with others. Thanks
A few days ago I had some time to walk around the dunes at Flying Point Beach in Water Mill. I had Sam my Duck Tolling Retriever with me. A close eye on the dog was needed for fear he would get into trouble or swim in the frigid waters. At one time he got himself trapped in a maze of fencing designed to hold sand on the dunes. I did manage to get a few photos, and had some fun converting them to black and white. Playing with the red filter adjustment in Silver Efex 2 made ordinary photos more dramatic. Below are a few photos from the day’s walk, hope you enjoy them.
Flying Point Beach
Flying Point Beach
Flying Point Beach
Yesterday March 2nd we had the reception for the exhibit at The Rosalie Dimon Gallery at The Jamesport Manor Inn. The threat of a major snowstorm hurt the attendance, but we still had a good turnout and everyone had a good time. The wine and artisan cheeses were exceptional and The Jamesport Manor Inn staff were excellent host. The exhibit is up until April 30th. If you didn’t make it yesterday because of the weather there is plenty of time to see the exhibit. Thank you to everyone who made it.
Sunday is the reception for the exhibit at The Jamesport Manor 3-5pm. They will be serving local wine and artisanal cheeses and all are welcomed.
After a morning off shoveling snow I got a chance to take a few photos. After editing there were two photos worth sharing. The first is of pine trees on the farm behind my house the other is of the lighthouse at Montauk. I have never gotten good photo of the lighthouse with snow. The reason being by the time I get there the snow has mostly melted away and yesterday was no exception. However I was still able to get something worth while.
It is an exciting month! Thursday I hang the exhibit at the Rosalie Dimon Gallery at the Jamesport Manor, and Friday I have three photos in a group exhibit with the East End Photographers Group.
The East End Photographers Group, (EEPG) exhibit is February 8 and 9. There is an opening reception Saturday February 8th, 5-8pm. the exhibit is at Ashawagh Hall, 780 Springs Fireplace Rd. East Hampton.
The exhibit at the Rosalie Dimon Gallery has an opening March 2 below is the exhibit postcard.
I hope to have a good turnout at both exhibits thanks.
These are the original images before processing in the post below. As can be seen here there is a real lack of detail in the shadows. Both images were exposed for the highlights and processed for the blacks. In traditional film the workflow was expose for the shadows and print for the highlights. When I was shooting both film and digital it would get confusing at times.
Below are two images that I recently captured at Montauk in Camp Hero, the park on the ocean side of the point. I was unable to upload the unedited images due to problems it created in the galleries. In both images the foreground shadows are very deep with what appears tom be little our no detail. Originally shot in color and exposed to preserve the highlights then processed in Lightroom, Photoshop and Nik softwares. Besides the obvious conversion to black and white I was able to extract a great amount of detail in the shadows. These are not a HDR images, (high dynamic range). HDR images are a merge of several different exposures.
For Christmas I posted a photo of the Water Mill windmill, which is a classic English style windmill. While we go through a deep freeze in most of the country, and some friends are missing the weather of golf season, I thought I would post the windmill from the National Golf Links of America. The windmill is a Dutch style windmill and an icon of one of the oldest golf course in America. There are only two Dutch style windmills on Long Island that I am aware of the other is on the campus of Stonybrook Southampton College.
From the fairway on the second hole.
The 16th green which is a blind hole the reason for two flags on the green
