We had a remarkably talented group of photographers in our Maine workshop. The weather cooperated, for the most part, for the entire week. However, we had some high winds, which made it a bit difficult to think, especially when it’s cold, too!! The leaves were pretty robust, so many withstood the wind. As we were leaving, it was foggy and the color was a bit more dramatic. Oh well….it seems to work that way every year as we’re driving out. That aside, I am always floored by the work produced by our workshop clients!
Near the end of our last full day in the field, I called whomever was around to photograph these shifting boats using very long exposures using the Singh Ray VariND: 10-30 seconds depending on the amount of movement, sometimes slow and subtle, other times they were whipping around. Since they were obviously tied down, they were always constrained and remained in the same general area. We shot there for the last hour or so, before heading back to The Colony. Martha’s Vinyard photographer, Allison Shaw, was the first person I became aware of using this technique, many years ago.
The lead image was shot at 20 seconds as the boats gently swayed back and forth, then added a flypaper texture.
A couple of quick notes:
My Betterphoto courses start up again in November!
If you’re near Johnstown, PA this weekend…
We’ll be at Photo Plus Expo in NY on Thursday, all day. We hope to see you there!
Here’s a few shots taken mostly before and after the workshop:
Thanks for visiting and we’ll see ya online!
2013 Visual Artistry workshop schedule to be posted soon!! Stay tuned!
Tony
Thx a lot, Ralph! Don’t chuck your camera, man!!!
Beautiful work here, Tony. Whenever I see output of this quality, I have to choke back the urge to chuck my camera off a bridge and resolve instead to just… TRY HARDER!
Thanks a lot, Mark!! Definitely a fun thing to do!
Love the shot of the moving boats here Tony! Very creative.
Thanks much, John! I also find your work tremendous, and slightly irritating, because it’s always SO GOOD!! Looking fwd to seeing you in CM (maybe) and @ Klotz!
The entire series of images is wonderful however, the moving boat images are very compelling Tony. Always a feast to see a new blog post from you my friend. Inspired YET AGAIN!
Thanks, Tom! Moving boats are always fun for long exposures.
Thanks a lot, Roland. Larger gallery/slide show coming soon!
It is a pleasure to look at your Acadia photographs.
They are truly extraordinary.
Beautiful images. The whole central to northern coast of Maine is so beautiful, I always find it hard to leave when visiting and shooting. I particularly enjoy the shot of the swaying boats, but they are all gorgeous.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks much, Roger. Looking fwd to seeing you in Cape May in a few weeks!
Thanks a lot, Dan! I’d like to spend a lot more time up there, but work gets in the way.
I have been to Acadia three times and thought I would not return again in deference to getting the first time to some other locations. Having seen these, Acadia is back on the “to do again” list. The first Boulder Beach shot is wonderful and I have seen a LOT from that beach but your takes are special. The lone tree on Cadillac Mountain shot – I know that tree and have shot it several times and knew there had to be a great shot that I wasn’t getting – you got it!
Beautiful work, Tony, with such a variety of subjects and treatments. The main blog image is excellent as well and thanks for continuing to share your work and concepts.