Catching up with more photos

 Continuing on with more photos taken over the Winter. On January 31st, we got another inch or two of snow here, so once again, I went out with my camera just to take a few photos near my home in Abington.

March 15th I went to Marshfield and Scituate to take some beach photos. It was an extremely blustery and cold day.

This next photo was also taken in March, but it was a beautiful and sunny 60 degree day. This was taken along a walk at Nantasket Beach in Hull.

On another beautiful day in May, I went to Jenny Pond in Plymouth to take a walk w my camera. This is one of my favorite places to go in the Spring, so you will be seeing more photos of this location in the coming weeks.

Here is a bald eagle that I spotted in a nearby location

Will continue catching up with photos on the next blog post. Thank you for visiting the blog.

How was your Winter?

 I know that it's been a very long time since I have posted here on the blog. I've been searching for ways for the followers to be able to get notifications when I post, but can't seem to find a solution. I was giving up on posting on the blog, but recently have been thinking about it a lot so today I decided to get back on it. 

I have done some shooting since I last posted. I'll give a recap of some of the photos that I've taken over the Winter.

First snow...........It was a mainly snowless Winter here in Southern New England. One morning in late December I woke up to a few inches of snow that had fallen overnight. I grabbed my camera and went out the door to capture the beauty at Cross Street Farm in Norwell MA.

And then went to Hornstra Farms in Norwell

Then I went to Peaceful Meadows in Whitman MA. I titled this one "Frozen In Time"

In February I went to Kennedy's Garden Center with my camera club to photograph flowers. This is a yearly thing that we do every Winter to give us a feeling of Spring. I used my macro lens for all of these photos.

Tomorrow I will post more photos taken this Winter. I hope two things.........I hope you are reading this even though you didn't get a notification :-) but most importantly I hope you are doing well!

Vermont NEK Fall Foliage 2022

 Today's blog post is showcasing images from the first two days of this Fall's trip to Vermont. We arrived in the NEK of VT on Friday September 30th. The foliage was near peak and peak in some areas of the NEK. 

We left home around 5:15 in the morning. This was our first stop to photograph at one of my favorite places, Jobs Pond in Westmore VT. Click on the video to view:

That was a great start! Here is an intimate view of a rock and reflection in the pond.

The three church steeples in Island Pond reflecting in the water. I typically shoot this scene from the State Park across the water, but this year we did some further exploration of the area and found this location that gives a closer view.

The next two photos were taken at Bald Hill Pond in Newark

Just up the road from Bald Hill Pond is Newark Pond. The calm windless morning provided some perfect reflections here.

This red squirrel caught my eye as he was scurrying around the trees. 

My favorite farm in VT is my friend Adam's farm in Barton. I've posted so many photos from this location through the years and no matter when I visit, I always find new and different things to photograph. Adam invited us to go all the way up the hill of his Christmas tree farm. This was my first time viewing the property from this perspective. It's so beautiful.

Another different composition I made here. I've never photographed the sugar house and mailbox and I just love this country shot.

The gothic barn never disappoints. I've photographed it in every season. The tractor added a nice interest to this shot.

The sugarhouse overlooking the pond. I NEVER tire of this scene on this little piece of Heaven on Earth. 

Our last stop of the day was to Wheeler Pond in Barton. The peak colors were glorious!

 From here, we ended the day photographing and went to a friend's 3:00 wedding at the church in Barton followed up with a reception at The East Side in Newport. It was a beautiful wedding! 

The next blog post will feature photos taken on Sunday October 2nd. Stay tuned!

Mount Mansfield Snow and Foliage

 Here we are in the second week of November and I haven't written one blog post from this Fall. I'm totally frustrated with Blogger. They stopped sending email notifications to my followers and I feel like it's pointless for me to post anymore because nobody sees the posts. I'm hoping SOMEBODY sees this post.

I spent two wonderful weeks photographing the Fall foliage in Vermont, from September 30 to October 13. The foliage was awesome and I was very happy to get many shots to add to my portfolio. I will start this first post with my favorite day of the two weeks. On October 8th I spent the day in the Cambridge/Underhill areas of Vermont. I've photographed this area on a few other occasions, but this year was different in a very good way. There was snow on the peak of Mount Mansfield......a photographers dream to have the seasons mingling like this.

I saw these two bicyclists coming up the road and waited for them to get to this location to add interest to the forefront of this barn scene.

Three Peaks........barn peak, peak Fall foliage, and the peak of Mount Mansfield.

I love this bucolic scene.

As you can see, I spent the majority of the day photographing Mount Mansfield. Some shots the peak was cloud covered, other shots there was barely a cloud above the peak. Some shots were taken in warmer late day light while others were taken during the midday light where I had to control the highlights and bring out the shadows in postproduction.

My friends and I stayed in the area and waited for the full "Hunters"moon to rise over Mount Mansfield. It was a perfectly clear sky, until about 25 minutes before the moon was to rise some clouds rolled in. I still was able to make a few photos I was happy with.

Many more blog posts to come from this Fall trip.

Sunrise Hull MA

 Last weekend the smoke from the fires out in California traveled through the air stream all the way to New England. This caused some pretty colorful sunrises and sunsets. I headed to the beach to catch the sunrise on Sunday morning.

There is starting to be a definite Fall feel to the air here. It won't be long before Mother Nature puts on her big show.

Coastal Maine Labor Day Weekend

 ****Reminder***** Blogger is no longer sending email notifications when a new blog post goes up so please check here periodically for new blog posts. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

We had a wonderful Labor Day weekend up in Maine. The weather was perfect. Sunny days with temps in the 70's and cool crisp nights with lows in the 40's and 50's. There was definitely a Fall feel in the air. This was a family trip, not a dedicated photography trip. Most of these photos are just "record" shots taken in the middle of the day with poor lighting conditions........but...........I did use my camera for some of these (others are from cell phone). It felt great to use my camera again. 

Nubble Light in York Maine Friday morning,

Me and Mr S:

Beach roses

Iconic Reds Eats in Wiscasset ME along Route 1. There's always a long line of patrons waiting to buy their famous lobster roll.

A touch of early Fall colors in Blue Hill Maine

Winter Harbor

Lobster cart vendor in Winter Harbor where we bought lobster rolls for lunch on Saturday. They were really good.

 Frenchman's Bay

Grindstone Neck in Winter Harbor

(My favorite shot of the weekend taken w my camera)

Birch Harbor

Late Saturday afternoon into late Saturday night we attended a Labor Day party at Mr S's cousin's house in Holden. It was a lot of fun. There were 8 different bands performing. The music, the food, the company, the atmosphere were all so good for the soul. 

Video of cousin Greg playing an original song

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Cousin Brian

I hope you also enjoyed your Labor Day weekend. I'm looking forward to this upcoming weekend and should have more photos to share here on the blog. Thank you for stopping by!