Unless the weather is really lousy out I try to take about an hour walk around Rockport or Gloucester looking for interesting images. Last week I decided to also film it for my weekly vlog on YouTube. It was a fun experience and more like what I like to do photographically. I’m not really much of a tripod guy but I do try and get out for some stick landscape work once in a while. This particular morning the light was find of flat and it was kind of foggy but I enjoyed it just the same. I used a fun Fuji rig for this shoot the Fuji X-T30 and the XF 16-80.
Here are some of the images from the shoot.
Rockport lobster boats wait to go out.
Colorful work dinghy’s sit idle at the Rockport town wharf.
Dinghy’s waiting at the Rockport Town Wharf form interesting triangles.
Colorful reflections Rockport Harbor.
Lobster traps and buoys wait to be used behind Bearskin Neck in Rockport.
A potted plant dies away with old lobster buoy’s and fish netting behind Bearskin Neck.
Old wooden lobster trap and buoys behind Bearskin Neck in Rockport.
Cut off Chorox bottles and a pale sit inside a row boat filled with water.
Here is the YouTube video on my Foggy Morning Shoot
Every year a friend and I try to make it up to New Hampshire, Vermont, or Maine for foliage season. Hitting the color just right can be a hit or miss proposition as wind storms and rainy weather tend to knock the color out of the trees. This year we were pretty lucky as we were able to make it up there when the color was not totally gone. Here are a few images from our trip. At the end of the post there is a link to one of the videos I made about the experience.
Colorful leaves swirl around in a circle at the bottom of a waterfall.Water flows down into the Basin in Franconia Notch.Bright yellow birch leaves stand out against a dark shaded mountain side in Franconia Notch New Hampshire.Colorful fall leaves reflect on Lake Chocorua.Mt. Chocorua reflects in the lake that bears it’s name along Rt. 16 in NHFall colors along the Kancamagnus Highway in New Hampshire.
Wicker rocking chairs wait to be used at the Sandy Bay Yacht Club. (Leica M-P 240 w/Leica 35mm Summicron ISO 200 1/250s @ f8)
One of my favorite things to do in the spring and fall is to take early morning walks with just my Leica and the 35mm Summicron. The “35” is such a versatile lens and can do everything except take telephoto type shots. For me it has such a comfortable feel to it and when I want to just grab a camera and go, this is the setup I go for.
In the image above the light was just incredible early in the morning and the sky was a lovely blue color and with the yellow of the rocking chairs it just pulled me right in. I knew this was going to be a beautiful B&W right away. When I converted it I used the Adobe 7 B&W profile and changed some of the colors in the mixer to give it the 3D feeling I wanted. I darkened the blue channel and lightened the yellow channel which enhanced the image.
I encourage you all to go out and use one lens not a zoom lens. Move your feet to zoom, you will find you start to understand how your subject needs to be photographed. Something that the zoom can sometimes miss.
In story telling terms what does this image say. To me it says summer is beginning and the summer rockers are out and waiting to be used. But questions come to mind as well. Who uses these rockers? How many folks have used these rockers over the years and are no longer with us? The best thing about this image is that it gives us pause to ask these questions.
