Earlier in the month, I spent a day off with my son Cullen on his Birthday. We got up early and went to Great Falls so that I could take him out on the river where I go when I’m there. We got there about 30 before sunrise and I walked him through the steps of taking a picture like this. Cullen is very interested in photography and we both had a great time. He also got a chuckle out of watching his dad slip on one of the rocks and get a bit wet but that is another story. The image was taken with the following Singh-Ray filters: 3 stop Reverse ND, a 2 stop Soft ND and a LB Color Combo Polarizer.

Happy Birthday bud…

Sunrise on the Potomac River, Great Falls National Park, VA. We could have done with a few more clouds in the sky to give the sun something to reflect off of. It was still a great place to spend the first hours of light. Photo was taken with my Singh-Ray LB Color Combo filter along with 3 stop ND and 2 stop ND Grad filters.

I have been experimenting with long exposures lately. I have a couple Singh-Ray Neutral Density filters that make my exposures minutes long. The moving water turns into glass due to the long exposure. I am looking forward to trying this out at the ocean this summer when we go on vacation. Need some stronger waves to really get some good images.

Enjoy

The sun was just coming up and the tide was high. It was a very quiet morning on the dock.
Shot taken with my Singh-Ray Vari ND and More Slo ND filters for a 2 minute exposure.

Another shot captured on my way into work a couple months ago. Found this tree trunk in an open field where the fog was trying to lift. The air was very still and you could almost hear a pin drop.

While visiting family in southern Maryland, I spent a few mornings and evenings on the family dock taking various shots.
This is one of the crab pots we use when a crab is shedding a shell…

It has been awhile since I have had any time to process and upload any photos that I have taken. I am still able to get out and do some work every now and then, just don’t always have the time to do anything with those pictures.
This was taken about a month ago on a foggy morning. I went to Sandy Point State Park for a bit and took some long exposure shots. The bay wasn’t as rough as I would have liked it but I worked with what I had. A cold tone added for mood.

Some of the details surrounding you while you are out photographing can be the most interesting subjects. The sun was just clearing the trees and the wind was begining to pickup making it difficult to get the remanants of last years crop in focus. Taken with a Singh-Ray LB Color Combo Polarizing Filter.

This was shot across the street from a friends house just off the road. It was a little unnerving as they have a very large German Sheppard that was out and obviously unhappy that I stopped across from the house. Thankfully they have an invisible fence and the dog didn’t have the will to cross through to run me down.

Driving around in the mess that was left behind has been surreal. It was 5 days after the snow had stopped before we had our street properly plowed and then another few days before we had use of the whole street again. This is a common scene while driving through the neighborhoods.