Turning Low Contrast into Black and White
The ocean is one of my favorite locations to photograph. It has grown into a long-term project dealing with the constant change and the conflict between people and the protection from the barrier island beaches. This work represents a cloudy day that was very grey and low contrast – not a great black and white […]
Light is everything. Especially at the beach, lighting controls texture and tone. For many, the beach is simply sand. However, the sand has seasons and to those that live on an island, the seasons of the sand are evident. The summer sand is my favorite. The light dusting that resembles confectioners sugar is tiny, light […]
An Afternoon with the Leica MP
As I often do, I was walking around Main Street in Old Town, Rock Hill, South Carolina with my camera. That particular day I was met with a group of guys running around, dragging extension cords and rubber packages through a section of Main Street. Hooking up the cords to small boxes and connecting them […]
Freedom Alley
This particular image is one of those I made because I walk around downtown Rock Hill in South Carolina every day. I work there, so I take advantage of the opportunity. In fact, people that don’t know my name have referred to me as ‘the guy with the camera’ because I always have it with […]
Working with the Leica S007 Medium Format
I was walking down the street, camera bouncing against my side and the 4×4 and 4×6 glass filters in the back pocket of my shorts. I was slowly loosening the gitzo legs and retightening them after extending them fully. One by one, starting with the bottom section, I moved around the tripod until two sections […]
Shooting with a Nikon F2
White street continues to have new pipes laid and connected like an erector set. Interestingly enough, there was a drill in the parking area behind Caldwell street that pulled up dirt from the screw. The dirt was manually taken into the construction area with wheelbarrows and a surveyor sited the next drilling site. All the […]
Shooting with a Nikon F2
Working in a small town affords the ability to see changes around you. There is a water and sewer construction project that has been digging up White Street for over a year now. The second short stretch is in the works, and significant work is left to do. I have been talking with the subcontractors […]
