I just got back from leading my annual Smith Island Chesapeake Bay photo workshop. Despite the sweltering 100°F heat, we had a great time photographing birds, old boats and crab shacks, and the classic low country landscapes of Smith Island. Here’s one photo I took from the weekend, a picture of a pair of royal terns atop the remnants of an old dock. I think they had their beaks parted [...]
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3 Comments I took this photo of a barn swallow during a trip to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I found this dead branch that was a favorite perch for the swallow, and then patiently waited for it to land. Although the swallow was in shadow, the trees in the background were in mixed light. I knew that any bright highlights in the background would be rendered as ”specular [...]
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I spent three years photographing my book Chesapeake: Bay of Light. It was an intensely demanding project, requiring almost full-time effort, but I loved every minute of it. Well, maybe not every minute. There was that day on James Island when the greenheads, horseflies, and deer flies bit me so much my legs were bleeding. Or that ten-mile open water kayak crossing from Smith Island to the mainland during an autumn squall—now that was [...]
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