Borderland: New Work From Estonia
Just before completing a month's residency at CopperLeg Artist Residency in Vaskjala, Estonia, I had an opening for the photographs that I made and printed there. During my month in Estonia I made trips to eastern and southeastern Estonia, close to the Russian border. I was photographing the land and the people's use of it as well as the scars on the land from the abandoned Soviet era buildings.
At CopperLeg, I made a portfolio of silver gelatin prints in their darkroom. Additionally, I exhibited digital prints from both a digital camera and from an iPhone. Below are some of the images.
Borderland
Moonrise over Mt. Rundle
I believe I've bored everyone to tears who follows me on Facebook with landscape/skiing images from Alberta, Canada. So here's one last one: the back side of Mt. Rundle in Banff, Canada with a full moon in the eastern sky, right at sunset.
Walk Way Across the Dunes
Today, I was photographing swimming pools for my pool company. For fourteen years, we've had a barter system whereby I photograph their newly constructed pools and, in return, they service and maintain my pool. After nearly a decade and-a-half, I can say without fear of contradiction that I am an expert at swimming pool photography. So this afternoon, I was at a brand new, 15000 square foot, "mac-man" lodged in the dunes overlooking the ocean. The pool was all right: I guess what made it somewhat photogenic was its location and its proximity to the ocean. But for about ten minutes, I became really preoccupied with photographing the walkway through the dunes and down onto the beach. The raw file capture below was rgb color, of course, but with a small digital back rub, I ended up with this image.
And what's cool is after fourteen years of doing this, the pool guy, Mikie, knows to leave me alone when I wander off, and I start to photograph random things. In fact, by now, he's always really interested to see what has attracted my attention.
Everything is Snow Covered and Frozen
There's been a couple days' reprieve between weather events. Yesterday, it actually got above freezing for several hours, and today it was sunny and cold. January light can be so blue and crystal clear. Everything stands out in sharp focus. Some one told me that it hasn't snowed this much in Southampton since 1925. Anything on the ground is frozen and buried in snow and ice.
Walking down by the bay beach where I live, I found a small patch of water that wasn't frozen; it's part of a small inlet and because of the big tide, it has remained ice free so far. I really like the pattern of the duck's feet in the snow. It amazes me that they can sit and frolic in that ice cold water, happily quacking, and flapping their wings.
Another Foot of Snow
I'm house bound today, possibly for the immediate future. It snowed another foot or so last night, and with the high winds, there seems to be some significant snow drifts. Finally this afternoon, the sun broke through the clouds, and I went out to make a few captures. The little pond is on a golf course which borders my property, and it looked incredible in the weak afternoon light with just a little blue sky.
And this a piece of my gnarly wild cherry tree next to my driveway. I've photographed a lot of times in the past, especially with snow on it. I really like the sculptural quality of it and of this image.