It has been many years since I created infrared images. I recently got the urge to take black and white IR images. The good thing about Infrared is that It likes high noon sunny days when I would not normally take photographs ..read more

Nantucket Christmas trees that line the roads are all decorated differently every year by various organizations ..read more

Christmas is a magical time on Nantucket. A tall lighted tree always stands at the top of Main Street ..read more

I always make my trips from Nantucket to Middlebury Vermont in the winter and early spring. This time I made the trip in summer. What a difference. Shrubs, bushes and growth everywhere. From a photographic viewpoint I prefer the landscapes with frost and mist. I hope my schedule will allow for a late fall and fall visits ..read more

Furling the topsail on the Shenandoah. No safety harness, only a foot rope. Old sailor's saying "One hand for yourself, one hand for the ship ..read more

On the yards of the Shenandoah unfurling sails. The Shenandoah has no motorized power.   ..read more

I spent 4 days on the square topsail schooner Shenandoah. She was built in 1964. She is108 foot  with no auxiliary power. Her hull form, rig, anchors and all materials of construction closely adhere to 19 century practices ..read more

Photography is all about Light. What fascinated me on my first summer visit to the Lofoten Islands, Norway was the fact that the sun did not set. It approached the horizon but did not sink below it. This photograph was taken close to 1:00 am ..read more

Nantucket is an island in the Atlantic 30 miles away from the mainland USA. As a result it is often subjected to very high winds. With a video camera it is relatively easy to capture the motion and sound of the ocean waves; the howl of the wind. But I have always found it much more difficult  to capture all this with a still photograph. I tried to capture some of this in the attached photograph. By capturing a cresting wave with the wind blowing a spray off the top I hope I captured an indication of the wind strength ..read more