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Real Maine Blueberries
I work in the advertising industry. All too often when researching stock photos I run into such “perfect” photography. The subject is polished, pristine, and generally just perfect beyond reality. The subjects become so perfected in the studio that they become almost lost and unrealistic, sometimes far from actually representing what it is. For example [...]
Desert of Maine
About 20 minutes outside of Portland, Maine I have discovered a desert. I am serious. It’s called the Desert of Maine located in the little L.L. Bean town of Freeport. Who knew? Here I found 300 huge open acres of sand, blazing hot temperatures at 120 degrees (yes really), complete with a sandstorm that gets into your camera equipment, mouth and [...]
Snail in Seaweed
Strolling along a tidal pool on a Maine beach a snail crawling among the seaweed and kelp caught my eye. The focus on this shot is the green seaweed in the foreground, lower right. I felt it led the eye back to explore from the snail’s point of view.
Maine Ocean Cliffs
If there is one thing that the Maine coast has in abundance it’s rocky ocean cliffs. Here is an attempt to capture these cliffs, namely the variety of textures they have to offer. Being my own worse critique I am not fully satisfied with this shot. Although I do feel that the textures were captured [...]


