Last Summer

This is a portion the show I have up at Firestorm Cafe and Books, and before that at Eclipse Salon. Check it out if you are in the area. 

Dead Horse Bay

 

In the summer of 2009, we went exploring to the edges of Brooklyn. It took us a couple hours by bike and train, our destination was Dead Horse Bay which is also know as Bottle Beach. According to wikipedia, "during the seventeenth century, Dutch settlers built tide mills to grind wheat into flour. A remaining millstone can still be found along the Millstone trail. From the nineteenth century to the twentieth century the area has been used in a variety of ways, including manufacturing fertilizer from the remains of dead animals, producing fish oil from the menhaden caught in the bay, and more recently a landfill for the disposal of New York City’s garbage". We found soda and medicine bottles from the fifties, old shoe pieces from when there used to be a shoe factory, old boats, and a man who told us tales of the bay, as he had lived on the beach for years. 

Snow Storm Silence

It's been a while. I have not posted in 2 years, but have not stopped shooting. I have been going through old photos, editing, etc. So here's to a new start, and with that I leave you with these images I took in a blizzard in the South back in December of 2009.

West Coast to the Wild West

These photos are from the last leg of my trip this summer. After an amazing estuary/sea kayaking adventure, harbor seals and egrets included, April and I road tripped it up to Crater Lake in Oregon. The most incredible lake, so blue, so cold, so clear. Camping under the most incredible blanket of stars. Life is tough.... Then I flew from Portland out to Colorado. I drove down to the desert with my pops and visited my aunt and uncle at their beautiful place. We explored ruins, canyons, and grilled and enjoyed the sunsets. To those of you that never leave the East Coast, well, this is what you are missing. I'm just saying.

Sausalito Night

Had the most amazing night on top of a friend's houseboat in Sausalito watching the meteor shower. We saw at least 40 shooting stars, and the milky way was in clear view. Oh the things you see when you leave the New York City sky (lucky to see 3 stars?).....

Beach Birthday

We went to this beach outside of San Fran in the Marin Headlands for April's birthday. It was a steep mile hike down, and the beach had this dark sand and it was perfect for drinking wine and sunbathing.