2021

Was bored at the beach in Martha’s Vineyard at Long Point in September and decided that the waves looked nice, even at mid-day. The beach traffic is very light at this beach and so late in the season, especially light. There probably weren’t 40 people on 100 yrs of beach. There was also a bunch of seaweed growing out of the surf which made for very interesting patterns. Took my iPhone X out and started snapping. Took about 100 photos and these two sets of triptychs are the result.

I’ve been experimenting with a Photoshop technique that has intriguing me after working with a friend in the Essex Photo Club. I’m sure it’s been done before, but it’s essentially a way to extract very subtle color from subjects that are otherwise fairly colorless. My usual target is bark, as it’s mostly monochromatic. It’s a multi-step process and I am still learning 1. White Balance the RAW file before it comes in to push the image as neutral as possible. 2. Bring it into Photoshop as a Smart Object so that you can re-apply Camera Raw if needed.3. Convert it