June 2026

Long Pond at Dawn

Nature-Landscape /

I had long heard of this place in Northern NJ, Long Pond Ironworks State Park and had to visit. I got up a 4:30am last fall 2025 and trucked up there about 50 miles north of me and found the place in the dark. Next time I’ll go a tiny bit earlier. I bumbled my way down the water’s edge along a trail only about 50 yards from the parking lot and set up to wait for the light to change. After about 10-15 minutes I hear someone and another photographer walks down and we chat for a few minutes. […]

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Rusty Logos

Auto Graveyard, Urban /

A lovely day at the Aircraft and Auto Graveyard in southern NJ with tons and tons of subjects to spend time on. This is a smattering of the great subjects at this early morning shoot. There were logos everywhere. What draws photographers to rust, decay, and imperfection? For me, it’s a source of geometric forms, light, and color. And what are photos but just manifestations of those elements? I heard a podcast today where the host was talking about Steven Shore’s book The Nature of Photographs. Discussed here among other places. His aesthetic guideline was to break photos down into

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Aluminum Geometry from the Auto Graveyard

Abstract, Auto Graveyard /

I love the geometric abstracts that I get when I go to this particular junkyard deep in the Pine Barrens in southern NJ. It’s got a lot of aircraft remnants, which yields great patterns of aerospace engineering and construction. They also have lots of industrial eqiupment. The first two are from old jet airplanes where you can see the exact countersinking and engineering of the screw holes. The other two are sections of aircraft aluminum and some sort of boiler piece. I have been to this place twice through Richard Preston‘s workshops. A cool way to spend 4 hours on

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Half Frame 2-Up Diptychs

Film, Half Frame, Urban /

The classic way to use a Half Frame camera is to take 2 or more photos right after each other and print them all at one time, including the sprockets and the surround frame numbers onto one sheet of paper. I don’t use a darkroom any longer, so I do the same thing digitally. These photos are with my trusty Canon Demi EE17 camera. It’s been CLA’d (Clean Lubricate Adjust). It is a manual + auto-exposure half frame camera from the mid-1960’s. Lovely, mostly metal construction. I got mine from Ebay and then paid for the CLA. Before I sent

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Puddle Photos – A great, transient subject

Abstract, Shadows, Urban /

The more that I find puddles and their reflections, the more that I like them. They are so transient and so dependent on specific conditions to get a decent image that this subject presents both a challenge and an opportunity. I find that the vignette that the puddle reflection provides is a window to a vantage point not usually seen. I’ve got a bunch of good photos, as shown below. This is easily a theme where I could find 10-20 photos that would look good in a solo exhibit or as an ongoing project These four from a random CT

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