Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Perfect way to start the day.


One of my favorite things to do on the cape is to get up early and joy the sunrise on the bay.  This shot is of Sesuit Harbor near the house we stay at.  With its wide expanse of sky and water Cape Cod bay is one of the best places for sunsets and sunrises.  Today I have no firm plans so will head out with my camera for a wander.  I have been painting here a bit as well wich feels great.  I have to remember to make time in my life at home for my watercolors.

Keep Makin' Art!
Carl

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Watercolor - Nobska Sunset - Cape Cod


First watercolor on Cape Cod this year.  Nobska Lighthouse at Sunset.  Hurricane Irene got me off to a late start, but I am painting now and will be for the remainder of the week.

Keep Makin' Art!
Carl

Friday, August 26, 2011

Offline

Hi Everyone -

I'll be taking a break from the blog for the next week or so.  I will be taking plenty of photos and working on a few watercolors and will share them when I return.

Keep Makin' Art!
Carl

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Late Season Butterflies

We got clobbered with rain here in NY on Sunday, but before the rain I was able to catch these butterflies in my yard and the park across the street from my house.  Perfect way to spend Sunday Morning.

Keep Makin' Art!
Carl










Sunday, August 21, 2011

Sunset - Duxbury Ma

Our Cape Cod trip is still a week away..... but my mind is all ready in the Bay State!  Here is an older shot from a trip to Duxbury Beach with our friends Eileen and Mark.

our annual pilgrimage to cape Cod is my favorite week of the year... great friends, great food, fun, conversation, art and relaxation.  The only thing to make it perfect would be an additional week there!

Count down T-Minus 6 days and counting!  Getting paints and cameras all packed up today.... Funny Wenderina has her clothes packed.  I am working on packing my art supplies.... We must really need this vacation.

Keep Makin' Art!
Carl

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Community Photo Challenge - Vanishing Point

The wonderful folks over at Community Photo Challenge had two challenges this month.  This is my contribution for Vanishing Point.  It was taken in IR B&W at Skylands, The New Jersey Botanical Garden.

Keep Makin' Art!
Carl

Community Photo Challenge - Water


My post for the August Community Photo Challenge of Water is a shot from this spring at the wonderful Dover Stone Church Falls.

Keep Makin Art!
Carl

Sunday, August 14, 2011

A Rainy Sunday at Skylands

I don't much like getting wet.  It makes me scrunch my face up and squint, but sometimes the need to make art is stronger than our desire to be comfortable.  So I headed out this morning and spent two hours in the rain at Skylands with my 100mm lens and came away with these shots.  Not a bad walk in the rain If I must say.  I even splashed and jumped thru a few puddles like a little kid.  That was totally AWESOME!

Keep Makin' Art!
Carl








Cape Cod - A Preview

We leave for our annual end of summer trip to Cape Cod (10 years in a row and counting) in a few weeks.  To get myself ready and try to figure out what I wanted to photograph on this years trip I looked at last summers images.  They did the trick and got me all set to be on the Cape.  I can't wait.  Not sure what my focus will be this year... in the meantime I will just enjoy last years photos and count the days.

Keep Makin' Art!
Carl











Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Rose of Sharon - After the Rain





I captured these images in my backyard when the sun came out after a rain storm.  Beauty is there everywhere just waiting to be noticed if we open our eyes to it.

Keep Makin' Art!
Carl

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

The Monarchs are in town...





This weekend we had family visiting and a bbq on Saturday and I was busy with issues from my job that had me crazy, but at in between moments I ran outside with my camera to capture the monarch butterflies that are visiting my butterfly bush this week.  What beautiful creatures they really are.

Keep Makin' Art!
Carl

Monday, August 08, 2011

Hydrangea after the rain

Keep Makin' Art!
Carl

Sunday, August 07, 2011

Watkins Glen Redux


On this rainy Sunday morning I was reminded of the hike I took in Watkin's Glen last summer.  So I went back reviewed some of the images and found a few more i did not use the first time that are actually pretty good.  I am planning to hit the studio to paint today.  If I can find it under all the dust and stuff.

Keep Makin' Art!
Carl

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Chapel at Colgate University b&w


It is the time of year for infra red B&W!  The skies in central NY are really perfect for this type of shooting add to that the beauty of the Colgate campus and you have a great combination.

Keep Makin' Art!
Carl

Monday, August 01, 2011

Chittenango Falls - Cazenovia, NY




I found my self once again in Central, NY this weekend.  This time I was at Colgate University for the DeMolay (a masonic youth group I am an advisor for along with my Dad) State Convention.  The Colgate campus is not far away from Chittenango Falls.  I remembered these falls from a trip when I was in college and decided to steal away for an hour or so at sunrise.  It was well worth the time and the falls were as nice as I remembered.  I was happy top be able to include some wildflowers in the shots I think they really added to the composition.

Keep Makin' Art!
Carl