Technically there are two lighthouses in this image. To the left is possibly the most famous of all lighthouses The Portland Head Lighthouse (just the very edge) and in the far far distance is Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse (fairly recently purchased for $190,000 by a local surgeon). So technically I suppose this is a lighthouse pic. That being said, PHL is situated on some of the best publicly accessible seaside real estate for miles. Jagged rocks, steep cliffs, decent surf, they all add up to a great place to shoot seascapes with or without a lighthouse or two.
Pine Point Beach, Scarborough, Maine. Pine Point is about a 10 minute drive from my house and the default beach for family afternoons on a sunny summer day. When the tide goes out little pools and ripples are left behind in the sand providing some great foreground interest. On this day my most loyal 11 year old assistant was along for the late night ride and we enjoyed listening to the fish jump in the cove, stomping in the sand to make the phosphorescence light up and watching the big crabs raid the little hermit crab colonies along the waterfront. Maine can be a pretty cool place. The lights on the horizon are from the nearby towns of Old Orchard Beach and Cape Ellis.
Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California Sublime isn't a description of an image, it's a description of the feeling I had as I was making these images. Coming at the tail end of a day where I had spent the morning several hours away shooting the slot canyons in Page, AZ, the experience here at Badwater was one of those moments in life that you remember forever. As I stood for the first time on the salt flats, the temperature still well over 110 degrees and the hot breeze sucking the moisture from my skin, completely alone on the playa, the sun set, the colors came out and a wash of pure awesomeness rushed over me. Sometimes it's pretty cool to be alive. Mother nature kicks ass.
