Mussel shell and Seaweed

Atlantic City, NJ

Seaweed washed on shore and a mussel shell old and weathered nearby.

Life and Boat

Atlantic city, NJ

Atlantic City is full of life. There is the beach, shopping and gambling. Baseball, shows and more shopping. Did I mention the beach? Oh! And food. Gourmet and boardwalk food. Bicycling and swimming. Fishing and boating. A little something for everyone.

Three Blue Umbrellas

Atlantic City, NJ

Outside of the Hilton Bill and I were enjoying a morning walk. I spotted these three umbrellas. They are like sentinels standing guard duty on the beach. Not long after the picture was taken people began to arrive to bath in the South Jersey sunlight.

Odd Stone

Atlantic City, NJ

I found this odd stone on the beach in Atlantic City. It's weight was different then most stones and I wondered at the time if it was man-made. But were the holes also man-made or the work of a sea worm?

Hobie Cats

Atlantic City, NJ

A regatta where there are lots of sails both on the beach and at sea. We were walking along and the colorful sails caught Bill's attention. Mt shots were horrible and I only kept a few. Bill was able to capture lots of color of the boats on land before the race.

Blue Beach Umbrella

Ocean City, NJ

Oh! To be at the beach today.

Chairs

Atlantic City, NJ

Footsin' the beach. Bill sees three empty chairs and liked the scene they made.

Red Hat Mama

Atlantic City, NJ

We were doing our usual footsin' on the beach. Bill's eye caught this scene of a woman with her red hat over her face catching some sun. In the background are two young woman walking away.

Chairs

Ventnor, NJ

I like the way these chairs for a line on the beach, like a theater, where the play action is in front.

A Day At the Beach

Ocean City, NJ

We were spending three days down the shore enjoying the beach. It's was a working vacation and Bill and I had to take photos as well. Bill liked the colorful towels on the back of the beach chairs.

Catching Some Sun

Ventnor, NJ

We were walking along the boardwalk in Ventnor and Bill looked down to see a woman reading her paper on the beach in the early morning.

Fishing Pier

Ocean City, NJ

Walking along Ocean City's boardwalk Bill, came across this picture waiting to be taken. The fence, shrubs and dune leading the viewer to the pier.

Seaweed

Ventnor, NJ

Bill's image "Seaweed" reminds me of a monk. He gave the sand and seaweed a more black and white feel to it and the seaweed is such a dark green as to look black.

Green Seaweed

Atlantic City, NJ

On one of our footsin' trips on the beach in Atlantic City, I found this seaweed that looked like the hair on top of the head of a person in a long robe. Several years before this Bill had found a similar setup. Tomorrow I will put Bill's image on the blog. What I like about scanning it into the computer is the texture that is created when you mix bightness and contrast. Even the treads of shoes show up. It is texture and color that create the image.

Two Kayakers

Ventnor, NJ

Wouldn't it be nice to walk along the beach at the Jersey Shore?

Wildwood Beach

Wildwood, NJ

Wildwood has what sometimes can feel like miles and miles of beach and, that's just to get to the ocean from the boardwalk. Bill captured some of that feel in this picture where large dunes separate the boardwalk and the bathers.

Three Umbrellas

Ocean City, NJ

Three umbrellas side by side and three women sitting beneath those umbrellas enticed Bill to grab the shot. For Bill the umbrellas were more important then the women and he decided to darken the ladies sitting in their chairs and bring out the colorful umbrellas above them. By making the sky lighter, the umbrellas now stand out more.

The Wave Watchers

Atlantic City, NJ

I was standing up high when I noticed this mother and her two children at the waters edge in Atlantic Ctiy. It was taken in the early 90's before they built up the dunes. Now you can't see the ocean unless you walk out on a platform. No more walking on the boards and shooting the ocean. There are places like the Taj Mahal that have huge steps leading to patios which still allow you to see down to the ocean. I know why they want the dunes so high. I miss the openess of the beach from the boardwalk. Dunes are the price to be paid for being allowed to live or visit a barrier island.

Walking Along the Surf

Cape May, NJ

It was spring down in Cape May and a little chilling in the early morning. Bill went out on the balconey of our hotel room and saw this woman walking the beach. He liked the patterns in the sand and the surf crashing and the woman enjoying her walk. He decided to over expose the image in the computer making it more simple and he likes the color overall.

Clam Shell

Atlantic City, NJ

I've decided that I have become a photographic illustrator. No that's not right either. So what do I call this, computerized or digital photography? By taking my photos and playing with the color or contrast or even the brightness, I feel like I am creating a different art form then photography. I like to see and feel the tecture that I've brought out in these pictures. I've even begun anticipating a change in the original image. I crop, put more warmth into the image, crop again until I see something that I had not imagined when I took the original image. I look forward to it and enjoy it. That's what I did with "Clam Shell".