30 sec, f/16 iso 100
Canon 5D Mark II, 16-35mm f/2.8L II @ 27mm

4 sec, f/22 iso 100
Canon 5D Mark II, 16-35mm f/2.8L II @ 16mm
w/ polarizer + 3 stop soft graduated neutral density

A lot of the shooting I’ve been doing since I moved has been very literal – I’ve been working to develop a quick body of work that can be marketed to folks visiting that would simply want a keepsake of their trips… to be reminded of their vacations and to help them look forward to the next. I often view that work as separate from the work that really fires me up… but feel things are often best executed when the lines between the two are blurred.

I thought it would be fun to share some experimental personal work from Thursday night over near Mann’s Harbor. In the first image, I’m continually thinking about the idea of numbers and math as leading ideas through a composition. 1, 2, 3… here, there doesn’t seem to be much of a payoff. You may ask yourself where the “1″ comes from…

In the second piece, I’m starting to work on “elemental” compositions for a project. In this case earth+air. I really wanted these sea oats to be yearning for rain from the clouds… waving around as if to get attention. Introducing a 3rd element (water) is left up to the viewer and that specific interpretation. I want to revisit this idea a bit more, even perhaps reworking the treatment on this photograph. The sea oats appear a bit lush here and not exactly what I’m after.

I’d appreciate any thoughts or comments. I still have a ton of work to process from the last few weeks and (of course) didn’t get as much done over the weekend as I had wanted!