I worked with Carole Whittaker, publisher of Edible Delmarva, on the cover story 'Chesapeake Oystering' for their winter 2017/2018 issue. The photography essay of 12 images covers both aquaculture and wild harvest in the Chesapeake Bay, processing and also an oyster stew recipe from the Tidewater Inn in Easton, Maryland.
Dorchester County, Maryland - 12.31.2017
A quick trip - less than 24-hours - down to lower Dorchester County, Maryland to photograph landscapes with light from the sunset, full moon and sunrise. Heavy Winds and temperatures in the low 20's after sunset made for difficult conditions.
Ice has started to form in the creeks and along the shorelines of the Chesapeake Bay. With sub-freezing temperatures in the forecast for the first week of 2018, expect to see more 'hard-water' in the bay.
St. Thomas Church Hall. Bishops Head, Maryland
Pritchett's Grocery - the last store on the Bishops Head peninsula. Crocheron, Maryland
Caskets washing into the Chesapeake Bay reveal bones and coffin handles. Hoopersville, Maryland
Workboats, illuminated by the moon, tied up in Farm Creek. Toddville, Maryland
A workboat breaks ice on Farm Creek, a tributary to Fishing Bay. Toddville, Maryland
North winds and temperatures in the 20's resulted in ice covering north facing shorelines.
Loblolly Pines reflected on ice in a shallow tidal pond in Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Near Golden Hill, Maryland
Sunset over an ice covered marsh creek. Hoopersville, Maryland
Food Photography - December 2017
On Friday, December 1st, I photographed the new menu at the increasing popular Ivy City Smokehouse in Northeast Washington D.C.
Shrimp and Grits
Corned beef sandwich
Cheesecake
Thanksgiving Vacation - Southwest Florida
Photographs from a quick trip to Southwest Florida to visit family during the 2017 Thanksgiving Holiday. We visited Sanibel Island, Captiva Island, Bonita Beach, Port of the Isles, Everglades National Park and Pine Island.
These are the first images taken on my new Nikon d850 which came in the mail just before departing Annapolis. I am excited to start using this camera as my 'workhorse' to replace the d750, d500 and d800 that I have been using for just over two years.
Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico on Sanibel Island near Blind Pass - the inlet that divides through Sanibel and Captiva Islands
Florida angler, Andrew Wright with a Red Drum caught in Everglades National Park near the area where Hurricane Irma made landfall in September
Wade fishing at sunset in Pine Island Sound near Pineland, Florida
Kayaking in Pine Island Sound near Pineland
The post office in Pineland has been the subject of paintings and photographs for artists
A backroad on Pine Island lined by Palm Farms
Royal Palm forest
White Ibis feeding at sunset on a Pine Island Sound grass flat
White Ibis feeding on the edge of a creek lined with Red Mangroves
Snowy Egret
Red Mangrove Tree Crab
The boardwalk winding through the Audubon Society's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Swamp Lily
Loblolly Pine sappling
Sea Grape leaf