Morning Ambience
In the early light of St. Augustine, photographers find two opportunities — radiant illumination and serene, empty streets — and two challenges: taming contrast and keeping verticals true. Both can be mastered with intention — through thoughtful exposure, the Zone System, combining a digital back with high dynamic range, like Hasselblad CFV100C and the precision of a technical camera like a Cambo WRS 1600.
Remembering Memento Mori on a Misty Morning.
We are alive. We are not dead fish. Live lively lives, pursue passionate projects, foster fervor, experience events, and express yourself earnestly. Life is short. Entropy prevails.
On this misty morning, a man and his dog crossed the Tolomato River and then disembarked onto the floating deck attached to the Vilano Beach Pier. It could have been Charon on the River Styx landing on the dock in Hades. He wasn’t; it wasn’t; it wasn’t. It was an unnamed man on the Tolomato River in St. Augustine.
St Augustine Marina at sunrise
St Augustine Municipal Marina offers 96 slips for vessels up to 200 feet and 100 moorings and has facilities for both sail and power boats. It is very photogenic, and I often go there to make photographs. You can see the St Augustine skyline and unique views of the Bridge of Lions. I used a Hasselblad 907X 50C anniversary kit with an XCD 3.5/30 for this series.
Vilano Beach Morning Walk
I took my new Hasselblad 907X 50c Anniversary Edition to the gorgeous Vilano beach for a spin. Here are a few images from this walk.