Coastal Adventures

The Boneyard At High Tide

This place is overwhelming and as you can see extremely difficult to get pleasing compositions. The huge amount of trees on the beach are tough to work with and finding isolation is key.
To get this far down the beach I had to bushwack through the high tide water line of downed trees and living […]

By |December 4th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments

How to Deal with Condensation On Your Lens

Condensation is an absolute killer to a photo shoot.  Once it sets in you can wipe and wipe and it will keep coming back.  So what causes condensation and how can you get rid of it and prevent it?
Causes of Condensation
Condensation occurs anytime the lens is cooler than the ambient air temperature and there […]

By |May 16th, 2014|Tips, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Mountains to Sea Website Launch – Print Giveaway

I’m a little late posting this but yesterday was day 2 of our new website launch. You can still sign up to get a free print from either of us. Just head over to http://mountainstoseaworkshops.com/7-days-of-spring-day-2/ and sign up.

Let us know what you guys think of our website and if you would like […]

By |March 26th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Reprocessing older images

Winter is the perfect time to go back through and reprocess some of those older images. If you are anything like me your style will change over time, and you will learn new techniques that improve your results. I’m always amazed when I look back at some of my earlier work and […]

By |March 5th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments

How to Photograph Moving Water – Streaking Waves

Illustrating the sense of motion in a photograph by capturing streaking waves can really add something special. Getting those streaking waves is something that I’m constantly striving for and when it all comes together I’m really excited. You only really need a quality camera and a tripod but a remote trigger can really help […]

By |February 21st, 2014|Tips, Uncategorized|0 Comments

“Wide Open”, Copahee Sound, SC – How do you decide where to get your stuff printed?

I’ve been preparing the last couple of weeks for the Artists and Craftsman’s Show this coming Saturday (11/23/2013) in Mount Pleasant, and I’ve had a bunch of work printed for samples, stock and display. I don’t do a lot of shows and I do not want a high amount of inventory. I […]

By |November 19th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Episode 2: Photo Babble – Shooting in Adverse Conditions

By |September 5th, 2013|Uncategorized|1 Comment

Digital Processing Workshop

John MacLean and I would like your input. We have heard loud and clear that you want a workflow management and processing class. To that end we have setup a new Adobe Lightroom 4 workshop, but we need to figure out who is interested and what date you’d prefer. The plan is to have […]

By |April 24th, 2013|Uncategorized|10 Comments

Triangle Falls

A little trickle creates an amazing lush scene half way up Hanging Lake Trail. It is so dry there that this was a very welcome sight.

By |December 14th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Special Black Friday Sale

I’ve heard from lots of folks who are planning on ordering prints as Christmas gifts. Use the discount code “BlackFriday20” to save 20% on my prints from now through Sunday, Nov 25th, 2012. Head over to http://coastalinsight.smugmug.com/Landscapes and click buy at the top right of any photo.

By |November 22nd, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments