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Autumn Intonation

November 11, 2020 by Greg Molyneux

35mm photo of a quick fire hydrangea bathed in rich golden light. The autumn pinks, yellows, and oranges of the flowering bush explode in a panoply of autumn color backdropped by smooth bokeh.

Autumn sings its beauty in mysterious, esoteric ways. Yet the comprehension is there if only we take the time to look and listen. The beauty of autumn reveals a promised truth: rebirth and renewal is always there waiting for us. Take a moment to listen and observe the songs nature speaks.

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Color the Season

November 9, 2017 by Greg Molyneux

Landscape photo of fall foliage trees colored orange, red and yellow, mixed with green pines.

The calendar flips, it’s getting short on pages. The daylight wanes and I take stock of my photography. Judged on quantity alone this will be my least productive year yet. Fewest number of posts since starting this site in January 2014, and the fewest number of photographs since I began shooting in January 2012. Such […]

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Midas on the Marsh

October 23, 2017 by Greg Molyneux

Golden hour salt marsh landscape photo.

What is it about gold? It’s beauty renown; it’s appeal universal. Coveted across cultures and throughout ages, gold transcends. An economist may chalk it up to scarcity. A philosopher may cite an intrinsic modality difficult for lesser minds to parse. An historian would describe it as a mechanism to transact both conquest, trade, and subjugation. […]

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The Old Wood Span

September 2, 2017 by Greg Molyneux

Golden hour photo of a wood bridge spanning a stretch of water.

To the romance of wood. The fuel of the hearth. The bones of the home. The backdrop of the written word. Nailed to the story of man wood’s place in civilization’s ascent is both secure and unsung. Its importance overshadowed by the power of stone, bronze, and iron. Perhaps there being no Wood Age—nor great […]

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Drop in a Scene

August 28, 2017 by Greg Molyneux

Golden hour landscape photo over creek and wooden bridge.

I invite you to journey with me. But first you much breathe. Close your eyes and breathe. Inhale. Exhale. Slow your mind and follow your breath. In. Out. Deep breaths at first. Three or four long inhalations followed by slow and steady exhalation. Focusing on the breath. In. Out. Forget about the world. Repeat. Now […]

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The Life Spectrum

June 18, 2017 by Greg Molyneux

Golden hour landscape photo of a fresh green salt marsh.

Life has returned to the salt marsh. Sea birds eager to feed. Chasing down fish schools and insect hatches if not willing yet able to provide said feed. The salt scented breezes lend rhythm to sedge grasses reanimated with life. Few things stir the soul like the nascent green of marsh born anew. Fresh color […]

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Cracked and Cruel

March 11, 2017 by Greg Molyneux

Golden hour photo of cracked mussel shells, docks, and storm clouds.

Poring over Lightroom this morning with a fresh set of eyes it seems a solid chance I will publish upward of four photographs from yesterday’s Great Bay Boulevard golden hour shoot. While the initial shot I posted happened right in the thick of ever changing weather, I thought it best to post the remainder of […]

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Weather or Not

March 10, 2017 by Greg Molyneux

Dramatic cloud photo as snow squall storm clouds streak across the marsh.

Strange weather has brought itself to New Jersey. In typical Mid-Atlantic March fashion we’ve seen all four seasons this month and we’ve yet to cross the Ides of March. Yesterday we saw temps approach 70 while today much of the state was greeted with slippery roads and heavy wet snowfall. Once this morning’s system moved […]

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Golden Glow Before the Snow

February 8, 2017 by Greg Molyneux

Golden hour photo lights the sky over calm bay water.

You could say this photograph is the golden calm before the white storm. The spring tease before the winter freeze. Today southern New Jersey danced with the upper 60s but make no mistake—winter is coming. Here in the Mid-Atlantic we find ourselves sandwiched between unseasonably warm air, an arctic air mass, and a boatload of […]

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Who Goes There?

February 5, 2017 by Greg Molyneux

Golden hour photo of wind swept sand dunes on Long Beach Island.

Footprints? Footprints on the sand dune? That’s prohibited, yo. Photographic evidence would suggest recently someone was out and about on a section of berm otherwise left perfectly windswept along the beaches of Loveladies, New Jersey. Judging by the small size and short gait I’m going to guess this was a child’s work. Fortunately it was […]

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Photos from the archives

High key photograph of a Washington DC cherry blossom. The fresh blossoms were bathing in a rich golden light just before the sun began to set over the Tidal Basin.
A macro photograph of a freshly bloomed wisteria flowering plant. The shallow depth of field and deep vignetting evoke a moody feel among the flowers.
Golden hour in the snow; as seen from the New Jersey Pinelands' Pygmy Pine forest. Fresh tire tracks and stunted pitch pine trees are illuminated by sunlight and marked with snow in this landscape HDR photograph.
Wide angle HDR photograph of a rainbow forming over Long Beach Island houses bathed in gold.
14mm wide angle photograph of a stunning sunset with pastel colored clouds sweeping across the Cedar Run Dock Road salt marsh.

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