Tag: greg molyneux

  • Grab Your Gear and Go Warmly

    Grab Your Gear and Go Warmly

    Shallow depth of field photograph modeling a canon body and hand knit fingerless gloves
    Grab Your Gear and Go Warmly — 50mm | f/1.8 | ISO 1000 | EXP 1/60

    I don’t like mail. It’s antiquated, burdensome, and resource intensive. Last week I liked mail. My dear friend ifmidnight sent over a pair of bad ass fingerless gloves she knit custom made for me! Spoiled much? While I was out in California visiting this past September she took my measurements and set to work. Fast forward a few weeks as I finally bust open a burgeoning mailbox burdened with neglect, a large squishy manila envelope shone through the din. My gloves! Eager I ran inside, opened—gasp!—my mail in a timely fashion, and put on my new gloves. A perfect fit!

    Taken with myself at the hands of this exceptional gift I grabbed my camera, popped on the fifty, made for the bathroom, and, and, . . . modeled? So yeah, that’s me up there trying to look cool in my newly acquired swag. In all seriousness, though these gloves will not go unused. My prime shooting season happens over winter, and having the gift of warmth as you’re staring in the teeth of a sea breeze while waiting on the sun in January is invaluable.

    In the interest of full disclosure no gloves were worn in the typing of this post.

  • M.T. Burton Gallery Summer Art Opener: and First Times

    M.T. Burton Gallery Summer Art Opener: and First Times

    A sunset HDR photograph taken along Cedar Run Dock Road in Manahawkin, NJ, by local photographer Greg Molyneux
    The path before me — 14mm | f/8 | ISO 100 | 7 Bracketed Exposures
    Storm clouds roll in over southern New Jersey marshland
    South-facing
    A late evening HDR photograph taken just after sunset from Sunset Park in Surf City, New Jersey. The exposure looks out over a very calm Barnegat Bay and features the unfinished wood of the dock at the edge of the park with a small stone in the foreground.
    Barnegat Bay dockside
    An HDR sunrise photograph overlooking the dunes, dune fence, ocean and sand of 13th Street in Ship Bottom, NJ.
    Your day breaks
    An HDR photograph of the marsh at sunset taken by photographer Greg Molyneux on Great Bay Boulevard in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey
    I’ll leave you when the summertime
    A photograph of late day sunlight pierces a snow covered wooded trail meandering through the thicket.
    And Suddenly you Find Yourself
    Macro photography of Echinacea—Purple Coneflower
    The Space Between
    A dark sepia HDR photograph of a frozen wetland of the Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area taken just before sunset
    Out where we cannot be
    Low key black and white macro photography of a Small Blue butterfly resting on a hydrangea leaf
    Kicking Around on a Piece of Ground in your Home Town

    Update: gonna be one short for the show. The big guy, Winter has its ways will not be making an appearance. It’s all for the best, though.

    Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.

    Exciting things are happening this weekend. The M.T. Burton Gallery is hosting its first ever Summer Art Opener featuring eight local artists—including myself! Gulp.

    This is a pretty big first for me. I’ve never shown my work. Hell, aside from a framed print I donated for a charity auction last summer, I’ve never even had prints ordered up before. Until now I’ve stuck purely to digital images posted online only. That’s been my comfort zone.

    Now I’m out of it. I’m stepping into unchartered territory, and not without trepidation. I’ve got to be honest, were my friends Jeff Ruemeli (hand blown glass art) and Ben Wurst (reclaimed woodworking) not also participating there’s no way I’d have the courage to go through with this. Power in numbers and all that jazz.

    As for the event, it’s going down this weekend June 6th–8th at the M.T. Burton Gallery in Surf City, New Jersey. If you’re out and about on Long Beach Island this weekend looking for something different to do, stop by and say hello. There’s activities planned for both Friday and Saturday evening—featuring live music, a clam bake, juggling, and more!

    The gallery above represents the ten photographs I’ve selected for the show. Special and serious shout out to Ben Wurst who’s done all the custom reclaimed framing. The work looks spectacular and it wouldn’t be anywhere near as good without his splendid touch. Seriously man, thank you.

  • What lies beyond?

    A silhouette self-portrait of Greg Molyneux watching a late Fall sunrise
    What lies beyond — 14mm | f/8 | ISO 100 | EXP 1/6

    Get back to where you once belong

    I once was a blogger and now I blog again—only this time with photographs.

    I’d say for the past month or so I’ve been putting slightly more than a passing thought to having my own website once again. In a past life moonlighting as a web designer, I did a lot of blog and design works with friends. We had a blast. Our digital couch moved from Atlas Editorials to Babeled to Nuclear Fissionary; my friends and I took our passions, opinions, and occasional sarcasm to the blogs. It is now that I take my photographs to this space.

    Starting back with my 365 photo project (366 as it was a Leap Year) that began on January 1, 2012, I’ve embarked on a most unexpected journey. A trek that has taken me from beleaguered photographic neophyte, to a serviceable photog with a passion for landscape and macro photography. Of late, wide angle work has really captured my interest and gets the bulk of my attention—this site should somewhat reflect that addiction. But who knows how my photographic interests will evolve from here?

    The plan for now is to post various photographs to this site offering insights and explanations into what my mind is seeing. Photography has moved and relaxed me, and I hope you can find a small piece of solace to enjoy while you visit.