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The Blind Side of Clarity

March 4, 2022 by Greg Molyneux

A brooding 35mm low key blue hour abstraction with pan shot motion blur stretching the Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area lakeside landscape into the look of a painting.

You need not me to tell you the world is an all out dumpster fire right now. Pandemics, invasions, unchecked authoritarianism, a warming planet, rank incompetence, and on it goes. It all feels a blur, and you are right to fret. But we must hold firm. We must take care of our own and hold space in our hearts for the other. We are all strangers until we say hello and smile.

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The Worn One

August 6, 2021 by Greg Molyneux

35mm low key photograph of a tall and withering purple coneflower silhouetted and brooding at sunset.

Observing the lifecycle of flowers—from bloom to doom—sets the mind thinking to our own aging arc. At middle age the flower of my youth is long gone making all this time alone more intense and frightening.

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The April Fool

April 1, 2021 by Greg Molyneux

Moody 35mm photo of a yellow daffodil blossom shot wide open with a bokeh rich shallow depth of field.

Moody 35mm photo of a yellow daffodil blossom evokes dreams of poetry, even if it a bit unwieldily. Here the photographer muses over the fools in life he assume they know it all.

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Walled Off

October 6, 2020 by Greg Molyneux

35mm sepia photograph of an old wooden structure marked by leading lines, knotted wood, and a rusted iron locking loop.

Located in Wharton State Forest in Hammonton, New Jersey, Batsto Village makes for a great outdoor destination. This historic old iron works town dating back to the 18th century is a portal to the past. It’s an idyllic destination for photographers of all stripes.

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Working Class Hero

July 12, 2020 by Greg Molyneux

100mm low key macro photo of a single honey bee pollinating purple coneflower pistils. A strong single light source creates stark contrast of highlights and shadows. A deep blue monochrome treatment drives a dark, serious mood.

Dutiful honey bee plying her trade. Drinking her nectar and loading her pollen basket, she works with intent. With energy and purpose she minds her craft. Even alone the hive is on the mind. Her community needs her; needs her singular focus to feed and to provide. To sustain the group. Bounding atop pistils by […]

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Courage to Grow

July 10, 2020 by Greg Molyneux

100mm macro photograph of one purple coneflower with its blossom forming a crown. Processed in a low key blue hued monochrome.

Hardship is inevitable. It comes sure as a summer storm. Negative energy builds, tensions rise only to bow to the pressure. The storm hits, emotions roil and churn, and then, at the nadir of the struggle, the onslaught slackens. The skies clear and we stand ready to learn, left only with the courage to grow. This is our choice.

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Blue Notes

May 25, 2020 by Greg Molyneux

14mm wide angle landscape photo made low key at blue hour. Soft pastels color up the sky above an oxbow lake feature of the Cedar Run Dock Road salt marsh.

Nature is love. Love is nature. At blue hour the dance of night and day intwine in splendor to show the whole world how passion yearns. A photograph captures this dance, this light play, this teachable moment, and allows us to share in its glory long after the moment itself.

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On Dark Matters of Contrast

April 24, 2020 by Greg Molyneux

100mm macro photo of daffodil stems in abstract low key black and white processing.

When I look upon this photo my mind sees the flowing movement of long grasses underwater. Submerged and swaying with the rush of the tide. It’s a balanced fluid motion, a soft rocking back and forth carrying us away to far off places. Relaxing spaces full of soft beds, kind hearts, and unbridled hope.

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Whispers in the Dark

April 7, 2020 by Greg Molyneux

The exceptional thing about living through history is having, if only in a small way, the rare chance to shape it. By staying home, observing social distancing protocols, calling a friend, keeping a journal, checking on a neighbor, telling someone you love them, taking a walk, or making a photograph. Small acts when executed across communities and continents affect real change in response to an entirely new environment.

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Until Next Season

September 9, 2019 by Greg Molyneux

100mm low key macro photo of a black-eyed susan flower with shallow depth of field and bokeh.

With autumn coming in quick it is near time to put flower photo season to bed. Here is a late season Black-eyed Susan blossom demure before strong late afternoon light; strong contrast driving home the power of the photograph.

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Photos from the archives

Wide angle sepia photograph of two swings over the sand at Surf City Sunset Park
Sunset photograph from Surf City Sunset Park gazebo with sunlight casting a strong orange glow.
Sunset photograph of salt marsh just frozen over
Fiery sunset over winter salt marsh.
14mm wide angle winter sunset photograph reflected over the derelict of Rand's Marina along Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area. A powerful December sunset smolders with flaming clouds cast in deep orange and red colors making first rate winter sunset intensity.

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