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Shaken

June 4, 2022 by Greg Molyneux

14mm sunset photo at Cedar Run Dock Road's lush green salt marsh. Left to right panning introduces motion blur to the photograph rendering a dreamy, painterly effect to the image.

New Jersey photographer Greg Molyneux shares his latest hospital scare the day after capturing a sunset out on Cedar Run Dock Road salt marsh. Heart issues continue to weigh heavily on his mind, and has him shaken to the core. Stay healthy out there, and take care of yourselves, my friends.

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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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Second Time Round

January 15, 2022 by Greg Molyneux

14mm blue hour photo using panning motion blur to create a dark, painterly effect of Cedar Run Dock Road salt marsh.

Shoot the same shot twice and it’ll never be the same. No matter how hard you try this truth will hold. One of the great rewards of making photographs is the differences, both subtle and great, that arise between exposures. Tactical changes take these differences even further. This brings powerful creativity to the photographer, affording all kinds of wonder and discovery throughout the process.

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The Call Back

August 23, 2021 by Greg Molyneux

35mm out of focus photo of Cedar Run Dock Road salt marsh made with motion blur by panning the camera left to right.

Is the call coming back? Has the voice imploring me to return to making photographs grown louder and more urgent in recent weeks? Can I find inspiration and growth in making photographs once again? Is there more waiting for me in this space? I hope so, and I think so.

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All Blur

July 20, 2021 by Greg Molyneux

35mm photograph of green summer salt marsh at blue hour. Panning left to right creates motion blur in the landscape photograph.

Displeased to report photography has been something of a chore these past few months. Here’s hoping there’s a chance to rediscover some of the magical respite I have benefited from these past 10 years.

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The Sea Moves

February 13, 2021 by Greg Molyneux

14mm wide angle landscape photo of blue hour reflected over Little Egg Harbor bay. Blended with intentional horizontal motion blur.

Let’s explore a photography technique that intentionally introduces motion blur into the finished image. Combine steady hands, confident, steady motion and a lazy shutter to produce stunning minimalist photographs. The effect of motion brings a painterly touch to heighten the drama.

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Stop Motion

November 29, 2020 by Greg Molyneux

14mm blue hour photo purposefully out of focus capturing passing clouds and salt marsh with intentional camera side motion blur.

I have a problem. My photography is wholly uninspired and improvement has been long absent and plenty indifferent. For four years now I have set adrift atop the inevitable plateau of your talent’s going no where. No gains, no challenges, no growth. What can I do to fix it? Let’s find out…

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Born of the Purple

July 27, 2020 by Greg Molyneux

35mm out of focus photograph of a bunch of purple coneflowers backlight by a striking sunset and smooth bokeh. The echinacea blossoms are set glowing in powerful pastel pink and purple tones.

Life is full of happy accidents. We must take them as they come, for they are cherished boons. The lesson—missing out on a thing does not mean we lose a thing. Instead it gifts opportunity to see a thing in a different, more diffuse and loving light. We work with what we’ve got, and that is where we create the real magic to capture our forever.

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Safe Haven

July 15, 2020 by Greg Molyneux

14mm wide angle sunset photo made over the Cedar Run Dock Road salt marsh creek. The photo is intentionally blurred to create a streaked, painterly effect moving left to right.

Visiting the Cedar Run Dock Road salt marsh has been an essential go-to for the entirety of my adult life. Whether for storm chasing, leisure cruising with friends, or a solemn place to cleanse the mind palate. The later has been especially true since I began my landscape photography journey back in 2012. This is my spot to take a mental reset and make beautiful photographs.

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Marsh Brush

November 11, 2019 by Greg Molyneux

35mm sunset photo over the salt marsh using motion blur to render a brush stroke effect on the marsh and clouds.

Sometimes it is best to step back from tack sharp landscape photography. Have some fun and dabble with the form and movement that renders color and form as if at the painted ends of a brush stroke. A little intentional motion blur from time-to-time will set your creative mind free.

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Photos from the archives

An HDR sunset of Antoinetta's Restaurant on Cedar Run Dock Road in Manahawkin, NJ. While grays and blues set the tone of this seascape, the fire lit sunset in the distance elevates the drama with strong reds and pinks.
14mm wide angle HDR sunset photo featuring salt marsh, storm clouds, and anticrepuscular rays.
Photographer and reclaimed wood extraordinare sends out a text to Joe.
Black and white hemlock pine cone macro photo in square format.
Soft greens, blues, and purples, mark this cross processed macro photograph of an unopened honeysuckle bud. The diffuse finish lends a soothing feel.

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