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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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Sky Floor

January 30, 2021 by Greg Molyneux

14mm wide angle photo of a golden hour mackerel sky reflected over still waters of Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area.

Altocumulus clouds glory in reticulated patterns. Like a well kept parquet floor who’s played host to countless balls and dance. The glimmering lights waltz upon the sky shimmering and bending, passing off as the scale of the fish.

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Let’s Go

January 21, 2021 by Greg Molyneux

14mm wide angle photograph of a fiery sunset burning intense reds, yellows, and orange across the whole of the sky. All reflected by the calm mirror reflection of the Stafford Forge lake.

A weary world turns to 2021 seeking relief in the form of warm hug with the tender promise everything’s going to be all right. We’re ready for something positive. 2020 set a low bar and should not be hard to better, nevertheless let’s make sure we bounce back together. Let’s go.

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The Gift of Winter

December 13, 2020 by Greg Molyneux

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.

A powerful December sunset smolders deep. Burning yellow, orange red flame reflected atop the derelict ruins of Rands Marina. The entire Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area salt marsh burns bright as colder temperatures and winter weather approach. Cards on the table this is my best sunset photograph in five years.

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From Solitude

December 12, 2020 by Greg Molyneux

14mm wide angle winter sunset photograph made at the Cedar Run Dock Road salt marsh. A gossamer of pastel clouds stretch across the sky, reflecting upon the still surface of the water. A window of brown marsh grass invites the viewer into the scene.

A life in solitude may yet be a life well lived. Trials and tribulations shape the isolated travelers journey through this life. In solitude exploration and self discovery take place. A chance to uncover who we are and what we’re all about. His is the path of solitude.

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The Winter Look

December 3, 2020 by Greg Molyneux

14mm wide angle HDR sunset photo of a winter sky glowing with deep pastel colored clouds reflected above Cedar Run Dock Road salt marsh.

The winter sunset, man. My favorite photograph to make. A holy ember unique unto herself in the pantheon of seasonal sunsets. The depth and vibrancy of color coupled with a singular clarity to the air creates the perfect environment for striking cloud colors. These are cold moments made to leave you breathless.

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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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Intersections

November 27, 2020 by Greg Molyneux

14mm wide angle sunset photo reflected over the lake at Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area. Pastel colored clouds form an X shape pattern water reflected in symmetry as sunset gives way to blue hour.

Where does the writing go when you set out with nary an end nor a goalpost. How does it flow? Set out on The Union Market deck I let my mind snake its way through the labyrinth at the tip of ten fingers. Is this how one gets into creative writing?

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In My Own Time

November 20, 2020 by Greg Molyneux

14mm wide angle sunset photograph made at Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area. Intensely vibrant pastel hues color an array of clouds pulled across the sky reflecting atop the undulating pond water.

We find help for our mind, body, and soul in many places. Some planned and intention, others serendipitous and seemingly sent by coincidence if not fate. It is important to avail ourselves to help, especially in the times it is most difficult to do so. And no matter how hard it gets we can always come back to our breath. It’s the one thing nothing but death can take from us.

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Plebs Will Out

November 8, 2020 by Greg Molyneux

14mm sunset photo made in early November along the Cedar Run Dock Road salt marsh. Yellow, pink, and purple pastels color up gossamer clouds stretched across the sky all reflected in water.

This democratization of technology has taken photography from a cloistered craft of the few into a pastime of the many. The equalization of this skill makes us all richer. Smartphones have become the great leveler, bringing high quality picture making devices to so many. This has allowed experimentation and practice by people in places who otherwise would have had no chance to learn the trade.

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Photos from the archives

A photograph of late day sunlight pierces a snow covered wooded trail meandering through the thicket.
A minimalist high key macro of a Klondyke Sunny Red (cosmos sulphureus) flower that creates the look of a woman spinning a dress.
Square format HDR landscape photograph of dock and bay at sunset
Vertical orientation HDR sunset photo over winter marsh.
In this black and white photograph, strong leading lines move the eye through this olde tyme porch where an old wood bench sat steady for a lifetime of stories, friendship and support.

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