Southwest Harbor “Now”
This spring I photographed more than 30 scenes in Southwest Harbor, Maine for a “Then & Now” exhibit held at the Southwest Harbor Public Library during the month of July. The “then” photos came from the library’s Collection of Photographs and most dated from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the exhibit, the then and now images were paired and accompanied by a description of the …
Sea Ledges – Manset, Maine
Sea Ledges is located on the Shore Road in Manset, Maine on Mount Desert Island. Its views of Southwest Harbor, Somes Sound, and Acadia National Park are spectacular. With kind permission from the owners, I made the panorama below on the summer solstice at 5:23 AM. I used a Canon 5D3 and a Canon 45mm f/2.8 tilt/shift lens shooting 1/125 sec, f/5.6 at ISO 100. The pano is a combination of …
Waters Edge, W. P. Stewart Estate
Waters Edge is a private estate on Sargeant Drive in Northeast Harbor, Maine. It has lovely gardens and expansive views across Somes Sound to the mountains of Acadia National Park. Each year the W. P. Stewart family opens this fabulous property for a spring garden tour to support a local nonprofit organization. This year the host and beneficiary of the event was the Harbor House Community …
New York City in Winter
New York’s lower east side is where my journey began this morning. I flew to LaGuardia last night from Bangor, Maine and checked into the “tenement chic” Blue Moon Hotel. This now upscale neighborhood was once one of the most densely populated places on earth. It is rich in history, though much of it is very dark. After checking into my if-only-the-walls-could-talk room, I walked around …
Our House is a Very, Very, Very Fine House
Our friends keep asking us for pictures of our home. Here’s what it looked like this morning after the second of two back-to-back snow storms. The house was built in 1931 and that’s about all we know of its history [see update below]. It does seem that every recent owner has done something to improve it and we are trying to keep up the tradition. Downstairs there’s a kitchen, dining room, …
National Bank of Middlebury
The National Bank of Middlebury hired me to photograph each of the five Vermont towns where the bank has a branch. Janice and I had fun traveling around central Vermont photographing iconic buildings and landmarks that were representative of each town. Large versions of the posters below now hang in each office.
Golden Hour in New York City
In photography, the golden hour (sometimes known as magic hour) is the first and last hour of sunlight during the day when a specific photographic effect is achieved due to the quality of the light [wikipedia]. Last month I had opportunities to shoot at both dusk and dawn in New York City. Most of us are already awake at dusk, but getting those early morning shots of the first light requires …
Real Estate Photography
Here are samples of residential real estate photography used by realtors and builders. We shot these earlier this month at a residence in Underhill, Vermont that was about to go on the market. Less than two weeks later, we received this note from the owner:
Hi George and Janice, — I’m still in shock. The story is the realtor showed our photos to a couple who fell in love …