Posts Tagged ‘St. Michael’s’
Chesapeake Bay: Tidewater
Chesapeake Bay:  Tidewater

The Osprey are back and are feeling comfortable. The Washington Post ran an article on their migratory habits. These birds are well-traveled and eerily precise in their sense of time. And they have become so comfortable in their environment that they are sitting on an a fire alarm in New Jersey

TIDEWATER: Fall Sailing on the Chesapeake
TIDEWATER:  Fall Sailing on the Chesapeake

It’s nearing the end of the boating season (at least for us!). We started the day off with rain and decided to simply stop by the Marina for lunch and take a stroll but all of sudden, serendipity. The weather went from fog, to crystal clear and back to cloudy in three blissful hours of sailing with a steady ten to fifteen knot wind.

Chesapeake Fall Sailing
Chesapeake Fall Sailing

L’Escargot is berthed at Herrington Harbour Marina which is about fifty minutes from my DC office. It’s a pleasure to spend some of these Fall days using the boat both as an office as well as for making images like the one above. I am sitll stunned that the Marina has wi-fi so I can spend time near the water in this beautiful Fall weat

Tidewater Epub on Amazon
Tidewater Epub on Amazon

Tidewater: The Chesapeake Bay in Photographs” is now uploaded to the Amazon website and can be downloaded instantly for your reading pleasure on almost any device. Cool Technology!

TIDEWATER: Classic Yachts
TIDEWATER:  Classic Yachts

It’s been a busy year in Washington, DC but every week, I try to get out on the L’Escargot and capture the beauty of sailing on the Chesapeake. I know exactly which photograph this will replace in the new edition of Tidewater: The Chesapeake Bay in Photographs. This is a classic Tartan 37 cruiser/racer. I’d guess it’s early seventies and in great shape and trim as it sails off Herrington Harbour.

Tidewater: Fall Sailing on the Chesapeake Bay
Tidewater:  Fall Sailing on the Chesapeake Bay

Cool weather brought out hundreds of boats from Herrington Harbour South out on the Chesapeake Bay this weekend and L’Escargot happened to be passing by LaNeve, a restored Cape Dory 31 which my neighbor Jim Evans has been working on.  There were tons of fishing boats which looked to be picking up crabs, flounder and rockfish […]

Annapolis Maritime Museum
Annapolis Maritime Museum

Les Foster and I finished hanging thirty five images at the Annapolis Maritime Museum and will let the others revolve through the two months the show is up. TALK:  “Photographing the Chesapeake”  January 26, 2012  7:8:30 p.m. RECEPTION: January 27, 2012  5:30-7:30 p.m  

Fine Photo Print Special: March
Fine Photo Print Special: March

These images are discounted significantly and will be available for a month. They are printed on an extraordinarily beautiful 12″ x 18″ inch metallic paper and are archival in quality.