Month: February 2024

Pathway

Napeague Harbor’s east shore is noted for a spectacular area of red sands and staining created by groundwater iron deposits seeping out from Hither Woods. The body of water is Long Island’s only remaining harbor never closed to shell fishing. To the east are the Walking Dunes and the several thousand acres of Hither Woods.

Over the years, the majority of red sand images I’ve posted were taken along this isolated stretch of beach. In this image, the staining is very apparent on the rocks.

Other images from this beach can be seen here.

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Cedar Island Light c.1990

Despite living a few miles from the lighthouse, yesterday was my first visit in five years. A mid-winter hike with a northwest wind can be a bit of a challenge and “desolate” hardly does the peninsula justice.

Since the light has been removed for restoration and the premises are now fenced in to protect the keeper’s house, I was curious about my older images of the building and spent an hour today converting a film negative from thirty years ago. That’s the picture up above.

More about the history of the 1839 lighthouse (and its restoration process) can be found at this link.

Another restoration process has been the one occupying my website for the last six weeks. Many of you are already fluent with CSS and the nooks and crannies of block editor. It’s been a learning process for me, and I’d be happy to answer any questions if I can be of help.

About my galleries: there’s over fifty up and running at my site now, and the effort has evolved slightly as the weeks have gone by. I began in more of a traditional mode, grouping images according to subject, abstractions etc. But that changed early on into a process which looks at how small groups of pictures tend to create something new. By opening up to the unexpected, a point has emerged: many photographs take on new life in a neighborhood.

Here’s a link, if you’d like to visit.

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