The theme of the March diptych is silhouette.
“Ghost at Full Moon on LBI” (I made in 2017). I wanted to shoot on the beach at the full moon. I did many photos that evening and this one I made as the moon had risen above the horizon. I posed the model to be backlit against the reflection of the moon on the ocean to emphasize the silhouette. I had no other illumination of the model. I used a slow shutter speed to smooth the water and allow for some movement in the model to give her an ethereal, ghostly look. I posed her looking out to sea to add to the mystery, “what is she thinking as she gazes seaward?”
“Waiting for a Wave” (2018). Early heats at the skim boarding competitions on the Atlantic are heavily backlighted by the rising sun. I used that heavy backlight and the reflection of the sun on the ocean to make several images of skim boarding competitors warming up and in early heats. I liked this image for the pose, resting on his board and waiting for the next good wave to ride.
Waiting for a Wave
Ghost at Full Moon on LBI