It's been a while since I've posted a huge group of photos in any of my posts. Yesterday I posted a couple of that I took when we were back in Maine, of my hidey hole at Two Lights in Cape Elizabeth. I always worry about my photo-heavy posts causing delayed download times for others when they load the blog, so I've kind of shied away from dumping so many pictures out here. However, I'm going to go ahead and indulge my narcissistic desire to share some of the shots I took of Gaby and a couple of other things while we were in Maine.
I love the vividness of the pinks of some of the flowers that dot the coastline and how they provide a beautiful contrast to the deep indigo blues and sea-foam greens of the shoreline.
Gaby was, once again, so patient with my ceaseless requests to sit here, look there, sit still, be quiet, stop picking at your face, stop barking at the birds, and for the love of God would you please look at the camera! Eventually, at some point I just shut up and shoot! And these are what I am rewarded with when I just let her be...
Oh, to be as photogenic as she is!
I posted a couple of the shots of an approaching storm, yesterday, but I decided to post the entire series of all four shots today. They were all taken within a 20 minute time frame. I never cease to be amazed at how quickly things can change along that part of the Atlantic coastline.
There's a simple, rugged and yet powerful beauty about an approaching storm over the ocean. The colors, sounds, smells and the atmosphere all combine into something fiercely beautiful and amazing. One of my dreams has long been to photograph a lightning storm over the Atlantic. I get excited at the prospect of just sitting there while the thunder booms overhead and the waves answer back as they drive themselves into rocky shore and then the lightning sends long tendrils of electricity into the foaming waters below it and further excites the drama being played out by nature. To be able to capture that entire scene through the lens of a camera is something I envision having the privilege of doing, at some point.
Until then, I'll be content seizing the moments of a certain little girl's childhood through the lens of my camera because they are every bit as fleeting and gorgeous as a summer storm over the ocean.
