A Bit of Old Saybrook

Yesterday while I was out with a friend on his boat, I managed to grab a few images of some of the lighthouses in Old Saybrook. I've shot there before but from land, so being in the water was a real treat for me!

First a little sailboat shot! Saw this and just needed to capture the moment..



I was really digging this shot of the lighthouse - as well as the last one in this post - couldn't decide which I liked better though!







I don't do much landscape photography, but when I do do it, I really try and capture the moment, just as if it were alive!

-Rick O

Derby River Walk

Okay, so I realized that the Shelton River Walk wasn't the side of the River Walk everyone was talking about. I headed to the Derby side of the River Walk this past weekend, and I must admit, it was absolutely gorgeous - and was also about 1.7 miles.

It was a bit windy on Saturday, but the color was gorgeous, the sky had those big white puffy clouds and it was a very clear day.

Here are some of my favorites...











Amazing beauty right in the valley!

-Rick O

Shelton River Walk

It seems that everyone and their brother keeps talking about this River Walk over in Shelton, so I decided to go over there and see what the fuss is really all about. After being there, I must say, the main attraction has to be the ability to walk :o) Well they have brick pavers everywhere and its a small section perhaps 1/2 a mile or so and it is absolutely clean and just picture-perfect. Of course the minute you step off of the brick pavers it resembles a typical inner-city.

It was a bit windy, and was unable to get anything really really good in as far as color in the leaves without a slight blur, but a few lamp posts (which weren't blowin) did catch my eye!







All in all it was worth the 15 minute drive!

-Rick O

Up Under I-95 in Old Saybrook

I didn't have anything going on this weekend and just wanted to hop in the car and take a drive and get some fresh air (-- thats kinda an oxymoron) - anyways the weather was awesome, the skies were clear and crisp and instead of going South or up to the North West corner of the state, I decided to go North..

I wanted to head to Old Saybrook and the Essex area - never really found what I was looking for, but stumbled upon this massive section of bridge under I-95. The lamp posts were just so freaking kewl and there were these rocks of wonderous almost make believe colors.







It's starting to get chilly out which seems to mean that Summer is officially coming to an end and I don't like the cold.. :o)

-Rick O

No Clue!

I was driving to a session in Monroe, NY and came to a scenic area - I'm not particularly happy with this exposure - it was pretty hazy out and the lighting was terrible, but what the heck - I can't control the conditions under these circumstances!



-Rick O