I was out testing the monochrom recently and this is one of favorite shots so far in the edit. Most of what I was shooting was trying to test the dynamic range and understand how to expose correctly without blowing out the highlights. I ended up shooting manually (shot on the beach), ISO 800, f11 zone focused at about 5 meters with a 50mm lens. Normally I’m using a 35mm lens and zone focusing at about 3 meters, but it’s harder to get close to people on the beach like you can in the city.

A family attempts to cool down at a mist kiosk on a hot summer day in Sacramento, California. This image is a part of the series Interpretations in Black and White.

Took this photo from a rooftop bar across the street from the beach in the Caribbean village of Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica.

This image is from a moody series shot at Malibu Lagoon Beach. What began as a day out to photograph birds transformed into a photo series that married impressionistic images of surfing with a short essay about the aging process and unrealized dreams.

I would see this man on the corner of 5th Avenue and 30th Street on Manhattan when would be down that way before the Covid-19 shutdown. He would be wearing that hooded rain jacket and feeding pigeons with the birds always around him. I haven’t seen him since.

Old rail station converted to corner bar/restaurant in Adams MA….a town in recover from hard times.