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oyster (with seagull)
Blue isn’t necessarily the strongest color in a scene (Hello, yellow-green), but the light-magic of fog gives blue a pretty good chance to dominate. And then there was that extremely well-timed seagull…
Fun Fact 1: in my senior year in architecture school, my design professor (Dan MacGilvary, who was outstanding) told us his most hated color was a specific shade of yellow-green that he called “snake-shit green.” He promised anyone who used that color in their renderings would fail his class.
Fun Fact 2: my sister and I called that same shade “spit-up green” and almost never used that particular Crayon.
Fun Fact 3: I don’t know how a post about this blue sign got hijacked by the color chartreuse.
Portland, Maine
photographed 3.16.2026
rolls out in shades of blue
This was my second visit to Old Orchard Beach; I’d been there in mid-September when it was starting to shut down for the season. I was happy to get to go back again last month: it was foggy and quiet and lonesome.
Context clues help me imagine what July must be like here. And because I know myself pretty well, I know I like it better this way.
Old Orchard Beach, Maine
photographed 3.16.2026
volcano fog
My favorite kind of weather is fog. I don’t see it often, which is definitely part of the attraction. But I like the way it envelopes everything, softening the edges and the noise, giving away to mystery.
And so while it was a shame that we didn’t get to the the magnificent lava fields stretching out below us, I did appreciate my moments with the fog. It felt a little bit like seeing an old friend.
on the side of Mt. Etna, Sicily
photographed 2.6.2025
in front of all this beauty
A lighthouse up the hill behind me, and the north Atlantic way down there, shrouded in the fog. It was lovely.
Cape Forchu Lighthouse
Cape Forchu, Nova Scotia
photographed 8.3.2015
Dancing Fog
Maybe you already knew this, but it was news to me: if you shoot fog against a street light have an exposure in the range of three seconds, apparently you can capture the movement of the fog.
Or maybe the street light was possessed by demons.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.24.2021
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