Late winter-early springThis post is doing a little catch-up. Winter granted us enough snow so it persists even without new storms.
Alpenglow.
Mount Washington sunset from Sweden, Maine. Spring was two days old at this point.
Time to remove the ice house, Moose Pond, West Bridgton. The photo appeared in the Bridgton News.
Almost April showers, Highland Lake, Bridgton, March 23. Lake Living spring 2015The spring edition of Lake Living magazine has been out for several weeks now. I contributed photographs for two articles and supplied the cover image. Here I'll post some images that were published and others that were not. For more details, please see the online version of the magazine.
The magazine's graphic artist cropped this image to a vertical and used it on the cover. One of the articles was about a local business which sells record players and other high-end audio equipment.
The other article was a followup to an article from spring of 2014 covering the restoration of an old hall in Denmark, Maine. Some of my images were composed to match images from the previous article (which I did not photograph).
Upstairs is the large open space with a stage. The woodwork and trim has amazing detail.
This is the full space. Here I used the 16-28 zoom with the full frame Nikon D600. With care the extreme wide angle can be kept from distorting too much (and with help from Lightroom).
A little fill-flash was used to light the door.
The upstairs of this hall was once used for a now-defunct secret society. This sliding cover was used by members to gain access. Notice the birds-eye maple panels.
At another time, the upstairs was used as a carpenter's shop for making caskets. This hole in the floor/ceiling was used to lower the finished caskets through to a waiting cart.
Two old box assembly machines. The closer one has been restored to mostly working order and I got a demonstration of how it drives multiple nails into a board at the same time.
The hall is on the left. The barn, behind, and the farmhouse, on the right, are still under restoration. A wood pellet burner in the basement of the hall supplies heat to all three buildings. As for the snow, well that is what you get when you have to photograph spring magazine photos in February. That said, now there is still snow banks around the buildings, although the drive is muddy.
2015 Paris Hill Founder's Day posterIn 2012, this car was the subject of the 2013 Paris Hill Founder's Day Poster:
After the photo session, the beautiful 1938 Alfa Romeo was moved down the hill where some other cars were parked outside the car barn. The large white building acted as an enormous reflector for the late afternoon sun.
And of course I couldn't let the opportunity pass.
Skip ahead to the present. There was no opportunity to set up a photo session for the 2015 poster, but I remembered this photo. After some design work, it became this:
The 2015 Paris Hill Founder's Day poster, with its subject, the 1932 Packard 906 Convertible Sedan by Dietrich. So for anyone who wants to see a very special collection of cars, you now have the notice. The plan is to sell a limited-edition 18"x24" copy of this poster at the show. I'll let you know how plans develop on that. Here is the old 2013 poster:
That Alfa Romeo really is a special car. And for another treat, hear it starting up in the video below.
Winter days
Mount Washington looking up the Saco River Valley.
Foggy morning, Pine Hill
Northern lights through a hazy sky.
A Bohemian waxwing Winter at the seaside #2
It was overcast; the storm was gradually moving offshore leaving inches of fresh powder in its wake. Unless you live by the coast, seeing this amount of snow near the ocean is an unusual experience. Morse Mountain, south of Bath, Maine, provided a great place to take snowshoes or cross-country skiis and get away from the more accessible shoreline. Even in summertime, this is an interesting place to visit. Not everyone wants to walk in almost two miles to see the ocean when Popham Beach is nearby. Add around two feet of snow and the number of visitors is decreased even more. Of course the fort and Popham Beach are well worthwhile to visit. The temperature was in the 20's, so you needed to dress warmly, but not for an Arctic expedition. No one had been in since the recent storm, but you could follow old paths so the snowshoes didn't sink it too far. That is, except where there were drifts.
Here is the view from the top of Morse Mountain looking out to sea.
The beach is the destination of this tramp through the woods.
And here is Seawall Beach with Seguin Lighthouse on the island offshore.
Beach sand on my snowshoes. How often does that happen?
This building, Seagontz, is one of the rentals on the property.
Morse Mountain again. The clouds are pushing out to sea. It is said you can see Mount Washington (in New Hampshire) from here.
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