On November 28th, my father and I went down to Portland, ME for a University of Maine hockey game. UMaine only plays down in Portland once a year, so we figured we would make the trip. I suggested that we leave early so that I could shoot at Portland Head Light for the third time. My dad was on board with the idea so that’s exactly what we did. I think I ended up shooting for two hours or so there, trying different angles, moving all around, and keeping a very careful eye on the light.
The light started off somewhat poor (although I was able to capture black and white image A in this light.)
But, after a while, things started to look up. As the sun was going down it threw some brilliant light at the lighthouse itself for a solid fifteen minutes or so (there wasn’t much color in the sky at this point, but I do have some color images in my Color Gallery from this time) and I thought it would make some great black and white images. This is when I captured image B.
Later on, when the sun had all but dipped below the horizon and the colors in the sky were brilliant I captured this black and white. Just because there is amazing color doesn’t mean there isn’t a black and white image somewhere in there, right? This is when I captured image C.
If you enjoyed my black and white images, please scroll down and check out my Color Gallery and Experimental Gallery from the same day at Portland Head!
