Breaststroker Dima Stelmah of the Burbank Y Bluefins

From a shoot at the Burbank Y, Reading, Massachusetts today.

From a portrait session today in Newton, Massachusetts. Great soft light!

© Paul Mozell
The fifth installment in a series. Your feedback is welcome! All photographs in the series are available as fine art prints and licensed stock images.

20) Don’t use auto White Balance for Landscapes

The Mad River, Waterville Valley, New Hampshire

The human eye is an amazing thing. It surpasses most, if not all cameras in its ability to see a range of brightness from dark to white and it instantly adjusts to different focal lengths faster than the finest Nikon, Canon lens. In collaboration with the brain, it makes remarkable adjustments for color temperature — a value on the Kelvin Scale that describes how cool blue, or warm red-yellow a light source may be. continue reading…

The Donahue family posed on an outcrop in Breakheart Reservation on a perfect fall afternoon.

This is a great time of year to make family portraits. Nearby parks and public places are often great settings to create lasting family memories. Backyards can be great as well. Your portrait session will yield a series of personal images that can be made into gallery-wrapped canvas prints suitable for prominent display in living room or den. Other versions may compliment the decor of an office. And, there is still time to order 5×7, custom greeting cards for the holidays.
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Moonlight on Bass Rocks, Gloucester, MA

A 20 second exposure records the misty seascape illuminated by the full moon. The constellation Orion is visible above the horizon.

© Paul Mozell 2011

On the day after a surprise nor’easter brought high winds and several inches of snow to central New England in late October, skies were super crisp and clear.

The Great Marsh is a coastal wetland of 25,000 acres on the northern Massachusetts coast, It extends from Cape Ann to the mouth of the Merrimack River.

The northern end of Plum Island, Newburyport, MA. Large trees have been tossed on the beach by the high tides and strong winds.

These images are available as fine art prints and licensed stock photography.