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Jun

The Beauties of Gurney Street

By Frank T. Smith Closed

Categories: Photography
Tags: Architectural, architecture, Cape May, Gurney Street, Historic, New Jersey, NJ, Olympus, Photo, photo workshop, Photograph, Photography, Presentation, spring, Stockton, TG-5, Tough, Victorian, Vintage, Workshop

I was in Cape May, NJ last week for a presentation to the Photography Club of Cape May. Cape May is one of my very favorite places. For me I find it very relaxing and filled with all types of photographic opportunities. If I don’t have my Olympus OM-D E-M1 MkII with me, I always carry the ever trusty and versatile TG-5. The morning before my presentation, I had an hour or two to grab a couple of shots from Gurney Street. The handful of homes on this street are the famous Victorian Stockton Row (circa 1869). Since I was doing a presentation on Architectural photography, I thought is was quite appropriate to grab some shots here. All of the images were shot with the TG-5 and I must admit I am always blown away with the results of this little powerhouse.

Apr

Lumberville – Raven Rock Bridge

By Frank T. Smith Closed

Categories: Photography
Tags: Architectural, architecture, Bridge, Delaware River, Foot Bridge, John A. Roebling, Lumberville, New Jersey, NJ, Olympus, OM-D E-M5 MkII, PA, Pennsylvania, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Raven Rock, Raven Rock Bridge, spring, Vintage

This past weekend I ventured to an area on the Delaware River known as the Lumberville – Raven Rock Bridge. The reason it was of interest to me is because it is a foot bridge. In this day and age, one rarely sees this. The original bridge was built in 1856 and what we see today was reconstructed in 1947. It connects Lumberville, PA and Raven Rock, NJ. The design was handled by John A. Roebling who is most famous for his design of the Brooklyn Bridge. All images were shot with the Olympus OM-D E-M5 MkII and the M.Zuiko ED 7-14mm f2.8 PRO or the ED 8mm F1.8 Fisheye PRO.

Jul

Sunset Beach Water Tower

By Frank T. Smith Closed

Categories: Photography
Tags: Cape May, Industrial, Industrial Ruin, New Jersey, NJ, Olympus, OM-D E-M5 MkII, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Water Tower, Wide Angle

A few weeks ago I was in Cape May NJ. We were working our way towards Sunset Beach. The plan was to get some shots of the abandoned water tower. I thought it might be a 30 – 60 minute shoot. It ended up being a couple of hours. I was quite amazed with the place. It sits on a Magnesite plant that was active during WWII. The plant was used to make Magnesite which was used to make steel among other industrial supplies. All of the shots were taken with my Olympus 7-14 f2.8 lens. The location begged to be shot with a wide angle lens and processed in B&W.

Jul

Chasing the Light at the Jersey Shore

By Frank T. Smith 1 Comment

Categories: Photography
Tags: Cape May, New Jersey, NJ, Olympus, OM-D E-M10, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Summer, Vacation, Wildwood

Last week we did our annual family vacation in Cape May, NJ. The weather was more than cooperative and it was fun spending time with the family. We typically plan one evening at the boardwalk in Wildwood. Unbeknownst to most of the group, I wanted to make an effort to catch the “Golden hour” and the “Blue hour” and, if at all possible, be on the ferris wheel at that time. As luck (and a little bit of planning) had it, I was able to pull it off. All of the images were shot with the Olympus OM-D E-M10 & the 14-42mm lens.