When I was in elementary school, I read Misty of Chincoteague Island by Marguerite Henry, a book about the wild ponies of Chincoteague Island. As a kid, I was crazy about horses. I hoped during my week on Chincoteague Island I might see some of the wild ponies I had read about so many years ago.
The workshop began at 5:30 AM when we boarded a bus which took us to a site to do sunrise photography. Jim Clark, our instructor, warned us the first day would be a tough one. We would fight our equipment and wonder what the hell we were doing. He was absolutely right. I fought with my camera, wondered what the hell I was doing, while managing to lose a lens cap & an expensive polarizing filter.
At the end of the workshop, everyone participating in the workshop presented their eight photographs.
Here is my first photograph. Sunrise Over Atlantic, Assateague Island VA (Assateague Island is the barrier island that protects Chincoteague Island.)
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I never thought I had much interest in nature or wildlife photography. A week with Jim Clark shifted my thinking. Jim shared with us a wealth of information about the birds of the mid-Atlantic coast and marshlands gathered from a lifetime of study & photography. Bird calls, mating plumage and behavior, etc.
Unfortunately, my bird photographs left much to be desired. Jim, however, successfully planted a seed of interest about wildlife photography.
I was much more pleased with my photographs of inanimate objects.
Chincoteague Island Lighthouse
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I used an filter to give the photograph an faded, aged look. Remember that trip to the beach with your family back in 1967?
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