@52frames - what is it / “A penny for your thoughts” - Light skims across a curved, well‑traveled surface of timeless design. #52frames #52frames_whatisit #52frames_phonephotographers
#52frames_photographers

@52frames - chaos “river rock” / First shaped by water, now tossed together as a landscaping element—chaos at its essence. #52frames #52frames_chaos #52frames_phonephotographers #52frames_photographers

52Frames - unexplored / “deep freeze” - In winter’s hush, the familiar becomes foreign. #52frames #52frames_unexplored #52frames_phonephotographers #52frames_photographers #chesapeake

@52frames - complementary colors / “simple salad” - Blue leans into orange, red settles beside green, and each contrast sharpens the other into something fantastic to eat! #52frames #52frames_complementarycolors #52frames_phonephotographers #52frames_photographers

@52frames - chair / “seats in search of summer” - chairs sit quietly in ice, overlooking the frozen water. The winter light turns this familiar gathering spot into a calm waiting place, holding onto the promise of warmer days. #52frames #52frames_chair #52frames_photographers

@52frames - Get High / “A ceiling’s secret” - The light hovering above our dinning room table, a view normally reserved for the ceiling. Attempting to find interest in the ordinary. #52frames #52frames_gethigh #52frames_phonephotographers #52frames_photographers

@52frames - get low / “sole intent” - the moment before contact—close, looming, almost cinematic—where a simple step becomes a whole world coming forward. #52frames #52frames_getlow #52frames_photographers #52frames_phonephotographers

@52frames - rule of thirds / “morning walk” - Romancoke Pier, the turnaround point for our morning walk. #52frames #52frames_ruleofthirds #52frames_photographers #romancokepier

@52frames - Self Portrait / “Contemplation” - A quiet silhouette, pausing at the edge of one year and the start of another, a moment to breathe and look forward. #52frames #52frames_selfportrait #52frames_phonephotographers #52frames_photographers

@52Frames - redo (whatever) / “fade to black” - another 52 frames… a gentle fade to black, marking not an ending, but the breath before whatever comes next. #52frames #52frames_redo #52frames_phonephotographers #52frames_photographers

52frames - Architecture! / “A patina of shelter” - This architectural canopy of our backyard gazebo doesn’t just protect—it remembers, echoing the rhythms of the bay breezes and the enduring warmth of wood touched by time. #52frames #52frames_architecture #52frames_photographers

A golden retriever holds a pink partially disemboweled stuffed dragon in her mouth with a pleading look on her face, as she wants the photographer to put that stoopid clicky box down and play tugs with her immediately

In Which Toys Are Meant for Destroying : #52Frames 2025 Week 45 -- Show Us Your Toys

Photo gear is so cliche. Instead look at OMG THAT FACE, I mean a shredded stuffie.

#52frames_showusyourtoys #photography #fujifilm #xt5 #52frames_photographers #puppyface #goldenretriever #dog #godog #destroyer

@52frames - Centered Composition / “first light” - As dawn breaks over Eastern Bay, a moment of pause. #52frames #52frames_centeredcomposition #52frames_phonephotographers #52frames_photographers #EasternBay #cheseapkebay

@52frames - shadows / “GOBO” - A true demonstration of a decorative shadow. A classic Source Four Leko and gobo for an event reception . #52frames #52frames_shadows #52frames_phonephotographers #52frames_photographers

@52frames - time / “when time turns to flavor” - As the holy trinity dives in the the roux, the soul of the gumbo begins. #52frames
#52frames_time #52frames_photographers.

@52frames - Texture / “The Texture of Light” - A canvas of color, where the texture is both physical in form, and visual with light. #52frames #52frames_texture #52frames_photographers

@52frames - out of place / “The Green One in the Red Crowd”… and slowly, the others softened. They made room. They stopped whispering. They started listening. #52frames #52frames_outofplace #52frames_phonephotographers #52frames_photographers

@52frames - shoot from above / “homebound” on approach for a landing at BWI, with a great view of downtown Baltimore in the distance. #52frames #52frames_shootfromabove #52frames_phonephotographers #52frames_photographers #southwestairlines #bwi #baltimore

@52frames - Low Key / “piney fire dance” as the cones catch, they begin their mesmerizing piney dance.

Pines cones from our backyard tree and fired in the backyard gazebo hearth. #52frames #52frames_lowkey #52frames_phonephotographers #52frames_photographers

@52frames - Abandoned / “Sun Tracker” This pontoon has seen better days. #52frames #52frames_abandoned #52frames_phonephotographers #52frames_photographers

@52frames - Macro / “weathered wood” - Years of tide and time carved into every ring.
Top view of a dock pilling.
#52frames #52frames_macro #52frames_phonephotographers #52frames_photographers #chesapeakebay

A baseball cap with the words "dog dad" sits on a cabinet while afternoon light shines on it. The white balance has been shifted to give the effect of golden hour.

In Which We Make Golden Hour Come Early: #52Frames 2025 Week 31 -- Color Temperature

Warming up the white balance = instant golden hour.

#52frames_colortemperature #52frames_photographers #photography #fujifilm #xt5 #oohlight #afternoon #goldenhour #darktable #colortemperature

Part of a golden retriever's face is shown in the lower-left corner, with a single eye prominent. She wants you to know she is a good girl since she's lying down on the sidewalk at her owner's feet, and stays even when people walk by.

In Which You Should Know I'm a Good Dog: #52Frames 2025 Week 30 -- Unusual Crop

#52frames_unusualcrop #52frames_photographers #photography #fujifilm #xt5 #dog #goldenretriever #gooddog #doggo

@52frames - white balance / "Summer Storm" - I always enjoy the colors of an approaching storm, color temperature on display. I set the white balance to daylight to ensure the correct exposure. #52frames #52frames_whitebalance #52frames_photographers #52frames_phonephotographers

#52frames #52frames_unusualcrop
#52frames_photographers

@52frames - unusual crop / “boat wash” on a boat, the horizon is never still, and rarely level. #52frames #52frames_unusualcrop #52frames_photographers #52frames_phonephotographers #chesapeakebay

@52frames - Something New / "Chesapeake Bay Crabbing" - Crabbing is not new, but many of our traps were... and I edited the shot with 'ON1 Photo Raw', which is new to me. #52frames #52frames_somethingnew #52frames_phonephotographers #52frames_photographers #Crabs #ChesapeakeBay #crabbing

A night time fireworks display is recorded by an out-of-focus cell phone, which partially blocks the in-focus fireworks.

In which the phone should have been on a tripod too.
( #52Frames outtake for "Frame within a Frame")

#52Frames_framewithinaframe #fail #photography #fujifilm #xt5 #outtake #fireworks #4thofjuly #embraceimperfection #52frames_photographers

A low view of gentle surf rolling in to the beach at sunrise. A long exposure shows the motion of the small breaking waves as blurry streaks. There are a few clouds far in the distance.

In Which the Waves Go In and Out: #52Frames 2025 Week 26 -- Fluid
(Also for #stunday)
#52frames_fluid #52frames_photographers #photography #fujifilm #xt5 #realaace #beach #ocean #water #sunrise #sky #agameoftones #morning #lowerslowerdelaware #motionblur

@52frames - Through the looking glass / “sunnies” - this glass is required gear when on the water. #52frames #52frames_throughthelookingglass #52frames_phonephotographers #52frames_photographers