The Creole Miss of Riverside and Pickering Marine is working on the early demolition of the Memorial Bridge on a sunny winter afternoon. This view will be an ever changing scene for the next year and a half…and this site provides an opportunity to watch it all unfold: http://www.portsmouthwebcam.com/index.php/memorial-bridge/ - I highly recommend watching the time lapse of the day’s activity.
Looking forward to documenting the evolution of the bridge’s demise and reconstruction.
With interesting weather and light, one of my favorite things to do is find a wide open vista to capture all of the grand intricacies. The Memorial Bridge seems a bit more grandiose when it’s sandwiched in between beautiful reflections on the Piscataqua and interesting cloud cover above. The lift span is now up, and has been for more than a week at this point – and I hope to find some inviting conditions to get back and capture a few more images before the span is floated out at the end of January.
Winter is cold. It’s supposed to be. That doesn’t make it any easier, when it first arrives each year…and this year we’ve been lucky to have a very mild winter through the end of 2011. This shot was taken on the first single-digit degree day (about 5 degrees at this point), and the air was so cold that the river was creating sea smoke.
One of my favorite times of year is winter, but not for the same reasons as many other New Englanders (like skiing, etc.). Winter is one of my favorite times of year because of the increased commercial freighter traffic on our waterways…when on certain days I can be driving home for lunch, and spot massive ocean traveling ships by the pair. In this mid afternoon shot, a freighter is docked at the Granite State Minerals terminal as well as the State terminal a bit further up river. The crystal clear blue skies are a bit of a departure from my usual moody skies and sunsets…hope you enjoy!
Evening comes early these days, so I’m looking forward to experimenting with night shooting all over again. The long shadows of the Middle Bridge reach towards the decks in this night shot, with the salt piles illuminated off to the left.
I have much to be thankful for this year – but I wanted to be sure to thank everyone for continuing to support The Daily Portsmouth!! It’s been an amazing year with many twists and turns, and I wouldn’t change a thing. Looking forward to the Holidays and to seeing what next year has in store!
Stay tuned for more information on the relocation of The Daily Portsmouth’s office as well as a new collaborative gallery space that I’ll be working on downtown! I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends. Drop a note to let me know what you are thankful for!
Colors and simplicity are two of the things I’m always on the hunt for when taking a picture. Simplicity in a scene helps to convey a feeling or a moment, and the colors make it interesting to your eyes and your brain. This has been one of my favorite shots, taken from the Memorial Bridge, for quite some time – hope you like it too.
Today’s image features the commercial fishing pier and its fleet as seen from the Peirce Island Bridge. As I was out and about this past weekend, I decided to stop at the boat ramp, which is one of my favorite places, and I realized that this view captured so much of what I’ve been writing about recently. The current Gundalow is docked at the left part of the frame, the Memorial Bridge stands tall in the distance (making it easy to imagine its simplified replacement guarding the opening to the port, and the rugged fishing fleet idles after a long morning out at sea.
