by tmoffett | Jan 3, 2011 | Color, Landscape, Ramblings
High Water, Lake Lowell
With the new year comes comes new aspirations. I have evaluated the past year and have set new goals for 2011. I love the changes I have made in my career. Teaching and sharing is very rewarding. Writing about photography has been very beneficial to me as an artist. I am beginning to better understand my own work and where I am coming from. I have set new goals for exhibiting my artwork, for creating new images, for hosting workshops and for publishing a book. My first book project is in the works and should be completed within 60 days. It is truly an exciting time for me.
by tmoffett | Dec 31, 2010 | Black and White, Color, Ramblings
Foggy Morning, Redfish Lake
Selecting a favorite image for this past year is difficult. I have made a lot of new photographs in a lot of different places. I have been to Hawaii, up and down the Oregon Coast, Bear Lake, Stanley Basin and numerous other locations and have photographed in all kinds of weather. To try to pick one favorite photograph is nearly impossible. If I were forced to pick, today I would probably pick the one above, Foggy Morning, Redfish Lake. Tomorrow I might pick a different image, so I am posting a few more of my favorites below. I would love to hear which images are your favorites!
Enjoy and Happy New Year!
Tide Pool, Yachats, Oregon
Floating Rock, Yachats, Oregon
Rocky Shoreline, 408 Trail, Yachats, Oregon
Sweet Creek
Silence
Simply Blue
Ocean Waves
by tmoffett | Dec 30, 2010 | Black and White, Landscape, Ramblings
The Connector
I have started many things in my life, some of which have never been completed. This image, taken along the Boise River Greenbelt is part of one of those unfinished projects. I began this project more than 15 years ago, shooting Kodak Tri-X film in my Super Speed Graphic 4×5 camera. I was about 15 images into the series when life took over. I was working at the time as a custom printer in a professional photo lab and at the same time starting up Moffett Photography, a high end portrait studio. I also had 2 young boys and another on the way. Life seemed to get in the way of my personal projects. I put this one on the back-burner, thinking that some day I would get back to it. Years past, I made the switch to digital imaging and I have never got back to this project.
Of all of my unfinished photography projects, this one keeps nagging at me to finish it. I am currently working on three projects, two of which are nearing completion. As I wrap up those two, I am thinking that the Greenbelt series may be back on the table, at least in the exploratory phase. I may even break out the old cameras and continue the project on film. I will be exploring all options.
Stay tuned…
by tmoffett | Dec 29, 2010 | Color, Ramblings
Reflections, Lake Cascade
This is a time of year for reflecting. Find the things that went well over the past year, no matter how big or small, and celebrate! Look at what went well and why, then set new goals for more successes to come. Focusing on the positives is very important. It is natural to want to focus on the negatives, the things that went wrong or need improvement, but this can get depressing fast! I find that by using positive energy, the things that went wrong tend to take care of themselves. Make this a happy time and be positive, set goals and plan to succeed instead of making resolutions that will inevitably fail.
by tmoffett | Dec 24, 2010 | Color, Ramblings
Frosty Morning
Wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season! My posting may be sporadic over the next week or so as I celebrate Christmas and New Years with family and friends. I hope to get out and photograph a couple of times this next week and I will post new images as I do, so keep checking back, and I will resume regular posts after the holidays.
by tmoffett | Dec 22, 2010 | Color, Landscape, Ramblings
Below the Dam
When looking for locations for portrait photography, I tell my students to find what they like, then turn around and look the other way. Often we miss the best light because we don’t look. I have made a habit of doing this when making landscape photographs as well. Sometimes it pays off.
One evening I was photographing from the lower dam at the lake, looking east as the sun was setting. The warm light skimming the surface of the water and lighting the shoreline on the opposite side of the lake was a wonderful sight. I thought I had what I wanted and began taking down my camera and then heard a voice inside me say, “Turn around!” I did and saw this wonderful sunset. I scrambled to the bottom of the dam and quickly found this spot where I could photograph the irrigation water as it was released into the canal and flowed toward the farmers fields.
Water is the lifeblood in this farming community. Most of my photographs of Lake Lowell are about the quiet beauty of lake and the surrounding area. This one says something more. It speaks of the necessity of the lake to this community. Without it, farmland would dry up. Jobs would be lost. Mouths would go hungry. People would move and the land would become deserted.
I love the lake for its beauty. Others love it for its recreational opportunities. To all of us it is a necessity.
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