collections

Aquamarine Sea Glass I’ve been using a new photo technique I thought I’d share with you. I got the idea from this very useful (and short) video by Bryan Peterson, but I didn’t want to run out and spend four…

By Jenn | August 11, 2011 | collections, photo setup, photography, sculpture, sea glass | 4 Comments |

Back Beach, Bernard, Maine, July 16, 2011

There are THREE photos from this beach because I found such pretty things I wanted to focus on their details. Feathers: Back Beach, Bernard, Maine; July 16, 2011 Feathers and stones and pine cones! And the day’s adventures: Beach Stones:…

By Jenn | August 5, 2011 | beachcombing, collections, Maine, photography | No Comments |

Upper Town Dock, Southwest Harbor, July 11, 2011

White on White, Southwest Harbor, Maine; July 11, 2011 (Beachcombing series No.41) The Clark Point Road runs from the center of Southwest Harbor out to the Coast Guard station at the end of the point. To get there you follow…

By Jenn | August 5, 2011 | beachcombing, collections, Maine, photography, sea glass | No Comments |

Georges Pond, Franklin, Maine; July 10, 2011 (Beachcombing series No.39) Freshwater! We visited friends who have a camp out on Georges Pond in Franklin, and spent a lovely afternoon splashing and swimming and kayaking. I’ve become obsessed with photographing water…

By Jenn | August 3, 2011 | beachcombing, collections, Maine, photography | No Comments |

Bob’s Camp, Trenton, Independence Day 2011

Bob’s Camp, Trenton, Maine; Independence Day, 2011 (Beachcombing series No.38) Fourth of July in Bar Harbor is about as close as I’ve ever gotten to living in a Norman Rockwell painting. The parade starts at 10am, wandering down Main Street,…

By Jenn | July 23, 2011 | beachcombing, collections, Maine, photography, sea glass | No Comments |

Driftwood, July 4, 2011 (Beachcombing series No.37)

Driftwood, July 4, 2011 I gathered so many cool things on July 4th that I had to make two separate photos. This is just the driftwood (and one drift-acorn for punctuation). I’ll tell you all about the day with the…

By Jenn | July 21, 2011 | beachcombing, collections, Maine, photography | No Comments |

The Bluffs, Father’s Day 2011 (Beachcombing series No.36)

The Bar Harbor Yacht Club is a small, uninsulated cabin perched precariously on a rocky outcrop over a substantial dock. There is no sign marking the steep, unpaved drive. It is frequented by people in practical clothes and sensible shoes…

By Jenn | July 20, 2011 | beachcombing, collections, Maine, photography, sea glass | No Comments |

Vintage Thread Labels (available in my etsy shop) My mother’s mother, Grandma Magda, was a wonderful seamstress. She made a lot of my clothes when I was growing up. Grandma tried to teach me to sew, and when I was…

By Jenn | July 19, 2011 | collections, photography, vintage | No Comments |

The Bluffs, May 29, 2011 (Beachcombing series No. 34)

The Bluffs, May 29, 2010 (Beachcombing series No.34) A typical day of beachcombing: three rock crab shells, a green crab shell, blue mussels, sea urchins, bits of nylon rope, birch bark, sea glass, periwinkle shells, a sprig of rockweed, and…

By Jenn | July 18, 2011 | beachcombing, collections, Maine, photography, sea glass | 3 Comments |

Swans Island, June 3, 2011 (Available here) At the end of each school year, all the fourth-graders on Mount Desert Island (about 70 kids) ride the ferry to visit the fourth graders on Swan’s Island (all 4 of them). There’s…

By Jenn | July 2, 2011 | beachcombing, collections, Maine, photography | No Comments |

Jennifer Steen Booher

collections

New Photo Technique

Back Beach, Bernard, Maine, July 16, 2011

Upper Town Dock, Southwest Harbor, July 11, 2011

Georges Pond, July 10, 2011

Bob’s Camp, Trenton, Independence Day 2011

Driftwood, July 4, 2011 (Beachcombing series No.37)

The Bluffs, Father’s Day 2011 (Beachcombing series No.36)

My thread collection

The Bluffs, May 29, 2011 (Beachcombing series No. 34)

Swans Island, June 3, 2011