Scenic Hudson

Beacon Featured In New Scenic Hudson Video

November 22, 2009

My hometown of Beacon, NY is featured in this new video by Scenic Hudson and film maker Josh Aronson. I first visited Beacon in 1989 when my father purchased a home here, and continued to visit regularly on my way to hiking destinations like the Shawangunks and the Catskills. Main Street was a ghost town [...]

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Photo of the Day – Black Creek Panorama

October 21, 2009 Photo of the day
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Fall Photography Guide To The Hudson Valley

October 7, 2009 General

Fall is probably my favorite season of the year, and I’m sure many others share this preference. In addition to the amazing colors, the air is crisp, the flying insects are all but gone, and I can finally have my morning coffee after 5am! There are lots of places to photograph the autumn foliage in [...]

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Photographing the Walkway Over The Hudson

September 25, 2009 Craft

On Saturday Oct 3rd, the Walkway Over the Hudson will finally open to the public and become the longest span in the world. Originally built in 1888 as the Poughkeepsie-Highland railroad bridge, it was forced to close in 1974 after a fire outbreak. But finally after much planning and private/public financial support, the 25- to [...]

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Hudson River Landscapes, Past and Future – by Ned Sullivan

September 1, 2009 Favorites

Welcome to a new feature  - guest bloggers! In the coming months I plan to have a variety of guests that can contribute to our understanding of photography, nature, our environment, and anything else that goes Beyond the Lens. I am honored and tremendously grateful to welcome my first guest, Ned Sullivan, President of Scenic [...]

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Spirit Of The River Video

July 7, 2009

I recently produced a 5 minute film for Scenic Hudson titled “Spirit of the River”. Narrated by actor Oliver Platt, it highlights both the amazing natural resources of the Hudson Valley as well as the challenges faced by Scenic Hudson now and into the future in their effort to preserve as much of it as [...]

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