Sea Light View

06/17/2026

One of my favorite photographers. He captures this iconic lighthouse like an old friend.

If you were to tell me I spent my morning face down on a cold wet rock I would guess I was probably at Nubble
June 17, 2026 · 4:55am · 53F
York, Maine
17mm · f/4 · 1/800 sec · ISO 400

04/18/2026

Good Morning!!!

"Morning Burn"

Good morning from New England.

03/17/2026

The Wiggly Bridge. Hidden away like a secret haven.

"Wiggly Bridge"

York, Maine.

The Milky Way rising over Wiggly Bridge in York, Maine. The world's smallest suspension bridge!

02/23/2026

Check out our Lighthouse Keepers drone shots of the lighthouse bathed in snow before today’s new wave of blizzard conditions.

02/17/2026

Without the light pollution, the sky dances across the sky!

Nubble Lighthouse Star Trails — 3:10AM to 5:22AM and the lighthouse was just a silhouette against the Atlantic.

Stacked and Blended - Blended from RAW using Startrails Stacker in 43 seconds. Startrails Stacker

For the Foreground I used the “Chucks” feature and selected one of the chunks of 50 files (instead of using the whole stack).

📍 York, Maine
📅 February 15, 2026 – 3:10 AM
📷 SONY A7 IV
⚙️ 15 sec | f/1.8 | ISO 3200 | 20mm
469 files | 2h 12m (3:10 AM – 5:22 AM)

02/16/2026

Starry Starry Night at the Nubble.

It is that time of year again when my insomnia becomes somewhat of a helpful problem, if such a thing even exists.
The core of our galaxy is once again visible in southeastern night sky. Or more accurately early morning sky. Currently it is visible from about 4am till 5am and that will get longer and earlier in the morning as the days pass. It is always best to try to view The Milky Way during a new moon or at least before or after the moon has set and you will want to be in an area with as little light pollution as possible..
Quick crash course on the simple method to capturing The Milky Way at Nubble Lighthouse.
First thing you will want is good karma so when you arrive understand there is a reasonable chance that there is already 1 to a dozen other photographers already there attempting the same thing. Turn your headlights off ASAP. I turn mine off as I pass the gift shop driving in. Then you will want to park in the inside row facing away from the lighthouse. This will minimize your headlights ruining everyone else's outing. Also many photographers do not want to venture out onto the rocks and the front row of parking is where they will be set up to shoot. Use a headlamp with a red light as that makes your impact minimal on others and also allows your eyes to adjust better. If you go onto the rocks IT WILL be slippery and the snow drifts will be deceiving. Be sure you know what direction the tide is going in and if it is incoming be vigilant about paying attention to it because both you and your camera will not operate at peak performance while submerged in freezing cold salt water.
When it comes to camera settings, there are many ways to tackle this but the simplest method is to shoot it wide like 14-24mm. I will use the LCD screen zoomed into 100% on the back of the camera and point it at the brightest star in the sky and use manual focus to get it perfectly in focus. Then put the camera on a tripod and get my composition. The hurdle at The Nubble is the flood light that lights up the house and of course the bright red beacon tend to blow out your shot with any settings that are useful for capturing stars. The "right" way would be to do a composite with multiple frames but the simple way is make sure you go early in the season while the flood light is off and then I use the following settings ...
Shutter: 3 seconds
Aperture: F/1.8
ISO: 3200-4000

The key is the 3 second shutter speed and I use a 2 second shutter delay. When the red light on the tower comes on, I count for 1 second then hit the shutter. The 2 second delay then fires the shutter off right as the beacon is turning off and then your exposure ends just as it comes back on again mitigating its affect on your image and making it so you can capture it with one simple frame using traditional photography methods. These settings will work well if you goal is to keep it simple and have an end result that closely mimics what your eyes see once adjusted to the dark. You could use more elaborate techniques to create a more dramatic and technically clean image but that takes a little more work and I can explain that in another post if anyone cares to hear it.

02/16/2026

Winter views from

12/30/2025

If you can’t see it in person, this is second best.

12/29/2025

Check out this shot of the Nubble from a snow drift. Super fun unique shot captured by this photographer.

12/24/2025

I was in York,Maine and took this photo. Wooden trap tree with Nubble Lighthouse in the background.