Happy New Year!

Cheers to the new year and all things 20

I've lived in Plymouth for twenty years, making it the longest I've ever lived anywhere, just a stones throw from the harbor. Our photo studio is in North Plymouth and the mile in between the two locations hosts some of my favorite places in America's hometown.

The wharf area holds a special place in my heart. When my parents would come to visit, my father would leave the house in the early hours of the morning with his fishing poles, set his chair up behind the Plymouth Harbormaster and fish during the quiet moments of the morning. He loved the activity down there and would talk with everyone. I joked with him, in that first year we lived here, that he had more friends and knew more people in Plymouth than we did. My mother and I would join him when he fished in the early evening, dining on fried clams from Woods and enjoying each other's company. My children, uncle, siblings, nieces, and nephews all spent time fishing on the dock with him there at one time or another.

My father passed away in the summer of 2012. To work through my grief, I started photographing down on the waterfront and at the places we had enjoyed together. Landscape photography was something I hadn't explored before and I found that it brought me peace. During that first year, I noticed EVERY. SINGLE. THING. in the world around me. The grass was greener, the sky more blue, everything so sharp in my field of vision. I was living in full technicolor and I couldn't turn it off. I spent a lot of time walking around the harbor at sunrise and sunset photographing and relishing the process of learning something new.

Many of the night images were taken in the silence of midnight hour when I am returning home from late nights at the studio during the busy months leading up to the holidays.

Plymouth is a special place. I appreciate messages and comments from people that my images have moved them in some way. I received this one the other day: "Hi Heidi, I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your work. I was just scrolling through Facebook and one of your photos brought me to tears, your “Midnight on the Harbor”. It’s like you took that photo just for me. I can’t tell you the number of times I stood exactly where you took that photo..."

If you like what you see, please share. I welcome comments and questions.

All images are for sale as fine art prints, gallery wrapped canvas, and metal wall art through my Etsy Shop or direct inquiries.

Happy New Year to one and all - hh

Midnight on the Harbor

Town Wharf at Twilight

Plymouth Yacht Club boat launch with pink & purple sky

Plymouth Yacht Club

Illuminated boats and harbor lights reflect on dark waters at night in a marina.

Town Wharf After Dark

Plymouth, MA waterfront boats photographed on a beautiful, cold December night.

Blue Night

Black and white reflection of trees and buildings in still water.

Pilgrim Memorial State Park

Misty coastal landscape with distant hills and water under blue sky.

A View From Stephens Field

Illuminated pier and boat at night with reflections on calm water.

Pilgrim Belle

Plymouth Harbor Holiday Lobster Pot

Sailboats silhouetted against a vibrant pink and purple sunset sky over calm harbor waters.

Pink Plymouth Harbor

Row of illuminated fishing shacks on wooden pier reflecting in dark water at night.

Fishing & Cruises

Mayflower ll

Marina at night with boats and masts reflecting in water under full moon and cloudy sky.

Late Night Harbor

Fishing boats docked in harbor during golden sunset with orange and pink clouds.

Sunset on Plymouth Harbor

Flock of seabirds flying against turquoise sky over ocean landscape.

Nelson Beach

Black and white nighttime image of fishing dock with boats and wooden shacks reflecting in water.

Harbor Night | Winter

Serene purple and pink arctic sunset over frozen ocean waters.

Frozen Harbor | Stephens Field

Commercial fishing boats and vessels docked at busy harbor under cloudy sky.

Harbor

A solitary buoy floats in misty waters with bare trees silhouetted along a foggy shoreline.

Pirate Boat on a Foggy Morning

Small fishing boats rest on calm waters during a vibrant orange and purple sunset.

Dinghys

A full moon rises over the ocean, casting golden reflections through silhouetted tree branches.

Moonrise Over the Harbor

Festive New England holiday Christmas tree in Plymouth Massachusetts

Plymouth Town Square