A new tote bag can make carrying you beach items easier and more convenient.
We all love to take a trip to the beach, and Ocean City, Maryland is the perfect spot! But you already know that, right? Whether it’s fishing in Assateague Island or walking along the Boardwalk, there are plenty of activities for all ages. However, no beach vacation would be complete without bringing along some essential supplies. A new tote bag, available with your choice of over 150 original photographs, for the beach can make carrying your items easier and more convenient.
A day at the beach is a perfect way to spend hot summer days. But what’s even better is having everything you need in one bag! Introducing the beach tote, the perfect companion for sand and surf. This attractive tote bag has plenty of room for towels, sunscreen, snacks and more. And when you’re done for the day, just shake off any sand and make sure it’s dry before storing away until your next beach adventure!
Made of durable fabric that can withstand sand and salt water, these bags come with a large variety of original Ocean City pictures by Bill Swartwout Photography.
A beach trip is not complete without a tote bag! Whether you’re looking for a simple, stylish accessory that goes with your swimsuit or something more durable and spacious to carry all of your necessities, there is a perfect beach bag out there for everyone. Find your perfect Beach Tote by clicking the links below.
A variety of home décor and lifestyle items with photographs of your favorite beach resort town.
The gift shop is well-stocked with unique offerings. Each of the various photographs of the Fenwick Island Lighthouse by Bill Swartwout Photography is available on a variety of very popular products. Each item is produced by FineArtAmerica/Pixels the largest art print-on-demand company in the world and comes with a 30-Day Satisfaction Guarantee.
With dozens of unique art photographs of the Fenwick Island Light Station and dozens of different home décor and lifestyle products, there are, literally, hundreds of choices for Fenwick Lighthouse gifts for your shopping and gift giving needs. Browse and shop with the product links below.
It all starts with a lighthouse photo that is likely done thousands of times a year.
Start with a photograph from an angle, or view, that most tourists see and likely photograph thousands of times a year. Make sure the scene is brightly lit and has a clear sky with no haze. This late afternoon photo, captured near the beginning of the “Golden Hour,” came close to meeting those specifications.
The problem with photographs of the the Fenwick Island Lighthouse captured today are the myriad distractions around the buildings and the Light, itself. The main “eyesores” are the dozens of overhead wires and an unsightly telephone pole right in front of the tower. There are usually cars and/or people in the scene but for this example I was lucky enough to catch a day with no cars parked in front of the Light and only had to wait for a few people to wander on by. Note also how the buildings “lean” in toward the center of the picture.
Post processing of the image was done in Photoshop Elements where the wires and the telephone pole were carefully removed. The buildings and Lighthouse were also “straightened” to remove the keystone effect of shooting upward to capture the height of the buildings. Once that was done the next step was cropping to include the important parts of the scene and to make the format a “standard” one so that finished prints can be easily framed. In this case a standard 3:2 ratio was used for printing in normal 18×12, 36×24 or similar sizes. The last step in making a clean, normal print was to adjust the brightness and contrast.
Of course, normal is fine, but creative editing can produce some fascinating effects – much as a traditional artist might “interpret a scene” for whatever vision he or she has in mind. One fun part was then to replace a “boring” sky with something more interesting but not overpowering. I used a sky photograph that I shot near sunset from our own West Fenwick back yard – with my drone at 150 feet of altitude. I chose this particular sky because the lighting pretty well matched the scene and there was some clear sky in the upper left leading to some more dramatic cloud formations to help frame the buildings and the Fenwick Light without distracting from the main subject.
Then I used an additional software application, Topaz Studio 2, to remove any camera/exposure induced “noise” from the image and then to create the various “presentations” for this scene. Note in the simulated charcoal sketch that the street has been replaced with a section of beach.
Several different presentations of this Fenwick Island Lighthouse landscape scene are available to browse and purchase at www.OceanCityGallery.com and also at Bill’s Fine Art America Gallery.
Click the links below to see each of the presentations as described/titled…