Mary Jane Gomes

ON|Displaying Since 2022

I am a photographer who worked as a filmmaker for most of my creative life. And, now it seems natural to infuse my “still” photography with longer exposures that can capture movement and spread light and colour. I believe that a “motivated” camera follows the impulse of the image maker in response to the image. Therein you see an image not perhaps depicted as reality but interpreted by the vision of the artist, and in that I hope you see my response to nature as she breathes.

It is my hope that these images will wash over us, begging us to walk gently on the earth and to safeguard our environment for the generations to come.

The technique I use is traditional, simply a longer exposure. It is born of a belief that when we abstract through the lens (as I do) imagery of the real world is captured and infused with the response of the photographer.

I strongly believe that camera movement alone will not yield a special image. An exceptional image must be there to start with, then with movement and a longer exposure one can learn to enhance what one sees in a manner that expresses what one feels. This is simply one technique in traditional photography. And, it is the one that has allowed me to follow and attempt to capture what I see as nature’s breath.

NATURE YOUR SPACE™ and let nature nurture you.

Images Collections Blog

Turning my lens towards the ice blue sky I move it along the lines of ice that coat the trees and

Evening light falls in May, its fire light chasing away the frigid blues of winter. I lift my lens

Playful light dazzles as it falls deep into summertime’s foliage. I move my lens, motivated by the

Colours dance, light pouring in between day-lilies and lilacs. Movement abounds as colour sends its

Colour abounds wedding with the energy bursting forth as summer emerges from spring. I move my lens

Abstract

Leaves flutter in the golden light of spring. Mother nature offers us cover and shade, while our

Summer grasses bathed in light refresh us with the new growth of the year. Serene their flow, as

Golden light follows the lines of green foliage fashioning brushstrokes against a blue sky. I open

Moving my lens close I capture the magic of the Virginia creeper entwining its autumn dance,

This long grass stands sketch-like against a darkening sky, whispering the secrets of the past day.

Conceptual

Ribbons of light stream down to us bringing delight and playful colour. Nature sings a song of new

Life is full and colours in summer tell us so. Rippling in waves towards one another they mix, just

Gentle colour move on the breeze, fresh in their new beginnings. Playfulness of summer awakens out

Floral Art

Standing tall, reaching far into the sky, the majesty of this treescape is evident. I life my lens

Standing strong, taking its last breath before fall’s bite of frost, summer stands strong boasting

Celebrating the blues and greens that we see most in our world, I capture an image where the arched

Entrenched with rainlike light, dazzling light, the forest gives its near last breath of summer just

Landscapes

Centurion like a row of trees is back lit with peach-like light beneath a purple sky. I move my

Sunrise and Sunset

Summer grows wild, fans and foliage mixing in emerald shades, bursting with life, saturated with

Textures

My eyes are arrested by the layers of colour nature displays before me. I move my lens spreading

Unfurling new life, spring greens arrive, playing out their delight against a powder blue sky.

Blossoms arrive amid the greens infused with light and warmth. They travel down the river the green

Trees

Evening light trickles into the cold of winter, promising the warmth of spring. I move my lens to

Ice came and covered everything making a winter ice-scape of the forest. The world sparkled and

Winter on the cusp of spring offers melting and the promise of warmth. I life my lens to capture the

Sundown catches my eye in the Winter forest, Smokey as it warms a chilling landscape of winter. I

Winter Scenes