Ocean Grove resident and photographer Chris Spiegel is no stranger to Friday Foto. In fact, this is his third go-around in as many months.
One of Spiegel’s favorite subjects to shoot is lightning. His first Friday Foto featured a shot of The Great Auditorium with lightning striking in the background. This week, he shows Sun readers a beautiful interpretation of nature’s wrath just outside the south end of The Casino on the Asbury Park-Ocean Grove border.
“This photo was taken within five minutes of showing up to shoot a thunderstorm on June 22,” Spiegel said. “I chose the location because it was the closest covered area with an unobstructed view of the sky I could think of in biking distance from my house. It was raining pretty hard so I had to take cover and shoot from further away from the entrance than I originally hoped for, incorporating more of the inside of the building in the shot. I was happily surprised that I was able to get the shot immediately and was able to effectively incorporate the checkerboard floor pattern into the shot without it distracting from the rest of the scene.”
To see more of Spiegel’s work, visit www.blurrevision.com. If you have a photo of the greater Asbury Park area you’d like to submit for Friday Foto, please email fridayfotoAPS@gmail.com.
