Adventures in astrophotography: LADEE
LADEE rocket launch as viewed from the end of Great Bay Blvd (Seven Bridges Rd) in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey using a Canon 6D.
Author Archive for: benwurst
Entries by Ben Wurst
Custom reclaimed cedar frame
Here’s a frame I finished up this past week. It’s a custom 16×21″ frame. Reclaimed cedar was planed, cut to length, and joined with wood glue and wood biscuits. After drying it was sanded and stained a brown color. It was finished with a hand rubbed boiled linseed oil & beeswax finish for protection. It […]
Custom framed canvas print
Building the perfect frame to showcase beach portraits.
Contest!!
In between working on all sorts various projects I managed to get the time to completely redesign and update my website (which was formally a free blog hosted by WordPress.com). Don’t ask how I had the time…haha. I used a custom theme that I built out and customized using WordPress.org software. There is so much […]
Art at the Mart, ornaments and more…
This was a busy week. It started out with framing an Audubon print for a co-worker as a last minute job. I chose to frame it in reclaimed tongue & groove cedar which was stained a dark chestnut color and finished with a boiled linseed oil & beeswax finish. Several nights this week my buddy […]
Downtown Market
I attended my first farmer’s market on Saturday in Hammonton, which is around 25 minutes from New Gretna (my home base). Despite some clouds and a couple popup showers, things went really well! I setup my entire display in under an hour, sold a couple pieces, and then packed up in less than an hour. […]
New events this month!!
I’m excited about a couple new events this month! The first is this Saturday, where I’ll be at the Downtown Market on Vine Street in Hammonton from 9-12pm. This market is loaded with lots of Jersey Fresh produce and local artisans. I’m really happy to have been invited to participate! I’ll have all sorts of […]
New Website!
I decided to take the plunge into the world of self-hosted website design and maintenance. I loved my free blog on WP.com but wanted more flexibility for my site, including an awesome static front page where I can feature my own photography. I still have some work to do, but please browse around and let […]
Reclaimed cedar frame
Here is a custom made reclaimed cedar frame. Wood used to make this frame was salvaged from my brother-in-law’s house in Tuckerton after the storm surge associated with Superstorm Sandy destroyed all of his beautiful six foot high cedar fence. The wood was planed, sanded with 100/220 grit sandpaper, stained with a weathered gray stain, […]
Porch: repurposed
If you’ve been following my site, then you might have seen that I refinished my front porch last summer. The old tongue and groove floorboards that used to be on my porch had tons of old chipping paint, and I wanted to have a porch you could actually walk on without tracking around paint. I […]
The heat of summer…
Summer is here, and the heat is on. One of the disadvantages of working out of an old garage that was built in the early 1930s is that there is no relief when temperatures rise into the 80s and 90s. Originally, when my wife and I purchased this property, around 6 years ago, the old […]
abandoned
Here are few photos (from my iPhone; edited in Snapseed) of a recent visit to an abandoned house in Cape May County. I went into the house with permission from the owner after she mentioned it needs to be demolished. Future job? I sure hope so! Lots of stuff to salvage in here!! Take a […]