When I am stressed I reach for my camera. “Sunset Relax” was captured one such May evening. Driving westwards on Dune Road, Westhampton Beach, New York, I raced the setting sun while looking for inspiration. I found comfort in the misty orange glowing horizon. The picture was perfect, but it was the gentle repetitive shushing…
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Celebrating the Westhampton Beach High School Class of 2020
June 2, 2020, 9:56 AM I stand on Mill Road, Westhampton Beach, camera ready as flashing police lights escort joyful graduating Seniors from the elementary school to the high school. Tearful teachers, administrators, and parents, holding a rainbow of balloons and loving signs cheer them on as congratulation screams mix with blasting horns. What an…

Color Matters
www.cherylmachatdorskind.com All Rights Reserved It is difficult to imagine a world without color. Helen Keller said: “I understand how scarlet can differ from crimson because I know that the smell of an orange is not the smell of a grapefruit…Without color or its equivalent, life to me would be dark, barren, a vast blackness…” Yet…
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As a professional photographer and educator for over thirty years, I remain on a mission to spread the power of visual expression.
Portraiture
Portrait sessions by Cheryl Machat Dorskind embody the gorgeous natural Hamptons’ light. Whether the setting is at the beach, a park, or a home, the lifestyle posed-but-not-posed images are fluid and rhythmic.