Feb 27, 2009, 22:27
I have had a love of capturing the grand and intimate vistas of Canada for over 30 years; a passion for nature and landscape photography, more specifically panoramic images of Fogo Island, off the north-east coast of Newfoundland. I am forever in awe of scenes that by themselves, speak with feeling, and engage more of your senses than just casual sight can. Every day nature provides something beautiful to witness. The key is having our eyes and souls open enough to see it. As a photographer, it is my purpose to capture these moments. I capture what I see, but more importantly, what I feel. I want you to feel them too, to experience them, and not merely look at them. As you will no doubt notice as you browse through this photo essay of 25 images, one of my favorite subjects to photograph is sunsets. I have photographed some spectacular sunsets in various regions of Canada, but nothing compares to the amazingly colourful evening skies here on Fogo Island.
The largest of Newfoundland's offshore islands, Fogo Island lies off the northeast coast near Lewisporte and Twillingate. There are eleven communities on our island, which has a total area of 254 square kilometres, and a population of 2,706 people. The original settlement of the island took place in the 18th century and the area remained isolated well into the 20th century. The English and Irish descendants of the first inhabitants retained traces of their Elizabethan English and Old Irish dialects which can still be heard on the Island today. Fogo Island, like most other Newfoundland outports, was built upon the fishery. With the decline of the cod stocks in the 1990's, crab, shrimp and lobster fisheries have largely replaced the cod fishery, and today there are still processing plants in operation on the island. Fogo Island has in recent years begun to actively promote its tourist attractions such as museums, hiking trails to abandoned settlements, icebergs, whale watching and the outport way of life. Each year, tourism is playing a larger role in the local economy. Just a 45 minute ferry ride from the mainland, Fogo Island is the perfect place for holiday travelers, with incredible ocean vistas, clean air and rugged beauty, and many summer festivals steeped in Irish heritage.
I hope that you may share a small piece of my passion for the outdoors, to experience a new perspective of landscape photography, and to witness all of the natural, rugged beauty that surrounds us in this wonderful province of Newfoundland.
Glen B.
Fogo Island, Newfoundland
www.focusonnewfoundland.com
Black Head Cove
View from my window - Island Harbour
Old fishing stages
Road to Island Harbour
Fogo Island longliner
Island Harbour from a distance
Fogo Island sunset
Another lovely sunset
Another Island Harbour sunset
Typical Fogo Island scene
Town of Fogo from high on a hill
From our shore
Longliners in the historic town of Tilting
Original "saltbox" home and fishing stages
In the village of Deep Bay
Interesting ice formations on the rocks
Sunset over the North Atlantic
Semi-frozen waves, and ice formations
Another fishing stage
Fogo Island "punt"
Unusual iceberg
Lobster traps
Secluded cove
Island Harbour stages
Surf at Thistle Point
The largest of Newfoundland's offshore islands, Fogo Island lies off the northeast coast near Lewisporte and Twillingate. There are eleven communities on our island, which has a total area of 254 square kilometres, and a population of 2,706 people. The original settlement of the island took place in the 18th century and the area remained isolated well into the 20th century. The English and Irish descendants of the first inhabitants retained traces of their Elizabethan English and Old Irish dialects which can still be heard on the Island today. Fogo Island, like most other Newfoundland outports, was built upon the fishery. With the decline of the cod stocks in the 1990's, crab, shrimp and lobster fisheries have largely replaced the cod fishery, and today there are still processing plants in operation on the island. Fogo Island has in recent years begun to actively promote its tourist attractions such as museums, hiking trails to abandoned settlements, icebergs, whale watching and the outport way of life. Each year, tourism is playing a larger role in the local economy. Just a 45 minute ferry ride from the mainland, Fogo Island is the perfect place for holiday travelers, with incredible ocean vistas, clean air and rugged beauty, and many summer festivals steeped in Irish heritage.
I hope that you may share a small piece of my passion for the outdoors, to experience a new perspective of landscape photography, and to witness all of the natural, rugged beauty that surrounds us in this wonderful province of Newfoundland.
Glen B.
Fogo Island, Newfoundland
www.focusonnewfoundland.com
Black Head Cove
View from my window - Island Harbour
Old fishing stages
Road to Island Harbour
Fogo Island longliner
Island Harbour from a distance
Fogo Island sunset
Another lovely sunset
Another Island Harbour sunset
Typical Fogo Island scene
Town of Fogo from high on a hill
From our shore
Longliners in the historic town of Tilting
Original "saltbox" home and fishing stages
In the village of Deep Bay
Interesting ice formations on the rocks
Sunset over the North Atlantic
Semi-frozen waves, and ice formations
Another fishing stage
Fogo Island "punt"
Unusual iceberg
Lobster traps
Secluded cove
Island Harbour stages
Surf at Thistle Point