The Canadian North Atlantic Coast and Newfoundland

The Arches, Gros Morne area, Newfoundland

Bonavista Peninsula and Twillingate Islands

This concluded our exploring of the western part of the island. We moved on towards our last planned destination; the outports of the Bonavista Peninsula and Twillingate Islands on the eastern side of the island. The eastern areas are different from the western areas of Newfoundland. Where as the west has mountains and rolling hills, the east is more flat. It is the eastern part of the island that has the majority of the fishing villages, called “outports”. The outports were what we were most enthused about capturing on film.

At our motel that night we did our obligatory walk to the area in the lobby where all the tourist attraction pamphlets were displayed. One that caught our attention was for the town of Trinity, where an old world outport recreation had been created for a miniseries.

The next morning we drove into Trinity. We didn’t find the movie set, but that was alright. Trinity presented several photographic opportunities. We took our photos and continued onward to the Bonavista Lighthouse. Being that we live in New England, lighthouses aren’t particularly fascinating to us but this one was different, it was candy striped. The image here also includes a couple remains of an iceberg in the distance.

We drove on to our final destination in Newfoundland, TheTwillingate Islands. These Islands have only had road access from the mainland since 1973. Before that the only access was by boats. We expected and found old world looking outports. What we didn’t expect were the very small tracks of land jutting out of the ocean and that people were actually living on them.

Summary

In total we visited a couple dozen outports taking photos when the subject and light were right. Towards the end we knew we were done, as the outports all started to look the same. We felt satisfied, as we ended our last day of photographing. The image opportunities exceeded our expectations. We were excited to get back and start our post processing.

As we made our way back we reflected on our journey. The stories we had heard were true. Newfoundland was a land of wonder and enchantment. Maybe it was the melancholy light, maybe it was the isolation, and maybe it was the simple architectures of their villages. All I know is that being there did feel like walking in a lost world.

More images can be found in our galleries:

Enjoy,

Michael and Tammy Rice

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Tutorials and Reviews Index

Changing the weather the nik Color Efex Sunshine filter was used to convert the scene from a dull overcast day to a bright sunny one”

Converting a Color Image to Black and White “The magic in this technique is the use of two separate black and white conversions, one for the sky, and one for the trees.”

Creative Controls F-stops & Depth of Field Another factor that affects depth of field is distance from the camera to the subject. Depth of field decreases as the camera moves closer to the subject.

Digital Film Tools 55mm; Photoshop plug-in review “The bragging rights for Digital Film Tools is that the means of producing the masks is more intuitive, flexible, and powerful than Photoshop CS.”

How to Improve the Image Quality of your Camera "By using a tripod, slower shutter speeds can be utilized allowing the aperture of the lens to be stopped down increasing depth of field"

Lens choices for landscape photography “The wide-angle perspective ... gives the viewer the impression they could walk into the photo”

Becoming a student of Light and Color- Part 1 - Quaility of Light “I changed, from a photographer that photographs what he finds, to one that starts with a vision and then goes out to produce an image that matches the vision.”

Becoming a student of Light and Color- Part 2- Light , Color, and Composition “a color only takes on importance when considered relative to the other colors surrounding it."

Long Lens Landscapes “I am always willing to try for that image with the “wow factor”, and long lenses are definitely an unordinary if not extraordinary way to capture grand landscapes.”

Canadian North Atlantic Coast “Stories were told of quaint fishing villages virtually untouched since the turn of the 19th century, surrounded by landscapes from seemingly lost worlds.”

Nik Color efect Pro - Photoshop Plug-in Review “Unlike so many other plug-ins for Photoshop, the nik Multimedia Color Efex Pro filters are truly useful.”

Photoshop tips and techniques -A watercolor effect from the unlikely pairing of two third party plug-ins “I look for subjects that move me emotionally...When I got the slides back however, the magic was missing”

Painting with Light -A Photoshop tutorial “most images need at least one of their elements to be pure black, meaning black with no detail, and need at least one of their elements to be pure white meaning white with no detail”

Basic Photoshop for photographers - Part 1 "Today we are making images that we could not even have dreamed of making before"

Basic Photoshop for photographers -Part 2 "Always use a separate layer this allows mistakes to be erased at any time"

Segmentis Fo2PiX buZZ review "The user has control over how much detail is removed. One can choose to remove detail in the highlights, shadows, or both"

The Filters we use and why "The question I often hear is “do you still use lens filters”. The answer is yes, because there still is no substitute for capturing the image properly."

The Gas Station- The story behind a picture “I wanted the picture to interact with the viewer, to encourage the viewer to explore”

Waiting for the right light "Planning for the light means selecting the time of year and the time of day"

Gros Morne, Newfoundland

Bishops Harbor, Newfoundland

Several of our images were taken in color with the full intention of converting them to black and white in Photoshop. Through digital dodging and burning darkening can hide the messy details, and lightening can bring important elements forward. Some scenes just seem to lend themselves to black and white. Capturing scenes in color and converting them to black and white is a true luxury of digital photography.

Twillingate

“Capturing scenes in color and converting them to black and white is a true luxury of digital photography.”

“The stories we had heard were true.”

Bonavista Peninsula

Bonavista Lighthouse, Newfoundland

“Photo trips like this are a lot of find and seek, find a local map and seek out the landmarks on it.”