Maine Coast Photography

Last week we had the  pleasure of hanging out for a couple of days at The Anchorage in Ogunquit, Maine for some R&R. Our priorities for a break were 1) good seafood, 2) an ocean view 3) sunshine and warmer weather and 4) rest. We accomplished the first with crab stuffed sole and a broiled fisherman’s platter at The Lobster Barn in York. The Anchorage had an ocean front room for a reasonable coast (nothing like having your morning coffee or lunch watching the surf! We timed our trip to take advantage of the best two 50 degree days of the week, beach running and hiking in wells and also took advantage of the indoor pool and outdoor jacuzzi for R&R. One of the most relaxing aspects of staying off season is there are not many other humans around. If quiet is what you are looking for , then this is the place! We also enjoyed When Pigs Fly in York for some artisan pizza and phenomenal craft bread! What a great place!

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Recently in my desire to educate myself about what makes great photography I found a slide show that reveals what many consider to be five of the very best photographers of the 20th Century, including Eugene Atget, Man Ray, Alfred Stieglitz, Walker Evans and Cindy Sherman. Their work used varied styles and genres. This slide show is a brief and informative description with exapmples of their best photographs. Enjoy!

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My grand daddy was a farmer and I grew up at a  time when there were tens of thousands of farms in my home state of Vermont. Many hours were spent in pastures dodging cow pies, in the barn jumping on hay bales and mucking around in the barn. Nowadays as huge farms and hormone-addicted cows have taken over the dairy industry, and the “whole herd buyout” and suburban development have annihilated the farming landscape,  it is nice to see some pockets of ‘real Vermont’ tucked away to see how it was a hundred years ago.

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Lovers, by Glenn Fay

This month, the Darkroom Galley of Essex Junction is hosting the Champlain Valley Photo Slam! The opening for the gallery was Fiday night from 5 – 7:30 with over 80 photos from photographers all over the valley.  As generous sponsor Bill Forsyth, the owner of PhotoGarden said, “The quality of the prints is amazing. The photographers in this area have a lot of technical skill that we wouldn’t have seen 10 or 20 years ago.” Bill credits digital photography with much of the improvements in photo quality.  Here are two of Glenn Fay’s photos that were selected for the Photo Slam. Be sure to check out the rest at the Darkroom Gallery Photo Slam link or better yet, check out the Darkroom Gallery at 12 Main Street in Essex Junction 11:00 am to 4:00 pm seven days a week!

Brooke, by Glenn Fay

Night Photography

Ten years ago if somebody had told me they were interested in night photography I would have winked and said, “Sure, it’s like watching the submarine races.” But now that I have fallen under the spell of making images, making them at night is just another set of parameters.  And some of the effects we see are provocative. Here are some of the small-scale images I have taken with the Nikon and with the point and shoot Canon. Let me know what you think!

Holy Night

Hornets Next Bar & Grill, Essex, VT

Nocturnal Easter Bunnies

The Eternal Night Light

Late Night Long Distance Romance

Winter Wonderland

See anything you like? Be sure to check out our Vermont Pictures Photo Gallery and a sampling of our prints! All of our published photos are available in 5 x7 or 8 x 10 matted high-resolution prints. Inquiries for prints here: Contact@LoveEarthAlways.com.  We support cold and hungry people.

Vermont Photography

If you are paying attention to the natural rhythms of nature you will notice winter is starting to fade. Longer days, higher light, and a melting trend, despite the cold temps in these parts. This is a time to savor the last few Vermont pictures of the coldest season. Who can resist spring lambs in the barn on a cold winter day? This little baby, just a week old and out of his little wool sweater is inquisitive but never goes far from Mommy’s side in the stall. When I see this beautiful little lamb look at me I wonder, “What is going on in that little head of yours?” I guess I will probably never know.

Horses are beautiful animals, from head to toe. This one stood warming in the sun on a late afternoon, with a stiff breeze and temps in the teens…

This covered bridge by the lake in Charlotte survives another economic recession. There are at least 2 other like it in this quaint town.

Much of Mount Mansfield is an arctic tundra zone and the “arctic” part becomes especially evident at times like this. I confess that this shot was take by my son Addison, who was mountaineering with his friends over holiday break. When he brings back photos like this one I wonder why I didn’t make the trip with him that day.

Lake Champlain is like a giant organism with shifting sights and sounds around the clock throughout the year. Parts of it freeze, then break up, re-freeze into jig saw puzzles and undergo cycles all winter. Wave action can create grotesque ice sculptures on the shoreline.  Ice crystals washing in on waves can create delicate tinkles or loud chimes. Some bays freeze over a foot thick with ice while other parts of the lake may never freeze. When deeply frozen the ice often booms and boings 24 hours a day as it cools and contracts and warms and expands.

The late winter heavy snows, when relatively warmer air mixes with polar air leave trees heavy with the white stuff. Here is a quiet woods on an early morning.

After a couple of months of clouds the intense late winter sun streaming in windows is a gift.

No matter how much more light we begin to see in mid-February, it is still cold. I remember going to Dakins Farm for their pancake breakfast, then going down to the frozen lake and it being in the single digits some years, after the beginning of sugaring season in March. That’s enough to form frost on your windows!

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Vermont Photography That Makes You Want To Stay

When you go into winter during the darkest month of November, by late January you are wishing for just a little more light. And the snow and ice in nature is, well, it’s just everywhere you look. At some point I say to myself,  if I am going to survive another month or so of winter I am going to have to find something in there that shows some clarity…. Sometimes when looking out at the white, even a trio of four wheeler ATVs looks inviting! By the way, some of my facebook friends didn’t appreciate my attempt at minimalism here…

This is a time to think small and appreciate the details all around us that we sometimes take for granted.

Back in the woods the white is punctuated by a sumac flower, defiantly hanging tough and bright against the deep freeze.

Anybody who lives in the cold knows that staying warm is one key to enjoying winter.

This guy shows one way as he cuts paths back and forth across the ice, using wind power to make his way.

Every week countless opportunities arise to capture light on nature

if we take the time to look for it.

Here in a field close to Lake Champlain, crystallized water vapor has collects and freezes on

Queen Anne’s Lace that enhance its beauty.

It’s minus 20 outside on a crystal clear morning.

Piping hot oatmeal sits on the range and a beautiful three-dimensional lattice

dances with light on the old storm windows.

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Every year just when it seems summer can’t get any more beautiful, the nights lengthen and cool off  and the days shorten as well. The wildflowers and weeds die off, boats are tied up or hauled out of the water, and colors explode on the landscape. From Lake Champlain to the rivers and mountains, autumn is unmistakably upon us. As the foliage wanes, Earth tones take over and keep us warm at heart until the snow piles up all around. Enjoy the Vermont photography by Glenn Fay.

The Spirit of Ethan Allen II in Burlington Bay

Arnold’s Bay in Addison County

Fall milkweed at Colchester Pond

Early morning on the Winooski River in Williston

Vermont foliage in full bloom

The Champlain Islands on Lake Champlain as seen from Mount Mansfield

Mount Mansfield slope from Sunset Ridge Trail

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Vermont is home to hundreds of wild birds. Some of them are commuters to and from the south and others hunker down for the long winter. Few of my bird photos are worthy of a high quality photo gallery, such as the LoveEarthAlways Mother Nature Gallery but I have a few that at least do justice to the species. This post is dedicated to my mother, Virginia Powers Fay, who always had a fascination with wild birds and studied, watched and fed them loyally. Later in my life I became fascinated with their diverse beauty and behavior and began looking at them more closely. While hiking last week I missed a  great shot of a large owl in the forest near a pond. The owl was too wary of my presence to let me find a line of sight even on an overcast day. I will continue my quest to capture their images as my equipment and skill improves.

Mallard Duck

White Crane

Turkey Vulture

Great Blue Heron

Osprey

Common Merganser

Wild Turkey

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Oriole

Northern Cardinal

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The Views Of Vermont Landscape Photography Contest, sponsored by the Shelburne Museaum and The Burlington Free Press announced their winners on Friday. Over 650 photographers’ submitted photos.

The Grand Prize selection went to LoveEarthAlways founder Glenn Fay for a photo he submitted titled ‘Addison Meadows’!

The grand prize winner received $250 and a family membership to Shelburne Museum, which entitles the winners and their families unlimited visits to the museum for a year, along with discounts at the Museum Store and Café and other benefits.

“Contestants definitely got into the spirit of the contest,” said Stephan Jost, Museum Director.  “With so many beautiful images of Vermont submitted, selecting  the winners was no small task, but these three stood out, each in its own way.” Grand Prize winner Glenn Fay commented, “It is an honor to have my photo be selected to represent “Views of Vermont’ and it is inspiring to see all of the other high quality submissions as well.”

The idea behind the contest was to be inspired by iconic landscape photographer Ansel Adams and contemporary great Edward Burtynsky. Both photographers’ works are on view at the museum through October 24 in the exhibit Constructed Landscapes. The photo gallery of all the submissions can be viewed at the Burlington Free Press website.

You can purchase a beautiful high resolution 5 x 7 or 8 x 10 matted Addison Meadows print in the LoveEarthAlways Store!

You can purchase a wonderful book on Ansel Adams’ photography here:

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