Participants’ Photos

Favorite Places – Newfoundland

Posted by Gustav on Feb 5, 2009 in Newfoundland, Participants' Photos | 8 comments

The captain skillfully eased his lobster boat close to the leeward side of a small island about a half a mile out of Witless Bay on the Avalon Peninsula, a jut of land that dangles, like a hanging chad, from the southeast corner of Newfoundland.  Pointing the bow into the current, he steadied the boat as the ebb tide sucked the ocean out from underneath us.  Meanwhile, we adjusted our apertures, shutter speeds, and auto focus settings then aimed our lenses upward at the hundreds of Atlantic puffins adorning a grassy cliff that towered over the starboard gunwale. 

Gustav’s Blog Debut

Posted by Gustav on Sep 7, 2008 in Business of Nature Photography, Participants' Photos, Vermont, Workshops & Tours | 7 comments

Gustav here…

As Rob mentioned, up here in the Northeast, it’s been a difficult summer for photography.  Between the rain and gas prices, getting into the field, especially farther afield, has been a real challenge.  Of course one doesn’t necessarily have to get into the truck or car to find nature.  Especially here in Vermont, nature is right outside the door.  Mornings are growing cool, almost frosty.  Time to prowl for those dewy insects and webs in the meadow.