PEI Ice Pack

Ice Pack PEI

Prince Edward Island 2013

I’ve done a lot of road day tripping in eastern Canada, and I make a point of going to PEI twice a year in the off-tourist season (there’s no reason to go to PEI in summer) for a single marathon day of photography. By marathon I mean that I leave Saint John early enough to be on the island for sunrise, and I don’t leave for home until the sun sets.

It makes for a long day, but it’s totally worth it. There’s something very unique about sunrises and sunsets in PEI. They’re different than other places. I think it has something to do with it being so low without hills or tall buildings to block the setting sun–the rays of light seem longer, a little more harsh maybe, and the sun seems to hang right on the horizon forever.

I’ve never been to a sandy beach when the ice pack was as expansive as this. It’s hard to show the scale in a photograph, but that dark blue line is the open ocean off of PEI’s eastern coast. It’s really kind of an impressive thing to see. I was also surprised by the smell–a normal sandy ocean beach smell, but it’s a smell I normally associate with very warm weather. I never noticed that summery smell with all of the time I’ve spent on rocky beaches elsewhere in Atlantic Canada.

A few more pics from my day trip will be posted over the next few days.

Another shot from Portland Maine

Man Walking in Portland Maine

Portland, Maine 2013

Visually, Portland has a lot to remind me of Saint John. This photo could easily fit in with my most recent photos of Saint John, right down to the bearded character walking the streets in the dawn light.

Big John T-Bone Little’s 60 Second Portrait

Kingston, New Brunswick 2013

The first of what I hope are many short video portraits.

This is local blues legend Big John T-Bone Little, who was also the first subject in my old (and incomplete) 52 in Saint John series of still portraits.

I visited John back in December and have quite a bit more rough interview footage. I hope to have enough footage, materials, and time some day to do a longer version of John’s life story.