Photography 🢒 Newfoundland and Labrador
If you're like me, perhaps the first thing you think of when you hear "Newfoundland" is "icebergs." Iceberg Alley, along the north of the province, is a great spot to shoot them, at least at certain times of year.
As with the hoodoos in Alberta, though, I'm never quite satisfied with my efforts to photograph them. Both craggy subjects seem to present the same sort of dramatic framing possibilities, along with unusual angles on little-seen terrain.
There is one obvious difference, however. You can climb all over the hoodoos at will to get whatever point-of-view you want. It's not impossible to get up close with an iceberg, but it is difficult and expensive, and climbing up on them is fantastically unwise.
So, most of us have to shoot them from a distance with the longest lens we can get. That means the wild weather is even more of a concern than it would be otherwise.
I hope this little collage of my past efforts illustrates both a few icebergs and the difficulties of photographing them. If I go back to try it again, I'll be sure to take along my new 150-600mm lens, outdoor tripod and lots of time.
Keywords: Canada Newfoundland film