While Waiting on the Tide…

September 13, 2015September 13, 2015 | drawandshoot

Hiking the shoreline of Bic National Park (parc national du Bic) in Quebec, waiting for the water to push out a little further so we are able to pass around boulders and cliffs that are only passable during low tide. While stopped and listening to gently crashing waves and breathing in salty air this little red fox appears from the scattered boulders waiting with us until the water will recede enough for the hike to continue.

We are walking beside the immense St. Lawrence River (Le fleuve Saint-Laurent) as it opens up to the Gulf of St Lawrence, which then flows into the North Atlantic Ocean. The river becomes tidal somewhere around Quebec City, about 300 km upstream of where we are walking and it does feel like being on the cusp of the ocean.

September might be the best month to take a vacation. The best time for missing the summer crowds and peak insect season while still basking in (mostly) gorgeous weather.

Evening Aria

August 19, 2015 | drawandshoot

In-camera multiple exposures of the mutable river and sky ~ intimate and still, wide open and wild. The summer heat sends the mind (and perhaps the body) to the water.

Rivière Coulonge

August 3, 2015August 3, 2015 | drawandshoot

A series of images made while on a paddling trip on a section of the beautiful and storied rivière Coulonge, Quebec. Technically these photographs are quite ‘low quality’ but somehow I feel they hint at expressing some of those stories of the rivers’ past.

Underwater 2 ~ Swim

July 26, 2015 | drawandshoot

In the heat of summer I can think of nothing more luxurious than sinking into water.

[Photographs made at the same time as the images in the previous post. These images are also inverted in processing]

The Verdant Copse

June 22, 2015 | drawandshoot

Verdant-Green-of-Summer The fading light of the summer solstice.

The Hush of Rain

June 18, 2015June 18, 2015 | drawandshoot

When an evening rain is the perfect end to a sun-filled day.
[Motion images: lo-fi & low light]

Roadside, Creekside

May 31, 2015 | drawandshoot

Moving and (relatively) still.

[A ‘drive-by’ pine and a double exposure creek. Nothing is straight forward, it seems…]

Spring Rush 2

May 14, 2015May 14, 2015 | drawandshoot

A lot can change in a couple of weeks. The landscape is now teeming with life and tender growth. Heatwaves and sunshine. The pace of change is almost dizzying. It’s hard to keep up with everything. I have had a chance to check in on the purple martins, though, who have returned from their far-away winter grounds in Brazil. They are busy catching insects, bickering, and setting up house for this year’s breeding. Pictured here is a female martin in flight.

Spring Rush

April 26, 2015 | drawandshoot

A little waterfall along one of the many creeks that rush (or trickle) into the now wide open river. It is only the water that’s in a hurry, it seems ~ spring is still dancing quite slowly across the landscape.