Updated: Feb 9
A constant work in progress - I will be starting new posts in the spring of 2025. In the meantime I will be posting previous post that "I" enjoyed that bring back memories and why I shifted my photography interest to mindful conservation photography and why it is important.
Updated: Mar 2
The city of Lowell, Massachusetts is comprised of both power and transportation canals that were built and maintained from the late 1790’s to today. Although today mainly maintained for historical sites they still offer a view into the past and the National Parks Service (NPS) offers guided boat tours.
Having gone on a few of the NPS tours I learned about the canals and how they played a vital part of Lowell’s early history. The power canals providing hydraulic power vital to the growth of the Industrial revolution in New England. The transportation canals as the name states were built to assist in the transportation of goods (mostly lumber) from Northern New England to the coast. These canals provided a path around the Pawtucket falls and rapids of the Merrimack River which stretch for one mile having a dropped of over 32 feet.
Living and working in the city of Lowell I often take strolls with other photographers or myself to capture the many sites offered whether it be street/urban or historical, so much to see.
On one sunny but nippy late December morning another photographer and I headed out to see what we could find. We decided to focus on Lowell’s Lower Pawtucket transportation canal. Here are two shots from that day, the first being the Pawtucket canal lower locks and the second being a view on the other side of the locks.
Lower Lock:
Camera Settings:
5D Mark IV
Lens EF16-35 f/2.8 III USM
Focal Length 16mm
1/5 sec, f20 ISO 100
Tripod: Yes
What’s behind:
Camera Settings:
5D Mark IV
Lens EF16-35 f/2.8 III USM
Focal Length 16mm
1/20 sec, f20 ISO 100
Tripod: Yes
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A few weeks ago, Romi and I were in the town of Andover, Massachusetts and I had about 30 minutes of free time, so I took a quick ride over to the Chapel at West Parish located in the West Parish Cemetery of Andover. (Had the camera with me)
The Chapel was built in 1909 and is included as part of the West Parish Center National Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
With a fresh coat of snow on the ground and a mid-morning sun the Chapel sparkled with its stained-glass windows and a well-maintained presence. I made a note to return on another day before sunrise or just before sunset as I am sure this location has a lot to offer.
I did not know much of the Chapels history prior to visiting but it is worth a review with an interesting read at “http://westparishchapel.org/history.htm”.
Having my go to camera and lens and I did quick 360 of the chapel with the lights and shadows providing some interesting views. One thing you need to consider when shooting in snowy scenes is your camera’s metering systems. They are going to try to expose the snow at a middle gray so the snow can become a muddled/dirty white and not what your eyes are seeing. I find the easiest way to resolve that is to expose to the right anywhere from a half stop up to 2, allowing a lighter exposure and rending the snow white.
Camera Settings
5D Mark IV
Lens EF24-70mm f/2.8L IS II USM
Focal length set at 31mm
1/400 sec, f11, ISO 400 – exposure comp set to +1.5
Tripod: No
Camera Settings
5D Mark IV
Lens EF24-70mm f/2.8L IS II USM
Focal length set at 24mm
1/80 sec, f16, ISO 320 – exposure comp set to +1.5
Tripod: No
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