land of the midnight sun

Peace River Sunset – Fort Vermilion, Alberta 1

Peace River Sunset – Fort Vermilion, Alberta 2

Sunday evening, on my own, at Fort Vermilion’s boat launch I witnessed the sun drop below the horizon and the dusky, rich colours and lengthening shadows produced – day’s end in the land of the Midnight Sun. The event recalls (and was perhaps inspired by) redjim99’s poem, his 200th, on his ‘notyethere’ wordpress blog, ‘The Road at Sunset’ and his discussion of the illusion of horizon; accurate and cleanly worked – it is worth checking out.

http://notyethere.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/200-posts-on-notyethere-the-road-at-sunset/

Listening to – ‘Thank U’ by Alanis Morissette and David Gray’s ‘My Oh My.’

Quote to Inspire – “I am not an artist. I am an image maker.” – Thomas Hoepker

Clouds East - High Level, Alberta — Clouds East – High Level, Alberta

Checkmark 1 - High Level, Alberta — Checkmark 1 – High Level, Alberta

Checkmark 2 - High Level, Alberta — Checkmark 2 – High Level, Alberta

Checkmark 3 - High Level, Alberta — Checkmark 3 – High Level, Alberta

Checkmark 4 - High Level, Alberta — Checkmark 4 – High Level, Alberta

Checkmark 5 - High Level, Alberta — Checkmark 5 – High Level, Alberta

Checkmark 6 - High Level, Alberta — Checkmark 6 – High Level, Alberta

Dandelions 1 - High Level, Alberta — Dandelions 1 – High Level, Alberta

Dandelions 2 - High Level, Alberta — Dandelions 2 – High Level, Alberta

18 June 2012 – 11:30 p.m.. The land of the midnight sun still lights the world in half-light in the moments before it crosses the horizon to create dusk. West – a tumultuous sky billows its clouds in heavy, obscure shapes poised to wet the earth with only a nudge. East – there’s greater interplay and drama between dark, heavy shapes and bright, bread-white clouds catching sun’s light. It’s day’s end as I gather these photographs remnants of a beautiful day. There’s a checkmark shape of lamp posts caught in parking lot puddle mirrors – too many hours being a teacher today.

Listening to – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s In Like a Rose, The Black Keys When the Lights Go Out, Radiohead’s Go to Sleep, Ryan Adams’ Starting to Hurt and Pete Yorn’s Pass Me By.

Quote to Inspire – “Which of my photographs is my favourite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.” – Imogen Cunningham