I'm always interested in new places in Central New York to take a hike for a couple hours and take some photos. Recently I had the pleasure of finding just this kind of place. Howland's Island is part of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex. Montezuma is a park that many people know, but Howland's Isle is lesser known. I imagine this is partly because it can be hard to find. In fact, one of the final roads I was supposed to take was closed down. Luckily, with some thoughtful driving I was able to find another way around. If you can manage to find the place, it is well worth the visit.
Howland's Island at Montezuma
Purple flowers at Howland's Island
Howland's Island at Montezuma,
photo taken near a beaver dam
A few years back I was visiting a bed and breakfast in St. Albans, Vermont. In this small town, practically in Canada, I happened to meet Douglas Day. His family was on a road trip through the US from California on there way to Maine. I had no idea that when I started showing Doug my sketchbook of photos and drawings during breakfast that he would invite me to photograph at his music festival, which was just a few weeks later. In August I finished my third year photographing the Sweet Chariot Music Festival on Swans Island, Maine (I missed 2010). Every year has been an incredible experiance of fantastic music, great people, sea shanties, and a gorgeous setting. I had posted photos from this event before on my old website, but I am happy to announce that I have now finished a new public gallery of some of my favorite photos. You can check them out at www.dustinangell.me/chariot If your interested in the festival, here is the official site: www.sweetchariotmusicfestival.com
To give you an idea of what its like to be a part of the festival, I'm also including on the blog a video I shot of an impromptu jam.
Last year I entered some of my photography in a National Geographic competition. I never heard back from them, but today I just found out that one of my photos ended up being a popular one. The website www.demortalz.com posted it as one of their top 50 photos from the competition. Check it out along with a lot of other great photos:
While in Schenectady I photographed
Grace, one of Emily's friends.
I'm on my way back to Syracuse from a week long road trip to Maine. I will put up more details later, but I want to share a few of the photos I took. I was in Maine for my third year as an artist-in-residence at the Sweet Chariot Music and Art Festival on Swans Island.
The rocks on the coastline of Swans Island are unlike anything in Central New York. These are boulder sized rocks in a puddle made from the low tide.
I love a good camp-fire. This was taken during my last night on the island.
