Pam’s Photography
Bay of Fundy Seaweed. In July 2023, the Nova Scotia skies were darkened with the ash of the many wildfires that burned. The brightest spot for me was a visit to Minas Basin on the Bay of Fundy. I was aware that the Bay’s tidal range is the highest in the world but unprepared to find that the sediment is a rich terra cotta color, a most suitable backdrop for the small bits of leafy seaweed that lie abandoned in the water hurried departure to, once again, rejoin the main body of the Gulf.
A Portrait of Sea and Sky. The water cycle is beautiful to behold as the clouds are reflected in the water that gave birth to them. Not sure where and when I took this photograph but it shouldn’t matter. This image is timeless dating back long before there were cameras or humans to capture the moment.
Memories. Cap-de-Bon-Désir, Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, Canada. The St. Lawrence River in the summertime is particularly magical as the fog, thick with moisture, embraces the visual world but carries a distinct yet unidentifiable, not unpleasant, odor. A rocky shoreline at the park provides ideal perches to sit and watch for whales. My photograph Memories captures the image of a women scanning the waters with binoculars as a group of kayakers passes beside her in the fog. I think the image evokes people - real and ancestral- who vaguely inhabit our memories. Theirs are images that may be clearly seen in a moment or pass by leaving little trace.
This photograph was the cover art for the 2021 issue of The Healing Muse, an art and literary journal .
Casco Bay Seal. It was a glorious day. The bay, still as a mirror, reflected the sky in its summertime majesty and a seal swam close to offer a birthday greeting.
@ 2019 Pam Ferris-Olson
Greys in the Fog. St. Lawrence River, Tadoussac, Canada. I could hear the the seals breathing before I could see them. The world around the boat was shrouded in fog and although the dense layer hindered what I could see, it clearly not have the same effect on my smell. It had a distinct, not quantifiable, not unpleasant odor.
@ 2018 Pam Ferris-Olson
A Life Well Lived. Newfoundland, Canada.
@ 2020 Pam Ferris-Olson
Dolphin.
© 2011 Pam Ferris-Olson
Autumn Sea, Ice, Greenland. In Autumn, water in its three forms - clouds, ice, and sea - exist side by side.
© 2014 Pam Ferris-Olson
Sky, Water, Ice and Forest. Literally a picture perfect summer day on the water of Alaska’s inland passage.
© 2009 Pam Ferris-Olson
Boneyard. These cork floats were hanging in a cod shed in Newfoundland.
©2019 Pam Ferris-Olson
Lost Treasures. This sea urchin was found on a coastal trail bordering a beach on the eastern side of Newfoundland.
© 2019 Pam Ferris-Olson