Fogo Island - The Foggiest Island In The World For Landscape Photography

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Brent's behaviour in this video is totally unacceptable. If this ever happens to you while on a landscape photography shoot, you'll know what to do.
We arrive on Fogo Island, Newfoundland and the compositions are plentiful. Fogo Island is most likely the foggiest island in the world and we took great joy in capturing sunset and sunrise during blue hour.
I try to get Brent to help me with some light painting but he refuses. I get the last laugh with a lucky discovery I'm careful not to share with him.
We bump into an old sailor turned poet who educates us on the history of Fogo Island and earns a round of applause from Amanda who shares some Newfoundland roots.
A beautiful Newfoundland fox pays us a visit but does that stink belong to him or have I been skunked?
Despite the abundant photo opportunities, the cold is wearing us down and we can no longer tolerate the harsh conditions that the hardy locals find comfortable.
We top off our visit to Fogo Island with a hot breakfast before moving on to discover our very first ice-berg.
Why is this village called 'Tilting' and how savage is the fragrance in Brents rental vehicle? Who gets the best shot and what's my face like after a night on the chilly coast of Fogo Island?
There's really only one way to find out.
VIDEO CHAPTERS:
🔘Intro: 0:00
🔘Fogo Island Newfoundland: 0:55
🔘Landscape Photography In Fog: 1:43
🔘My Hasselblad Xpan Blue Hour Shot: 3:21
🔘Who Needs Photoshop?: 4:52
🔘Sunrise on Fogo Island: 8:17
🔘This Is Unacceptable!: 10:05
🔘The Truth About Brent: 12:43
🔘Too Cold For Landscape Photography: 13:40
🔘Tilting, Fogo Island: 16:43
🔘A Salty Sailors Poem: 19:07
🔘A New Perspective On Newfoundland History: 20:58
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[@fototripper]

Best book ever written? www.fototripper.com/stories-within-stories-landscape-photography-book/

[@paulbonge6617]

Can't post a photo Gavin, but I have one of your new book, pre-ordered, being used as my new mouse pad. You've come up in the world from Uncle Grumpy using pages of Chasing Awe, as his "S&*T Tickets" to your latest edition occupying the heady heights of being a mouse pad. Well done sir your photography has certainly improved! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Seriously, I have to take another dig, your two fine books share a shelf with Thomas Heaton and Nigel Danson. However, you all share the shelves with my father Lyle's books, and my Weston, Adams, Minor White, Imogen Cunningham, Lang, Bresson, Brandt, Caponigro Sr. books, among others. I happily added several of your prints to the Paul Bongé Collection, so you're hanging out with the likes of Aaron Siskind, Minor White & Walter Chapell among others. All this silly aggrandizement aside, I'm happy to say that I look forward always to your next post and adventures. BTW, all this flattery is only to see if you'll read it as I really just wanted to say hi to "Amanda the Peerless". Take care you two and all the very best.

[@TheLDunn1]

Best book ever written maybe, pity the photos let the side down though….😉

[@adamhoiles1367]

I love Brent's magnificent flowing locks at 2:32. 🤣

[@rolandrick]

😂 Thanks for the hint. I was totally focused on Gavin and didn’t see it. Brent is a gem 💎.

[@chevyvantravel9735]

you are a good man , Gavin for letting that poor man advertise his work... what goes around comes around 😊😊

[@thebinpustey6497]

You know what? THAT’s why I travel! Sure the pictures are great, but the experience… meeting the locals, and the poignant moment when they share their soul with you, is a treasure that is worth more than any photo! ❤

[@stephanberger7455]

I totally agree! And that‘s why we go to NF in 8 weeks for the second time. I don‘t have such a hightech camera like Gavin, just a LX100II, but it will do for my amateur photos. Thanks to Gavin for this video!

[@denisesavage2382]

What a great local character Roy is! Brings to life the place in a whole new way. And deeper. Thanks so much for sharing a snippet of that encounter.

[@robertgall92]

Only Gavin could struggle with the cold, but be totally committed to wearing the appropriate footwear haha

[@lenscraftedlife]

The unicorn sticker really makes the top pop.

[@BlueJayBonsai]

I like the night shot of the shed better - i like the kelp and the light in the window.

[@johnpollock6996]

That looked like such a hoot. The shot at 17:37 gave me the feeling that it was not a shack but only a facade or stage prop; open the door, take one step and you're in the drink. Can't wait till your next masterpiece.

[@davidsherman3462]

Love that iceberg!!

[@BillStevens]

Outstanding compositions. When you were isolating the shacks near the collapsed bridge I was thinking wider/pano. Then you nailed it.

[@JoeNucich]

I was in Tilting in 2015 and I saw Roy riding a bike. I told him he was the first person I had seen riding a bike in Newfoundland. Most interesting man in Newfoundland. I bought one of his books that day.

[@rolandrick]

Wonderful experience you made there in the fog! I love the composition at 4:44. The street light looks like the sun makes it through the fog.

[@JeffWeymier]

Loved the video. That local fisherman was a real Gem.

[@jamespanter4060]

Great photography.Looking forward to the next vidio,thanks Gavin.

[@TheRealfubar]

I'm possibly not mentioning that often enough - most likely not even twice so far - but "once again" thanks for a great and inpiring video giving me insights to the beautiful spots on your side of the globe, which I'd not be able to enjoy otherwise. Greetings from Germany

[@Trish12303]

I prefer the morning shot of “the shack”. For me, the tones are more pleasing to the eye. Plus it has a little bit more interest. The whole place looks amazing!! Great video!

[@julianpaxton5750]

Excellent video great photos. Thanks.

[@StephenCadwallader-photography]

Love your videos I always end up laughing through them . Great photos usual.

[@tobyjugg6202]

That was a great vid !!! Lots of images with a real helpful commentary - love seeing your settings, gives me something to aim for. What a spectacular spot to shoot. As for the cabin, nightime does it for me - very atmospheric.

[@Macman608]

Loved this video and looking forward to your next one. Love when you reconnect with Brent. About time you journey back and see the old gang.

[@DubYahJohn]

Gavin, of all the locations I've watched you visit over the past years, I have never had such location envy as I have now for Fofgo Island. You can keep your grand vistas and epic sunsets, I'll take foggy shacks and jetty's everytime. Well done. Love it.

[@ashman275]

Awesome episode. Love your work!

[@markelroy7774]

Wonderful video. love the story of your trip.

[@christophermartin7973]

Love it great shots and fun video to watch.

[@alanmyles2839]

I absolutely love all of these shots….WOW and thanks for your great vids

[@georgiewanders]

Another great episode and so many cool images 👏👏👏

[@johnsebastianartwork]

I love rustic structures! Awesome video Gavin!!!

[@judyhunt123]

FYI there are no skunks in Newfoundland. Watching this was a hoot, seeing your reactions to the fog. You got some beautiful pictures.

[@juanitakelly3082]

So much character and characters! Really loved this one!

[@garydubberly6608]

Great video and photos. My wife and I were there June 3rd for a quick day trip and enjoyed the island. No icebergs for us though. Newfoundland is a great place for puffins & gannets, just had to do a bit of driving but well worth it. We think we will go back and spend more time taking landscapes. We did encounter a lot of fog over our three weeks. For Floridians it was chilly but with the right layers it was grand. I think the Faroes and Newfoundland are our favorites for this type of setting as they don’t seem to have hoards of tourist, at least during the edges of the tourist season and the landscapes are breathtaking. Of course the people are grand. Thanks for sharing.

[@tammywilliams3616]

Hey Guys, we dont have skunks on the Island of Newfoundland! Must've been fox pee

[@Raykenn1]

Great video, love the music 👍

[@Kentonbmw]

Gavin… I have to say, some of the images you create are remarkable. I love the work. Thanks…

[@wildbillgreen]

Brent’s hair 😂

[@jlr3636]

For your general knowledge, skunk has more bitter taste while fox pee taste more like vinegar. Very simple way to distinguish between the two if you’re ever in a situation where you might need to know.

[@andrewroland]

Really enjoyed that Gav. Great as usual.

[@stevenbridgland3727]

One of your best vids ever IMHO.

[@Thatcanadianguyhey]

Amazing photos. The compositions were spot on.

[@peterfritzphoto]

Loved this one, Gavin. I definitely prefer the wider shot at 12:32 because it offers a greater sense of context, of place. That last one at 22:00 is beautifully understated. I love it.

[@davidhuth5659]

Beautiful images!! And yes, foxes do have an aroma reminiscent of skunk. Don't ask me how I know. 😀

[@tommymaddison]

Great stuff Gavin

[@yvonnerichard6099]

Gorgeous photos Gavin

[@anthony-qm3pn]

A lot of tours do not visit the great north peninsula in late March or early April, it is one of the best times to visit if you want to see Arctic pack, ice, and icebergs and there’s a big possibility of seeing harp seals on the pack ice this time of year, I cannot guarantee you that the weather will be fit to be out, There’s only two seasons here on the great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland & labrador, this winter and last winter.

[@slosmoke1]

A video that makes ma want to go there.... nice work!!

[@scottvk75]

Excellent video. Loved the photos and the moodiness of the area. I'd love to visit that area and experience what life is like there.

[@bradpeck1901]

i have been watching your videos a couple years now and this was was really good and those pics were not your regular gig but they were fantastic. and then the tempter for the iceberg - well done

[@mattleccese]

Just here to help the algorithm. Great video and superb images as always squire 👌

[@JasonLorette]

Looove that pic at 16:25...great fog! Gotta love that east coast humidity mixed with the cold!

[@jamesbarnes3063]

Another great video

[@GamachePhoto]

Loved Roy’s Montreal Expos ball cap, the OG. Nice video as always.

[@jimsmith556]

"Full tripod leg penetration" So good. The pure blue serenity does it for me in the second shot of the fishing shed. I'm surprised how cold it feels at 2C, in the summer! Must be that dripping damp air. That iceberg is gorgeous!

[@wcwendychapman]

Beautiful images. They do tell a story.

[@BoneTime]

Gavin, I always give your a like, watch you all the way through. Then run it a few times with the sound off so you get KZbin usage credit. Keep at it!

[@fossilsue]

Beautiful photography. I love Newfoundland. I am from NB. Several years ago, my son and a friend backpacked, while couchsurfing, their way across NFLD for a month. He loved Fogo Island. He has a pic atop rocks that were considered by the flat Earth society as one of the 4 corners of the flat earth. He didn't fall off lol

[@andrewhillier2734]

The shot at 16.20 is absolutely amazing!

[@duncanmeechan5694]

Great video Gavin, the photography was “fantabidozie”. I would love to see those huts etc for myself but I am afraid to say it is too bloomin cold for me so I am happy just sitting here by the fire enjoying you freezing your butt off to make a video for me to watch without being frost bitten ! Cheers Gavin 😁👍

[@jerryrichards8172]

Enjoying the music 😊

[@srameypr]

What a unique place! I did have to laugh when Brent first appeared, wearing that wig of his! LOL!

[@dillank3240]

Roy was great! Awesome episode!

[@johannaknowles8569]

Great pics. It’s the morning shot for me

[@user-cv4dk1ww7l]

Nice vid Gavin.

[@N_v_G]

That unicorn sticker, LOL! 2:42 The wig looks great on Brent! 16:43 is that the fox? The music is wonderful!

[@DanDill]

Superb shot at 16:08!

[@pickagreatname]

the broken bridge shots were excellent. This is the kind of thing I was imagining / hoping for when you moved out east.

[@edphoto]

All great photos but the last one was my favourite. Landscape with a documentary feel about it

[@jeffshoket5155]

Best shot - “Broken bridge to nowhere island - Tilting, Fogo” All of them… I like the story telling you do with your photography sir, it is an inspiration. You are like a master painter!!! Cheers. 🍻 P.S. why did Brent take off the blond wig ? ;) LOL!

[@photoflooddays]

I love Brent's hair at 2:29 haha

[@John-Shutterlyphotos]

Enjoyed your video as always! Got a copy of Chasing Awe, absolutely gorgeous photos, seriously hard to put it down. Every photo is like a mini tutorial of learning. Even though I have been a photographer for years I still learn some awesome techniques from your videos and tips from your books.

[@fototripper]

thanks for the kind words John ;)

[@John-Shutterlyphotos]

@@fototripper Meant every word! Hope to see you and Amanda in California someday photographing our beautiful coast.

[@collinpotratz750]

The one thing I do know is, if it's fox piss, just throw the glove out. From what I hear, trying to wash it will only make the smell worse.

[@davidkipperman5218]

I have a friend and fellow photographer that I took with me on a recent photo trip and as you, one hour later he's still shooting the same subject. He also wanted to shave, shower and make coffee before we left the first morning! You know who you are. 🤣

[@fototripper]

hahaha brutal! although the coffee is a must.

[@markleonard4062]

Thanks for freezing your caboose off to bring us that beauty.

[@robertmartin2898]

Love your narrator voice

[@ShaunaLynnO225]

Another beautiful place in Newfoundland is Wild Cove which is close to Baie Verte. Wild Cove is a lovely little fishing village with the houses built on the rocks around the cove. The sun shines through the mist there in the morning as you walk along the little road and rocks there. Ice bergs are often seen in the summer when you look out at the opening to the cove. I haven’t been there for many years, but it was certainly beautiful and peaceful when I was there.

[@loricusack5282]

Love shooting on Fogo Island.. Tilting is my favourite spot! No skunks in NL ;-) Awesome photos!

[@robertnystrom289]

That was most enjoyable! Maybe you could package Roy's books with Stories....? Anyway, great shots (loved the street lamp in the window), and I wish I could be there, cold and all. I could do with some fog right about now. It might clear my head. That said, any clue what those shacks were originally for? Storing fish? Raising up boats, as in a boat garage in tough weather? Outhouses?

[@SloopJohnBee-vq6dw]

Love the old salty seadog guy. I have a similar bearded mate who could also do with subtitles!🤣 He’s from Glasgow. 👍📸

[@kevins8575]

I particularly like the shot looking down what used to be the bridge.

[@reddogtwelve]

I agree-that one has a bit more drama.

[@mikeinmontana8875]

We will look into your patreon content, but probably wait until the build back better bit is over. Of course do not acknowledge Gavin 🤫~ As usual, another great video, gorgeous shots! Love fog sometimes. And you didn't even need any stinking photoshop!😉 Good job Brent too! All the best to you both~ Kathy and I. 🤝

[@paulwynmartin340]

The local poet, he has to be related to Gerald on Clarkson's farm. As always great vid!

[@keithdraycott]

Roy Dwyer - The Canadian version of Gerald 😆

[@marshalhedin7538]

brent, with his epic mullet at 229, without comment. i laughed so frickin hard ...

[@TheSpaniel1]

Bloody daft question that….if it turns out to be any good…here’s the shot, they are spectacular images Gavin Thank you for sharing

[@brianmckeever5280]

Those were tremendous images. I don't have a favorite between the two you asked about if that is okay. I think either would be great in your next book. The last image, "A tale of two sheds", seemed especially kool after the poetry. I'm quite fond of the Gavin, Amanda, and Brent show. Safe travels!

[@kenbranstetter2354]

I like the foggy night shack better than the morning foggy shack as the night has more texture, more vibrance, more spirit.

[@Pkeats817]

That local man is likely a relative of mine. I have Dwyer in my family tree…from Tilting.

[@MrDoucet2You]

Absolutely SPECTACULAR images. I have cousins on Da Rock and I have to get back there and spend more time photographing the area. As for being a 'Photographer's Widow', yes it must be hard but my wife brings a book and reads. She can't say I never bring her anywhere.

[@gord_tomlin]

Nothing feels colder than ± 2° C with high humidity and a strong wind. I grew up in infamously cold Winnipeg, but was never so cold so often as my first year living in Toronto. Love the shots at around 4:35 and 16:10.

[@adammacsween3230]

Another good one thanks Gavin. Have you even thought of travelling to New Zealand’s South Island? The scenery there around Milford Sound, Fiordland and Queenstown is some of the most spectacular landscapes in the world. The Wanaka tree is also something to behold as well. You could do another book and shamelessly plug it! Hahahaha

[@fototripper]

I'd love to but cannot afford first class flights.

[@colinyoung9432]

Another great video Gavin thank u...Loved the sheds and broken jetty..I bet they would look good in BW as well. thanks again. Colin Devon UK.

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

I understood about 5 words of what Roy Dwyer said. 😂😂 Are you sure he isn't Scottish? Cool photos. I think I like the one at 16:32 the best.

[@z352kdaf8324]

It's 36C here, and you are teasing us being in a winter coat and hat.

[@davidpearson3304]

It was about 100 deg American when I watched earlier. Was definitely jealous of the hat and jacket. 🥵. (I don’t know what that converts to in C (Canadian) as I’m too lazy to do the math 😉)

[@ember_notes]

As an abandoned building photographer I can appreciate the broken walkway shots.

[@martinjordan5172]

Stunning shots as always but I hope you got permission from Amanda to use her Hasselblad.

[@elderinmoi1571]

I never understood why you shot with a Sony camera (even if it is common in landscape photography to heavily edit the images in post and the colors as well) but I have to say the images you get out of the Hasselblad are on another level. Of course i loved your old videos, too, for the humor 😅

[@steelrivets610]

I try and try, day after day, but what the hell did the old salty man say….. 😂

[@johnkeenan4184]

Lovely to hear Roy's local accent. Lots of Irish pronunciation still in there!!

[@russellbaston974]

The morning shot for me, the tonalities look more harmonious.

[@montanaylago]

Yes! Foxes have a musky/skunk smell in their urine!!! Nice photo though!

[@dw.in.michigan]

I really loved the full-on shot of that dilapidated bridge. That was probably my favorite of this video. I think the nighttime image of that one composition - you know, the one with the fishing shack and the fog - is the better of the two. That odor might also have been Mexican lettuce. I've noticed sometimes when people light that crap up it smells like a skunk. I'm just saying if Brent was giggling, paranoid and/or had the munchies, then maybe....