Far East Photography Tours Outer Battery
Far East Photography located in St. John's, NL ... the oldest city on our continent and minutes away from Cape Spear, the most easterly point in North America.
If you are visiting St. John's ... experience our rugged grandeur and capture a perspective not seen in the typical travel brochures - all included in your PRIVATE TOUR. See for yourself why National Geographic Traveller Magazine named us one of the top coastal regions in the world.
If you're a local ... take it outdoors and learn how to take better pictures as part of an OUTDOOR PHOTO WORKSHOP with photographer Maurice Fitzgerald.
The perfect opportunity to GET THE TIPS ... TRY NEW TECHNIQUES ... PLAY WITH LIGHTING.
Capture striking images throughout St. John's and the North East Avalon. Maurice will show you how to use the gear you have and introduce you to gear you may not have but wish you did.
Far East Photography Tours Outer Battery
Far East Photography located in St. John's, NL ... the oldest city on our continent and minutes away from Cape Spear, the most easterly point in North America.
If you are visiting St. John's ... experience our rugged grandeur and capture a perspective not seen in the typical travel brochures - all included in your PRIVATE TOUR. See for yourself why National Geographic Traveller Magazine named us one of the top coastal regions in the world.
If you're a local ... take it outdoors and learn how to take better pictures as part of an OUTDOOR PHOTO WORKSHOP with photographer Maurice Fitzgerald.
The perfect opportunity to GET THE TIPS ... TRY NEW TECHNIQUES ... PLAY WITH LIGHTING.
Capture striking images throughout St. John's and the North East Avalon. Maurice will show you how to use the gear you have and introduce you to gear you may not have but wish you did.
Far East Photography Tours with Maurice Fitzgerald
Far East Photography located in St. John's, NL ... the oldest city on our continent and minutes away from Cape Spear, the most easterly point in North America.
If you are visiting St. John's ... experience our rugged grandeur and capture a perspective not seen in the typical travel brochures - all included in your PRIVATE TOUR. See for yourself why National Geographic Traveller Magazine named us one of the top coastal regions in the world.
If you're a local ... take it outdoors and learn how to take better pictures as part of an OUTDOOR PHOTO WORKSHOP with photographer Maurice Fitzgerald.
The perfect opportunity to GET THE TIPS ... TRY NEW TECHNIQUES ... PLAY WITH LIGHTING.
Capture striking images throughout St. John's and the North East Avalon. Maurice will show you how to use the gear you have and introduce you to gear you may not have but wish you did.
Soggy Dollar Bar Live Webcam - Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands
White Bay, Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands - Live from the Soggy Dollar Bar. Visit paradise at ... Listen to Soggy Dollar Radio... streaming LIVE worldwide from the Soggy Dollar Bar - one sip and you'll be sitting on sand in white bay...
Far East Photography Tours Signal Hill In The Snow
Far East Photography located in St. John's, NL ... the oldest city on our continent and minutes away from Cape Spear, the most easterly point in North America.
If you are visiting St. John's ... experience our rugged grandeur and capture a perspective not seen in the typical travel brochures - all included in your PRIVATE TOUR. See for yourself why National Geographic Traveller Magazine named us one of the top coastal regions in the world.
If you're a local ... take it outdoors and learn how to take better pictures as part of an OUTDOOR PHOTO WORKSHOP with photographer Maurice Fitzgerald.
The perfect opportunity to GET THE TIPS ... TRY NEW TECHNIQUES ... PLAY WITH LIGHTING.
Capture striking images throughout St. John's and the North East Avalon. Maurice will show you how to use the gear you have and introduce you to gear you may not have but wish you did.
St John's Newfoundland
This was one of my many trips to St John's Newfoundland when the weather was nice enough to get out and see the sights and take a boat ride to view Puffins.
Pam and Alison's Excellent Adventure...in St. John's Newfoundland
The Battery , St John's Newfoundland
Patting on a wall on Battery Road reflecting on what life you to be like in St. John's.
A Spring Saturday in St. John's
A Spring Saturday in St. John's, including driving through the Battery.
Exploring The Battery (St. John's NL)
On the slopes of Signal Hill sits a neighbourhood of St. John's called The Battery. This neighbourhood is unique as its streets are very narrow and steep. Watch as I explore parts of The Battery in the fall of 2014.
Hiking the Rugged East Coast Trail in Newfoundland, Canada
At the far eastern edge of North America lies a hidden gem. The East Coast Trail has been in development for 24 years, yet some sections make you feel like the first explorer to arrive as you are taken by natures majesty. Getting to hike there felt like a real opportunity to showcase a place and a trail that more people MUST know about. Just spend a few minutes talking with the dedicated crew of people behind the trail and you will know there’s something special there. And then when you actually step out onto that rocky coastal trail, you’ll be even more surprised.
The East Coast Trail is about 300 kilometres long and follows the rugged east coast from St. Johns down the Avalon Peninsula. There are some truly unique features, such as The Spout, where a geyser-like eruption happens every 15 seconds. There are hundreds of waterfalls cascading into the ocean, arches, and towers. Throw in some fresh seafood (including the raw scallop that served as my birthday cake) and you've got yourself one heck of a hiking trip—it's all remarkable.
Newfoundland was amazing and getting to hike the East Coast Trail and meet the people along the way was a big highlight of my year. I hope you enjoy this episode of Trackin' Dirt and that it inspires you to potentially make the journey yourself!
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Battery, St. John's, NL
Sunday morning view of the Battery from the South Side of St. John's Harbour.
Charlie Piercey, Outer Battery | Fall 2010
Inside Outside Battery
An Interactive Adventure in Sound. A location-based app for walkers in St. John's, Newfoundland. Video by Noah Bender
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Flowers abound as The Duchess of Cornwall visits the Marlborough area to open the new St John's School and the East Grafton Village Hall. She met with her the Sun Royal photographer Arthur Edwards and they talked about becoming a snapper.
Camilla also likes little round chocolate sweets. Find out how we know.
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An extended DVD of the School opening and the Village Hall opening is available at calyxtv.co.uk
Our Journey to Newfoundland, Canada
A journey from June 26th - July 7th 2012. A moment to remember...
St John's, Newfoundland - Postcard
A walk down Signal Hill and through downtown St. John's, Newfoundland.
Music: One for Jeffy, The Barra MacNeils
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The Battery (Driving In)
St. John's Newfoundland
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Our Lady of Mercy Church, Port au Port, Newfoundland
Join Our Lady of Mercy Church for a brief tour of the Newfoundland Heritage Structure as Jon from Jon Myers Photography Adventures brings you a dialogue of the Churches history in Port au Port West. If you would like to schedule a complete tour to hear the FULL story during our summer months of operation, contact us at 1-709-721-0200.
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Our Lady of Mercy Church Video Dialogue.
At 115 feet in height, Our Lady of Mercy Church of Port au Port West, Newfoundland & Labrador stands tall between the landmasses of Bay St. George and Port au Port Bay.
With a church so large in size and with the beautiful mastery of local craftsmanship and having a seating capacity of 1,000, many question why a church so large would be built for a population so small.
Soon after in 1910 a limestone quarry had opened in Jack of Club’s Cove, where the name had soon changed to Aguathuna, a Beothuk name meaning ‘White Rock.’ The change came so business and trade from others afar would be taken more seriously. With increasing employment in the area came 500 men for the job, and with those men came 500 women, which would adorn the hopes of an increasing population. In the early days of Aguathuna, it was believed that due to the expansion of families and promising employment that the area would develop into what would become Newfoundland’s second city outside of the island’s capital of St. John’s. Sadly, the population boom did not occur in later years due to a sudden closure of the quarry operation where the cost of shipping exceeded the means.
With a large religious population, there would be a great requirement for a church to house the population, thus Our Lady of Mercy Church had been developed. It was a dream of Father Joy, the first parish priest in the area. Father Joy had the church designed, and a plan drawn up for a build that would start in 1914 and would take 11 years to complete. The church was consecrated in 1925. In the early years, Father Joy trained in Italy and chose the architecture and structure to reflect churches he had seen while there.
For such a mighty structure to be built there would be a great deal of capital involved, though Father Joy wanted the structure to be built debt free. In order to do so, he had it built with mainly volunteer labor. Most of the construction was contributed by able bodied fisherman, farmers, miners and adolescents of the parish who each donated at least one week of work per year to the build. There were donations of wood from Nova Scotia and Quebec, and the local communities of Point au Mal, West Bay and Piccadilly.
The beautifully hand carved 14 stations of the cross were brought in by Joy from Italy and are made of Carrera marble, surrounded by travertine marble. Carrera marble was mined under water not far from the town of Carrera where Michelangelo did most of his work. In present day the marble is no longer mined, which makes the stations particularly irreplaceable. As for most of the statues individual families donated them along with the and stained glass structures in memory of their loved ones.
During the build, Mr. Emile Felix, an elderly fisherman from the community who had been too old to climb on the scaffolding of the 35-meter high structure, wished to be of some assistance to the build. With that in mind, Mr. Felix, who could not read, or write took it upon himself to construct the altar rail by hand carving it using only a pocketknife, a homemade plain, an axe and a saw. Today it stands as a testament for what the skilled Newfoundlanders could do at the time with little or no tools.
The design of the church, looking from the sanctuary down, is in the form of a cross. The local craftsmen had built the ceiling of the church in the same way they would have built the hull of a schooner. In essence, the ceiling of the church is built as a boat, but bottom up!
The structure stands as one of Newfoundland and Labrador’s best venues for acoustics. With that being said, the church is no stranger to concerts and plays such as Murder in the Cathedral and big brass bands.
In later years in 1997, the church was named a Registered Heritage Structure by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Today the doors are open for tours and public services during the summer months. If you would like to visit Our Lady of Mercy Church, feel free to stop by the grounds for a tour and an afternoon you won’t soon forget, nor regret. Visit ourladyofmercynl.com today!