Pemaquid Point Light and Bell House – 023/365

Pemaquid Point Light and Bell House – 023/365, originally uploaded by JMaz Photo.

We took a family trip to Maine this past weekend. While we were there I drove down to Bristol with my daughter to take some pictures at the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse. We arrived about fifteen minutes before sunset, and really only had twenty minutes before heading back in time for our dinner plans. So on a short time budget, no tripod in hand, and with my four-year-old daughter in tow, I climbed down the snowy bank and onto the frozen rocks.

The evening sun seemed to make the winter shooting a little bit easier. There was no harsh glare on the snow, and the shadows in the snow gave the land a lot of texture. I had taken some pictures here some years ago in the summer and it is a real contrast to have the small crowd of tourists exchanged for the snow-covered rocks.

We didn’t manage to get back up the hill in time to catch the sunset from the other side of the light house. When I go back again one evening I’ll have to start on the other side of campus, shooting down from the lighthouse and over the rocks with the sun setting behind it all. Still, it is always nice to have an outing with my daughter, no matter how little time we spent at the shoot.

“The Bell House was build in 1897 to contain the two Shipman fog-signal engines which operated the fog bell. In 1899 these engines were replaced by a Stevens Striking Machine and a wooden tower was built to accommodate the weights which activated the striker.”