In the Annapolis Valley

Janet Arnett is the former campus manager of adult education at Ontario’s Georgian College. She is the author of Antiques and Collectibles: Starting Small, The Grange at Knock, and 673 Ways to Save Money.

With this, his third photo-essay on Nova Scotia, James is rapidly
gaining a reputation as that province’s leading landscape
photographer.

The work is an impressive collection of more than 100 color plates that
capture the beauty, diversity, and heritage of “the Valley,” as the
Annapolis area is called in Nova Scotia. The region is famous for its
orchards, apple-blossom festivals, the Micmac Indian culture and
Glooscap legends, the Acadians, Grand Pré and Longfellow’s
Evangeline, historic homes, and bountiful harvests from farm and sea.
James’s camera pays tribute to all these varied aspects of Valley
life.

As an artist, James has mastered his medium. His photographs are
technically flawless, and he is in full control of lighting, mood, tone,
texture, and composition. Whether focused on architectural details or on
a single flower, a tub of fish, a rural road, grassy fields, hydro
wires, or kids at play, he finds the technique that will enable the
viewer to share the experience.

Photographers as well as Nova Scotians and tourists will find this book
rewarding.