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You might THINK this image is an HDR, but then you’d be wrong; it’s just kinda lame. But I liked the way the flag looked flapping in the wind so here I am posting it anyways.
I have been completely and photographically negligent this past week. Maybe I’ve been actually paying attention to things that pay the bills (rather than create them), but I haven’t taken out the SLR… and while I’ve been carrying the LX3 around with me, producing only a few grab shots here and there. Though I should […]
I was very fortunate this week to have one my photos critiqued on the esteemed David DuChemin’s Within the Frame Podcast episode 6. He looked at a previous photo I had submitted to the Flickr group of Eden. This is the sort of thing I need – I CRAVE it. Not the typical “this sucks” […]
Another 1-light shot from fishing in Northern Ontario. This one’s of Mel’s cousin Annie (can you tell she’s had two kids? I can’t.)She’s, uh, holding onto my rod. Same premise as the shot from a few days ago, had a 580ex with the Lumiquest SBIII on top – this time I was able to use […]
The window’s on the plane were scratched and plastic, so there’s a lot of “stuff” blocking the view – but I really appreciated certain parts of Ontario as we flew over them. Other parts (Timmins), have less to appreciate, you can see the mines from space… so from the plane they are an even deeper […]
I’m confident that the weather has no idea what it’s doing. This entire week has called for mixed showers. And while, yes, there has been a mix – the mix has been a cocktail between night and day rain. Last night was a choice example, having run out onto the dock to snap what I […]
Taking a lot of family photos this weekend so I’ll spare you the randomness of it all.
Yeah people! Owen caught a fish about 10 minutes out onto the lake, and I got to play with my mini-tt1 transmitter shooting at 1/400th instead of the LAME 1/250th of a second like I was constrained to PRE new mini-tt1 transmitter. Best accessory today? No, not the mini-tt1 transmitter, the Justin Clamp; keeping my […]
I got lost last night. It wasn’t anything terrible, I just took the wrong bus (well, the right bus, but in the wrong direction)and ended up at the last stop. Ottawa’s still a bit new to me in some areas, so I wasn’t entirely impressed to find out service in that area was every 40 […]
Graffiti hooligans – takin’ over the streets.
Oh yah, just when you thought I was done I pump out another underpass photo! You’d think I was some sort of bridge-troll with all the time I spend under there; if you thought that – you’d be right! I’m gonna eat your babies!
Another from the night out with Urban Nation… this one’s just looking the other way.
After reading David DuChemin’s Within the Frame (what, you haven’t read it yet!?), I was inspired to do two things; travel more, and actually approach people to take their picture. Since I don’t really have the cash-flow to travel the world right now, I figured approaching people would be the better habit to get into. […]
Looking up to the rooftop we were shooting the band on…
I’ve been away for the past few days, away from the INTERNETS that is! Seems that someone decided hide and seek was a fun game to play with the cable-modem. This stuff is serious people!
Okay, one of these is a huge fucking Moth but it’s okay, because she’s here to save us from Gojirra. The other is Caroline, also quite good, but may not have very tiny Asian women chanting her name. I’m only 30 minutes from Ottawa and I’m on Monster Island. Crazy, it must be that the […]
Another attempt at using Nik’s Silver Efex Pro – did this one on a very slow walk-around shoot with Urban Nation. I didn’t even know old cameras NEEDED batteries.
I wasn’t going to post more photos of flowers – but this one was just too good! Possible kitten photos to follow (though unlikely).
Saturday I had a great photoshoot with The Adopted on top of a roof in downtown Ottawa in advance of their new video. I had a few extra strobes with me this time learning from our last photo-shoot that two flashes on E-TTL ain’t enough. Though three is still kinda pushing it – I think […]
No artificial blurring here – this baby is all natural bokeh – how about the depth eh? dof 😉
Here’s a bit of street theatre going on in Ottawa right now, part of the Magnetic North Theatre Festival. I sat down to watch some of their performance under the Rideau Bridge. I sat there for a bit with my camera in plain site hoping to take some photos, but not wanting to do so […]
Are photos of flowers boring? More to the point – are mine? I like taking pictures of people way more.
