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First Fridays in the Exchange

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A relatively new event in Winnipeg is First Fridays in the Exchange.  It’s a great opportunity to visit with artists and galleries, as well as the boutiques and cafes in the Exchange District. Everyone opens up for public tours!  It’s fun.

Pixels Gallery goes one step further and has special mini-events to make it even more fun and a bit educational too.

I’ll be there giving a short presentation on how to take  Infrared Photographs on January 7th – the first Friday of 2011! It’s FREE!  It starts at 7:00, till 7:45 with questions and answer after. Come on in for a chat, learn a thing or 2, bring your camera – we’ll be doing free camera tests to see if your camera is capable to taking IR photos.

Come out to the Exchange on January 7, 2011, check out Pixels, I’ll be happy to answer all your Infrared Photography related questions!

Very Sad

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A head-on highway collision between two vehicles on a highway east of Winnipeg has killed a man, RCMP said.

Const. Miles Hiebert said a small car and pickup truck collided on Highway 15 near Provincial Road 207 at about 5 p.m. CT Wednesday.

The driver of the car, an adult male, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The driver and passenger in the truck, both adults, were taken to hospital with undetermined injuries, Hiebert said.

The name of the dead man is not being released.

The highway was reopened at about 9 p.m.

digital infrared photography

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digital infrared photography

One of the most beautiful and unexpected kinds of photographs can be produced using digital infrared photography techniques.

Infrared photography has been around for a long, long time but using film, it was expensive, very difficult to do and the results were extremely unpredictable, and frequently disappointing.

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Holiday High Gear!

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Capturing holiday memories! There’s not much that a good camera can’t record these days! From the kids opening their gifts, to the celestial events in the winter sky, modern DSLRs can handle it all.

I was looking through some old boxes I retrieved from my parents, and looking at  the old slides of Christmases past was a trip! They had great Christmas Eve dinners, and there was always more than one camera to record the festivities! Lots of photos.  Lots of slides – so old skool!!  I know that modern cameras do a much better job.  Let’s take a look…Continue Reading

Upcoming Classes for 2011

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The new year is just around the corner – which today astiunds me more than anything. Wasn’t it just the height of summer!?

I’m in the process of finalizing some photography courses for 2011, in conjunction with Pixels 2.1 Gallery.

On the list so far:

1) a 4 week digital infrared shooting and post processing course. For people with Infrared capable cameras*

2) Extreme photomanipulation,  for people pretty good with Photoshop already. It’s not  Photoshop training program as such – you need to know how to use it, I’ll just show you how to ramp it up several big notches! This is an advanced program. 6 weeks in duration.

3) Hyper Macro Photography. Getting into those secret worlds hidden in plain view, in plants, dirt, everyday objects and more.  You must have a DSLR and a macro lens for this one. A 4 week program.

Contact me for more info, but I will also be adding news as we finalize the details.

Space is limited. You know Pixels is a smaller space so there’s not a huge amount of room. So it will be a good idea to register as soon as the course opens.

Also in 2011, we’re planning the ever in-demand IR Bootcamp. –  one weekend of intense photography training. If you’ve signed up on the Interested List, you’ll be getting notifications in the new year. If you’ve bought the IR Program and book, you’ll also be getting the details soon.

Happy Thanksgiving

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For all my American friends, have a great Thanksgiving.

Live in the moment as much as you can, be grateful for for all you have, hug your dog, and have fun!

These holidays are the best time to get out with your family and friends with a camera in hand to record the festivities. If you’re feeling sleepy after that turkey dinner, take a walk, take your camera.

Have a really good extra long weekend!

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