It’s always a good conversation when I speak with my good friend Mr. G. Inspirational and motivating, and always with a healthy dose of photographic discussion of course! He inquired about whether or not I thought photography was like meditation – especially because we have to be so still when shooting. Continue Reading
Nothing like a little fear…
Day 1 – Helihiking Adventure continued – 2014. The Fire.
We arrived back at the lodge. It was a crazy hot day and the evening was no cooler. After dinner a few people congregated on the deck to enjoy the refreshing but infrequent mountain breeze.
Someone came rushing into the dining room yelling for us to grab our cameras and head outside.
Beastly Building
In southern Manitoba, there is a small ghost town, and abandoned village at the crossroads of Nowhere and Nevermore. It’s a great spot for photographers and so THE camera club headed out on the long weekend to see what we could see.Continue Reading
Ghost town checklist
When you travel to a photo location whether it ‘s the mountains or a ghost town, you can’t take a risk that you’ll forget something. My gear shelf is always in a state of total disorder – I am too embarrassed to show you what it usually looks like but as you know I am a geek and have a collection of gadgets, gizmos, dongles, novelty lenses,etc so I’m sure you can conjure up an image in your mind of what my studio looks like (if you actually cared!)Continue Reading
Ghost Town Escapades
What’s better than a trip to the beach on hot Canada Day long weekend? I know you’d ask! Would you believe…a trip to a ghost town?Continue Reading
Star trails-prologue
I’ve been talking about the summer night sky a lot, and planning planning planning…Finally I got my act together and did a night shoot this week.
The objective was to capture star trails. The invisible paths the stars make in the sky as the earth rotates – which in many ways make it appear that the sky is circling around the earth.Continue Reading
Stars (and other stuff) in my eyes…
You know me – I love the hot summer months and this summer had been one of the best in a severely long time. And with the infrared season still with about 6 or 7 weeks left and the heat wave continuing you may be wondering why I’m going to be telling you about winter photography NOW!Continue Reading