Category: Photography
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Amalfi has been on my list for a very long time, so this time when I went to Italy I knew I had to make it down there. My first revelation was that ‘Amalfi Coast’ referred to a number of communities along a rocky shoreline of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Amalfi itself is a medium sized…
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The Fuljifilm x100s is not a camera I would have chosen for myself, despite its gorgeous design, simply because it’s an all-digital that costs twice as much as a beginner DSLR. However, now that I’ve test-driven one in Italy I’ve got to say that I’m in love. The camera has got some weight to it;…
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It’s been a week, and I’ve been sitting on about 70 gigs of photography from Italy – yesterday morning I finally made some headway. I’ve been to Italy before and it’s always a new adventure – being immersed in so much history, art, and the best food on the planet. Seriously, all I do in…
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I told myself I would write a weeks worth of blog posts and set it to run in my absence, but you know how that goes. Then I told myself I could break from the blog too, and that I wouldn’t even think of it until I got home. That didn’t work either. So here…
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This is the Fujifilm X100s. It’s a beautifully designed, all-digital camera that looks just like my first camera – an old Minolta SLR. I’ve had it for only a day, and it’s totally transformed my idea of what a point-and-shoot digital camera is capable of. RAW capability, fantastic high ISO noise management, all kinds of…
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I’ve finally booked a vacation, just me and my camera and some knitting. Yes, not even resin shall accompany me on this on. Maybe a few books. I’m leaving for Italy on Thursday, this time for the Amalfi Coast. Here are some of my favourites, in no particular order, of the last time I visited…
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During the day I’m the art director/photographer for a tiny, busy, design and communications firm (read: advertising). One of my favourite gigs is aerial photography. I’ve done a lot of aerial work and, though it’s not for the faint of heart, aerials are definitely some of the most rewarding moments in my job. It almost…
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I wanted to create a series of jewellery pieces themed around Ontario wildflowers. It’s that time of year where even the scrubby stuff on the side of the highway is a riot of colour; goldenrod, chicory, loosestrife, new England astor and the unromantically named cow vetch. One of the best places in the city to…
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In my work on the book ‘Resin Jewelry’ I did a ton of photography –many folks who looked at the book in its first stages remarked on how the photography really made the book shine. In my day job I work in advertising, and I can tell you that the emotional connection almost always happens…
The Blue Brick 