Tag: photography
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I’m taking another crack at this ‘learning to sew’ thing. I tried to be a good knitter about it. I looked at the pattern, bought enough fabric, looked into the notions, saw things like ‘piping’ and ‘zipper’ and bought those too. Buying a sewing pattern is like opening an envelope written in a foreign language,…
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We’ve had a hawk take up residence in the Toronto Music Garden. The little birds are not having an easy time of it, they’re not used to having a predator in their midst. Poor little buggers! I can’t deny though, it is a lovely bird.
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Recently I purchased a Lee Filter system for my camera. I was dubious as to the worth of an on-camera filter system – after all, Lightroom has a graduated filter built in where I can adjust exposure, white balance etc. However, having taken it for a walk I can honestly say that being able to…
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Just a neat photo this morning :) It’s so cold in Toronto that Lake Ontario looked like it was steaming early this morning, at the horizon line the steam and the clouds were blending into each other. The inner harbour is completely frozen. It’s just lovely!
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This photo set is from our 2011 visit to Cathedral Grove, British Columbia. Cathedral grove, or MacMillan Provincial Park contains a 157 hectare stand of very old, very large Douglas-fir trees, including one that was over 300 years old when Christopher Columbus came to North America. It’s a very special place. The thing that amazed…
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Most photographers have heard about HDR (High Dynamic Range) Photography. There are lots of great sites that get into the technical nitty-gritty, but in a nutshell HDR photography is a way to even out the light in an image so you get something closer to what your eye perceived. Googling HDR photography will show you…
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I’ve got the time lapse bug again, and last weekend I spotted the perfect thing for my next experiment – a potted hyacinth. Apparently store bought plants are ‘forced’ to bloom by freezing and then thawing the bulb before sending it to the store. It sounds mean, if you think about it, but it made…
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I went to sleep on Saturday night and when I woke up these two buggers had snuck into the living room and set up camp. They’re ugly, but they’re my first fluff-babies so I’ve let them stay. We went for a walk in the music garden, and I got to know their deep and complex…
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Yesterday we were promised snow, and lots of it. Because I am short sighted and forgetful, when 7 pm passed and the snow failed to arrive I went out for dinner… in heels. Cue the snow! By the time I got home (thank goodness for the mobile, heated, oasis-on-wheels known as cars) it was a…
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Every year as part of our Christmas gift to our biggest client we print and frame a selection of my work – it’s always fun trying to choose the very best of what I have that year, and so awesome and satisfying to see it printed up! We use kodak metallic stock to bring out…
The Blue Brick 