Just a quick capture from last night’s electrical storm. It was awesome! For anyone interested in my settings and techniques for capturing lightning, they are in this post.
Nothing much to write, except that my lovely friend Leslie finally got her pony up to Canada and we got to meet her on the weekend :) Much horse love ensued. I can see why they make great therapy animals.
Last weekend, on our way home from the frozen Niagara Falls shoot, Tito and I decided to make one more stop before Toronto, and pulled off at the Jordan Station shipwreck to see what it looked like in the deep freeze. We’ve shot this old…
So, it’s official. February 2015 was not only record-breakingly cold… it was the coldest month in Toronto in recorded history. I feel like we all deserve T-shirts to commemorate this, though it hardly seems worth celebrating. A few weekends ago it was actually minus 40, that…
Just having a bit of fun with the phone camera while the real gear was tied up in some interview work. I’m learning to use our brand new DJI Ronin for smooth tilting and panning action while on the move, and so far this thing…
I was having an off week, and this was the proverbial straw: I was helping some friends out with a shoot, and went to change the cameras position on the tripod. We had taken the strap off earlier so we could mount the camera to…
While Webster’s Falls were definitely the most spectacular of the day, we did do a bit of sleuthing around some of the other falls close by, starting with Boher’s Falls, and working out way out to the ruins of the old paper mill. Tito and…
The weather in Toronto has been a deep freeze this week, with temperatures dropping as low as -27oc (-16.6 oF) with the windchill. Of course, there’s got to be a plus side to such chilly conditions, right? Accordingly, Tito and I drove off to the Hamilton…
Back to Newfoundland for a few more pics – These are from the little village of Brigus South. There are 2 things about Brigus South that I found especially charming. The first thing was this odd little group of birds. The Goose (note the capital…
It’s pronounced ‘Pooch Cove’ and it is said that they are the “first to see the sun” rise in North America. It’s also the town where Rayna was born, hence ‘First Light Handcrafts’ :)
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