Winter Landscape 2
Here is another image that I got out in the countryside this week. Winter lends itself well to black & white imagery.
Photography
Winter Landscape
This winter has been strangely abnormal here in the Canadian north where I have been spending this winter. It has been milder than normal with days of cold intermixed with rain and snow. The result has been minimal snow cover and my anticipated photo expeditions out to the rural areas have been less than productive. …
Bridge with Curves
While visiting the Toronto downtown waterfront area outdoor skating rink with family I discovered this wonderful bridge over the end of one of the waterway areas nearby. The lines of the bridge were beautiful. So when I got home I tried to find out more about it and discovered it is not a bridge – …
Kensington Market
As the evening light fell on the street in Kensington Market, this scene presented itself as a local resident was shopping amongst the colorful offerings at this ethnic Asian fruit market.
Natural Light Portraits
Visited Kensington Market in Toronto which is a wonderful area of mixed ethnic grocery stores, butcher shops, clothing, restaurants and other shops many housed in old homes of the Victoria period. Many of the buildings in the area particularly those backing up onto lanes and public access paths the walls covered in graffiti, many of …
My Images Help Software Launch
Unified Color Technologiestoday has updated 3 products in their series of HDR software and 32-Bit image editing plugins. Just announced is HDR Expose 2 and 32 Float v2 plus the combined suite of both products. These products work either as plugins for Adobe Lightroom or Apple Aperture, standalone applications (HDR Expose 2) or as a …
Native Canoe
Another one of Bill Reid’s carvings, this Haida canoe is one of many that Bill carved during his career. It features beautiful lines and engraved artwork on the bow. In addition to the beautiful lines and curves of this canoe, the rich color of the wood inspired this image.
West Coast Native Art
This mask is representative of many of the head dresses or masks that were an important part of native ceremonies. These totems are referred to a house frontal totems. These may be sections of taller freestanding totems or supports for the large lodges built in the villages. The lighting on and texture of these aged …
The Raven and the First Men
I love the art created by native artists from the area I grew up in. One of the highly recognized artists from British Columbia is the Haida artist Bill Reid. An extremely skilled artist who worked on wood carvings, totems, boxes, jewelry, prints, drawings, paintings, gold, silver, bronze , canoes and many other mediums. His …
Covered Bridge
At the beginning of October I participated in the Kelby Worldwide Photowalk in Oakville, ON. During that time I met a number of local photographers and chatted about a variety of topics. In following up with one photographer and viewing their flickr account I saw pictures he had taken of a covered bridge located on …