I launched right into my photo-per-day un-project and yesterday discovered the challenge of photographing tiny critters at night. The thing about macro photography — at least when you do it with a middle-of-the-road moderate-but-not-high-quality lens like mine — is that while you have access to nearly all the cool and wonderful features that a macro lens affords, you are generally stuck with only a medium-sized piece of glass. A very expensive macro lens would have a magnificently large piece of glass, and that piece of glass would suck up the light like a thirsty mop at a four-year-old’s birthday party. The bigger the glass, in other words, the less light you need to take a photo. And while my lens is awesome in so many [...]

I took a lot of photos this weekend. A lot. Hundreds and hundreds. And it was sorta in response to the photofrustations post late last week… and then sorta just because there were lots of things to photograph this weekend: kids, a holiday weekend, food at the heritage festival that kind of thing. I also got thinking about how to spend some quality time with my camera in August… now that it’s August. And I just kinda figured I’d take a lot of photos. I’m going to try for at least one cool shot per day. I’m going to get out and take lots of pictures, hopefully getting out at least once for every day of the month, but no themes, no pre-guided subject matter, [...]

I’ve been really bad at taking photos this summer. And by that I mean, I’ve shot a number of good macros, though not enough to justify the cost of that new lens I bought back last fall. I’ve also dragged the camera out to special events and holidays, clicking off more than my equitable share of snapshots of the same, but those occasions have been few and far between. Additionally, I have a ton of excuses and by far I’ve been enjoying the whole videographer thing a little more frequently than I should, so the big dSLR usually gets left home in favour of the pocket sized HD video camera. And there is too that the big camera is always just sitting there: charged, ready, [...]

For the entire month of June I’m planning on writing a series of blog-a-day posts based on a set series of open-ended questions to myself. This is one of those posts. June 6th // Something You Have Forgotten I’d completely forgotten just how many awesome photos I have taken over the years. Last night I spent over an hour scrolling through three years worth of digital photographs in a (fairly weak) attempt to locate more images for my randomfeets gallery. I’d snapped a dozen or so in the last years, but haven’t put any serious efforts into this once-epic collection. Thinking I’d reprise the effort, I needed to catch up posting… which I did… and which meant glancing at twenty thousand odd thumbnails… no really. [...]

For the entire month of June I’m planning on writing a series of blog-a-day posts based on a set series of open-ended questions to myself. This is one of those posts. June 4th // Something You Have Seen The beauty of timing makes this an easy question to answer. About a week ago, Chris emailed me and queried into whether I would be interested or not in a photo expedition. His plan was to drag the family out to Tofield, a small town about fifty clicks East of Edmonton, to have a day at their annual rodeo. I agreed of course. Any reason to go out with friends and shoot pictures is good enough for me. That said, we woke up this morning to a [...]

The second edition of the PhotoShootChallenge resulted in just two entries. Now it’s time for the uber-judging to begin. This is it: head-to-head, mano-a-mano, for the final title of best flavour of the month. You have one week from this post until the winner is announced and the next theme is revealed. Only one vote per IP, so get your friends or alter-egos to vote for the most worthwhile interpretation of the theme. Entries in order of submission: 1. A clever and romantic entry by Chris. 2. One hastily compiled entry from Me. The Vote: Pick your choice for the best photo based on the theme “ABOUT THE HEART” — preferably choosing based on merit and quality, not just on the photographer. [poll id="5"] Good [...]