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Delia, Alberta
[Olympus C-5060]

Lethbridge Documentary

These images, from Lethbridge, Alberta, were made one very hot(36C) July day in 2004. I enjoy documentary photography that isn't perfectly straight ahead documentary. What I mean, is that the images many times still have a bit of the artistic side of me present. People are sometimes present and the creative placement of shadows may even play a compositional part in the image.
[Canon Powershot S410]

Dusk

God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning ....

Genesis 1:5 (TNIV)

Triptych

Three images made along the Bow River in Calgary which show the same subject from three slightly different vantage points.
[Panasonic LX2]

Full Moon

I know you may well see this any month of the year, but the full moon that rose above the horizon a couple of days ago was one that was laid back, and not one that screamed "look at me!" It peeked through a thin opening in the hazy clouds, only to disappear again just seconds later behind the thicker band of clouds above.
[Canon G9]


"When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
what are mere mortals that you are
mindful of them,
human beings that you care for
them?"

Psalm 8:3-4 (TNIV)

November's Palette

All the beautiful colours of summer flowers are gone now and many years the November palette would be mostly white. This November,however, we have received very little snow and left with what I think as one of the most gorgeous palette's nature has to offer, just subtle and soft browns, grays, and golds.
[Canon G9]


The grass withers, the flowers fall,
but the word of our God endures
forever.

Isaiah 40:8 (TNIV)

Waskasoo Creek

This creek runs only about a two minute walk from our door at work and so I visit it quite regularly on my lunch breaks. It's wonderful having a place like this that allows me to relax and let my mind wander. Abstracting designs in the ice can be a challenge and at the same time my idea of a good time!
[Canon G9]

Architecture's colours

Some bold colour combinations from near work the last two days which caught my eye.
[Canon G9]

Abstracts

I discovered a few abstracts on a short lunchtime walk the other day. In all reality, these images were all made within about 30 meters of the door at work. Abstracts, especially macros, can completely absorb me for long periods of time, and all my earthly worries just disappear. Searching for tiny patterns, textures, and rhythms, is to me absolutely fascinating.
[Canon G9]

Cutoff Creek

Out travelling the Forestry Trunk Road west of Caroline with my friend Gerard one day, we decided to take a turn towards the Cutoff Creek Staging Area.
[Olympus E-1, 7-14mm, 35-100mm]

Mitchell Lake

Mitchell Lake Provincial Recreation Area near Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.
[Olympus E-1, 14-54mm, 50-200mm]

Remnants

I suppose I could have called this part of my tree series, bit there are no branches - small technicality. Laura Lee and I were out for a walk and caught the last few remains of fall colour here in Red Deer. Only a block from home along the sidewalk and what a find!
[Panasonic LX2]

Wind on the Water

One of the challenges I give myself is trying to explain the action of wind with a photograph. It's not very often that I feel I have been able to capture the right effect. Here is an example of a chinook wind blowing over the Bow River in Calgary. This one I feel works nicely. I did need to play with a few different lengths of exposure and wait for a fairly strong gust of wind to catch just the right amount of movement.
[Panasonic LX2]

Late evening

I went out for a short walk with my son Thomas last night close to dusk. It was perfectly still and without the slightest breeze which allowed for fairly long exposures. This area along Piper Creek here in Red Deer is one of my favourite areas to go exploring if I don't want to go far from home.
[Olympus E-1, 50-200mm]

Waskasoo Creek

Alright, two more then! I forgot I had this image ready for the web as well. I made this image a couple of weeks ago before we left for B.C. on our vacation as I wanted to familiarize myself with the little Fuji F50 camera before leaving. The image was made along Waskasoo Creek here in Red Deer.
[Fuji Finepix F50]

Mount Robson

OK, just one more for tonight. I'll have to start digging through the files again as all the new images are posted tonight - oh well.

What a magnificent mountain is Mount Robson! I don't remember actually seeing the top of this mountain before as usually, at least when I've been travelling there, it's covered in clouds. We just had to stop and document it. A little bit postcardy maybe!
[Fuji Finepis F50]

Fun, Fun, Fun

If photography was just to document things, although likely important, I would have to think twice if it was really worth pursuing. Start playing around and count me in! I made this image in Penticton last week and then played a bit in photoshop. this is definitely not a document of said building.
[Fuji Finepix F50]

Forest Fire

Thanksgiving is when my family goes on our annual trip out to Kelowna, B.C. to visit my parents and usually end up driving through the Kicking Horse Pass and Rogers Pass to get there. This year however, due to some other commitments in Edmonton, we ended up going through Jasper and Kamloops along the Yellowhead Highway instead.


Just a bit north of Kamloops lies the small town of Barrier where a devastating fire rolled through in 2003, nearly destroying the town . It took out huge areas of forests as well of which these images show.
[Fuji Finepix F50]

Autumn Too

The day before the big wind and we still had a fair bit of colour as you can see. One day later it and it looks like the end of November. I caught the sun just breaking through the tops of the trees as it lit up the yellows in the background. I literally had time for two images and it was all changed. My plan was to explore this scene for a bit with the digital and see if I could find a composition worth setting the whole rig up for. I searched alright for two quick snaps and that was it. I'm still quite pleased with this image as it feels really complex and yet has some order to it - just the way I see. Remember you can click on the image to enlarge it - there is quite a bit of nice detail and colour contrasts that show up when this image is enlarged. I especially love the way the bottom of the foreground tree trunks, being in the shade, are reflecting the pure blue sky from above, while the tops are warm from the rising sun.
[Fuji Finepix F50]

Autumn

Well wouldn't you know it, autumn has arrived in full fury. What was with the snow this morning!! Granted the colours are spectacular now and honestly autumn is my favourite season. The smells, colours, and change are about the most dramatic of them all. I especially like to capture the change of seasons - not quite autumn, not really summer anymore either. You know, a little green is still around, it's raining(mostly, except for last night!), not snowing yet, but definitely a chill about. Makes for a rather cool ride to work on my bike, and what better way to observe the seasons than to ride the trails in Red Deer 5km to work from April to November(if that snow stays away - how can you tell I think winter should wait a while?).

This image was made in a light rain at the Chikakoo Lakes Recreation Area just north and west a bit from Spruce Grove, Alberta. When this image is enlarged, thousands of tiny raindrops can be seen hanging from all the branches and leaves.
[Anba Ikeda 4x5, Fujinon 300mm C, Fuji Velvia 100F]

Abstracts in Geen and Blue

A bit of a departure from the regular for me, but what a riot!
[Panasonic LX2]

Abstract Diptych

I found some interesting shapes and lines while on one of my lunch break walks during the summer. Presented this way they make a nice diptych.
[Panasonic LX2]

Frank O. Gehry - EMP

It has been awhile since I last entered anything here and being that I was just in Seattle lately, I thought it might be appropriate to include some images from there. These images are of the EMP (Experience Music Project) designed by architect Frank O. Gehry. He is from Toronto originally but now resides in Los Angeles. He uses warped forms that are so original it is hard to keep your eyes from them. Check out the link I've provided as there is an abundance of information about the man and his world famous designs.
[Panasonic LX2]