Day 343 of 365

Halloween

Kids made it home for Thanksgiving – finally.
Then Cass the Dragon, Kaleigh the Towel & Hot Dog Mike were off to a Halloween party.

Day 335 of 365

Snow White

Snow & bird

Snow looking

Took a walk in the woods on my way to grandma’s place & stumbled upon this.
On impulse, I kissed her gently & she woke up.
With her affinity for wildlife, we were thinking of moving to never-never land, but then she started looking for that apple again.  😉
(For best effect, click for full size image.)

Day 334 of 365

Bing Shi

 

An evening in the camera club studio with the lovely and talented Bing Shi.

Day 333 of 365

bar hopping

Photojournalism class again. Tonight’s assignment – go to a predetermined location & do a series depicting the business. Not much inspiration at the first locale, but spotted this bunch inside a nearby bar.

Day 332 of 365

self self self portrait

Playing with my favorite toy on a gloomy afternoon.
Multiple exposures work best with a black background. Light backgrounds make for a ghostly image of the main (moving) subject.
I did (re)learn a few things about camera settings thanks to the trusty dog eared manual.

Day 326 of 365

On the town

Photojournalism class again.
The challenge – go out to the market area and work on the aspect of color as a cohesive element in producing a photo story.
45 minutes of walking got these images.
I like the 1st one the best – a bunch of happy folk out for an evening on the town. Once your target is relaxed & in a mood, seize the moment.

Day 323 of 365

Of Burning Empires

Spent an ‘interesting’ time taking in Jaz & Robin’s heavy metal band, “Of Burning Empires”, at Mavericks on Rideau St. Hard to tell if the singers of this type of music have sore throats are will have. 😉
Also got to practice my photojournalism assignment – add motion to the image. Will use rear curtain for the flash next time.

Day 322 of 365

Alisha & friend

A photo shoot with the Meetup group.
Alisha arranged with friends to bring their horses for an outing.

Day 319 of 365

Zoom flash

Second class for Photojournalism.
The idea is to add dynamism to normal portraits.

Assignment: shoot one picture of subject using last week’s guidelines, reduce shutter speed and make necessary adjustments – then shoot again introducing motion. The subject must be in a dark spot. Set focus to manual. The flash will freeze the subject while ambient lighting illuminates the background.

Day 317 of 365

Cass & me

Monday morning dawned clear & bright and I realized I had neglected to get a shot of my own gang.
Since we had some time before their flight, Cassandra arranged for us to return to Belle Meade for a photo shoot.

Of course, we had to do the Bond thing.

Bonding