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January 7 - Headingley, Manitoba
January 07, 2022 - This morning's temperature in Thunder Bay registered -28C - not pleasant.
This is our loaded not-so-clean vehicle as we...
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April 13 - The Lone Tree
April 13, 2021 - "And the boy loved the tree...very much. And the tree was happy." Shel Silverstein
Most of us nature photographers spen...
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March 30 - Photographing Close to Home Has Its Advantages
March 30, 2021 - Why do I return to certain iconic locations when I've already photographed them previously?
How many times can I photog...
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February 2 - Working With Slow Shutter Speeds
February 02, 2021 - High shutter speed to freeze motion is not the sole option. There are many creative uses of slow shutter speeds.
In thi...
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September 7 - Photographing Wildlife
September 06, 2020 - Seeing, viewing, watching wildlife is an exciting, often heart-thumping experience.
Being able to capture photos of the...
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August 27 - Photo School, Backgrounds
August 27, 2020 - The background in your photograph can make or break your image. Here I discuss portraits, either candid or posed, and ho...
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August 6 - Keep It Simple - Photo Tip #1
August 06, 2020 - This is the first in a series of photo tips that I will be publishing, likely once every two weeks.
Feel free to pass t...
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May 20 - Photo of the Day
May 20, 2020 - Suddenly the poplar trees have burst forth with the first green leaves. That is a harbinger of summer.
But so are the b...
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May 11 - Photo of the Day
May 11, 2020 - This is my 44th consecutive day posting my photo of the day.
OK, one more photo from my search for colour today.
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May 10 - Photo of the Day
May 10, 2020 - David duChemin posted this challenge in his latest post:
But when you say to yourself, "I'm just going to look for co...
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May 5 - Photo of the Day
May 05, 2020 - "You will never make a photograph that everyone likes,so make sure that you like every one of your photographs."
- Oliv...
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May 2 - Photo of the Day
May 02, 2020 - This marks the 35th consecutive day that I have posted my photo of the day.
All except two of these photos have been ta...
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April 24 - Photo of the Day
April 24, 2020 - Some of the first signs of life springing forth.
Makes me question when life will be returning to some semblance of nor...
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April 22 - Photo of the Day
April 22, 2020 - For today's photo, I did not even leave the house.
This was our evening meal.
The Burdeniuks brought us one of Rick'...
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April 11 - Photo of the Day
April 11, 2020 - We had some frost this morning, so I drove down to the corner of Chief Lake Road.
Water in the creek is not very high...
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July 8 - Seeing the Possibilities
July 08, 2019 - Here I am in the heat of mid-summer, not particularly inspiring times for photography. The other day as I was sitting on...
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December 5 - Abstract Photos (Part 2)
December 05, 2017 - Another genre of abstract photography centres on man-made objects. I will sometimes focus in on everyday things, often t...
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October 22 - A Strange Autumn
October 22, 2017 - This has been a most unusual autumn. The warm weather in September and thus far in October has played havoc with our usu...
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95th Birthday Party
August 18, 2017 - We were in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, last Saturday (August 12) to celebrate my Aunt Aili's 95th birthday.
My mother's younge...
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July 26 - Here I am..."
July 26, 2016 - When I've found time, I've been processing photos from our trip to Switzerland and Italy. As I get further into this, I...
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November 7 - Sudbury and Toronto
November 07, 2015 - Fall colours have come and gone. Unfortunately I missed most of the best of the season because we were on the road so mu...
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October 26 - Photo of the Day
October 26, 2014 - This was a drab overcast day, a good day on which to do yard cleanup. It certainly was not a day that inspired me to go...
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October 18 - Photo of the Day
October 18, 2014 - The majority of the leaves are down, though there still are some pockets of golden poplars.
The rain has been falling o...
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October Fall Colours
October 15, 2014 - The brilliant reds of September have been replaced by the glowing yellows of the birches and poplars.
October has broug...
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March 19 Photo of the Day
March 19, 2014 - Today, for the first time this winter, Veda visited the two black labs, Jasper and Blackie, who lived next door to us th...
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Supporting Ukraine
March 09, 2014 - Yesterday I noticed a group in front of the Vernon Courthouse demonstrating in support of Ukrainian independence.
Since...
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January 7 Photo of the Day
January 07, 2014 - Very cold weather sometimes creates intricate frost patterns on windows.
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January 2 Photo of the Day
January 02, 2014 - All is quiet. Everyone has left.
New Year's festivities were a great time for us. We had 11 family members (that includ...
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December 21 Photo of the Day
December 21, 2013 - Apartment for rent. Just don't step out on the balcony.
There is something about derelict buildings that attracts photo...
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December 20 Photo of the Day
December 20, 2013 - Today's photo continues with the Christmas theme.
We have always put up a real tree. Yes, it is more work, but we prefe...
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December 13 Photo of the Day
December 13, 2013 - This morning was crisp - minus 23C. This is much below normal for this time of the year.
But we went out for an 8 a.m....
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November 29 Photo of the Day
November 29, 2013 - Black Friday in the U.S. Shop 'til you drop!
Today's photo was made just down the street from here. Pewaukee is a town...
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November 28 Photo of the Day
November 28, 2013 - Happy U.S. Thanksgiving Day.
We had a great meal with lots of good wine, courtesy of Marie and Steve, friends of my cou...
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November 6 Photo of the Day
November 06, 2013 - I think that this photo of a red oak tree in my front yard illustrates what today's weather was like here in Sudbury - a...
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November 4 Photo of the Day
November 04, 2013 - It was late in the day before I had time to search for today's photo.
Behind my house there is a rock hill which drops...
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October 26 Photo of the Day
October 25, 2013 - Today was a rainy cold day, typical in this area for this time of the year. As my wife, Veda, and I were driving to Elli...
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In-camera HDR
June 26, 2013 - HDR, or high dynamic range imagery, has until now been available only through Photoshop or a number of plugins.
Now a n...
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Calendars
April 25, 2013 - My photos will occasionally appear in calendars. The following sales were made through the stock agency, Alamy, one of m...
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Ontario Day at Silver Star Mountain
February 28, 2013 - The Aussies have their Australia Day at Silver Star Mountain Resort, so last winter some of the Ontario ski buddies thou...
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Travelling West - Photo Ops
January 19, 2013 - Driving west in early January can be difficult, especially when it comes to finding photo opportunities. Winter weather...
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Holiday Greetings
December 13, 2012 - Season's greetings to all, from our house to yours.
All the best for 2013.
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Metal Prints
November 30, 2012 - Metal prints have to be seen to be appreciated.
These are printed by infusing dyes directly into specially coated alumi...
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Fall Colour in the Sudbury Area
October 12, 2012 - After my arrival home from our Greek travels, I was anxious to check out the fall colours. Getting up early was no probl...
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Travels to Greece - Departure
September 04, 2012 - Hello from Pearson Airport,
We are at the airport awaiting our plane departure to Athens.
Veda and I are here with Gra...
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Photographing in the City
April 11, 2012 - When the weather was not conducive for landscape image making, I decided to search the downtown areas of Vernon for imag...
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Photographing Skiers
March 22, 2012 - To photograph or to ski, that is the question.
To solve that dilemma, I thought, "Why not do both?"
So with my skiing...
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My Dilemma
March 21, 2012 - Veda and I have been in Vernon, British Columbia, since early January. We spend a good part of the winter season here be...
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New Blog Coming Soon
March 03, 2012 - I will soon be adding a blog to my website. Stay tuned for the first of these irregular posts.
Please be patient while...
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