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Pic-of-The-day - "Golden Hour Leaves".
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Wednesday, 29 November 2017
PoTd - November 29
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Tuesday, 28 November 2017
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Sunday, 26 November 2017
Daily Post - November 26 - Looking forward to & back at Boxing Day
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Pic-of-The-day - "Leaf & Berry".
We're in the thick of it now. Christmas is really in full swing for the next month.In one month it will be Boxing day, Christmas day will be past and that magical week between Christmas and New years will have begun.
Boxing Day (or St. Stephen's Day) is usually a good day for me. It's a day off work, that consists of old movies, new gifts, lots of snack, & a little reading. If I'm very lucky... not much else.
The week between the holidays was great when I was a kid. It was toys & candy, Pajamas & TV, records & board games. The tree was up and the outdoor lights where on at night. It seemed like time had stopped.
In fact I remember thinking, at one point, that the old year ended on Christmas and the New one Started on January 1st so the time in between didn't belong to either. I knew enough to think "that must make a lot of trouble for banks & jobs and things" but, that was for someone else to worry about. I just had to flip over the Julie Andrews record & sneak another chocolate ball from the bowl on the stereo.
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Saturday, 25 November 2017
PoTd - November 25 - 1 month til Chrsitmas
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Part of me is saying "hurry up & get here already" & another , bigger, part of me is saying "I need more hours in the day and more days in the week to get ready.
Ready or not it's here in a month.
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Friday, 24 November 2017
Daily Post - November 24 - Brimstone
Pic-of-The-day - "Brimstone".
Photos from a tasting at Brimstone brewery in Ridgeway Ontario.
I went with a group from work for a tasting to explore the idea of making local brews available in the future maybe for special events or even on a more regular basis.
The first glass isn't full because I took the much anticipated first sip and then thought "hey, I brought my camera, I should be taking photos of these".
After that I patiently snapped a photo or two of each sample before trying it.
If I remember correctly (it's been a few weeks now)
we sampled:
Enlightenment Blond Ale
Hail Mary Session Ale
Bitter Rivals English Bitter
Sinister Sinister IPA
Chicory Oatmeal Stout.
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Thursday, 23 November 2017
November 23 - Daily Post - Golden Hour
Golden Hour |
What is Golden Hour & why would I be interested in it?
Golden
Hour is that great time just before sunset when the sun in low and
imparts a great warm light & soft shadows. It's a favourite time of
day for photographers & cinematographers. The light at this time of
day does great things, it can give skin a wonderful glow, it can create
nice shadows that give definition without obfuscation. So many people
sing it's praises that it is almost a cliche.Although some of the glories ascribed to golden hour might be a bit extreme it's still something to be explored.
I
say explored because it takes a bit of effort & experience to get
good golden hour photos, same as with photos taken at any other time.
You can't just say "oh, it's 30 minutes til sunset" and point your lens
in any direction push the shutter & be guaranteed a captivating
piece of art.With basic photgraphic techniques, a bit of observation &, probably some trial & error, you can get some really interesting results. This formula of basic techniques, observation & trial will usually work in most situations. This is another reason I used the word 'explore' earlier. When shooting at "solar noon" with the sun directly above you it makes very little difference how you arrange yourself & the subject in respect to the light as it will always be directly above you. I've heard this time of day called the "ugliest", "most boring" & "worst" part of the day to shoot outdoors using all natural light. The idea follows that the farther away from that light/ sun position your are the nicer or more appealing the light will be.
Obviously
with some skill and a bit of kit you can make the light at "solar noon"
look much more pleasing and do just about what you want. But, that's
not what we're talking about today. We're talking about exploring golden
hour. At noon there's modifying , but not much exploring of the light.
where at golden hour it can be more about exploring what the existing
can do for you "out of the box" or "as is". You look at the sun and
the subject and work out from there, you can still add modifiers and
other tools to enhance your photos if needed. For me at least, golden
hour is about seeing what the natural light can do alone and building on
that. The light might give me something different than I had planned,
but that's what exploring is all about.
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