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Pic-of-The-day - "Simple Tree".
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Showing posts with label light. Show all posts
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Friday, 8 December 2017
PoTd - December 8
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Tuesday, 5 December 2017
Friday, 1 December 2017
PoTd - December 1
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Pic-of-The-day - "The nights are getting longer".
Night fall comes earlier every night & the lights are beginning to appear around the neighbourhood. I've even seen a tree or two in front windows. It's a bit early for us, but, the time is coming soon.
Night fall comes earlier every night & the lights are beginning to appear around the neighbourhood. I've even seen a tree or two in front windows. It's a bit early for us, but, the time is coming soon.
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Monday, 27 November 2017
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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Tuesday, 21 November 2017
PoTd - November 21
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Pic-of-The-day - "Christmas Eve Fireworks".
Christmas Eve Fireworks are as regular an event as we we can make them. Some years they are more extensive than others, but we generally manage at least a quick round of fire & sparks.
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Monday, 30 October 2017
PoTd - October 30 - Cabbage Night
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Pic-of-The-day - "One More Day".
Hear in Niagara Falls the night before Halloween is called "Cabbage Night". The name is a regional variation used in this area and few others. Regardless of the name it's a night for mischief, pranks etc. just as it is in most other areas.
We haven't really had much trouble, but smashing pumpkins is still quite popular, so we'll probably keep the ones that have already been carved safe in the house or back yard.
Here are more JOLs (Jack-o-Lanterns) from our 2017 collection.
The cool ones where carved by Kearah
& the regular ones where carved by me.
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Saturday, 14 October 2017
Sunday, 8 October 2017
Sunday, 17 September 2017
PoTd - September 17 | Little ghost on a desk
Friday, 15 September 2017
PoTd - September 15 Halloween is Here!
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I'm sort of one of those people.
Sort of because I won't start decorating for a while, but I'm starting to post Halloween Photos today, mostly because I have so many. Soon I'll be listening to Halloween Audio (Podcasts, Old Time Radio, libravox stuff etc.) and shortly after that It will be time to start watching the stock of Halloween movies & TV we have accumulated.
Long story short.. Halloween is almost here, but I'm starting early.
Pic-of-The-day - "Around the corner".
I was working late one night in late October 2010, listening to ghost stories on my walkman. I was going out to the mail room, came around a dark corner and saw what appeared, for a second to be a child in a costume standing on the edge of the shadows. It stopped me for a second until I realized it was a doll/decoration. So, I went back to the office to get my camera to see if I could recreate my first impression in a photo.
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Wednesday, 5 July 2017
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