Photo of the Week 2013-12-30

I spent some time this past weekend with friends using the cottage as a base for some winter photography on "the Bruce". There were no spectacular sunrises or sunsets, no frigid temperatures or winter storms.

There was however, much laughter and camaraderie between 3 friends who share a love of photography, the outdoors and their own quest to release the artist within. Each day after our photo outings, we would return to the cottage to relax and the easy conversation would wander from the subject photography, to nature, food, family and on. I always take something away from these encounters thanks to friends who are so willing to share their thoughts and experience.

picnic table on pier in winter

 DJE

Merry Christmas ! (Photo of the Week 2013-12-23)

Merry Christmas !

DJE

Photo of the Week 2013-12-16

Saturday morning ...
Up before 6 am ...
Coffee on ...
Cameras checked ...
Batteries checked ...
Gear packed ... 
Out I went to meet up with 2 other like minded photographers. We hit the Blue Springs section of the Guelph Radial Trail in -15*C, wind and snow. Why ?

For this ...

Along the trail near Blue Springs

Even though conditions for photography were not ideal, this is what it takes to put myself in the right spot at the right moment in the right conditions. You never know just when it will all come together. It's about maximizing the opportunities.

Hands cold, fingers frozen from working with tripod adjustments in temperatures well below freezing, feet beginning to tingle from standing still too long setting up the shot, exploring slight adjustments to composition, it's about getting the shot. Some of my friends think I'm a bit nuts to enjoy winter photography the way I do.

The truth of it is, it's also about walking and hearing the crunch of fresh cold snow beneath my feet, feeling the windblown snow on my face, hearing the voices and laughter of good friends ... It's all about doing the things I love, living and enjoying life.

DJE

Photo of the Week 2013-12-09

This week, simply an image of a tree that caught my eye while walking through a courtyard in San Gimignano, Italy.

I like the texture in the stone wall, the dappled light, the "Y" created by the angles of the trunk and branch of the olive tree.

Olive Tree at San Gimignano

I enjoy working out what it is that I'm drawn to with certain images. This is one of those images. I would have liked more time to work photographing the scene, but this is what I caught as we rushed back to meet up with the tour group.

DJE

Photo of the Week 2013-12-02

Well, I finally made it through the basic selection and initial processing of the images I made while in Italy. Selecting candidates for a book to be published with Blurb as a single copy, a keepsake from the trip, was an enjoyable, if not so easy task. So many of the images cannot be separated from the emotions of being there sharing the moments with Lynn.

I have posted almost 200 images to a flickr set titled Italy 2013. Most of these will make it into the book, some, upon further scrutiny, will be replaced by alternates and still others will wriggle their way into the final selections.

It has been fun recalling the experiences from the trip through review of the images. Now to the work of laying out a book worthy of being printed ...

canal chase

 DJE