Photo of the Week 2020-11-30

 

Well ... after considerable deliberation over price increases from the print house I use for my calendars, I've decided to go ahead with a smaller order this year, for the 10th Edition of 'Through the Seasons'

 

I started publishing a calendar 10 years ago. The original intent was to have a project that would focus my attention on review and selection of past images, requiring me to be critical of my own work. Additionally it provided another way to showcase for my images and make them available for purchase in small quantities. Continuing on over time it evolved into a gift we gave members of the family at Christmas, with sales to a few friends and clients here and there.

 

I have one copy of each edition tucked away for posterity and of course I have the source images, some of which have been printed and framed for the house or cottage.

In this, the year of COVID, we will not be getting together with the extended family for Christmas celebrations and with printing price increases I've decided to cut back on the number of calendars ordered. Mailing a calendar out to those we won't see in person just added more to the cost and the logistics of making socially distanced visits to drop them off didn't make sense either given it would require us to enter COVID red-zones.

But there will be a '2021 Through the Seasons' calendar, they will just be more ... 'exclusive'.

DJE

Photo of the Week 2020-11-23

I've made a lot of images at or from our neighbour's dock in the last while. With the late fall sun setting off Cape Hurd, it provides a nice vantage point and gives me a foreground element to work with. In this image, it's the reflection of the red sunlight on the dock side-boards in that foreground that make the shot ... in my opinion.

 

' dock ablaze '

 

Sunset arrives early these days up at the tip of the peninsula. To catch the sun's orb as it hits the horizon, I need to be out well before 5:00, earlier if I want to capture the sun higher in the sky with it reflecting off the water. Earlier on this day, a sunset image didn't seem likely. The sun was well behind a layer of heavy cloud and it appeared they might be no sunset colour to speak of. 

 

But when I went out to fire up the BBQ grill for dinner, a developing red hue sent me inside to grab a camera :-)

 

DJE

Photo of the Week 2020-11-16

  

Certain trees will always catch my attention ... in particular, stands of  Birch, Aspen and Poplar will grab my eye and the lens of my camera.The alignment of their white to grey trunks stand in contrast to the surrounding foliage and provide a strong vertical element for any composition.

 

Fall Aspen Grove

 

 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2020-11-09

 

An alternate route for a regular trip can offer some visual stimulation, particularly during the colourful fall season ...

 

Sunlight streamed through broken cloud cover and over the top edge of the escarpment to spill over this group of trees and light up their yellow leaves.

 

Five of a Kind

 

 

DJE

Photo of the Week 2020-11-02

 

November has arrived, colours have faded and leaves are fallen. Soon scenes like this will be blanketed in white ...

 

Fall Farmhouse

 

While processing this image, I decided to try several different techniques. Here are the results in a collage ...

 

 

 

DJE