Photo of the Week 2013-07-22

Recently, a discussion with a friend, who is also a member of our photo critique group, led to the subject of sketching and creativity. I mentioned that I really liked the look of sketches, particularly those done with pencil or pen and ink and admire artist who create works using  these media. He suggested some books on the subject and kindly lent me his copy of  "the Creative License" which I began reading immediately.

... fast forward to a warm summer evening, downtown cafe, espresso/lattes, 3 friends and some discussions on things photographic. We talked about many things including post processing images as "photographic art". I was motivated to go back to images in my library to process images in the style of a sketch. I ultimately selected 4 images from a 2012 trip and created a series entitled "Manitoulin Memories". I can see these hanging on the walls very soon. Here is just one from the set.

across the fields ... and far away

DJE

Photo of the Week 2012-11-05

I've had difficulty selecting a single image to present this week. As I mentioned in last week's post, there have been a large number of additions to my photo library since September and I've been going through them and posting a number to my flickr account. You can click the link jump to there if you like. I've simply selected the latest image from those posts as my Photo of the Week.

country roadside

After working hard to find a location for morning shooting, I have a number of favourites from the images that I made there... funny considering it was a desperation drive back a few clicks to get here in time for sun to rise over the horizon. Sometimes it just works ... other times, not so much.

DJE

    

Photo of the Week 2012-09-17

one morning on the way to work ...

one morning on the way to work ...

 ... of course on this day I happened to be working on Manitoulin Island and when sunrise came to burn off the mist, I was there with camera in hand.

Manitoulin Island is becoming a favourite spot to go for photography. As a matter of fact, I'll be there again in a few weeks for a short stay after attending a weekend photography workshop at Charlton Lake Camp near Willisville.

DJE