Photo fo the Week 2022-05-23

 

' morning aspen '

Well I'm pretty sure they're aspen but if not I'll pretend that they are ...

 

I'm digging into the archive this week because I haven't gone out with a camera recently. Life seems to be busy with other things right now. This image has been processed and sitting on the hard drive for a couple of years. I've always liked it and the memories it stirs of a morning drive when sun was strong and still low on the horizon.

 

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 

10 Years of Blog Posts ... Reflecting

Reflecting on a 10-Year Milestone ...

' a photographic journey ', this blog, has played no small role in my photographic life these past 10 years. Approaching this milestone post, reflecting on those years has opened up a flood of memories, thoughts and questions.

Memories of people, places, experiences and family have stirred. Alan, Grant, Andrew, Emma, Bruce and others. Some subjects, many friends for life. Rome, Florence ... ahhhh Florence, Ucluelet, Algonquin, Montreal, Albion Falls, Cathedral Grove, The Bruce. So many places. Out of my comfort zone at 'Help Portrait' - twice, a frigidly cold, dark, silent night on a back-road in Algonquin and that night sky, 'The Crack'. Dad ... and Mom. A wonderful flood of memories.

And some thoughts, of photographs yet to be made, a life without photography, life with photography, taking a hiatus, simply continuing, even calling it quits.

Then the questions ... ohhhh the questions. The silent kind that pop up while driving, having dinner, walking into the grocery store making you forget what you came for, lifting you up, bringing you down. As always, more questions than answers.

Have I made my "best" image? What if I have? Do I have better in me yet?

If I stop this blog how will it affect my photography? Will it continue? What would I do without photography?

Is the blog format even relevant for photography anymore? With the popularity of Facebook and Instagram attention spans have become minuscule. Who actually reads a blog these days? Does anyone read my blog?

Do I really have to come up with a photo and post every week? Oh shit ! I have to come up with something for this week ! 

Hold on ...

morning aspen

Why do I blog? My posts receive very few comments, over the years just a handful … so why even bother? Is anybody out there? Who is this for?

Weekly posts have motivated me to continue shooting regularly. The blog is sort of a journal for my photographic life ... slowly I realize, I do it for me !

Will I continue?

Photographing ... you bet !

The blog ... I think so.

See ya next week ... maybe.

DJE

Photo of the Week 2015-05-25

A short post this week ... 

I wanted to be sure to post an image this week but I'm uncertain if I'll get more time or internet access to complete this week's blog post. My mother has been hospitalized after suffering a significant heart attack a couple of days ago. Her health has been frail for some time and I'm not sure how much fight she has left. I'll be spending as much time at her side in hospital as I can.

Suffice to say, my mind is not on photography at the moment.

Impressions of Morning Aspen

DJE

Photo of the Week 2014-10-13

As we celebrate the Canadian Thanksgiving, autumn colours are near their peak. On the Bruce, that means a plethora of yellow and gold from the poplar, birch and aspen, mixed with the green of the cedar, spruce and tamarack that this still waiting to turn.

I've been looking forward to this time of year, waiting to make some artistic images using intentional camera movement. I had the golden-green landscape in mind, particularly a stand of birch or aspen with yellow leaves against the green of the cedars.
 
Below is one sample of what can be created with this technique. It has an abstract feeling, with sense of texture created from the light and movement of the individual leaves.

aspen shift

This image just might find it's way onto a canvas and ultimately one of our walls.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING !

DJE