Photo of the Week 2026-05-04

 

Randomly, but quite frequently, I delve into my backlog of images, either those marked as candidates for processing, or those processed and marked candidates for posting. The number of marked images keeps growing and this week, in an effort to not leave them all to languish in digital purgatory I thought to choose one from May of a previous year, 2017 in fact.

 

' roadside recollection '

A familiar location along the road on drives to the cottage. Sometimes it calls out a challenge for me to stop and attempt a print-worthy capture. This may have met the challenge, at least well enough for a trial print. We'll see.
 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2025-05-12

 

This photographic journey has taken a turn as of late, a return to be more accurate. It's had me very busy reading, researching, remembering, reacquiring ... more on the "for what" in the weeks to come but for now, it has seen me more with book in hand, out checking resources or (mostly) at the computer rather than out with camera capturing new images. 

 

So again, I found myself without recent images ready for regular posting and dove into the archives. There I found a collection of images made back in 2012 on a foggy spring afternoon when I was experimenting with a then 8 year old 8MP camera. I had picked up a Canon 1D MkIIN to see if I wanted to make the jump to their top tier camera body for the integral grip form factor (I decided not to).

 

The resulting images have been marinating on the hard drive since then and I have no explanation as to why, but you can see a select set in recent social media posts on my FB, Insta and flickr. This week's photo is my favourite of the set.

 

' woodland mistery '

My decision to process and present the bulk of these in B&W is likely a result of my recent activities. Processing is not a simple B&W conversion of a colour file but includes manipulation of the bright and dark tones for a look I find reminiscent of orthochromatic films in the past.

 

DJE

Photo of the Week 2025-03-17

 

As I work to improve my woodland photography, I've been investigating the images and words of those who's work I admire. Recently, much time has been spent listening to online interviews and presentations by British Landscape and Nature Photographer, Joe Cornish.

 

When I listen to Joe describe how he sees the elements of a scene work together and play off each other it resonates with how I feel myself when I'm out working a scene or location to create something that captures what drew me in.

 

' late fall snowy snag '

Far better spoken that me, with a vocabulary born of his formal education in art and refined over his decades of work as a photographer, I am responding "yes" and "right" to myself often as I read and listen to Joe.

 

There are other photographers that I have learned of who I follow, read, watch and listen to. Joe and many of these have helped me understand and embrace the woodland theme, it's challenges, opportunities and rewards. I've even managed to find acceptance and satisfaction with some of my own attempts in the genre.

 

DJE