August 25, 2006
Could be ..
The streak in the lower left corner might be a pic of a meteor during the Perseid Meteor shower. Or a plane ... or a satellite ... or someone using a laser pointer. (Who would do that?)
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July 24, 2006
Camping Pictures
Pictures from the wonderful camping trip this past weekend. The personal highlight of the trip for me was the time spent swimming in the lake. I really do miss spending summer vacations just floating about in the wet stuff.
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May 28, 2006
Random Open Doors
Some random shots from yesterday's Doors Open Event.
You may notice that I really like the library at Osgoode Hall.
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May 23, 2006
Victoria Day Fireworks
Here are how the fireworks at Ashbridges Bay looked from my balcony tonight:
This is actually a combination of three images superimposed.
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May 22, 2006
Road trip!
I booked a car and went to visit the Cheltenham Badlands today and took a few photos. See if you can pick out the nudes shots.
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April 10, 2006
Rochester
Here are some pictures from the TUEM trip to Rochester this past weekend. It was a great trip (busy, of course). I was experimenting with light painting which is when you use a long shutter speeds and then use a flashlight to illuminate certain things in the image. Some images turned out very well. Others were a bit of a disappointment. I'd like to keep experimenting with this technique though.
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March 26, 2006
How I spent my Sunday
I spent the afternoon wandering in the sunshine around The Distillery District taking pictures.
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March 12, 2006
Snap snap
This is a snap I took with my phone whilst wandering around at Snap. I like it better than some of the ones they were trying to auction off. ;)
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January 09, 2006
Yurt sweet Yurt
My (and 5 other people's) home this past weekend.
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December 30, 2005
Door stop ...
aka Rock On A Sock
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December 23, 2005
BC Sunrise, sorta
I got up early enough but couldn't find a good vantage point to view the sunrise so this is as good as the pics got this morning.
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December 19, 2005
Melon waiting for a train.
Melon waiting for a train.
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November 24, 2005
Window washer
Apparently window washers don't get snow days.
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November 21, 2005
Frothy green
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November 18, 2005
Open door
The door to the roof was open so naturally I had to take a peek...
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November 15, 2005
What a dreary day
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November 14, 2005
Two pics
Two photos from today:
Happy cat ... you can't tell from the pic but she's purring up a storm here.
All my photos backed up onto 50 DVDs and Cd's. You can't tell from the picture but this made me a happy man.
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November 10, 2005
Poor kitty
She really has this mournful 'feed me' look down pat.
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November 06, 2005
Barber Mills
Here are some pics from the Toronto Urban Exploration outing to Barber Mills. It was a wonderful place to shoot. I love the sounds in an old concrete building ... the grit crunching underfoot, the echoing of the voices in other parts of the buildings. It was a grey day which added a hazy aura to everything. Amazing.
The pictures
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November 02, 2005
Autumn view
I'm enduring this horrible view:
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October 31, 2005
Wow, what fun!
Went with TPMG to Halloween on Church St.
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Kitty Bliss
Mutual Cleaning ...
led to kitty bliss:
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October 30, 2005
Fish!
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October 24, 2005
Women!
No looking at his 'little bum'.
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New photo model
Meet my new photo model.
His last job might have been in the area of guarding harem's since he seems to be missing some important bits. Like a face. He seems a solid fellow; a hardbody, although I've never seen him work out. He seems youthful though his joints squeak. One important number to do with his physique: 12 inches. Yep, his height. He's definitely the quiet type. The bright lights don't seem to bother him and he'll hold a pose indefinitely until I get the shot. Hopefully, he won't ask for royalties if I sell a picture with him in it...
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October 23, 2005
End of white
One casualty of the rain yesterday ...
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October 21, 2005
Yaaaawwwn....
This is not helping.
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October 16, 2005
Algonquin pics
Finally, the Algonquin pictures from last weekend.
This is my first test using Photoshop CS2 and the Bridge for adjusting the pictures and creating the web page. It looks smashing, I think.
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October 15, 2005
Of course.
Apparently the other cat wants in on the cute action too.
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October 14, 2005
She can't help it
that she's damn cute. I don't think she even tries.
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September 27, 2005
Well worth getting wet
Here are some of the images from our weekend camping and shooting in Presqu'ile
A great weekend of camp fires and deer and sunsets and torrential rain (who knew my tent wasn't waterproof). Thanks to David for suggesting we go here.
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September 02, 2005
Another from the Ex
This is another pic that caught my eye today as I was going through the pics from The Ex this past weekend. I love how the little guy at the back is peeking over everyone else to see what's going on.
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August 29, 2005
Ex Pics
Ex Pics. Which means pics of the The Ex and not pictures that got tired of me and called to say they didn't want to see me again..
Click here for major excitement
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August 24, 2005
city in motion
Long exposures taken on the ferry back from Hanlan's point tonight. I really like the motion blur caused by the movement of the boat.
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the land of oz
From my balcony I can see the mythical land of Scarberia
The place your mother warned you about.
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August 23, 2005
across the lake
When the air is clear, I can see across the lake from here.
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August 21, 2005
moon play
What a digital camera and 10 minutes in Photoshop can get you.
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August 15, 2005
photographers at lunch
OK, it was raining and there was talk of us not being able to go and do our scheduled shoot. So, this is ... improvising. With salt and pepper. Don't ask...
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August 12, 2005
downtown in the dark
Originally I was going to join a group to watch the Perseid Meteor shower yesterday evening but since it was cloudy and since I was already downtown and since I had my camera, I thought I'd play around with the lights.
Old City Hall clock tower
New City Hall with a couple enjoying the night by the fountain
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August 11, 2005
flowering plant
One of my plants is again flowering
I still don't know what type of plant this is. I got a cutting from a friend when she was pruning hers (most of my plants are castoffs and leftovers).
Here's a pic of the plant showing the leaves. Any help identifying the little fellow would be appreciated.
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August 01, 2005
Change of plans
Originally I was going to do a shoot with a real model but the plans were changed at the last moment. So, ever the improviser, I shot flowers and cats instead. Here's one of the pics from today's adventure.
This looks so mellow. Then, mere seconds after taking the above shot...
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July 12, 2005
A bad role model
Thanks for the motivation, cat.
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March 18, 2005
How a light meter works
This is the total of my understanding of how to use a lightmeter:
There are two basic types of meters: the handheld meter and the meter built into the camera.
Using a handheld meter with the globe is used at the subject. You can use it on the light side or the dark side to see the ratio of light hitting the subject. The globe should be in full light or fully in shadow when doing this. This type of light reading is called taking an incident reading.
The reading given by the handheld meter is of the light hitting the subject and if exposed using this reading assumes the subject is an 18% grey card. So, if the subject is darker you'll have to expose more and if lighter, expose less. Caucasian skintones look best when exposed to match 36% grey so underexpose about a stop from the reading to achieve this.
The other type of light reading one can use is using the meter built into the camera. This type of light reading is called a reflected light reading. The camera meter reads the light reflected from the subject and gives a reading that would result in the subject being exposed to match an 18% grey card. So, if the subject is darker you'll want to underexpose and if lighter you'll want to overexpose.
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