New Beginnings

The last little while we have been talking about shrinking our gear down due to the sheer weight of it. We have traveled the last couple of years and I’m telling you, after carrying that heavy bag through many airports alone, I was more than ever ready for a change.

Full frame DSLR kits are a chore to carry around, that’s for sure. I had shot Nikons for several years and I love that stuff. I’d accumulated some top notch glass and it I’ll miss that stuff for a long time. Our new stuff is fine quality but it feels very different.

I have to just get past my old gear and embrace the new stuff and get on with it.Nat-Geo hasn’t been calling me wanting my work and at my age that isn’t likely to happen. :) It’s time for me to go lighter and be happy, it’s a hobby, something to be enjoyed, right?

We went to the Micro Four Thirds sensor. Considerably smaller than our full frame monsters, therefore a smaller size and noticeably lighter gear! I DO like that! But what about quality? This photo is a hawk we found nearby and it was posing so nicely in that beautiful light, I even overlooked the choice of perches.

Photo of the Week #227

Once again, one of my images has won first place in my local club competition. I’m not a nature photographer as a rule but I do love grabbing the odd photo when I can. I don’t have the patience required to sit for hours waiting for something to happen though. Two competitions in a row, honoured.

Photo of the Week # 224

Learning the art of photography is a daunting task if you want to improve. there are many different views on composition, editing and pretty much everything else. The trouble is that like everything else in art, it is subjective. Personally, I follow several YouTube photographers and that helps to inspire me in my own work. Sometimes I may run across a photographer that makes me second guess myself and what I do. This is a time that I have to remind myself that I have to stick with what I feel is the right approach for me. Since I am creating my work for me first, I have to stay true to myself. If others like it, that’s wonderful, but if not, that’s ok too.

Photo of the Week # 209

For the first time that I’m aware of, we had a wave of Great Egrets in my area last fall. Not sure what brought them here in such numbers but it was interesting to see them.This was made at sunrise one day and I was lucky enough to get this particular egret with it’s catch.

-Photo of the Week #178

The photo this week isn’t terribly recent, but it was something I was working on today. I made this photo about a year ago in Parc Omega in Quebec. A very interesting place to visit.I’m always trying different approaches to editing and this is just one of those shots.