Four years ago, we went to Niagara Falls to spend the weekend with friends who we originally met through photography. We had a good time around the falls shooting all sorts of things. I love being around water, I'm finding it shows up in many of my favorite photographs. This was made in the morning, and although overcast, there was still some of the colour peeking through. I know, I've posted a couple of others from Niagara Falls, but I really like this one, so I thought just one more wouldn't hurt. Thanks for looking.
Photo of the Week #17
Most people like to travel, and I'm one of them, for sure. My love for Photography fits right in with traveling, but there are drawbacks. As photographers, most of us like to shoot in the "golden hour" periods in early morning or just before sundown in the afternoon, when the light is filtered and softer. This often doesn't coincide with traveling as we can find ourselves in interesting places in the harshest possible conditions. Sometimes you just can't be in the right place at the right time, we just have to make the best of what we get. This image of Dunvegan Castle on The Isle of Skye was taken at 1:00 pm, which is usually terrible because of harsh light, but once again I was saved by the overcast sky.
Photo of the Week #16
Leading lines are an often used part of composition, they help to lead the viewer into the frame. I use them wherever possible. It's amazing how much they show up.
Photo of the Week #15
I had spent some time in Seattle trying to get photographs of Mt. Ranier, an active volcano visible from the city, but the weather didn't cooperate with me. As we were lifting off from the airport, I could see the mountain was mostly hidden by clouds as it is a lot of the time. The pilot gave his routine talk asking us to turn off and stow our electronics. I had my camera bag on the floor under the seat ahead of me, as I always do My Camera bag is my carry on, I would never check it.. As we climbed above the clouds, I was amazed to see the summit of Mt Ranier popping out also. Just as I noticed this, the pilot came on and informed us that we were now allowed to use laptops, etc, so, I dove down and got my camera out just in time to shoot this image of the summit of Mt Ranier above the clouds. I didn't get what I really wanted, but this was still a bonus.
Photo of the Week #14
We managed to get out shooting a bit this afternoon, not nearly enough of that happening these days. Sometimes it seems that life just gets in the way too much, but today our club had a bit of an outing on Amherst Island. We decided to take the drive over, but waited till the afternoon. With the sun going down so early at this time of year, we decided that the late afternoon sun would provide better light and the temperature would be more bearable. As it turned out, the temperature only got up to about -12 Celsius and had a windchill to it as well. With bare fingers it felt pretty chilly, but I got a couple of interesting images just the same, so it was worthwhile.
