Painting with a camera
I have never really been in the camp of recording reality with my camera. I use my camera more as a paint brush to reproduce what I see. Some photographers…
Kanaka Park
Close-up image of mushrooms. There is a fair bit of post processing to control the high dynamic range.
I took this week off and headed over to the mainland to visit my parents and some friends. So what do you do when you are visiting your parents? I…
Ogden Point
I was out at the Ogden Point breakwater on the weekend with a friend and my camera. you can see some of the photos here...
Where is my Victoria
Many years ago, I moved to Victoria. I moved away a few times for work, but always came back. Victoria was always a beautiful city, advertising itself as "The City…
Art
You are successful in creating art if others are in some way moved emotionally by what you have created Bob Cooley on Petapixel This quote sums up my view of…
Unrestricted Photographs
With the flood of iPhone photos across the web lately I have been thinking about why i rarely use my smartphone for photography. Part of the issue is I like…
Sculpture Splash 2014
An artist friend suggested we check out the Sculpture Splash show on the weekend. There was a wide variety of work in mediums from wood to stone to metal. I…
Serenade
I had to go over to Vancouver this weekend, which requires a ferry ride. Usually I sit with my laptop, or hang out with my kids, this time I brought…
Three New Photos
I took some time this morning to go to Goldstream Park. I need to get out once and a while just to exercise my artistic eye... The skunk cabbage leaves…
Do I need Photoshop?
Someone in one of my LinkedIn groups asked this question and recieved a torrent of information. Most of the replies broke into one of two camps: You should get everything…