Painting with Light
There is a genre of painting called photorealism or even hyperrealism, where a painter tries to make a painting look like a photograph. I tend to take photographs that are trying…
Stormy Weather
Sometimes the hardest thing about environmental photography{{1}} is getting motivated. When it is cold, windy and raining,the last thing you want to do is go out and take photos. The…
Early Morning
I have been working early mornings the last couple of weeks, so when I got a couple of days off, it was easy to get up for some morning photography.…
Make Time to Make Photos
One of my photography groups had it's annual "Exploring Victoria's Hidden Places" photo walk. Victoria is such a photographic town, and it does have some really cool places just outside…
Victoria is Amazing
Victoria has a lot of great hidden gems, "The City of Gardens" has a ton of parks, natural areas, and of course gardens. It also has some interesting architecture.On that…
Lone Tree Hill
Last week my son and I went for a hike up Lone Tree Hill. (We were actually looking for Mount Work, but due to "technical difficulties{{1}}" we kind of got…
Say it with meaning
I was out in the woods of Francis King Park the other day looking for inspiration. I found a few good images, but I wanted more. I started thinking about something…
Hidden Treasures
sometimes it is worth going back over your images. Sometimes something that did not seem that great will grow on you. Sometimes you will be able to see a different way…
What the Scheimpflug
I wrote in a post that I got a Lensbaby lens. Many people use the Lensbaby to control blur in an image, making a wedge of sharp surrounded by unsharp...You can also…
Art of Photography
Ever since its invention, there has been a debate over whether photography is a "real" art form. I agree that some genres of photography can tend more toward record keeping…