Friday
Jul302010
Everything is Coming Up Yellow
Friday, July 30, 2010 at 10:47AM 
A beautiful sunny morning in July, and a great chance to shoot a theme. The idea was yellow, though I was not anticipating the bees or the finches.
Friday, July 30, 2010 at 10:47AM Saturday
Jul172010
Fun In The Details
Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 09:53PM 
A visit to Britannia Beach in Ottawa hoping to photograph kite surfers, by chance turned up a group of British car enthusiasts showing off their vehicles. It was too crowded to do full shots of the cars, so I had some fun with closeups on parts of the vehicles.
Monday
Jul052010
Timing is everything
Monday, July 5, 2010 at 09:00AM 
One of my favourite things to shoot are air shows. I have literally thousands of images, some of them I am very happy with.
Over the long weekend in July, the Gatineau Air Show hosted by Vintage Wings of Canada took place, and the star attraction was the Canadian Forces Snowbirds.
The shots that I love to try and get because they are the hardest, are the crossing shots where two aircraft fly by each other at more than 1000kph. This show has 6 crossing patterns, and I managed to get 5 of them. I am normally happy with one, so this event was a great success for me.
Wednesday
Jun232010
How Much Equipment to Bring?
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 07:07PM 
At an RA Photo Club Nature shoot, the debate was how much equipment to carry on the event. I opted to leave tripod in the car since I was hoping to get shots of the black terns. I managed to get few nice shots of a damsel fly on a spider web. The hand held shots turned out better than I expected.
Monday
Jun212010
So, Its Your First Time?
Monday, June 21, 2010 at 05:51PM 
On the boat over to the the Bonaventure Island Migratory Bird Reserve, I was in the middle of snapping away photos with my long lens, when a member of the crew asked, "So, its your first time?"
I was not sure how he knew, yet he was right.
Once we got to the island, the reason was clear. I was busily trying to get photos of birds at 50m, when once we got to the island, they were within 10m.
The lesson learned, again, ask the locals where the best spots are.