Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Camping - summer 2010
Because of the nature of my chosen profession summers are not a time where I get to escape from work.
I do not get to go on wonderful trips and have fun with friends.
In the summer I work, I work every weekend. Now I am not saying that I do not like my job! That would be a lie.
On the contrary, I love it!
Getting back to the point, I dont et much time off in the summer. But this summer I decided to take a weekend off and go camping in Algonquin Park with a few of my friends.
I was a blast, I enjoyed every minute of it.
I even got to take a few head-shots of my fellow campers and friends.
Here they are:
Jess showing her usual playful self.
Jon showing off his man rug!
Rex, he seems to love the beach!!
Brynne sporting the thinker.
My best friend B, being cute.
The first auto-portrait I have liked in a while...
It was an amazing time, I'm sure there will be many more in the future.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Summer Wedding....
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Trip to Maine, as seen threw my iphone...
Its truly incredible how good the iPhone camera is. I can at time take some really amazing photographs. It also helps when you are photographing, a beautiful place.
Maine was spectacular. We took the back roads on our way down. Threw White Mountain National Forest.
It was a sight to behold, one that the iphone camera could not capture. It was more spectacular than any photograph I took.
Then Maine, its beautiful beaches, and endless ocean. Beautiful quaint holmes, medium sized holmes and giant plantation style holmes.
Standing on the rocks looking out at the Ocean, I was at peace.
I closed my eyes and felt the wind rush round me.
The sounds of the waves crashing against the rocks,
It was like taking a breath of fresh air for the first time.
Every problem, all my concerns melted away into nothing,
Standing on the rocks looking out at the Ocean, I am at peace.
We were informed that during the fall and winter, the population of Maine is approximately 7000, But in the summer months it grows to a population of 77000 people.
We then went and visited the beaches, they were incredible.
They seemed, at some points as though they went on forever.
What really caught my eye, were the patterns left in the sand by the tide.
Like the peaks of mountains pointing towards the water.
Later that night we had a fire on the beach with some of the locals.
A joyful group that welcomed us among them and treated us as friends.
We played and sang songs together, with the endless crashing of the waves all around us.
Later on in the night as we were putting out the fire and getting ready to leave the tide had come in and covered most of the area that we had played in before it got dark.
As we filled the buckets with water to put them out, we noticed a glow in the waters edge.
There were thousands of little minnows or plancton, or bugs that were swimming and glowing.
It was beautiful,
The next day we visited Boston, where we met a slew of wonderful people at Church.
After our meetings we left and started our journey back home.
We were blessed with beautiful weather and spectacular scenery once again.
After dropping of Haedrian in Montreal, as we drove across the Champlain Bridge the sun Started setting. It was the longest Sunset I remember witnessing. It must have lasted for at least an hour or more.
As I stared off into the sunset, a smile appeared on my face as I looked out at the silhouettes of the passing landscapes, my thoughts turned to home, to the people I had missed, the friends and life I was coming back to. It was a great trip, a wonderful experience, but I was coming back home.
Creme Brule
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
4x5 Cameras - Architecture
These are a few pictures from when I was in college. My first experience with doing architecture with a 4x5 camera....
It was a great time. But doing it alone it hard work. Luckily for one series my homeboy J.M. was there to help me out!
The government building was my backup project, incase my main focus did not turn out.
I chose the Observatory as my main focus because one of my ancestors helped build it.
Its a part of my history, and therefore a part of me.
Doc Dave
Monday, May 10, 2010
Holga - Street Photography
Hello people of the Blog, ...
On top of that the shutter on my holga is pretty discrete so that worked out perfectly!
I think I was able to get some really neat shots!
So if your just tuning in now, I am going over some of the work I have done recently.
This series was an attempt to do Street Photography with my Holga.
I wanted to see if I could shoot from the hip and capture the elements of the street and accurately as i have with my 35mm slr.
It was a fun experience, I really enjoyed doing it. I always seem to have more creative ideas when I go out shooting with J.M.
I think that my experiment was very successful. People did not seem to take notice of my toy camera and seemed to just ignore it.
On top of that the shutter on my holga is pretty discrete so that worked out perfectly!
I think I was able to get some really neat shots!
My favorite shots are the one with the guy at the bus stop and the one with the man at the homeless shelter smoking. I just like how they captured the people.
But I kinda like the picture with the beard man walking into the frame too. Its fun!
I really enjoy doing street photography, its always exciting to see what I come back with.
I really enjoy doing street photography, its always exciting to see what I come back with.
That is the major reason I enjoy film so much. It takes allot more patience and work. But you end up with more interesting results.
Dont get me wrong, I still love digital. Its perfect for weddings, comercial, portraiture etc...
But when it comes to my art, my creative side, I love film.
Thats it for now,
Friday, May 7, 2010
Experiments with my Holga - LDS
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