Raw Magic

 Here's the fifth two RAW and JPEG captures. The less vibrant image is the unedited JPEG - just as it came from the camera. RAW Files edited in Adobe Lightroom 3.0. Shot with the Canon G11.

Raw Magic

Here's the fourth two RAW and JPEG captures. The less vibrant image is the unedited JPEG - just as it came from the camera. RAW Files edited in Adobe Lightroom 3.0. Shot with the Canon G11.

Recent Work

It's Grey Cup weekend! This is a photo of the new Edmonton Eskimos locker room at Commonwealth Stadium.  This is how it looks in game ready form, at least when the rightful inhabitants are playing at home.  For one day only I'm a Riders fan.

Raw Magic

Here's the third two RAW and JPEG captures. The less vibrant image is the unedited JPEG - just as it came from the camera. RAW Files edited in Adobe Lightroom 3.0. Shot with the Canon G11.

Raw Magic

Here's the second two RAW and JPEG captures. The less vibrant image is the unedited JPEG - just as it came from the camera. RAW Files edited in Adobe Lightroom 3.0.  Shot with the Canon G11.

Raw Magic

 
Most of not all dSLR cameras and some higher priced point and shoot cameras will capture images in RAW format in addition to the standard JPEGs.  In the next few days I will present 2 images each day, one the JPEG capture and the other showing the edited RAW file. All photos taken with the Canon G11.  Here's the first two.  The less vibrant image is in each case the unedited JPEG - just as it came from the camera.  RAW Files edited in Adobe Lightroom 3.0.

Recent Work

Here's an interior shot of the new Ortho Surgery Centre - this is one of the actual surgical suites.  On this day staff were preparing for their first patients - that's a hospital volunteer acting as a patient.

Recent Work

This is the new Ortho Surgery Centre at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.  It's a tricky building to photograph; the main entrance is under an over hang and is a little underwhelming.  The pedway - visible on the left of the image - casts deep shadows along the front of the building which faces north.  Add to that the fact that the building was not ready to be photographed until well into the fall therefore the low sun angles made for a real photographic challenge.  This building represents a milestone for me in that the photos I took were the first ones I have had published - they were in Award Magazine in October 2010.

Recent Work

I wanted to capture a detailed night-time photo of the Southgate Audi Dealership; preferably one that speaks to the elegant simplicity of the Audi line of cars.  You could argue that there is nothing simple about the Audi R8 Spyder in the window I suppose, but the subdued colour of the car and the dusk lighting of the exterior give this image a monochromatic look that is rather elegant looking.

Recent Work

This a photo of the showroom at Southgate Audi in Edmonton.  The designer was pleased with the outcome of this spiral stair which proved to be tricky to photograph.  I was pleased with this shot however has it captures the swirling, almost DNA like appearance of the stair.  The lovely red convertible doesn't hurt either!

Recent Work

Here's another shot from the 'people in the station' series.  That's Nese with Melissa and Brad with Haley; Craig approaches toward them as the train arrives at the platform edge.

Recent Work

On my list of 'things LRT related' to photograph for Stantec was people in the stations. So rather than photograph strangers I rounded up some of my good looking friends and we headed off to Century Park Station for an early evening photo shoot.  Here's Craig and his daughter Melissa heading to the train.

Recent Work

I was commissioned by Stantec to photograph the south extension of the LRT here in Edmonton.  In addition to the usual photos of the new stations they asked me to include some general LRT photos of signals, tracks, trains etc.  This is a dusk shot of a train emerging from a tunnel.  It had rained most of the day then cleared in the early evening.  I like the inky blackness of this shot with the lights relected in the standing water at the tunnel exit.

Recent Work

Here's another photo of the East Campus Housing Project.  I am particularly happy with the way the giant black forms of the trees contrast with the building behind - both in terms of the dark-on-light aspect and the way the strong vertical lines overlay onto the the horizonatal aspect of teh building.  A photo from this vantage point would yield a very different result if taken in the summer when the trees were in full leaf.

Recent Work

This is a dusk shot of the new East Campus Housing Development at the Univerisity of Albera.  I was after a 'warm glow of home look' for this shot.  I am pleased with the result.  Hodgson Schilf Architects Inc; Canon 5dII with Canon 17mm TSE lens; ISO 100, F8 at 1.0 seconds exposure.

Recent Work

Meet Jeremy.  This young lad never stops, unless he finds some sort of treasure.  Canon 5DII with Lensbaby Composer.

Recent Work

I took this photo when I was out on a family portrait shoot.  I had a moment to kill so I grabbed the lensbaby.  I sort of forgot about this shot for a few weeks.  When I loaded it into photoshop and hit the auto-levels tab the image was transformed into this weirdly coloured image.  But I kind of like it.

Recent Work

Here's another interior shot of the Art Gallery of Alberta; this shot taken with a fish eye lens.

Recent Work

Here's an interior photo of the Art Gallery of Alberta.

Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day.  How could we not remember?  How can we ever repay the debt owed to so many?  The number of Canadians killed in battle is utterly astonishing.  But perhaps when you consider the number of Canadians (and indeed the military personnel of all nations) who have suffered permanent physical and mental injury, the dead are the lucky ones.  We shall remember all that they have done and continue to do and the sacrifices they and their families have made for us.

Photo taken in Montreal, November 2007.

Todays Blog Posting

Todays Blog Posting will be made at 11:11 am MST; be sure to check back!

Recent Work

Here's another shot of the Century Park LRT station.  As the trains move from the station the traffic control arms descend hence the red arcs on the left.

Recent Work

The last while has been extremely busy - lots of photo assignments that I thought I'd share.  I thought I'd start you off with a dusk shot of the Century Park LRT Station.

Non Traditional Portraits

Next in the non-traditional portrait series.  Canon 5DII with Lensbaby Composer.

Non Traditional Portraits

Here's a portrait within a portrait; that's the photographer's reflection in Elysse's sunglasses.

Non Traditional Portraits

Next up in the non-traditional portrait series.  That's Elysse, James and Sheila.

Non Traditional Portraits

Here's number 3 of the non-traditional portrait series.  Say 'halo' to nephew James.

Non Traditional Portraits

Here's number 2 of the non-traditional portrait series; this is my nephew Kevin.

Non Traditional Portraits

Recently I've had a chance to take some non-traditional portraits.  Non-traditional in that they aren't the sort of photos your grandma would have on her mantle....unless you have a very cool grandma.  Here's the first, this is my cousin Cathy.

May be a little cheesy but...

Red Maple leaf floating on the water....hmmm...maybe a little too romantic but here it is anyway.  I promise the leaf was just floating by with no assistance from me.

A little Separation Please

Portrait Photographers use a separation light to make their subject stand out against the background; we landscape photographers usually use depth of field control to achieve a little separation.  Here's an example.