Little did I know that I have gone down a dark hole. I am now looking at diy videos. Not for anything in the house mind you. Not to build out anything in the yard, fix the car. Nope, it is diy videos for light painting. I am now on eBay ordering lights that I will make into light tools for my painting. I think I may be drunk with anticipation. But on the plus side I may take more photos as well.
ugh! Now I have to wait for shipping from china....sad.
Friday, 29 July 2016
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
Help or just hot air?
The other day somebody told me that they were interested in cameras. I am not the most in depth person when it comes to cameras. I know what I know and a little beyond that. It seems to me that I did do a lot research over the past few years as I have grown with my camera and photography. So what do I know? Is it a lot, a little or just what I think matters?
Photography opened me up to things that are simply right in front of you. You never realized that object or that sky was the colour or formation that it is. But then you took a photo and looked at it. Suddenly you see it. You see its imperfections, it beauty and colours. That is when I got into cameras. That is what drove me to learn a little more about how to work my camera. It is a journey, a long distance run with no finish. The end is never really in sight when you have a camera the limits are not there. You simply push yourself to try and or fail but try none the less.
So when my Aunt asked about cameras I started to respond with a simple email and it turned into a long winded email on cameras from my thoughts and perspective. I have often thought about doing something on the side that would let me teach people how to take pictures or even how to work the camera on a basic level. Am I qualified? Sure, what would make me less or more qualified? I take photos I use my camera and I know enough to talk about it. But what I found fun was just offering my opinion on cameras.
This all leads me to think more about photography and how it impacts my world. I have become more in tune and aware. Photos are created when you look at your surroundings. To me the best thing is how different you look at things. As I mentioned earlier you really are able to see the world in a different light. Now I have a long way to go to be a pro or even a great photographer but I do this for the enjoyment and what I get to create. The experimenting and challenges that photography offers. Each time I am out with my camera I am taking photos and then I come home to unwrap them in my computer and see them. See what my eye was telling me it saw. Sometimes and in a lot of cases I have found that the most impressive images are the unplanned or unexpected.
So at the end of the day I truly enjoy photography I could probably rattle on about it at length. I have started to come up with some ideas and thoughts on how I could do something with it in my spare time. I have thought of offering a helping hand or instruction one on one sort of class via kijijii but that is a thought right now. To me I am happy editing and doing what I enjoy.
So next time you pull out your phone or camera of any type enjoy that moment and then look close at that image you may see something different.
Photography opened me up to things that are simply right in front of you. You never realized that object or that sky was the colour or formation that it is. But then you took a photo and looked at it. Suddenly you see it. You see its imperfections, it beauty and colours. That is when I got into cameras. That is what drove me to learn a little more about how to work my camera. It is a journey, a long distance run with no finish. The end is never really in sight when you have a camera the limits are not there. You simply push yourself to try and or fail but try none the less.
So when my Aunt asked about cameras I started to respond with a simple email and it turned into a long winded email on cameras from my thoughts and perspective. I have often thought about doing something on the side that would let me teach people how to take pictures or even how to work the camera on a basic level. Am I qualified? Sure, what would make me less or more qualified? I take photos I use my camera and I know enough to talk about it. But what I found fun was just offering my opinion on cameras.
This all leads me to think more about photography and how it impacts my world. I have become more in tune and aware. Photos are created when you look at your surroundings. To me the best thing is how different you look at things. As I mentioned earlier you really are able to see the world in a different light. Now I have a long way to go to be a pro or even a great photographer but I do this for the enjoyment and what I get to create. The experimenting and challenges that photography offers. Each time I am out with my camera I am taking photos and then I come home to unwrap them in my computer and see them. See what my eye was telling me it saw. Sometimes and in a lot of cases I have found that the most impressive images are the unplanned or unexpected.
So at the end of the day I truly enjoy photography I could probably rattle on about it at length. I have started to come up with some ideas and thoughts on how I could do something with it in my spare time. I have thought of offering a helping hand or instruction one on one sort of class via kijijii but that is a thought right now. To me I am happy editing and doing what I enjoy.
So next time you pull out your phone or camera of any type enjoy that moment and then look close at that image you may see something different.
Sunday, 24 July 2016
Summer at the halfway point
Summer has reached that halfway point, almost. Seems very quickly we will be talking about fall and then the next season will be here. I am hoping to see some time spent doing something fun, and not so much time spent doing nothing. We have been busy with stuff. Nothing crazy or outrageous but we have been busy. I am really wondering if we have taken full advantage of the summer though? Mind you it does not really help when we had a week of rain with no let up.
So as the month progresses I am looking back and not every day can be an adventure but it can be something that you feel satisfied with. Like today we clean up in the garage all morning. Not fun but it need to be done. So open the door put the dog on her leash and get to it. Warm and sunny, dusty and so on. But we got the job done and now the place looks a lot better. I think that in some cases that is the point. Get things done but make sure you enjoy the moments beyond that.
What is next? No idea, I am off for a few days on the long weekend. Work has been a big pain as we have been migrating and doing other things that involve a lot of pressure to drive things through. I am doing fine but I need some help from people that I work with and they are busy on their stuff so it has placed a lot of burden on me.
I am now looking at what is to come. Well hopefully a really awesome long weekend and we will see from there our next trip is out to cypress hills in september for night photography. But in between that I am hoping to get out for some hikes and bikes and so on.
I am always happy behind the camera, photography has made me a happy person at times. The trip out to Hinton and Jasper was great, it was the unplanned moments that made me the happiest. I got to photograph a thunder storm, with lightning so crossed another item of the list of things to try.
But that is point it was a trip of trying and doing and that is what we did. So invent those thousand ways not to do something because that is how you try.
Well have a great summer I may be back but for now please check out the pictures on my 500px page!
https://500px.com/sfisc
So as the month progresses I am looking back and not every day can be an adventure but it can be something that you feel satisfied with. Like today we clean up in the garage all morning. Not fun but it need to be done. So open the door put the dog on her leash and get to it. Warm and sunny, dusty and so on. But we got the job done and now the place looks a lot better. I think that in some cases that is the point. Get things done but make sure you enjoy the moments beyond that.
What is next? No idea, I am off for a few days on the long weekend. Work has been a big pain as we have been migrating and doing other things that involve a lot of pressure to drive things through. I am doing fine but I need some help from people that I work with and they are busy on their stuff so it has placed a lot of burden on me.
I am now looking at what is to come. Well hopefully a really awesome long weekend and we will see from there our next trip is out to cypress hills in september for night photography. But in between that I am hoping to get out for some hikes and bikes and so on.
I am always happy behind the camera, photography has made me a happy person at times. The trip out to Hinton and Jasper was great, it was the unplanned moments that made me the happiest. I got to photograph a thunder storm, with lightning so crossed another item of the list of things to try.
But that is point it was a trip of trying and doing and that is what we did. So invent those thousand ways not to do something because that is how you try.
Well have a great summer I may be back but for now please check out the pictures on my 500px page!
https://500px.com/sfisc
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