Here are some photos from my Christmas with the family at home in Saint John.
The kitchen is all ready for Christmas.
Me and my sister
My sister and my grandmother
My parents.
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Family Christmas 2010
Monday, December 27th, 2010Fall 2010 in Calgary (Part 3 of 3)
Monday, October 18th, 2010In this post, I will focus on a few close up shots taken in Prince’s Island Park.
Leaves have fallen quickly. On this tree, only one remains in this area.
A bright white flower beams against a darker background.
An up-close view of a public art piece. These are actually colourful marbles that form an image when viewed from a normal distance.
I took many shots of this “threshing machine”, though its name plate appealed to me the most!
Another view of the threshing machine. Black and white suits this view best, I think! I didn’t notice it at the time, but a spider web is visible inside the chain!
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Fall 2010 in Calgary (Part 2 of 3)
Sunday, October 17th, 2010In this post, I continue my series of fall photos in Calgary.
Two bridges are stacked over the Bow River.
I was actually exploring the Centre Street Bridge for the first time in this shot. This shot is somewhat misleading since the building at the left, The Bow, isn’t nearly finished yet. When it’s done, it will be Canada’s second tallest building.
Before the leaves fell, the pathway in Prince’s Island Park was a tunnel of Autumn colours.
The Calgary skyline looms above a much lower residential area on the north side.
Check back soon for more of my Fall in Calgary photos!
Fall 2010 in Calgary (Part 1 of 3)
Sunday, October 17th, 2010Since getting my new camera, I’ve been taking lots of pictures around Calgary. I’m sharing a few photos in this post with more to come soon!
Here is a beautiful shot of Bragg Creek during one of the last weeks for good Autumn colours. Wedding photos are being taken at the left.
Here is a close-up of a flower in Nose Hill Park. I enjoy the texture visible here.
Mountains are visible in this view of northwest Calgary. Canada Olympic Park is visible at the left.
Here’s a slightly unusual view of some sort of radio tower in Nose Hill Park.
A pathway runs parallel to Nose Hill. The leaves are already gone from the trees in this shot.
Check back soon for more Calgary photos!
Bow River and Bowness Park
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010The weather was actually so-so one day last week after many cold days, so I took the opportunity to go biking and use my camera again.
Autumn is already in full swing in Calgary with leaves changing and starting falling off trees.
Three bridges are visible below the mountains in this shot, including the very long and very high Stoney Trail bridge.
These houses in Bowness are surrounded by trees.
Calgarians are out on the trails, enjoying the day, and taking pictures.
Another photography session by the river, with another young child as the subject.
Geese and ducks are incredibly tame at Bowness Park.
Although packed on a hot summer’s day, not many people were in the park on a cold, cloudy day.
Joggers run through falling leaves next to the Bow River.
Train tracks run through Bowness Park for kiddie rides.
Introducing my reorganized Gallery
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010You may already be familiar with my Gallery, including it’s previously organized yet still disorganized layout. I have finally taken on the task of going through all the photos I have every taken, and selecting the best ones for display online in the Gallery, pruning out all the others that are less interesting to most of you.
In the future, I will likely still post more photos through this blog, but the Gallery will remain a showcase of my favourite and best photos.
Check it out! Gallery
Brain dump: Some of what I’ve learned about photography and DSLR cameras this month
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010As you may have read in my previous post, I was in the market for a digital SLR. Clueless about them until now, I had to do a lot of research.
Lenses
First of all, lenses matter just as much if not more than the camera itself.
While typical consumer point and shoot cameras usually have a built-in “do everything” lens that cannot be changed, an SLR can use many lenses. Professionals usually have lots of them for different situations.Most lenses made for older film SLRs are compatible with the newer digital SLR cameras. However, a lens usually only works with a certain manufacturer, but you can buy mounts to make it work others. This interchangability is very important since a good lens is also usually more expensive than an entire point and shoot camera! My lens actually cost as much as the camera body itself.
Lightroom error "The file appears to be unsupported or damaged" caused by Picasa
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
Following the purchase of a DSLR camera, I have switched to using raw mode and Adobe Lightroom for post-processing of these photos. Up to now, I have been using Google Picasa to organize and tag my photos. Initially, my collection of photos worked just fine in Lightroom as I invested hours of work of retouching my favourite photos for my gallery. After doing some mass tagging and organization of photos in Picasa, Lightroom stopped reading many of my JPEG photos taken across many years with several different cameras.
Now, when selecting a photo in Lightroom’s Develop mode, I would see a error message:
"The file appears to be unsupported or damaged."