A good snapshot stops a moment from running away. ~Eudora Welty
Monday, May 31, 2010
Day 45 ~ Monkeying Around ~
Day 44 ~ Parliament Flower ~
This image was taken on Thursday in Ottawa behind the Parliament building. It was a cloudy day so I didn't get any nice shots of the parliament buildings.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Day 43 ~ Manual Focus ~
Monday, May 24, 2010
Day 41 ~ Rainbow Falls ~
All of the tourists have flocked into town it is crazy busy this weekend. I got these images on Saturday, I love the shot of the bird flying by with the rainbow in the background! My assignment this week for my photography course is manually focusing my camera which I think I did okay because the images don't look blurry to me at least.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Day 40 ~ Niagara River Recreational Trail ~
I went out today and planned on going on a little photog hike along a trail nearby called the Niagara River Recreation Trail. I didn't get very far though because I felt uncomfortable going into a wooden area alone even during the day. Its unfortunate that there are crazy people out there that have put fear into us like this. I will bring Ryan next time so hopefully I can get some better images.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Day 39 ~ Momma and her Chicks ~
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Day 38 ~ Birthday Bowling ~
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Day 37 ~ Leading Lines ~
I'm trying to learn right now how to better compose my pictures. So here is my try at leading lines. I don't know if I did it correct but here it is anyways. I'm really enjoying my photography course that started Saturday. One instructor is from Saskatchewan and the other is from London England. The other students are from all over as well, so its interesting getting a glimpse into the other peoples lives and also learning from their photos.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Day 34 ~ Photo Class Begins ~
Today is the first day of my online photography course. This week I have to take up to 8 photos to send in to the teacher for evaluation. I've never had someone critique my photographs so I'm a little nervous but it should be good to get some professional feedback to help me improve my shots. This morning there were gorgeous fluffy white clouds, I'm glad I got out early because now the sky is overcast. The other two pics were taken downtown in a bit of a grungy area with lots of graffiti and beautifully dirty streets.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Day 33 ~ Train Travel ~
Traveling by train is always an adventure. The sounds, the people and the small glimpse of people's lives out the window. I've had a few great moments on trains one of them was an over nighter train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, Thailand. I decided that I wanted to be really cheap and save money so I booked one sleeper bunk for Ryan and one economy ticket for me. So Ryan went to his sleeper and I went to my wooden seat. He was nice and comfortable in his air conditioned sleeper and my train was packed full of thai locals all staring at me like I was the first foreigner that was stupid enough to buy the $2 non airconditioned ticket instead of paying like $5 more for the sleeper. I ended up sneaking into Ryan's bunker in the end and had a pefect train rocked sleep.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Day 30 ~ Poncho Perfect ~
I drove around the tourist area again to try to get a pic for today and came across these awesome japanese toursits all in their raingear getup. I followed them all around trying to get the best shot... they must have thought I was a crazy woman. I didn't get the pic that I really wanted because they turned out blurry since it was dusk and my tripod was at home. Oh well it was fun anyways chasing tourists in the rain.