One of my objectives in Photography has been to have more coherence or 'theme' when doing shoots. Today I went around the pier and got a trio that I particularly love. Besides being shot in the same area, they all have a unique look to them and the theme 'wake' (rouse or disturb) didn't occur to me until after I got home.
Rudder Wake 
Boat Wake 
Gull Wake 
Extremely pleased with the results after a rather bland streak.
I was pleasantly surprised with how eerie the few keepers from Nuit Blanche (see below) turned out. It hadn't quite set in until today with how much I liked them. I have one more to add plus a couple oldies I resurrected from when I used to take my camera out at night time.
13/09/2007
12/11/2007
Second photo was honestly an accident as I meant to keep the camera still. Instead it turned into some Monet art! Third one down I took walking back home. I liked the curvature of the sidewalk so I did a few more exposures in attempt to get something more interesting looking overall. Yes, this is my replacement for actual Hallowe'en ish pictures today!
Ok excluding the baby jack o lantern ;) and Nuit Blanche oddities...
Accidentally squashed the yellow channel by 75% and decided I liked the stark effect it gave the Tombstones.
Last year I took a lot of decoration pictures which I'll do again, but it's fun to look for natural things in the environment which reflect Hallowe'en (eg. leaves which look like bats or scary looking mailboxes).
Plus
I am so going to get you back for returning the $5 Annie...*rotates picture* =]
I swear I cannot take my camera into a forest! I bought my camera 15 months ago. Can image quality degrade after that much regular use?
Firstly, forests are usually dense and filled with minute details making it difficult to choose a focus; secondly, the canopy of trees contrasting against the sky cause aberrations (edge discolouration); and third, any harsh lighting can result in buried shadow detail and uneasy contrasty looking pictures.
This obviously leads to me whining about my camera. It's not a BAD camera, I just take it into some situations where I'm asking too much from it: too few megapickles and a small sensor = can't resolve detail and limited dynamic range. So, yes, slightly frustrated with what I have now though in context most modern point & shoot cameras still lack the RAW format and have a tonne of noise starting at ISO 200 while I can still get away without having to denoise. I feel I could make good use of one of those high-end point & shoot cameras that are becoming trendy. The Canon Powershot G10 is one option or the Panasonic LX3 though not too enthused with its 3x zoom, saturated appearing output, and greenish leaning white balance. Canon wasn't my first choice honestly, but they make the most accurate compacts as far as colour rendition goes and that's something I want to worry less about in processing.
Just Off The Path
Goldenrod 
Goldenrod is the most pleasing to me overall, but I was surprised no one else agreed! The second I titled "Just Off The Path" from a quote I vaguely remember from this article. The actual quote says 'Slow down, stop and look -- it's right there,'?" Which I love because pictures are everywhere if you slow down to look for them. It's all about the treatment and focus.
When I'm feeling down I lose focus and clarity in what I see and produce lame pictures! It's only temporary...I'll regret whining about the camera I've been inseparable with tomorrow.
And Ty Ty to Annie for coming to Nuit Blanche. Wouldn't have gone myself! Sorry everything ended up being so spaced out. =/
Mmm black doughnut here to abduct you all
It's the best month of the year and season all at once!
I went to the Square One Farmer's Market today not sure what I was going to buy consumption wise, but I wanted some gourds. I ended up with lots of tiny Jack 'O Lanterns, Poppy Seed Bagels, Cider, and homemade Pepperettes.
Some woman on the bus ride home decided to sit right next to me on a HALF EMPTY BUS @$!@$#%!! I had all my bags there and I looked at the adjacent seat with just a pen lying on it. I did my best to wish her away with my aura because she wouldn't jump out the window. Fortunately she got off within 3 stops. How lazy!
P.S. Buttercup Squash tastes like concrete and soot. Do not try.
It started as an all-night cultural festival from sunset to sunrise around the world. Toronto hosted its first in 2006 and followed-up with a so-so nothing-too-thrilling display in 2007 though with a larger turnout. It is expected that one million people will attend this year versus 800,000 in 2007. There are themed areas like TechnoArt (media), Spooky stuff, Interactivity, and Art that transforms the city on a grand scale (lots of fog and strobes can do that :P).
I went last year with a sort of random group, only one person I knew, from Ryerson U. Had some photos lined-up in one of the slide projectors showing on a tarp at the architecture building. It wasn't so well planned! We started at that Ryerson building and just wandered around seemingly avoiding all the displays that were happening. We eventually found OCAD and they were expectedly putting on an awesome show on the inside and out. Saw a few more things, possibly the most odd being the legion of toilets below and inside the Eaton's Centre beside Sears the floor was littered with balloons with some volunteers making weiners out of them o_o
After meeting Annie Wednesday I must not have been a total creeper because we're doing a wayyy better planned Nuit Blanche Art Thing tour this Saturday. So with that out of the way, Nuit Blanche will be much more fun :)
Till then ;)
