FALL PICTURE

As I said yesterday, in the next postings many of my images will show the Fall colours. I hope you will enjoy them. Today I went on a photo excursion with a friend of mine and we had a wonderful time. The weather was terrible. We started with wet snow turning to rain and then later in the afternoon some sunshine. All in all a great day for taking pictures.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. So I wish all my followers a very happy holiday. The colours are at their top right now so you will see lots of colour in my postings for the next few days.

RAINY FALL

In contrast with last year , our Fall season is very wet. Of course its no good complaining about it so I look at it from a more optimistic view. Rainy and overcast skies make the colours much richer so if you like to photograph at this time of the year, and of course everybody takes their cameras on the traditional Fall hikes, you will certainly come back with very good images. I took this picture this morning in between rain showers

SKY AND WATER EXHIBITION, CALLANDER, ON

This afternoon Claire and I took some pictures at our show at the Alex Dufrense Gallery, which is  part of the Callander Bay Heritage Museum in Callander. The show continues till October 31 so you still have time to see our work.

RUINS, COBALT, ON

Again I have been busy with some other photo projects so I have to use some older images. This picture was made about a month ago on a little trip to Cobalt. The country side is a photographers delight, that is if you enjoy old mine sites. As a matter of fact, a few years ago Cobalt was selected as the most historic site in Ontario that year. It definitely is worth a visit you will enjoy.

STREET, AYLMER QC

What attracted me to this view is the various shapes and lines of the street scene.

EROSION

I made a series of pictures of the erosion of the newly built parking lots at the education Centre here in North Bay. While the natural landscape has been compromised by the building of these lots, it is a good subject for strong black and white images.

REEDS, LAKE NIPISSING

This is another image of our short trip on Lake Nipissing. It looks like a pen and ink over a watercolour wash. Hope you like it.

FALL EVENING, LAKE NIPISSING

My friend Gerry invited me on a little photo excursion on Lake Nipissing. it was a pity that the weather did not cooperate but I was able to get a few nice images. So we will try again next week.

EARLY MORNING

The strength of this image is its simplicity. I always try to reduce my pictures to some very basic design  elements as in this image with its lines and pattern of the red posts. Also I like the definition of Andreas Feininger, who said that a good photograph should have "stopping power". It is the quality which makes an image visually interesting.
Rob Greenfield wrote to remind me to mention that our show, Sky and Water, will run until the 30th of October. So if you are in the Callander area go and have a look.

GARDEN, ELORA, ON

I made this image a few weeks ago while visiting the very picturesque town of Elora in Southern Ontario. I also like to thank Rob for his comment about the show in Callander. The opening was well attended actually, considering the beautiful weekend. So thanks to everybody who came out to see our work.

MAPLE, RIDEAU HALL

Today I am almost ready with the final preparations for the Sky and Water exhibition. Rob was surprised I had never visited Rideau Hall. Well not completely true, I toured the building many years ago with a group of my students however it was mid winter so I did not walk the grounds. This year's walk in the park was a first for me.

FOUNTAIN, RIDEAU HALL, OTTAWA

This was my first visit to Rideau Hall, the residence of the Governor General of Canada. I liked this fountain but preferred the black and white image over a full colour picture, which lacked visual impact.

SKY & WATER EXHIBITION

It has been a very frustrating week for Claire and myself. First opening the exhibition was delayed then we were assured that the gallery would provide us with printed invitations. Well we are still waiting but we suspect that it will be too late to mail them. So we are somewhat anxious if people will actually attend our opening. Anyway enough complaining, the show looks great and we hope to see many of you at the opening next Saturday. 

WALL, AYLMER, QC

Just the blue line is what attracted me to this subject. The final image reminds me of some of the paintings by the Spanish artist Antoni Tàpies, a painter I really admired in my younger art college days.

VICTORIA CAFE, ALMONTE

Today I was trying out a variety of colour to black and white actions. I am interested to see which actions would work in Photoshop Elements. In the new version of Elements you can use actions created in the full versions of Photoshop. There are a wide variety of actions you can download from the net but, I discovered, that not all actions will work. This image was created using an action called LAB action. I liked the result the overall sepia tone is just right and I particularly enjoy the rich tones of this picture.

AYLMER, QC

At last another posting, again it has been a crazy time for me. Last week I finally finished framing all my pictures then I had to leave for Ottawa again for a short family visit. happily I did have some time to spare so i could roam around taking pictures. Anonymous asked for some information about the exhibition in Callander. Well, the show is open even though the official opening is not until the 19th of September. So if you want to attend the opening you are hereby invited or you can just go and enjoy the pictures now.

GETTING READY

Just getting all the pictures ready for our show in Callander. I still have to finish some matting and framing then ready to hang the show next week. I will post more detailed information in acouple of days.

NEAR POWASSAN, ONTARIO

I could not resist posting another wildflower image. I wonder what Vincent van Gogh would have made of this view.

WILDFLOWERS

Finally I spent yesterday afternoon taking pictures. This time of the Summer is very beautiful with the landscape fulls of colour from all the wildflowers. My wife gathers a large bouquet of grasses, goldenrod, tansy and asters, which, when dried, will be a reminder of Summer in the long Winter season.