cute kid red earth puppy doorway ... in other words Randomness

Yes, it's time for my random post of the week. It wasn't initially going to be so random by I had some technical difficulties. The post was initially going to be about the alien beauty of the Terra Cotta Clay Hills. Unfortunately, clay as it were, is just not very photogenic. I'm not sure if was the lighting, or the lens or just my new hiking boots, but something wasn't working. Out of about 150 shots I think I got 5 or 6 that I liked and only 2 that I'm happy enough with to post.


Next there was my idea of doorways. I like doors, they can be interesting. They generally lead somewhere, or act as a barrier to prevent something from somewhere from getting in. You see there has been this door sitting on the ground in a field behind my work. I thought it was interesting. Where did it lead? (Nowhere, obviously) Why was it there? (Cuz someone dumped it). I figured it could spark an interesting project...but I couldn't find any cool doors in time. So I had a lil fun with this one and now I'm laying it to rest so to speak. If anyone knows of any other interesting doors, be they industrial or country, rusty or shiny, I'm still fascinated, and would like to take some shots.


Next are ironically my favorite two shots. Ironic because they were the only ones I didn't go looking for. Just snapping some fun pictures of the Long and McQuade Brampton Family Picnic when these shots happened to pop up. There were several shots that I kinda liked, but these two just popped out from the croud. I love the mischievous look in Logan's eyes, the tilt of his head and wild sunscreen hair. It just works.


The puppy is my friend Cassandra's Teacup Cujo named (appropriately I think) "Shiva". The pup loves me now, but we had a rocky start...my ankles will never be the same ;)


Well guys, have a great week, and we'll catch ya on the flip side.

Dan

Wild!

Hey Guys

Don't really feel like writing a whole tonne. I'm exhausted after a long (but Awesome!) day at the Toronto Zoo. Obviously lot's of great photo ops, here are my favorites. You can click on each of the images to enjoy the full size version. Let me know what you think.

Dan

Yeah, I know...It's been over 6 months since my last post. I honestly don't know what happened. Well, ok, I kinda do. I do a bit of hibernating in the winter months, I get very worn out and just don't have the energy for much creativity. Since spring hit though I've been itching to get back to it, but for some reason I just didn't. The main reason is that I just haven't been shooting anything new that I felt like posting. I was in a creative slump, just couldn't capture an image that I felt anyone would care to look at. I think even my last few images from last year felt a little flat creatively, at least to me. I think that I lost confidence in the shots I was producing and my ability to capture the magic of a moment...

Well, Baby I'm BACK! I forced myself to go out and shoot for a few hours today, and I'm going to try to do the same every Monday just as an exercise. I'm hoping that I'll fall back in love with it if I just start doing it again. Honestly I did a little bit today. I had a fun time shooting...with the exception of the scary hobo lookin guy that came up behind me on the train tracks while I was taking a few shots. I must of jumped a few feet off the track when he said "hi".

I also had a lot of fun processing these. I was a little rusty and maybe it shows, but I just kind of let my fingers keep clicking til the image felt right. With the Last 3 shots Mackenzie actually became my "creative director" and told me how he wanted the shots to look. I think he did a kick ass job on them, so thanks Bud!

Anyhow, enjoy the shots and I should see you in no more then a week.

Dan