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Cerne Abbas

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In November 2023 we travelled to the ancestral home of the Paulley family, the quaint, quintessentially English village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, south-west of London. The name Cerne Abbas comes from the River Cerne and the original Benedictine abbey that was founded there in 987. The abbey was subsequently destroyed by decree of Henry VIII when abbeys were eradicated from England as King Henry abandoned the Catholic church and created the Church of England. The main church in the village, now Anglican, is dedicated to St. Mary and was […]

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Hostas

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My neighbour, Marg, has an absolutely wonderful garden in her back yard that she tends with the utmost dedication. One of her favorite plants are hostas, and she has a considerable variety: light green, dark green, blue-green, yellow-green, variegated, plain, you name it. Hostas make an interesting abstract pattern. I experimented with some images in my own backyard recently, simply using my iPad and post-processing the images using Google Snapseed, which my son Ryan suggested. A quick transfer to my laptop via Dropbox, and then to the website, and voila

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Commonwealth War Cemetery, Yokohama

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Few Canadians realize that Canada played a role, albeit a small one, in the Pacific theatre during the Second World War. In the summer of 1941, Britain asked Canada to provide reinforcements for the garrison at Hong Kong (until 1997 a British colony) and, in addition to a small complement of service troops, Ottawa sent two infantry battalions: the Royal Rifles of Canada, whose men came largely from the Eastern Townships, Quebec City, Gaspe and Northern New Brunswick, and the Winnipeg Grenadiers from Winnipeg. All together, approximately 2000 Canadian soldiers

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Lake Huron

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This past week my family holidayed on the shores of Lake Huron, near Kincardine, Ontario. For a lad from the Prairies, the Great Lakes are incredibly imposing, with an astounding breadth of water and a skyscape that has the potential to change every few minutes. On August 22, an F3 tornado hit Goderich, Ontario, about 54km south of Kincardine. While we witnessed much of the storm system as it crossed Lake Huron from the state of Michigan, Kincardine and beaches surrounding it received only a little rain. But the sky

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Shooting high key

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At the end of May I had the privilege of digitally photographing Heidi Wall, a young, virtuoso pianist who recently completed her degree in Music Performance at Wilfrid Laurier University. Heidi was interested in a high-key look with a solid white background, so for that we rented studio space in Stratford from Lori-Ann Franklin at Laf’s Photography. Kevin Garrett was my “assistant” – I use “assistant” in quotation marks since it became abundantly clear during the shoot who was the “teacher” and who was the “student”. The first issue in

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Joy

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Canon Elan 7 with Sigma 24-70mm, with yellow #8 filter, using Kodak TMY 400 film developed with Ilford 2000. Exposure unknown. Printed on Ilford FB Warmtone glossy developed with Ilford Multigrade developer. Toned with Kodak Selenium toner 1:9 for 3 minutes. Famous French photographer Robert Doisneau, whose 2011 wall calendar graces my office, is often quoted as saying “If I knew how to make a perfect photograph, I’d do it every time”. I have certainly taken my share of poorly-constructed, ill-composed, out-of-focus photographs. During the 2004 Waterloo Busker Carnival I

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More Sybase marketing portraits

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This past Monday I shot some additional portraits at the office. This time I utilized four different backgrounds: the glass-block wall and the black marble tile on the main floor, along with plain black and plain white backdrops. Each brought their own challenges in terms of lighting, and that’s what I’ll concentrate on here, featuring Barb who is a Partner Channels Manager for Sybase. It became clear early on that Barb’s photogenic side was her left. I first tried a lighting setup with the main light, a Novatron 500 monolight

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Sybase marketing portraits

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This past Thursday morning I shot three young women from the Sybase sales and marketing teams here in Waterloo. Here are a few examples of the portraits from that shoot, featuring Carolyn who is on the marketing team for the Sybase Unwired Platform (SUP). The glass blocks at the entrance to the firm’s cafeteria form an interesting background, with the glass exhibiting an olive-green hue from the ambient light in the late morning. For this shot, I used a three-light setup: a large softbox on my Novatron 500 mono light

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