The Welder
Favourites
Favourites; every photographer has them. Favourite images, some took hours or even days to plan out and execute. Others happened so quick there was no time to plan anything. But…
Driftwood and a log cabin
Driftwood and a log cabin, or a study in black and white, or Inspiration Point; all are possible titles for this black and white toned print. The title is, as…
Where the waterways weren't enough they helped mother nature with the construction of log slides.
Seeing the hidden Algonquin
Algonquin's sausage - lumbering. I was told there are two things you don't want to see how they are made; taxes and sausage. Lumbering is a verb not a noun.…
Spruce Bog, Algonquin Park
Spruce Bog, Algonquin Park - accessible trail In my adventures to Algonquin Park I had never walked the Spruce Bog Trail. That changed the morning of October 7th when my…
Clarity
Does it have clarity? Right away when I wrote this I thought "is it in focus" and I guess photographically that is the obvious way to thinking of clarity. Is…
Cambridge Ribfest 2019
The Cambridge Ribfest is the Rotary Ribfest This past weekend was the Cambridge Ribfest 2019. I believe this is the fourth in what has become an annual event. At the…
Photography at the 120 Club
Live show photography - meeting the challenge head on I have a very talented friend who performed a one man (plus accompanist) show at the 120 Club in Toronto on…
Caring people waltz with elephants
Elephant Waltz 2019 The venue The transformation is nothing short of miraculous. But, after all isn't that what the African Lion Safari does? The Mombasa Market Restaurant magically transforms from…
Part 2 – The Algonquin Adventure
Continuing on…It's still day 2 of our trip, February 20, 2019 Even the drive is an adventure. Driving out of Oxtongue Rapids we picked up Highway 60 and headed east.…
On the way to Algonquin Park we again took a side trip to Oxtongue Rapids. This time we booth put on snow shoes and began exploring areas a little further downstream. The first thing I noticed was the rushing water below me and decided I wanted to capture the feeling of the speed of its movement. Filtering the lens and adjusting my exposure to get a shutter speed below 1/2 second gave me an image showing the rapid yet smooth motion of the river.
Adventure with purpose
An Adventure with purpose - Capturing winter scenic images in Algonquin Provincial Park A visit to Algonquin Provincial Park is always an adventure. When that adventure has a purpose of…