Henna is her Passion

My wonderful wife Larissa is an accomplished Henna Artist. I get many requests to photograph her work for her portfolio. I think our skills compliment each other....



Details: Canon EOS 20D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens at 40mm, and f/8. 1/200th sec., and ISO 400. 580ex flash bounced on a steep angle off the wall to the right. In the b/w conversion I heavily weighted the red channel (2/3) to give it the high contrast look, I also added some sharpening for the stark crisp look. The background was a dark blue, which during b/w conversion went darker due to the use of the red channel.

Lily pads and clouds

While heading up to Dunbar Falls, I passed this pond of lily pads in bloom. I made a note and returned with a friend for some shooting time. It was raining off and on - so we chatted in the car when the rain increased, and shot when it let up.

This was shot on Canon 20D, Canon EF 70-200mm f3.5-f4.5 lens + Tamron 1.4x Teleconverter, ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/500th sec., -1 exposure compensation, at 200mm (well 200 x 1.4TC x 1.6 crop factor = 448mm effective field of view), and a circular polarizing filter.

We also had some dramatic cloud formations in front of the house a few weeks ago - I couldn't resist!

This one was taken with my Canon Digital Rebel XT, Tamron 17-50 f2.8 lens at 33mm, ISO 100, f/16, and 1/100th sec., +1/3 exposure compensation.

Dunbar Falls

I think you will be seeing a lot of Dunbar falls. It is close and a nice walk - with lot of interesting things to look at and photograph. This is from my first trip out. I went with a friend of mine - John. I was shooting my Canon Elan 7N with Canon EF 28-105mm f3.5-f4.5mm lens. These were mostly multisecond exposures - with the aid of a ND filter. I also brought along my Mamiyaflex C TLR (but have not posted any shots so far from this camera on this trip). I loaded the camera with Ilford PanF+, 50 speed film, which I developed in HC-110 for about 4 min.

Here is a shot of John...

Some of the `steps` leading up to the main falls.

Getting closer

Dunbar falls

Details

Ideas

I figured I would post (out in the open) some ideas for self-assignments. Maybe I will actually do them - then I can post the results here. One can hope....

Double Exposures, Reflections, Multiple exposures,

Pinhole, University Campus, Shapes and Patterns,

Silhouettes, Motion, People, Abstract,

Details, Long exposures, Night-time photos,

Star trails, Waterfalls, 'Along the path',

Doors, Steps, High or Low Perspective

Dixon Falls, Fundy National Park

Short, easy hike. Amazing photo opportunities. I will go back with my tripod. I NEED to go back with my tripod.

Shot on my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT with Tamron 17-50 f2.8 lens. Settings: 17mm, f/11, 0.5 seconds, ISO 100. I steadied the camera on the railing of the boardwalk to get the slow shutter speed, and thus the soft water effect. Also, I set the camera to -1.3 exposure compensation, as the forest was dark, and a normal setting would have blown out the highlights of the water.

Here is another image - Hope found this fern at the side of the trail for me. Settings: Canon Digital Rebel XT, Tamron 17-50 f2.8 lens at f/8, 1/80 sec., ISO 400, -0.7 exposure compensation, 50mm focal length.

I love this photo.

My daughter at my cousins' wedding.

Canon Elan 7N, Canon EF 85mm f1.8

Ilford HP5+ @ E.I. 800

HC-110 Dilution B for 7.5 min. @ 20 degrees C

Convert.

Well here we go - a new start. Last year I decided to throw out the traditional Website for our family happenings, in favour of the much easier to manage BLOG.

Time to do the same for my photography interests. I had decided to make the Family Blog a hybrid Photo/Family site, but that is not fair to the family ;)

Here is a link to the website I started: http://photoshare.50webs.com/

I may move the info here - or I may not...we'll see.

I look forward to sharing in a more conducive spot!