Welcome

Welcome to my photoblog. I try to keep it updated daily with a new photo from either my personal or professional life. It is not intended to be taken as my professional portfolio (please visit the main website for that), but instead it is more of an informal and fun way for me to share some of my personality and creativity with you. Many of the photos on my blog are available for purchase as fine art prints, please visit the main website and/or contact me if you are interested. Enjoy!

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Boat In A Bottle

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Boat In A Bottle.

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/1.8
Exposure: 1/30
Exposure Bias: -1 EV
Focal Length: 50mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 800
Post processing included levels adjustment, and unsharp mask

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Penguin

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Penguin.

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/1.8
Exposure: 1/20
Focal Length: 50mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -2 EV
ISO: 100
Post processing included levels adjustment, healing tool, and unsharp mask

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Welcome Home

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Welcome Home.

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/8
Focal Length: 28mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 800
Post processing included rotation correction, cropping, levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, and unsharp mask

Monday, July 28, 2008

Sanding Hardwood

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Sanding Hardwood. It is one of the reasons why I have been so busy lately!

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/60
Focal Length: 26mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -2 EV
ISO: 400
Post processing included cropping, and contrast adjustment

Photo A Day Break

  
You may have noticed that I have not had a Photo A Day posting the last few days. Unfortunately, life has gotten very busy lately. So much so that I have not had time to even look at my camera the last three days. I will try to get back to taking and posting a photo every day again soon... hopefully tonight! This project has been a lot of fun and it has kept me on my toes for possible photography opportunities.
Check back for more soon!

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Green Room

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Green Room

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/4.0
Exposure: 1/60
Focal Length: 17mm
Flash: Fired
ISO: 100
Post processing included barrel distortion correction, cropping, healing tool, vignetting added

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Rose

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Rose

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/15
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -1 EV
ISO: 100
Post processing included cropping

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

CD

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called CD

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/2
Exposure Bias: -2/3 EV
Focal Length: 76mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 400
Post processing included levels adjustment, and cropping

Monday, July 21, 2008

Blue

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Blue

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure: 1/25
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -2 EV
ISO: 200
Post processing included cropping, levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, healing and cloning tool, and unsharp mask

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Reflections In A Wine Glass

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Reflections In A Wine Glass

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/30
Focal Length: 53mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -2 EV
ISO: 400
No post processing

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Corals

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Corals

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/7.1
Exposure: 1/15
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 400
Post processing included cropping, levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, and unsharp mask

Friday, July 18, 2008

Lightning Strike

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Lightning Strike

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/4.0
Exposure: 1sec
Focal Length: 17mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Tripod
Post processing included rotation correction, cropping, levels adjustment, colour adjustment, and unsharp mask

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Mezzanotte Bistro To Go

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Mezzanotte Bistro To Go

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/30
Focal Length: 76mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -2 EV
ISO: 100
Post processing included conversion to sepia tone

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Holographic

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Holographic

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/1.8
Exposure: 1/8
Focal Length: 50mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -2 EV
ISO: 100
Post processing included levels adjustment

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Two Halves Become One

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Two Halves Become One

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/16
Exposure: 8sec
Focal Length: 17mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Tripod
Post processing included cropping

Monday, July 14, 2008

Baseball Nights

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Baseball Nights

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1.3sec
Focal Length: 66mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Tripod
Post processing included cropping

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Yellow

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Yellow

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/40
Exposure Bias: -1/3 EV
Focal Length: 50mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Post processing included conversion from RAW, cropping, levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, added vignetting, and unsharp mask

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Furry Fuzzy Fun

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Furry Fuzzy Fun

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/125
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, and unsharp mask

Friday, July 11, 2008

Faceless Figure

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Faceless Figure

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/1.8
Exposure: 1/8
Focal Length: 50mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Post processing included brightness and contrast adjustments

Thursday, July 10, 2008

The Hive HDR

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called The Hive HDR

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/100
HDR Auto Exposure Bracketing: -1 EV, 0 EV, +1 EV
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -1 EV
ISO: 100
Post processing included creation of 3 exposures from RAW, generate HDR, tone mapping, cropping, constrast adjustment, and unsharp mask

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Flame

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Flame

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/9.0
Exposure: 2sec
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Tripod
No post processing

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Making Guacamole

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Making Guacamole

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.0
Exposure: 1/25
Focal Length: 41mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -2 EV
ISO: 200
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, cropping, shadow/highlight, and unsharp mask

Monday, July 7, 2008

Quack

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Quack

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/30
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: 0 EV
ISO: 200
Tripod
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, cropping, and unsharp mask

Comments

  
First of all, I just wanted to say Thanks! for the comments that have been posted on here. It's great to see that many of you are following my little photographic journey. Comments, questions, suggestions, even criticisms are always welcome! It really does help me to hear what others think and feel about my shots. Coincidentally, Digital Photography School had a post today about how to comment on people's photos in flicker and/or blogs. You can read the post here, it is full of useful tips on how to submit comments. I totally agree with this post. Comments and suggestions are what photoblogs are all about. It's how you can convey your interest or make suggestions so that the photographer can learn and better his or her photography. When I make comments on a photograph I usually tend to explain what draws me to the photo, or what I think I might have changed or tried in the shot. This is usually much more helpful than just saying "Great Shot!" however, those comments are always appreciated as well.
So go ahead and comment on any of my posts. It can help me tremendously to understand how other people see my shots, and what they think about them. Just click on the Comments tag bellow the post. You do not need to register with Google or Blogger to comment if you don't want to. You can select the Name/Url tab to leave your name and an optional website, or you can even be Anonymous.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Weddingbells

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Weddingbells

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/1.8
Exposure: 1/80
Focal Length: 50mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
No post processing

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Boat Shell

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Boat Shell

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/9.0
Exposure: 1/100
Focal Length: 17mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Circular Polarizer
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, saturation, and cloning/healing

Friday, July 4, 2008

Think Green Energy

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Think Green Energy

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/20
Exposure: 1/50
Exposure Bias: +1.33 EV
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Circular Polarizer
Post processing included replace colour, rotation, and unsharp mask

Thursday, July 3, 2008

By The Water

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called By The Water

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/11
Exposure: 1/125
Focal Length: 64mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Circular Polarizer
Post processing included conversion to black and white, selective recolouring, cropping, and unsharp mask

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Canada Day Fireworks

  
The best part of Canada Day for me is always the fireworks. I was able to get a pretty good spot across the river by the museum to take some pictures, and enjoy the show. Here are just a few of the shots I took that I enjoyed the most.













Orange

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Orange

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/11
Exposure: 1/40
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -2 EV
ISO: 100
Post processing included desaturating green, and unsharp mask

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Canada Day

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Canada Day

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/4.0
Exposure: 1/500
Focal Length: 17mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Post processing included conversion from RAW, cropping, and unsharp mask