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!

Friday, October 31, 2008

Halloween Leftovers

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

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/25
Focal Length: 30mm
Flash: Fired
ISO: 400
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, and unsharp mask

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Winter Is Here

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Winter Is Here

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/25
Focal Length: 66mm
Flash: Fired
ISO: 400
Post processing included levels adjustment, colour adjustment, contrast adjustment, healing tool, and unsharp mask

Monday, October 27, 2008

Boo!

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

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/10
Exposure Bias: -2/3 EV
Focal Length: 50mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 400
Post processing included levels adjustment, colour adjustment, contrast adjustment, and radial blur

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Poof

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

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/8
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 1600
Post processing included colour adjustment, contrast adjustment, and cropping

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Wedding - Christina and Terry

  
Unfortunately, there is no "Photo A Day" shot for today, so instead I would like you to enjoy some of the photos I took for Christina and Terry's wedding. They got married on October 4th 2008, and it was a wonderful wedding! Congrats to both of you!









Friday, October 24, 2008

Man Vs Machine

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Man Vs Machine

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/20
Focal Length: 26mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -1 EV
ISO: 400
Post processing included contrast adjustment, and unsharp mask

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Hard Economic Times

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Hard Economic Times

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.0
Exposure: 1/200
Focal Length: 41mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: +2 EV
ISO: 400
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, rotation adjustment, cropping, highlights recovery, despeckle, and unsharp mask

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Feel The Light

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Feel The Light

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/1.8
Exposure: 1/25
Focal Length: 50mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 400
No Post processing

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Fall Colours

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

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.0
Exposure: 1/30
Exposure Bias: -1 EV
Focal Length: 28mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Circular Polarizer
Post processing included contrast adjustment, cropping, saturation adjustment, and unsharp mask

Saturday, October 18, 2008

M&Ms

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called M&Ms

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/30
Exposure Bias: -2 EV
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -2 EV
ISO: 800
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, and unsharp mask

Friday, October 17, 2008

Portuguese Wine

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

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/1.8
Exposure: 1/2
Focal Length: 50mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 200
Star Aperture Mask
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, and unsharp mask

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Ladybug

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

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/60
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 800
+10 Close Up Lens Filter
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, despeckle, and unsharp mask

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

New Moon Rising

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called New Moon Rising

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure: 1/100 & 1/15
Focal Length: 76mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Post processing included combination of two exposures, contrast adjustment, and unsharp mask

Monday, October 13, 2008

Pilars Of Light

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Pilars Of Light

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure: 1/2
Focal Length: 28mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Post processing included contrast adjustment, healing tool, and unsharp mask

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Red Flower

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

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/10.0
Exposure: 1/15
Exposure Bias: -2/3 EV
Focal Length: 47mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 800
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, despeckle, and unsharp mask

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Scarecrow

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

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/4.0
Exposure: 1/20
Focal Length: 17mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -1 EV
ISO: 200
Post processing included cropping, healing tool, and unsharp mask

Friday, October 10, 2008

Lens Cleaning

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

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/3.2
Exposure: 1/8
Focal Length: 50mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -1 EV
ISO: 200
Tripod
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, conversion to black & white, addition of a slight sepia tone, and unsharp mask

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Leaves In The Wind

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Leaves In The Wind

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure: 1/80
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 200
Circular Polarizer
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, added vignetting, and unsharp mask

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Michelin X-ICE 2

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Michelin X-ICE 2

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.0
Exposure: 1 sec
Exposure Bias: -1 EV
Focal Length: 38mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 200
Tripod
Post processing levels adjustment, colour adjustment, contrast adjustment, and unsharp mask

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Rays Of Light HDR

  
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Rays Of Light HDR

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.0
Exposure: 1/200
HDR RAW Exposure Bracketing: -2 EV, -1 EV, 0 EV
Focal Length: 44mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Post processing included conversion from RAW, merge to HDR, tone mapping, unsharp mask

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Centerpiece

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

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/15
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 400
No post processing

Friday, October 3, 2008

Abby

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

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/40
Focal Length: 64mm
Flash: Fired
ISO: 100
No post processing

Thursday, October 2, 2008

September Contest Winner

  
First of all, let me thank everyone who participated in this contest. I got some really great shots with a wide variety of subjects, and it was difficult to choose the winner. There was however one shot that stood out above the rest and has won this past months contest! It was submitted by Giuseppe Federico, and is entitled Boat And Sunset.


I decided on this shot as our winner because of the wonderful composition and colours. The horizon being placed on the bottom horizontal thirds of the shot, with the sunset and boat on opposite vertical thirds follows the rule of thirds very nicely and makes for a clean shot. The exposure looks spot on, with a well defined and exposed sunset, and pleasing reflection off the water. Congrats Giuseppe, and enjoy your prize!

Our very close runner up was submitted by Kumara Yagambrum. It shows how filling the frame with your shot reduces distractions and gets you into your subject. It too was well composed and fairly sharp, however the colours seemed a tad off, probably due to the interference obtained from the glass and water, and also possibly due to the use of flash. It is still a wonderful shot and deserves credit. Keep it up!

I hope you all enjoyed the contest, and keep an eye out for the possibility of another contest coming up soon.

Carnation

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

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/13
Exposure: 2 sec
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 400
+10 Close Up Lens Filter
Tripod
Post processing included levels adjustment, and contrast adjustment

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Art

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

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/4.0
Exposure: 1/15
Focal Length: 17mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 400
Post processing included levels adjustment, cropping, added vignetting, and unsharp mask

Contest Closed

  
Just a quick note to say that this month's contest is now officially closed. Thanks to everyone who entered! I will present the winner in the next few days after deciding, and getting in touch with the lucky person.