Click for pictures from Jack Layton’s final journey today from Toronto City Hall, and then Roy Thomson Hall. It was an emotion-packed, life-affirming day.
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Art Threat: The deserted but beautiful homes of Detroit – A look at Kevin Bauman’s "100 Abandoned Houses" collection
Detroit has been the poster child of the American recession for number of years. While many Detroit organizations and residents are taking a “do-it-yourself” approach to rebuilding their city, their work is cut out for them, particularly when it comes to fixing up abandoned buildings. Yards need to be mowed, debris collected, seeds planted and […]
Continue readingMy journey with AIDS...and more!: The Town of Perth, Ontario’s appreciation of her past
My heart goes out to the people of Goderich who learned this week how quickly our architectural heritage can be severely damaged or wiped out completely. Having recently returned from a summer visit to my ancestral home (in Canada, at least, say ancest…
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: What I Found in my Garden
A turtle. I remember as a child reading about turtles (or tortoises) in England, where all proper gardens seemed to have one — and being rather charmed by the idea. So I’m pretty pleased this gentleman (or lady) is residing in mine, even if temporarily. Every garden needs a turtle, in my opinion. (Under this […]
cmkl: Life before photoshop
Special effects. Wow. I have to laugh at some of the things that were done in the name of ‘enhancing’ photographs in the pre-Photoshop era. Sandwiching two slides together. Taking a picture then winding the film back and shooting again. Colouring nega…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Toronto and Ottawa
From Church St. looking northish. View from our hotel room. We paid a little extra over the Hotwire price to get this room, but it was worth it. Security blanket Harper I can’t have this photo, it’s a library. Saskatchewan in Parliament Harper in photos in Parliament Elizabeth May’s seat in Parliament. It’s number 309. […]
Mind of Dan: Raven
At the summit of Dog Mountain
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Continue readingMind of Dan: Symphony of Fire
It used to be called the symphony of fire, now it is called the celebration of light which sounds like Christmas to me. Thankfully it is still a bunch of fireworks set off to music.
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Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Northern Lights August 5 and 6th
Nicole, Alvil, April, and I went a few minutes out of Regina on Dewdney Ave. last night, and got many photographs of the aurora from the massive solar storm that was hitting the planet’s magnetosphere and other above-ground interactive surfaces to produce a thrilling light show. The whispy lights were visible to the south of […]
Photo Challenge 24 – In Context
The theme this round was IN CONTEXT, which was quite a lot of fun. I’m sure that others experienced what I did. It was not a matter of shooting two pics once you had an idea, but shooting a variety of closeups and context shots and then choosing the best combo from among them. In […]
Continue readingMind of Dan: A trip to the Reifel Bird Sanctuary
A trip to the Reifel Bird Sanctuary is always a good time… especially when I have my camera with me: I have an unhealthy obsession with Sandhill Cranes See the whole set here. And visit Eye of Dan to see all my best images Related Posts (auto generated and almost random):More Birds! Sandhill Crane Crane […]
Continue readingPhoto Challenge 23 – Fences
I suspect that the voting will be fairly tough for Kate’s FENCES theme, as all the pics look excellent to me. Very often by the time I post I already know my first place vote, but this time I really have no idea. Excellent work, everyone! When voting for the FENCES theme, please choose your […]
Continue readingPhoto Challenge 22 – Negative Space
Mollie’s choice of the NEGATIVE SPACE theme seemed to be a fairly well received one, with ten entries for this round including some newcomers and some we have not heard from in quite a while! Excellent work, everyone! When voting for the NEGATIVE SPACE theme, please choose your top three pics which you think best […]
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: When All Else Fails, Use a Cliché
Along with Ye Olde Mill By The Stream™ and Child Getting First Haircut™, Insect on Flower is one of the most beloved clichés in photography. But as Jethro, my photographical partner-in-crime says, who the hell cares? Filed under: I Really Have a Life Outside of Nursing, Some Photos, Traipsing Around the Countryside Tagged: photo, photography
Photo Challenge 21 – Oodles
Despite the theme name, we did not get Oodles of submissions this time out, so I really encourage my friends to contact me if they have a camera and want to play along. That said, the ones we did get are very nice! If you want to join in on the fun for the upcoming […]
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Why I Garden
So I was away from this blog for a few days. Not intentionally, I hasten to add: but sometimes, it must be admitted, unintentional absences are the best. I was in fact dealing with miscellaneous garbage, like what I wrote about yesterday. The flotsam and jetsam of life. I would have rather spent time in […]
My journey with AIDS...and more!: Toronto’s Distillery District a destination unto itself
I had occasion to attend a meeting today at the former Gooderham & Worts distillery complex, not having visited “The Distillery District” since shortly after it opened as a pedestrian attraction of shops, art galleries, outdoor sculptures and c…
Continue readingMind of Dan: Not so black, bird
Ravens are such beautiful birds, and more colourful than you might think.
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Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Boiling Blood of Photographers Everywhere
YouTube is never short of videos showing police and security guards pushing their weight around enforcing a ridiculous notion that the way to catch terrorists is to harass photographers in public spaces. This “Post 9/11″ thinking, is also “Pre-Google Street View” thinking, and it HAS TO STOP! If someone says “in this post 9/11 world […]
Photo Challenge 20 – Nostalgia
If there’s one thing I will not be, it’s nostalgic over this challenge. This will go down as one that “seemed like a good idea at the time” but in fact has caused me much grief. I really struggled. But then again, maybe that was the point. The theme was NOSTALGIC FOR FILM. I’m not […]
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