Meteor and Aurora
This is my new best meteor photo, and it came with some faint aurora (northern lights) at the bottom of the frame too! CFI had a star party for watching…
Photography
Walter Benjamin – The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Probably the most important essay I have ever read in terms of becoming an artist, and understanding the political and art historical aspects of Photography. “ The uniqueness of a…
Lisa Ross “After Night”
Having previously photographed ritual objects and burial sites of the Uyghur people of Western China in the series, Living Shrines, she has created a new series that documents the surprising…
#SKstorm Pounds Regina Quickly
Yikes!! MT @Skstormchaser: #skstorm backside of storm heading S.E. towards REGINA http://t.co/vXhhWR7Him #YQR— Tiffany Lizée (@TiffanyGlobal) July 24, 2013 A surprise thunderstorm approached me as I biked north on Rose…
Suburbia Gone Wild
The idealized version of the American suburb has spread around the world and can be found in nearly every country. The banality of the spread has been ignored by artists,…
Wave At Saturn Friday #saturnpic
Are you shy about having your photo taken? What if you’ll be an indistinguishable smudge on a pale blue dot, then are you still shy? If so, don’t go outside…
A Sneak Peak Inside Our New Fire Hall
Councillor Lloyd and I took a tour through the new fire hall, at the corner of High and Third Streets, today. It’s still under construction, but the main components are…
Centennial Pool Gets Finishing Touches
A sneak peak into Centennial Pool a few weeks before it re-opens. Councillor Lloyd and I took a look around today (July 9) at how it’s progressing. We were very…
Duane Michals
“Who gives a fuck about what he had for breakfast? These are stylistic ticks. The digital has changed the paradigms of photography. I had an opening in Boston and this…
Northern Lights Animation
I have a few more of these aurora animations to create and upload to YouTube. Here’s a fun one to start with tonight though.
Christy Lee Rogers – Into The PostArctic
From her website “Christy Lee Rogers is a fine art photographer from Kailua, Hawaii. Her obsession with water as a medium for breaking the conventions of contemporary photography has led…
Lafleche Centennial, 100 Years of Awesome
June 29, 2013 I’ve been at the Lafleche 100 celebration on Canada Day long weekend. There were few people my age who I knew, and many of the oldest generation…
Aurora in Wood Mountain
One of the advantages to small-town Saskatchewan, is that it’s easier to escape light pollution than it is in a city like Regina. I was fortunate to be out of…
Photography Is Not a Crime
The title was the shocking headline of this op-ed by PEN. “Uh, no kidding,” is the correct response. What’s disappointing is your image is taken everywhere by the state and…
Photographing Old Saskatchewan
Churches in Saskatchewan are closing down, and being abandoned at an increasing rate it seems. Active churches in my hometown have dwindled from four during my childhood, to maybe one…
Rest Stops : Vanishing Relics of the American Roadside – Ryann Ford
Rest Stops : Vanishing Relics of the American RoadsideLiterally, before our eyes, rest stops are vanishing from the landscapes of America. All over the country, rest areas are losing the…
Fearless photography explores the Egyption women of the revolution
The woman in a red dress being blasted by pepper spray in Gezi Park, Istanbul, is not an anomaly. Women are on the front lines of Turkey’s protest movement and…
Dark Sky Preserve at Wood Mountain
I found a new way to appreciate my home town through the eyes of astronomers this weekend. Also, I used the astronomers’ telescopes, which is a great way to look…
Lafleche Loses Another Building: Flying Goose Inn
Another accidental fire in Lafleche last night, this one attributed initially to careless smoking (is there any other kind?). The Flying Goose Inn, the only bar and hotel in town,…
Hungry Planet pictures what we eat around the world
Whenever I shop for groceries, I’m reminded of our collective obsession with processed and packaged foods. As someone who makes an reasonable effort to make decisions that are good for…