It was the first year I made the time to go to Buskerfest on Front Street. Although the crowds and heat were tiring, I had a great time with my family and was really impressed by the quality of the entertainment. Kim is from Australia and had rigged his guitar with extra pickups and learnt to get drum sounds out of the guitar body...mix in some down home lyrics and you've gone one fantastic one man band.
This shot was a little tricky as it was such a bright day and he was in the shade under a tent. I used center weighted metering and added .3 EV to bring up the exposure.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
2 minutes for tree tripping
I was taking a variety of angles of these trees in my back yard while the evening lighting was just right. I took a shot of an old hockey stick close to the tree and thought it would spin the shot into something with some humour as the tree trunks looked like legs when I spun the camera around. I tried a few different compositions as the light was fading and grabbed this one and just had to invert the image to create this unusual back yard shot.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Walk home towers
A quick shot of a few office towers walking home from the subway station. As with many architectural shots, it's often important to make sure vertical or horizontal lines are aligned nicely, so I was pretty happy here that I got it spot one without any post-editing. As summer winds down, I'm trying to take advantage of those "golden hours" after work.
Brandon Flowers @ the Mod Club
My wife wons tickets to Brandon Flowers' buzz gig at the Mod Club and she got us nice a close to see the Killers' lead sing his new solo material. As usual, DSLRs were not allowed so I had to take my chances with the Fuji point-and-shoot. This shot turned out quite nicely with the brighter spot light and Brandon show much he was enjoying his own gig in a small venue.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Heading home in white
I took quite a lot of shots today, but they were straight up shots capturing events of the day, without a lot of artistry. My wife and I went out for a late bite to eat and grabbed this shot on the way home. Luckily she was wearing a white top that worked perfectly on the dark street. I used my "nifty fifty" and a very high 1600 ISO setting.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Fire escape contrast
Out and about at lunch close to my office, Massey Hall is a regular stop. I really like Massey Hall's black fire escapes, but the lines and details get lost against the dark brick hall. So this time, I got close to the hall and underneath one of the fire escapes and shot upwards to get some contrast against the building across the street and found some organic contrast and composition additive too with the street side tree.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Don Yeomans' "Where Cultures Meet" with iPod
My wife is a big fan of the Group of Seven and she got us a family membership to the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg this year. I visited the gallery and had a wonderful afternoon soaking in Group of Seven art along with an exhibition of Dorothy Knowles and landscape photography from Jim and Sue Waddington that match work from the Group of Seven.
Although photography in the gallery is restricted, there are some interesting pieces on the grounds and in the entrance hall. This piece from Don Yeomans I found interesting as it intersected traditional totem art with a modern materialism.
Although photography in the gallery is restricted, there are some interesting pieces on the grounds and in the entrance hall. This piece from Don Yeomans I found interesting as it intersected traditional totem art with a modern materialism.
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