1) A visit to the Field of Crosses Learn more about the Field of Crosses here, where you can view an online photo album that illustrates how the crosses are prepared and installed each year and learn about the sunrise/sunset ceremonies that take place beginning November 1st each year. 2) Two visits to Poppy Plaza …
Calgary photographer Neil Zeller hosted his second annual photowalk earlier this month.* Neil invited everyone from the Beakerhead Photography Team to join his walk and lend a helping hand to other participants when/if/as needed. Since I'd never done a group photowalk before, I wasn't sure what to expect. In fact, I was a little concerned …
Calgary's fall season is usually short, with leaves transitioning from green to yellow to the ground within a few weeks. Thanks to a heavy accumulation of snow in mid-September, the fall of 2014 started early and abruptly. Since then the weather's been quite mild. The result? Quite a few trees are still sporting leaves...and some …
This month's "Black & White" theme came as a welcome follow-up to last month's colourful theme - an opportunity to focus on subject matter and composition without the distraction of colour. Black and white prompts me to be more mindful of textures, details, highlights and shadows - something I appreciate when I go back to …
Continue reading Photo Blogging Challenge – Black & White (September 2014)
When Beakerhead 2014 wrapped up on September 14th, El Pulpo Mecanico and iLuminate left for Maker Faire, Daisy headed back to Vancouver, and Net Blow-Up was deflated, disassembled and packed away. But Calgary hasn't completely run out of STEAM (groans expected). Some stops on Beakerhead's self-guided engineered art tour are continuing their art and science …