Happy 3rd birthday to PJ's photo blogging challenge! I just read my post from three years ago and noticed a couple of things. For one thing, there are a few people who have posted every month for 36 months and counting. Congratulations! For another, I'm convinced my photographs are better now than they were three years ago. That …
Continue reading Photo Blogging Challenge – Three (March 2016)
Thanks to parent/teacher interviews on Thursday and Friday, we got away for a 3-day weekend in Canmore, perfectly timed to enjoy fresh snow - and plenty of it! We got right to it, spending the first hour of our visit shoveling more than 30 cm (12 inches) of snow off our back deck. We were …
Instead of the usual subject-oriented theme, this month our organizer challenged us to compose five images keeping the Rule of Thirds in mind. I've been concentrating on leading lines and clean edges in my photographs lately, so this was a good reminder to keep all the "rules" of composition in mind when composing shots. I …
Continue reading Photo Blogging Challenge – Rule of Thirds (August 2015)
'Tis the season for so many things: winter, Christmas, traditions and special time with family and friends. And because most of us have at least a few days off from our usual routines, it also seems to be the season for making more than the usual number of photographs. So I had a bit of …
Continue reading Photo Blogging Challenge – ‘Tis the Season (December 2014)
It's May!! If you ask me, it’s well past time for winter to migrate to the southern hemisphere for several months. But the weather forecast for the weekend shows that the winter of 2013/14 is tenacious, with snowfall warnings in effect for Canmore, Kananaskis and the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks. It’s great news for skiers …