The muse

How can I not be inspired by her?

Pentax K20D

Tokina 28-70mm lens

f4

ISO 800

1/50 sec.

Dusky farms

I love when November starts getting coy, with its late day sun breaking through the clouds to remind me how beautiful dusk is.

Pentax K20D

Pentax M SMC 28mm lens

f2.8

ISO 100

1/30 sec.

Skipping

is how I spend my Wednesday evenings. Actually I watch Hannah skip.

I no longer have any discernible cardiovascular endurance whatsoever, so I watch Hannah and vicariously get in shape.

Pentax K20D

Pentax M SMC 28mm lens

f2.8

ISO 1600

1/200 sec.

Greenhouse

Dusk at the local greenhouse.

Pentax K20D

Pentax DA 18-55mm AL II lens

f8

ISO 400

1/15 sec.

Rose Red

Snow White had a sister whose name was Rose Red. Rose was more energetic, as she represented summer, just as Snow represented the winter. Rose sounds like more fun.

Read Fables: Legends in Exile, by Bill Winningham, for a thoroughly entertaining retelling of these well-known fables.

Pentax K20D

Sigma 70-210mm lens (+ extension tubes)

f4(?)

ISO 100

3 secs.

Handheld flashlight

Black and White

The definition of a photo geek: setting up a collection of Philip Pullman books and a Webster's Dictionary under a black hand towel on the dining room table and lighting a white rose bought for one's wife with a handheld flashlight under a tripod-mounted, wireless remote-fired camera with a telephoto lens mounted to the camera by way of extension tubes.

Not that I did all that.

Nah, that would take the spontaneous out of photography.

Pentax K20D

Sigma 70-210mm lens + 2 and 5mm extension tubes

f4 (+ extension tubes = who knows?)

ISO 100

.5 sec

Handheld flashlight

Reflection on Autumn

Sumas River Trail, this morning. It was a beautiful morning for about 82 minutes. Don't you just love autumn in the Fraser Valley.

Pentax K20D

Pentax DA 18-55mm AL II lens

f8

ISO 200

1/100 sec.

+0.7 ev

Monochromatic

Makes me think of Casablanca: "Play it, Sam."

Pentax K20D

Pentax M SMC 28mm lens

f6.7

ISO 100

0.8 sec.

Rose

I hated the movie "Titanic" because it was three hours I'll never get back. However, as I played with this image I kept hearing Leo DiCaprio saying the name "Rose" from that movie.

Stupid James Cameron. You've infected me with your movie-making.

Argh...

Pentax K20D

Pentax M SMC 28mm lens

f6.7

ISO 100

0.8 sec.

The light...

...at the end of the tunnel? Don't walk towards the light.

Actually, I think it's just a fence at a farm in the distance.

In case you were worried that I somehow captured the doorway to the afterlife on my camera.

Pentax K20D

Pentax DA 18-55mm AL II (@43mm)

f4.5

ISO 200

1/20 sec.

Turkish Delight?

I like how it feels like the entrance to Narnia might be over there on the right, where the grove gets all dark and mysterious.

Pentax K20D

Pentax DA 18-55mm AL II lens (@31mm)

f4

ISO 200

1/20 sec.

Storm watch

Shot from the roof of the parkade at 7Oaks mall in Abbotsford.

Pentax K20D

Pentax DA 18-55mm AL II lens

f4.5

ISO 100

1/60 sec.

Ominous

A lovely little storm hit Abbotsford today. Lightning, thunder, rain, hail, locusts, river of blood...

Okay. Maybe not the last two.

Pentax K20D

Pentax DA 18-55mm AL II lens

f4.5

ISO 100

1/500 sec.

Cross

The cenotaph in Abbotsford.

Pentax K20D
Sigma 70 - 210mm lens
f4.0
ISO 100
1/640 sec.

Remembrance

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." It was encouraging to see so many people out at today's Remembrance Day ceremony in Abbotsford, if for no other reason than they remember the past and should help to stop it from repeating.

Pentax K20D

Pentax DA 18-55mm II lens (@20mm)

f5.6

ISO 100

1/200 sec.

Shot in RAW

Granary

I've been obsessed with these granaries lately. Could it be some longing to go back to the farm where I grew up? Could it be some latent desire to be a farmer? Could it be that I've had little time to shoot anything lately and the weather hasn't been cooperating and I have to keep looking through older files?

It's anyone's guess, really.

Pentax K20D

Pentax M SMC 28mm lens

f2.8

ISO 400

1/25 sec.

Remember Peace

Having been made responsible for the Remembrance Day ceremony at my school, it has been on my mind quite a bit lately.

I'm having one of those cognitive dissonance moments, however. I can see no logical reason why anyone would go to war, but I also want to make sure that we commemorate those who have fallen in war, dying for the ideals that I hold dear.

There is no sense in war.

Pentax K20D

Tokina 28-70mm lens

f3.9

ISO 100

1/1250 sec.

Band

I sat in on the band rehearsal last week, and snapped a few photos while I was there. Even got to play a trombone again, and still knew where every note was on the slide. I think I miss being a band geek. I played first chair, first trombone.

It's how I met my wife. We competed for the same spot in band.

Two band geeks, in love...ahhh...

Pentax K20D

Pentax M SMC 28mm lens

f2.8

ISO 800

1/20 sec.

btw, Wallace, I love the 28mm lens. Thanks.

Get your groove on...

For those of you who have never attended a high school dance, here's what it's like. Now imagine music loud enough to give your heart arrhythmia and you've almost got the feeling.

Pentax K20D

Pentax M SMC 28mm lens

f2.8

ISO 1600

1/10 sec.

One Tree Hil

Autumn is awesome.

Pentax K20D

Pentax M SMC 28mm lens

f 2.8

ISO 800

1/200 sec.

Sick House

I thought H1N1 only affected people. This house looks like he's had a pretty bad time holding in what he's eaten.

Technically, Ben took this picture, but the setup was all me. He just tripped the shutter.

Pentax K20D
Pentax SMC 28mm
f2.8
ISO 400
1/25 sec.

Thoughtful

I don't know what he's thinking about - most likely that his Dad is going to make him walk around for quite some time so he should get some rest while he can.

Pentax K20D

Tokina 28-70mm lens

f3.9

ISO 100

1/1250 sec.

B&W in CS4

Remember

At the RCAF memorial in Thunderbird Square in Abbotsford.

Pentax K20D

Tokina 28-70mm lens

f3.9

ISO 100

1/800 sec.

West; meet East

While Ben and I were playing around after a trip to the library, we came across an Indo-Canadian wedding photography session. I was messing around with the flowers, conspicuously avoiding the wedding party.

Ben, in harmony with my deference, decided to take in the scene from a somewhat secretive spot.

Pentax K20D

Tokina 28-70mm lens

f3.9

ISO 100

1/200 sec.