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<br />JayMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214346062750111011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573585175477088466.post-16635155915959540172013-06-04T20:01:00.001-05:002013-06-04T20:01:53.477-05:00Costa Rica Travelog | Trees a CrowdAlready showed some foliage - ziplined through it, shot monkeys in it. A few more to close off the flora and fauna section of our trip. Of course Costa Rica has trees, and lots of 'em. Incredibly we there during a "drought" - with the rainy season approaching it will really green up. <br />
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So these aren't so much about green trees but rather interesting trees. Not a nature guy, but these just looked cool. Across from our hotel in Tamarindo was this road leading off towards work areas and a municipal park. And overhanging said road was this great stand of trees creating a natural arch.<br />
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The mid-morning sun had long since ramped up the intensity and so dappled through and lit everything above. Pretty damn cozy.<br />
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We were in the Guanacaste province during our trip. And indigenous to this region is the Guanacaste tree. Don't know which came first, but these trees spread out like a mushroom clowd. I do have some photos of these trees full on (you can see how big they are in the shot from the bus looking down the river in this <a href="http://jaymitchblog.blogspot.ca/2013/05/wheels-on-bus.html" target="_blank">previous post</a>). Opted to silhouette it against the vibrant dusk sky.<br />
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Returning from a morning shoot along the beach at Playa Tamarindo I came across this grizzled old thing hanging over the sand. Those aging details are what I wanted to show here hence the black and white treatment. Likewise for the one following which was just off the beach in Playa Conchal. Massive, gnarly texture.<br />
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Our final morning of the trip found me out early along Playa Conchal. Monkeys were howling and sand mites were biting, but otherwise quiet. Turned out to be an uneventful dawn but I did like the way this forked tree framed the land beyond. It would be one of the last shots I would take before departing.<br />
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One set left to wrap up the series. I look back at these fondly, thinking of the warmth that seems to be evading us here on the prairies as summer is yet to begin.JayMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214346062750111011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573585175477088466.post-3102462240935928182013-06-03T23:04:00.000-05:002013-06-03T23:04:06.911-05:00Costa Rica Travelog | These Guys Are a Howl<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Costa Rica, albeit the tiny portion we saw, is teeming with life. Here we see a dog wandering around. There we have geckos and iguanas and these mini-anteater-looking-things called Coati and funky looking squirrels and crazed racoons and birds birds birds and crabs in our hotel room...</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But one of the bigger attractions, apparently, is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howler_monkey" target="_blank">Howler monkey</a>. So named because they make A Lot of Freaking Noise. Like an old dog with emphysema. And a bullhorn. First morning we heard them baying (<i>"<b>W</b>hiskey <b>T</b>ango <b>F</b>oxtrot is that?!!"</i>) and then throughout the rest of the trip. Eerie as hell when you're walking out to the beach for an early morning shoot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They dangled and jumped and played around in the trees blanketing our <a href="http://www.hotelcapitansuizo.com/index.php?english" target="_blank">first hotel</a>, attracting quite an audience...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And following our run through the zip line course I had a chance to head back up to the launch platform and watch them at eye level and much closer. This fellow lounged around, casually looked my way, then stuck his tongue out. Fired away on motor drive and pieced these from the burst into a triptych that makes a nice spread in our photo book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So we find ourselves at such a location during our trip (pre-planned as this was one of the available excursions). I have done this before in Quebec although that had more of an obstacle course feel to it. This version was just about getting from A to B as fast as possible, through tunneled out sections of the canopy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After gearing up with the Most Uncomfortable Harness Imaginable, gloves, and thin plastic "helmets" (whose sole purpose was to act as a barrier against burning a new hairline into your scalp while whizzing under the zip cable) we made our way up into the canopy. A staircase circled around a massive tree to a platform above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There was never any question of safety as we progressed through the dozen or so courses. A guide was with us at each platform and at no point were we ever untethered from the safety cables. These guys were great, not only starting the runs but receiving us at the end of each.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That last shot makes it into my collection of personal favorites. Took a few cracks to get it - panning is always a bit of a crap shoot - but worth the kink in the neck. </span>JayMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214346062750111011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573585175477088466.post-70691745687443177872013-05-31T14:52:00.001-05:002013-05-31T14:52:36.653-05:00Costa Rica Travelog | Sand & Surf<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Didn't take long to blow my plan for the daily CR travelog to close off the trip but, as expected, Life got in the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our time in Costa Rica started, frankly, on an abysmal note. Horrible travel and a 22 hour day before getting to our hotel in the dark. Hit the sack with extreme prejudice as completely tired having only about 2 hours sleep the night prior thanks to a completely borked flight plan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But waking up to see our proximity to the beach and shores of Playa Tamarindo served to wipe all that from our collective memories. The beach was huge, deep and beautiful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was surprising hard packed and smooth, so much so that it was apparently easy to navigate on a bike. Was surprised to see this dude casually coasting along. This one still makes me chuckle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Incidentally that shot above is the first time I tried a vertical stacked panorama - multiple shots stitched together from top to bottom to form one large image. The file is massive, about 40MP in size. Billboard, anyone?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's it for now. Hopefully I can get back to the daily regime to close the rest of this series off.</span>JayMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214346062750111011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573585175477088466.post-74866115157438903552013-05-30T21:22:00.001-05:002013-05-30T21:22:10.091-05:00Lemons to Lemonade<div align="left" class="bloggerplus_text_section" style="clear: both;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Still a lousy view, though. At least they put a chocolate on my bed for nighty night. And otherwise still a cool hotel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That would be me. With my camera firmly resting on a tripod (<a href="http://reallyrightstuff.com/Index.aspx" target="_blank">Really Right Stuff</a> - you guys rule), aimed up at the monolithic structure that is the <a href="http://www.basiliquenddm.org/en/" target="_blank">Notre-Dame Basilica</a> in Montreal. And me bent down trying to frame the damn thing. Even with a 24mm lens it barely fit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">According to Wikipedia it is 200 feet tall and 151 feet wide. Trying to get a shot from further back was a waste as too much traffic and pedestrians, and the perspective would have been skewed. So I just went to the base and exaggerated the whole thing, waiting for the sky to get down to around the same level as the blue lights under the main arches. Ultimately the exposure balanced and I was done. A final shot of the entrance with the "ND" inlayed into the concrete and then I headed back to the hotel.</span></div>
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JayMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214346062750111011noreply@blogger.com0Notre Dame Basilica, 424 Saint Sulpice Street, Montreal, QC H2Y, Canada45.5045805 -73.5557269999999945.503885000000004 -73.556987499999991 45.505276 -73.55446649999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573585175477088466.post-35858668305280259262013-05-27T23:17:00.000-05:002013-05-28T09:53:28.170-05:00Costa Rica Travelog | Ticos<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Round Two for the week. Wanted to share some images of the good folks of Costa Rica, also known as Ticos. They were a warm bunch, open, and revelled in their philosophy of Pura Vida or "pure life". Enjoy what you can when you can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The town of Tamarindo where we started our trip (actually, we were just a short walk from town at the very cool <a href="http://www.hotelcapitansuizo.com/index.php?english" target="_blank">Hotel Capitan Suizo</a>) is a funky surfing village. Rustic and rambling, lots of fun. Cool shops and bars and restaurants. Like anywhere, there are people putting in a hard day's work or just going about their business.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Personally I'd be laying down in the fetal position with such exertion as hoooo boy it was toasty warm and muggy. That said, sticking a tico smack dab in the middle of our winter would yield a similar perspective.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now, there's working hard. And there's hardly working. As stated above, Tamarindo is a surfing hot spot. We were actually scheduled to take a crack at it but the growing population of head injuries and lacerations with others in our group steered us away. These dudes, however, had no such concerns. The guy balancing the surfboard didn't just do this quickly for the camera - he was walking the full way down the road with it perched up there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The young stud driving the CrSurfAdventures truck saw me panning with him as he passed and flashed me a smile and the horns. I was hoping to capture some of the ever-present movement of traffic in town but unfortunately someone found their way into my frame. Hence the creative cropping. Buddy in the Hostal balcony looks like he's showing me some 'tude but immediately after this shot when I put the camera down and shot him a thumbs up he gave me a grin and a wave. Then went back to chilling. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Blessedly close to our hotel at the edge of town was the Super 2001 convenience store. Had everything we needed for noshing and washing said nosh down. Interesting characters milled about the entrance. Here's me copping my inner Jay Maisel through the blinds of the store. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As we walked back to the hotel with my head on a swivel, I noticed these fellows taking a smoke break. Doing the Pura Vida thing. I lifted my camera, they looked at me, and I did the universal "Tilt Head Towards Camera to Ask If I Can Photograph Them" move. Guy in the middle shrugged, guy on the left grinned, and I took the shot. Waved and they waved back and off we went.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Maybe not "odd" but a couple nevertheless. These guys may have been father and son, older and younger brothers, uncle and nephew, or flat out two strangers. Regardless I liked the scene, and a wee bit 'o butt crack adds a touch of humour. We later found out that "typical food" simply means traditional or local fare. For those technically inclined this is yet another example of the power of shooting in RAW format; there was no way to capture the brightness outside the scene <i>and</i> the folks in the shadowy interior at the same time. Digital rule is expose for the highlights, develop for the shadows. Much of that detail would be lost in a simple JPEG, but you can dig way into the RAW. Same with the surf driver above. There is a surprising amount of shadow detail to be lifted in a RAW file.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of many things I was looking forward to on this trip was a chance to kick back with a cigar (or two) and a nice beverage. The environment is conducive to this sort of thing. We were fortunate one day to have a local cigar street vendor approach us while we sipped mid-morning cocktails (hey, it was five o'clock <i>somewhere</i>). He had an envious supply of Cohibas in every style. No idea if they were legit or not, but they were nice! And we closed off our stay in CR watching a local cigar roller ply his trade at the airport in Liberia. Hand-rolled on the spot, it was great to watch him work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finally finished the &$%# photobooks from our Costa Rica trip. Good news: faster than previous books by orders of magnitude. Bad news: they still took a freaking long time. First the "family" version complete with multiple iterations of The Wife and friends posing to show off their choice of evening wear. Second, my version. All arty and shit. Still waiting for that one to arrive (via Blurb). It not only marks the first such style of book that I've done for myself, but also my first foray into bookmaking with Adobe Lightroom (which acts as a front end into Blurb). Up until now I've used Apple with good success, but working via Lightroom and Blurb offers other advantages that I'll be using more (hopefully) going forward. Perhaps even need to pen a tips section.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This has kept me from filling space at Ye 'Ol Blog with some frames from the trip. I'd like to fire these off at a daily rate over the next week but Life will probably get in the way. To start I have chosen the subject of color. Because, that (after the outrageous heat) was what struck me first after I rose from my travel coma on our first full day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There is color. Lots of it. Everywhere. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Of course there are trees galore, foliage in abundance. I was amazed to find out we were actually at the peak of the drought season and so the land wasn't even lush yet. On the other side of the country is where all the rainforest action is. Along the western shores it's practically a dessert (I kid, I kid).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">I am a sucker for backlight. It offers drama and luminosity. It glows, and it's also tough to work with so it's easy to see why so many avoid it. Exposure? Cover the highlights and let everything else fall wherever. Our hotel included a nice atrium complete with these massive fronds (above). You could use one as a blanket. Overlap a pair and stick a blazing hot sun behind and you have a recipe for absolute color vibrance, pattern, texture, and graphic form. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Same thing works when the sun is out of frame but you still put something between it and you. These firery red Malinche trees dot the country side. They pop out as bursts of color amidst a sea of green. Offset against the blue sky (a polarizer helped) and exposed for those red highlights and pop goes the color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not that hard sidelight ain't cool. While walking into the nearby town of Tamarindo the cacti against the vivid yellow stucco caught my eye. Simple, graphic element and the hard shadow adds the third line (odd numbers somehow work better).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Speaking of walls, I have an unnatural fondness for photographing windows. And doors for that matter. I like the graphic nature of it. Sometimes clean, sometimes not. The first of the following two photos was taken in the town of Tamarindo. The window of course is framing the windows and the house beyond. The trees are repeated as well, and between those and the stained wall add a bit of rough to the clean line of my window. In contrast are the uber-clean lines of the second photo taken at the Westin Playa Conchal while waiting to depart for ziplining (more on that in the future). Hard light and hard shadow can play exceedingly well together. A simple open window creates cool shape, that bit of bluish glass sets off against the yellow stucco, and I like the splash of light in the shadow that separates the frame of the window. That's what the inside of my brain looks like. I see this stuff everywhere and camera or not I'm compelled to shoot it. It's a sickness, really.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One last before I sign off - graphics (again), shape, and a vivid red of a painted cart on the grounds of our hotel. Carts are generally utilitarian things, purpose built tools to get stuff from A to B. Who says you don't need to look good while doing it?</span></div>
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JayMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214346062750111011noreply@blogger.com0Tamarindo, Costa Rica10.29908 -85.84210999999999110.2678345 -85.88245049999999 10.3303255 -85.801769499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573585175477088466.post-54679996980878955312013-05-08T00:07:00.000-05:002013-05-08T00:07:17.830-05:00Robson Street (Again With the Light)<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Vancouver is a crazy beautiful town when the sun is shining. Was in need of air at the end of the day and so shuffled off from my hotel down to Robson Street. Interesting mix of people. Even more interesting mix of light. Late afternoon, hard, all sorts of contrast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Love it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just walked, looked, on occasion waited, and shot. </span><br />
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<br />JayMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214346062750111011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573585175477088466.post-10874083094425587852013-05-07T12:52:00.000-05:002013-05-07T12:52:20.524-05:00Flight Risk<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All you have to do is look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After you shoot for a while light can quickly become an obsession. The completely mundane can look amazing when the light is just so. Sitting on the plane this morning yielded one such opportunity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had unfortunately been called back to the gate for a reported "security issue" in the airport. As we sat and waited I looked over at my neighbor and then scrambled for my iPhone. Trying to be as discrete as possible I grabbed this, then processed on my phone using Snapseed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Backlight guarantees drama, but you need to use care. Left on its own the iPhone, and most cameras for that matter, can attempt to overexpose this image and render those blacks as gray. We don't want that. The contrast is the drama. Expose for the highlight, let the rest fall to shadow. For an iPhone that means locking the exposure by pressing and holding on the desired part of the image (in this case the window). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In an age where HDR (high dynamic range) photography is so popular in an effort to extract every bit of detail from the shadows the drama in this type of image is completely gone. Then it's just some guy working his smartphone.</span>JayMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214346062750111011noreply@blogger.com0Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (YWG), 9071 Wellington Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3H 0E3, Canada49.9056258 -97.22441730000002749.903069300000006 -97.229459800000029 49.9081823 -97.219374800000026tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573585175477088466.post-2714531332043457742013-05-04T10:58:00.002-05:002013-05-04T10:58:57.108-05:00Wheels On the Bus
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last week… actually a week to this day… actually a week to right about now… we were concluding our stay at the beautiful <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=3560" target="_blank">Westin Playa Conchal</a> in Costa Rica and steeling ourselves for the pending bus ride to the airport in Liberia. The drive through the towns and country was beautiful and at some point it dawned on me that I should be taking pictures. I pulled the camera and employed the following Drive By Shooting Technique…</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Boost the ISO and set the aperture wide open to keep my shutter speed up and hopefully freeze the scenes outdoors as we sped by,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Press the lens tight against the window to not only stabilize the camera but, more importantly, eliminate reflections,</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Shoot bursts in anticipation of approaching interest (after a few I got the hang of the timing),</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hope that the photos may ultimately be useful to the local Policia as they try and piece together the remains of the crash as, in typical Costa Rican fashion, the driver freely ignored solid lines and approaching hills on the highway.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Surprisingly I ended up with a fair number of frames that I liked which evoked a photojournalism, National Geographic feel. Hence the film-style processing. Note the importance of that fast shutter speed - all of these are taken while on the move, some at highway speeds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm working in reverse on the chronology here but these are done. Below is the gallery - hopefully they offer a flavour of this area of Costa Rica. Pura Vida!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The number of photographs I sifted through yesterday following our return from beautiful Costa Rica. Less than I expected, more than is probably reasonable. Without the concern for developing film I don't need to worry about a cost-per-click other than incremental time spent editing. Doesn't mean I shouldn't exercise more discipline - will have to figure that out when I inevitably "upgrade" to a newer, higher megapixel camera. There are lots of brackets and "safety shots" in that pile, and a quarter of them have since been flushed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That said I ended up with a bunch of shots I'm pretty happy with and will be occupying my time with post-vacay photobook creation, printing, and blogging. Take for example this from an early morning venture onto Playa Tamarindo. And by "<i>venture</i>" I mean "<i>walk outside our hotel door onto beach</i>".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In between periods shooting at the rink yesterday this caught my eye. Cold winter afternoon in only a moderately warmer rural arena. Metal door frosted up. And a nice "in case of fire" pull right beside it. If that thing actually <i>started</i> a fire I would have been very tempted. Regardless, I liked the contrast and irony.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I find it miraculous how quickly time blows past. Take for instance the fact that my last blog update was "way back" on November 19th and I've done sweet FA since. Lots of photos taken, but I haven't had the energy or motivation or time or some combination of each to actively post. Mired in "what to do".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So it would seem appropriate to come back with this gentleman. Time is clearly an element here. He has seen lots of it. Not necessarily that much left (certainly more behind him than in front). Comfortable enough to sit and relax and let it continue to pass. And in this case soon to be in complete control of it as he is the assigned Timekeeper for the pending hockey game at the local arena. He's waiting for the current practice to end before he assumes his post.</span></div>
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JayMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214346062750111011noreply@blogger.com0Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), 6301 Silver Dart Dr, Mississauga, Ontario L5P 1B2, Canada43.681727 -79.61204943.635794000000004 -79.691013 43.72766 -79.533085tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573585175477088466.post-72516171587327008592012-10-30T22:55:00.004-05:002012-10-30T22:57:39.052-05:00The Great Pumpkin<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not because of the silliness of the occasion. But rather because the date is a huge annual milestone, a cliff after which time falls precipitously.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the prairies, every day without snow after Halloween is a gift. Literally. It's like a ticking timebomb. Sometimes the bomb goes off early and the kids are forced to gather free candy through the white stuff. But with global warming it seems most Halloweens are still showing grass, and green(ish) at that. Unfortunately we're living on borrowed time after the costumes hit landfill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Point the second - effective November 1st the gloves come off as retailers immediately begin cramming Christmas down our collective throats. Guarantee Thursday's paper this week will be stuffed with fliers shouting out this sale or that. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And once the Christmas season starts it's a mad ride towards New Year's Eve and another year is in the books. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thus Halloween has me looking back asking "<i>where the *&%! did the year go?</i>", and looking forward slackjawed wondering what I'm going to stick under the tree for the wife.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The added spank this year is that we should be cheering over our beloved Winnipeg Jets by now but... <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/globe-on-hockey/shoalts-winter-classic-cancellation-another-step-towards-oblivion-for-the-nhl/article4753786/" target="_blank">don't even get me started</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And so we find ourselves carving pumpkins, with me flipping through Google looking for an idea that I can steal. Also coming across some absolutely sick work by amazingly talented sculptors. Took it upon myself to throw caution to the wind and start digging. Next thing I know, this is staring back at me...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Afterwards I felt compelled to pull out the flashes and booms and modifiers to shoot Scarface. Something else I haven't done in a while (another "<i>where has the time went</i>" moment). For those so inclined here's the setup if you want to immortalize your own carved creation...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are two flashes at work here. One (a Nikon SB-910, domed, gelled with a full cut of CTO to simulate warm fiery candlelight) poking through the back. The opening is covered with tinfoil to help reflect but more importantly to seal in the light. Second is a Nikon SB-700 boomed overhead blasting through a <a href="http://www.lastolite.com/ezybox-hotshoe.php" target="_blank">Lastolite Ezybox Hotshoe</a> softbox. It is positioned close, just out of frame, and is slightly forward of Scar-Boy and angled back. The relative position allows that light to not only be quite soft, but also wrap around the pumpkin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Everything is triggered remotely. One great tip I learned way back from either David Hobby or Joe McNally was to set one light at a time when working with multiples. Absolutely true. First dialed in the internal light (wanting a glow from the eyes and mouth but still detail), then the softbox (to light the exterior, with the angle from above highlighting the texture of the skin). Both manual mode - so nothing is jumping around as I re-frame. As for camera settings - also manual, with goal to nuke the ambient light so all I'm getting is The Great Pumpkin peering out from the darkness. ISO 200, 1/250th second max sync speed, and f/16. RAW file developed in Lightroom, then fine-tuned with Nik Software's amazing <a href="http://www.lastolite.com/ezybox-hotshoe.php" target="_blank">Color Efex Pro 4</a>. </span></div>
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JayMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214346062750111011noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573585175477088466.post-80486410979023386552012-10-02T21:15:00.003-05:002012-10-02T21:15:41.347-05:00Legends of the Fall Part II<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last week I was engaged in meetings at our corporate head office in beautiful Redmond, Washington. I love the Pacific Northwest, at least when the weather is cooperating. And this trip was no exception. Colors were vivid and are only going to get crazier over the coming weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As is usually the case on these junkets there was little free time. But I did manage to get out for some air with the 'cam in tow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enjoyed shooting some vivid early autumn colors this weekend. To my eyes it seems that we've had a longer shake at this than normal; usually the leaves drop soon after they turn resulting in a fairly bleak pre-winter landscape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not so this year. Or maybe I'm just paying attention this time out. Had me stopping the car along the side of the road to shoot across the river for a little Seasonal Rorschach action...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And another traffic stop - this time on the way to the arena for the now seasonally-ubiquitous ringette practices. Had to pull over and snap these. An odd combination on the download with sports action soon to follow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Was a great way to enjoy some beautiful weekend weather that can turn ugly in a heartbeat this time of year.</span></div>
JayMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214346062750111011noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573585175477088466.post-90401560931347279422012-09-16T12:46:00.000-05:002012-09-16T12:48:55.718-05:00No Balls <p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'></p><p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'><font face='TrebuchetMS' >Gotta enjoy comedy whenever and wherever it presents itself.<br></font></p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='center' style='clear:both;'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoJLkUINk4y8xxBdjfDwU6kbz3y0E_nsgisjTFHRvQmduEnHG4eE_0ea7TeO0InQQwo2fL5UgRHRz0K-7j6pZPGE8bGw3OGrbLeULUMDedV2yLhJdNk8qCMScE0cjM0DbfIUpPbRMXjE/'></div></p>JayMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214346062750111011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573585175477088466.post-74946470542018410412012-09-11T22:43:00.001-05:002012-09-11T22:43:33.916-05:00More Power<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Below is a small gallery of images. Why black & white? For starters, everyone else saw color; this offers a more distinct look. Secondly, it gave me more liberties in processing to bring out tones and textures that would like like an acid trip if left in color. Third, they make for a more unified set in this format. I just rolled off my last print of this series and they look quite nice together. I may revisit some of these au naturale in the future but for right now I like them Chromatically Challenged.</span></div>
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