Well, winter is officially here. I guess. Traditionally, there have been a variety of ways to mark the start of the winter season here in Ontario. December 1st is the start of ‘meteorological’ winter – the months of December, January, and February marking the frigid quarter of the year. December 21st of ...
I’ve been watching the wind course through the trees on our property. There’s only half the usual leaves left on the trees at this point; the hard frost we got a couple nights back forced many to give up on their high purchase and descend to cover anything underneath the canopy – our neighbour’s ...
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Late September and I really should be…shooting fall colours. The severe storms of summer are migrating south – ending a rather busy season (32 tornadoes in Ontario this summer). The autumn palette is being mixed as we speak (fire up the warm tones) and tonight we actually have our first frost warnings of fall. In ...
Abstract visual art often throws a lot of people. Many say things like “I don’t get it”. But if given a choice between two abstract pieces of art with the direction to ‘pick the one that has more appeal for you’, many will see one as more appealing than another. They may not be able ...
Sheryl Crow is who I associate that line with. I’m sure others have said similar; ‘a change is as good as a break’ is one that gets thrown around a lot. But, because a line sounds cliche doesn’t mean there isn’t value in there. After months of socially distancing, a change might be most welcome. ...
July 2020 has been a busy month for storms in Southern Ontario. The province averages 12-13 tornadoes a year and – to date – we have had 23.
Many are the times when I have taken an image of something and then been disappointed by the result. When shooting with film was the norm, this sort of thing happened with (sadly) regularity for me. It was during those film shooting days when I realized it would be good if I could revisit a ...