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 ...
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 ...
They say you shouldn’t dwell too much on ‘what-ifs’ but what if (see what I did there) we examined one for fun? Like those ‘if you were stranded on a desert island with only one book or one song’ kind of ‘what-ifs’, what if you could only photograph one subject from now on; what would ...
Most days never turn out like you expect. When it comes to chasing the light accompanying storms that couldn’t be truer. The weather, like much of life, rarely turns out exactly as forecasted. I’m not a meteorologist by any stretch and I am in awe of those who are – weather forecasting is like trying ...
Making photographs is, among a variety of things, a means to memorialize certain events; events that we personally deem worthy and will want to recall at some time in the future. Photographs can also help show others what was happening at the event. The photograph won’t quite capture the event as completely as ...
That’s the the bay of Cassis, France. It’s a beautiful area. The geography of the place is dynamic, with fabulous ochre-coloured calanques – narrow, steep-walled inlets – that make for some wonderful scenery along the coast. I wanted to include this one in my Atmosphere images but it was shot with a ...