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Snow – Week 20, 50 Projects

Winter arrived early in Victoria. My project theme was given to me by mother nature. I went out with my camera on Saturday morning before the wedding to capture the snow. Since I like details, I focused things touched by snow. Photographing snow is a bit tricky. The bright white tricks the camera’s metering system…

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In Isolation – Week 12, 50 Projects

A common technique to create striking images is to isolate a single element of a subject or scene to draw attention to it. This is often done using a shallow depth of field (DOF) to throw the background out of focus so the main subject is the centre of attention. This is technically called differential…

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Brooke - I love these! What project are you doing?? Is it a book? Nice work and you definately achieved the dreamy look!

Danelle - Hey! I actually looked at these photos yesterday, then I spotted them at Sweet Shot Tuesday. These are amazing pictures. Now I really want a macro lens!

Katie L. - Wow!! I especially love the first shot…dreamy indeed!

Sheri - Wow, great focus. I have a hard time getting to close, I suddenly lose ALL focus. Need to learn some techniques on that.

Here’s mine

Repeat After Me – Week 9, 50 Projects

We spent this past weekend in Tofino. What a spectacular place! I don’t know why we don’t visit there more often. I had planned to make this week’s project about sunrise and sunsets. However, thanks to Tofino fog, I had a rapid change of plans. For the better, I think. We went down to Long…

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Deanna - Thanks, everyone. Tofino is such an amazing place. I took way too many photos, but with such an incredible backdrop, I couldn’t help myself.

Maria MacDonald - Contemplative and serene feeling in these shots. Good choices in the setups and a good balance of human to landscape, or seascape. Thank you for sharing these lovely images.

Emily Gooch - Nice images… I especially like the reflection on the sand shots.

Lara Eichhorn - Nice work. Love the foggy shots.

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