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White ballance nightmare Photo on Jan 28, 2009
Or artistically interesting. I shot a bunch of these in Calgary by 9st SW, really long exposures (I don't remember what time of night it was). I don't know that I learned much about photography back then, but you probably have to burn out at least one camera to start to get better.
Of nothing in particular Photo on Jan 28, 2009
This is just some random picture. Why upload it? I don't really know. I must be bored.
Another cat Photo on Jan 28, 2009
Actually, the same cat. This one turned out artistically interesting. The problem with point-and-shoot cameras (that most people don't realize) is the aperature is so small, that low-light shooting becomes next-to-impossible, and depth-of-field the same.
But every once in a while a low-light kinda turns out neat.
Nawichaywagun Photo on Jan 28, 2009
I probably spelled it wrong. Nawichaywagun is supposed to be cree for 'friend' or 'partner'. This was a wedding gift to my friend Terran.
Skye again Photo on Jan 28, 2009
I think this was taken outside at Warren's place. We had just gotten the camera.
A man Photo on Jan 28, 2009
I took this in Calgary years ago with the old Olympus camera. I was standing outside the FutureShop just south of Chinook Center. It turned out kinda neat.
Swimming with Mum Photo on Jan 28, 2009
We used to go to the Sundre Pool a lot, and we took James down there once or twice. He was just fascinated by the water coming off the waterslide.
The Butterfly Photo on Nov 20, 2008
I got lucky with this shot, the butterfly was just out behind the shed by the cabin, and at the top of the gulley, so I got the dark shadow in behind him. I used this photo on the Burntstick Lake Resort website
By the beach Photo on Nov 20, 2008
The rains in a couple short days caused a lot of the soil by the beach to wash out. Not a fantastic photo, I guess I just wanted to keep it. I know, I'm a digital packrat.
After the flood Photo on Nov 20, 2008
The lake was still up a bit, and I think the rain had filled this canoe with water. I just thought it was a neat picture.
Butterfly Photo on Nov 20, 2008
Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a picture of a butterfly up close? I chased this dumb thing for a half hour.
The Longhouse Photo on Nov 20, 2008
Kindof a neat photo. The Olympus never shot as wide as I would have liked, so I always felt like my results were mediocre. Live and learn, and buy nicer cameras :)
The Yard Photo on Nov 20, 2008
The yard up top used to be set up for youth camps. We took the tarps down now, the snow got the best of them, but the longhouse still stands.
James River flood Photo on Nov 19, 2008
Same flood, same year, this is 15 miles south, at the James river bridge on the way to Sundre from Burntstick. You can tell we're in the high-class part of Redneck County coz the sign only has 5 bullet holes.
Raven flood 3 Photo on Nov 19, 2008
Here is a shot of a sign. The camera aperature is tiny (I didn't really get it at the time) so the photo is a bit blurry (slow exposure). There is easily 8" of water over the bridge.
Raven flood 1 Photo on Nov 19, 2008
We had an awesome flood a couple years ago, the Clearwater and Raven flooded pretty bad. This was taken at the Ricinus campground, the owner is moving trailers out of the campground with his tractor.
Wait, do that again! Photo on Nov 19, 2008
Darrell gave me this dumb pose, but I wasn't ready. I said, "Wait! Do that again..." and he did! Hahaha! "That better not end up on the website..." And it did
Typical Warren Photo on Nov 19, 2008
It's a good thing we're not wasting actual film. Coz this kind of stuff goes on a lot.
Candid fun Photo on Nov 19, 2008
Same day as the last pic in the album, Skye hauling one of the kids around.
Family get-together Photo on Nov 19, 2008
I think this was 3 years ago, but I can't be certain, there's no date saved with the photo.
Flora-ish Photo on Nov 19, 2008
I think I was just liking the color green at the time. This is in Nelson, and we don't have this particular tree in Alberta. I don't know what it is really, but it sure is green.
Old Building Photo on Nov 19, 2008
I think this is in Nelson, I like old buildings, and I like signs.
Nelson street Photo on Nov 19, 2008
I kinda like this shot. The camera is a piece of crap, but every once in a while it spits out something that's not too hard to look at. Color's off but composition is ok.
Nelson signs Photo on Nov 19, 2008
Again, I think this is Baker Street in Nelson. I just like signs.
Neat Sunset Photo on Nov 19, 2008
This is another sunset at Burnstick Lake. My only regret is that up in the yard I have to shoot over the trees and can't get a clear shot of the horizon. Otherwise, it's still an impressive sight.
Baker Street (I think) Photo on Nov 19, 2008
Shot in Nelson, BC. Just a nice place to take pictures.
Gopher ...coffee Photo on Nov 19, 2008
This was shot at the drive-thru at Tim Hortons in Rocky. He's got different colors than most of the field gophers I see.
Rabbit parts Photo on Nov 19, 2008
Evidence of 2 things: a) the cat ate a rabbit. b) my wife had the camera.
Lake Road Mud Photo on Nov 19, 2008
I think Darrell and I were hauling back an elk and a quad in the trailer behind the Jeep, and they were redoing the Burnstick Lake Road for paving the next spring, and the whole thing was like 5" of gooey clay. I really didn't think we were going to make it up the spring hill (the hill ahead in the picture)
A mountain Photo on Nov 19, 2008
Darrell, Phil, and Warren went out hunting for elk by Jackfish a couple years ago. From their camping spot you could see the mountains. Makes me wish I had better equipment back then, but still nice to look at.
Future Politician Photo on Nov 19, 2008
I see either a future politician in this boy, or a car salesman. Hmm, should I warn Warren now?
BLR Sunset Photo on Nov 19, 2008
I wish I knew then the things I know about photography now. I would have snapped a full 360 on this one. I'm looking north here at Burntstick (up in the yard). We get some awesome sunsets there in the summer.
A Sign Photo on Nov 19, 2008
Did I mention we have a morbid fascination with signs? This isn't even a good one, yet we have a picture of it. Someone should take our camera away...like the camera police...ya.
Proof! Proof I say! Photo on Nov 19, 2008
Whenever Dan comes to Alberta, we need to ensure there was proof of his visit. This proof also includes proof of his mother's visit :) Thank goodness it's blurry, I appear to have a dumb look on my face.
A dead rodent Photo on Nov 19, 2008
Now this one I can pin on my wife. Not the death of the rodent, that was the cat. The picture I mean. Why post a dead rodent to my website? To answer that, we have to first ask: why take a picture of a dead rodent to begin with? To answer THAT, you'll have to ask my wife...
Butterfly Photo on Nov 19, 2008
I don't remember taking a picture of this either. I could probably pin this on my wife. Why should she stop at 3000 photos of the cat? :P
Lamp? Photo on Nov 19, 2008
I think this was in Nelson. Looking back, I can see how I was learning framing and composition, etc. Let's hope my photography is getting better...
Young grasshoppa Photo on Nov 19, 2008
I don't remember taking this. Too bad it's out of focus, could have been a nice pic. (now that I look again, I think it's just a little soft)
Stairs on the farm Photo on Nov 19, 2008
Same trip to nelson, I was trying to focus on the stairs behind the tree.
More flowers Photo on Nov 19, 2008
I really didn't think I took this many flower pictures. I guess I like flowers.
Indi Photo on Nov 19, 2008
My friend's little girl a few years ago when I was visiting. Kindof a blaire witch feel...
Flowers Photo on Nov 19, 2008
I forget what kind of flowers they were, I just liked them, they're quite pretty.
Fruit farm again Photo on Nov 19, 2008
Same fruit farm. I have a whole bunch of these I just need to put somewhere. Nothing really special about it, just filler.
Fruit farm in BC Photo on Nov 19, 2008
Just some random shot at a fruit farm near Ainsworth Hot Springs. I was on vacation in Nelson at the time visiting my friend Terran, and I had my little olympus camera along with me. A person just gets desperate to shoot pictures I think, and being on 'vacation' just kinda justifies the trigger finger.
Sleepover at grandpa's Photo on Nov 19, 2008
This is from a while ago. Every once in a while I see the grandparents come up with this idea, "let's have the grandkids stay over for the night". It's usually a full year before they get the same idea again...
Stairs in Nelson Photo on Nov 16, 2008
Hmmm. Nelson is built on a hill. More like a mountain, really. Dunno why I took this, sometimes it's strange what one will do when one has a camera.
The Bionic Man Photo on Nov 16, 2008
This came out of an issue of Popular Science, and I couldn't really believe what I was reading at the time. I had to take a picture of it. You can read the original article here.
Building in Nelson Photo on Nov 15, 2008
This place I think used to be a church in Nelson, and was sold to these folks a couple years ago. I think they were turning it into a restaurant or something (it was a couple years ago).
Perch at Burntstick Photo on Nov 15, 2008
I don't remember when I took this, the perch in the spring are plentiful. This was taken right off the dock. Nothing spectacular about it, I just like the fish.
Salt lamp HDR Photo on Oct 21, 2008
This is an actual bracketed image converted to HDR and tonemapped with Photomatix (highly recommended). The image was a test, normally a long exposure would give the room a proper exposure and blow out the salt lamp, but the hdr revealed the detail nicely.
Not exceptional but still fun :)
Fun with clouds Photo on Oct 21, 2008
This is a bit of a pseudo-hdr conversion done with lightroom. I've described the technique on another photo, and was just trying it out again.
Grass Photo on Oct 21, 2008
...the legal kind. I'd never had wide-angle capabilities before, so I was just kinda playing around. I think it's a fun photo.
Bull elk Photo on Oct 20, 2008
That's just how talented I am :) I toiled in the wild for days until I encountered a picture-perfect herd of bull elk, and then charmed them into posing for me. Actually I trespassed across half of some dude's field and poked my 55mm lens through the mesh of the fence. The shot turned out ok though :)
Nice horizon Photo on Oct 20, 2008
This was taken on the first day I got the 30D. I think I tried an HDR conversion on this at some point, but without the high global contrast, it lost some of it's dramatic appeal.
Losers unite! Photo on Oct 20, 2008
There should be a law against some people getting together... :)
My first picture Photo on Oct 20, 2008
This is the first image I took when we got the Canon 30D. When you have a new camera, you are desperate for something to take a picture of. In some cases (as is evident in this picture), you don't need anything at all to shoot at. Just pull the trigger...
Nasty cloud Photo on Oct 20, 2008
This is a panorama from my olympus that I shot out by Horberg, 20 minutes west of Rocky Mountain House. We get fun storms out that way :)
Downtown Calgary Photo on Oct 20, 2008
...at night. I would have killed for a decent camera. The olympus did well, but it was far from pro. Everyone's gotta start somewhere :)
Blur on a bike Photo on Oct 20, 2008
For some reason I have about 300 blurry photos taken in calgary at night. You know, the 'experimental' kind where it's odd streaks of tail lights in some organic fashion, indicative of a camera that is unable to capture anything less than blurry at night, and equally indicative of a human who is completely unable to hold the camera still in a moving vehicle at exposure times of more than a half second? Ya, that kind of photo. (I hope you're picking up the sarcasm here, I really have a lot of blurry photos from this particular 'shoot').
Anyway, as chance would have it, every once in a while you get some random 'interesting' photo from one of those blurry photo shoots. If you can't tell, (you know coz it is slightly blurry), it's a dude on a bike :)
The world at my fingertips Photo on Oct 20, 2008
I did this years ago for a little flash project. I actually animated the globe in flash (but I can't find it now). This I think was my first composition ever. I did all the highlights and shadows on and around the globe manually. Considering I'm not an artist, I think it turned out relatively convincing.
Cat in truck Photo on Oct 20, 2008
I open the door, and there's the c.a.t. I think cats naturally emit some kind of pheromone that causes humans to become stupid and reach for the camera.
Then I think, "I wonder how many millions of feet of film were spent on cats?"
Funny duck Photo on Oct 20, 2008
I looked up this funny duck in the bird book at the lake. I can't remember what he is. Same colors as a common loon, but shaped like a duck. They make funny noises and fly funny so I call them 'funny ducks'.
Sisters Photo on Oct 20, 2008
Beautiful Burntstick Photo on Oct 20, 2008
This photo is taken on the way to the summer village. I had to stop and shoot a couple, the colors are amazing.
Gotta love Burntstick Lake. :)
Ant war Photo on Oct 20, 2008
Now this is an interesting photo. I took this a couple years ago, we were at the gravel pit by James River collecting bearberry. I look down and there is a miniature war happening on this rock, in fact, the rock in the picture is the exact convergence point of one set of black ants, and one set of red ants. I sat there for about 10 minutes and watched them battle it out, it was fascinating. Before we left (a bit later) I checked, and the front of the battle was still on that rock.
Deer in the headlights Photo on Oct 20, 2008
She's got this: "They're making me eat salad..." look on her face. I took the picture for proof that she ate salad.
Kane's birthday cake Photo on Oct 20, 2008
What's more fun than having the nephew's birthday at Burntstick? Letting him cut his own cake :)
Cat in a box Photo on Oct 20, 2008
Cats always do dumb things. Dumb humans always take pictures of them. Btw, this is the dog's box...
Abba still sucks Photo on Oct 20, 2008
I laughed when I saw this bumber sticker. This was taken on Bowen Island.
A dusty road Photo on Oct 20, 2008
Nothing really special about this photo. It is taken facing west towards the Dovercourt Hall, in the evening. The backlit poplar trees give a neat green color, adding to the interesting contrast.
Imma rednick Photo on Oct 20, 2008
This was at one of the boys' birthday parties. Billy gets out the twangbox.
Hmmm Photo on Oct 20, 2008
Again, one of those pictures I'm not sure why I took. I have a bit of a fascination with signs. I believe this was in Calgary. Otherwise there is nothing spectacu
Cutting buffalo Photo on Oct 20, 2008
Some handsome fellow cutting up one really old buffalo. I could have crawled into his ribcage.
Bowen causeway Photo on Oct 20, 2008
Here is another shot of the causeway. I took a lot of pictures in Bowen, it's one of those places that's really easy to photograph.
Bowen causeway Photo on Oct 20, 2008
Another picture of the Bowen Island causeway. Actually, it supports the majority of the island's foot traffic.
Killer swan Photo on Oct 20, 2008
The causeway on Bowen Island separates this little bit of water from the Pacific. The swan in this picture is quite lovely, but it's actually the cause (or was at the time) of some controversy. See, it liked to attack people...
Causeway Photo on Oct 20, 2008
I went to visit my good friend Terran on Bowen Island. It's a nice place to take pictures. I notice now it's hard to tell what's in focus through a little digital camera view-finder. I'm not even sure that I took this with the Olympus, but it was in the collection, so I'll put the Bowen photos here anyway.
Pups Photo on Oct 20, 2008
Another photo I took with the Olympus. Billy had a couple pups at one point. They were really cute, but about as dumb as dumb gets.
Deer in the evening Photo on Oct 20, 2008
Nothing particularly special about this photo, I just like the colors. This appears to be just south of Dovercourt. At first I though this was a morning shot, but I'm certain the sun is setting here.
WTF? Photo on Oct 20, 2008
I took this photo in Chinook Center in Calgary, the movie The Incredibles had just come out. I don't know why I took the picture, it's funny what you'll do when you have a camera.
Guitars Photo on Oct 20, 2008
Promo pic for the Band Marye. I believe all of these guitars belong to Kyle, and they represent only a small contribution to his full collection.
I have about that many video games :)
Cover Photo on Oct 20, 2008
Promo photo for the Band Marye. This was the 'coming soon' image for our website for a while. It's actually my chin...
Tom Photo on Oct 20, 2008
Promo pic for the Band Marye. Tom now plays for Euphoria based in Rocky Mountain House.
Kyle Photo on Oct 20, 2008
Promo photo for Marye. Kyle now plays for Euphoria out of Rocky Mountain House.
Pillar Restaurant HDR Photo on Oct 11, 2008
I did quite a few shots in this restaurant a while back, specifically with tonemapping in mind (woodgrain is so much fun). More coming soon, check out the HDR album for some more fun shots.
Raven River Faux HDR Photo on Oct 11, 2008
This is another one I banged together in about 1 minute in Lightroom, (loosely) using the technique described here. Here is the extreme HDR, and the original. Not bad really, for a tiny effort.
Raven River Original Photo on Oct 11, 2008
Here is the original Raven River image. You can see the (extreme) HDR version here, and the Lightroom Faux HDR here
Raven River HDR Photo on Oct 11, 2008
I took this photo to the extreme. There are a lot of unnatural artifacts and coloring, but it's still kinda fun. The original is quite bland in comparison. There is a mock HDR done in Lightroom here.
Readin on the potty Photo on Oct 10, 2008
Skye yells at me (I'm in the office), "AARON, GET THE CAMERA!" :)
So I come running in and my son is sitting on his potty having a little read. Not the newspaper though..."Tigers at the zoo"
Hang on tight Photo on Oct 10, 2008
If you look really closely, you can see the person in the front seat is my wife. In the seemingly empty seat beside her is my daughter, and directly behind them is Dan. :)
Color Temperature fun Photo on Oct 10, 2008
In this shot, the white balance setting was close to daytime, so the incandescent lights look really warm, but the tank lights go deep blue. This was shot in Warren's living room, I'm holding the camera on the step for a decent exposure (I think it was 15 seconds or something).
[edit]Haha, I was wrong, it was a half-second exposure...[/edit]
Proof that Dan was in Alberta Photo on Oct 10, 2008
Hehe, eventually, Dan, I will get through my GAZILLIONS of photos and the whole world will know for once and for all that you were in fact IN Alberta... and... AND! not only that, you were in FACT wearing a cowdan hat! o0
Social Outlooks Inc. Photo on Oct 10, 2008
A design I did for a client and friend of mine a number of years back. The site was originally implemented in Joomla (I don't recommend it).
VAFCS Kiosk Photo on Oct 10, 2008
We (Terran and I) designed and published a kiosk application for the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society a few years back. I designed and coded the interface in Flash 8 at the time, and as far as I know, the application is still serving their Friendship Centre today. Terran sent me pictures of it when he visited out there, I'll have to dig them up.
The image is actually 2 screens, the starter screen (on top) and the calendar (below).
Skye Photo on Oct 10, 2008
I took this picture of Skye with my old Olympus c720 (I don't even know what we did with it now) out on the back deck of the cabin at burntstick. The exposure range in the image was such that it was very easy to isolate just her face without too much work, and then it just seemed that a monochrome filter was the next obvious step.
Marye Poster Photo on Oct 10, 2008
I made this poster in Lightwave for an old band I was in years ago. Makes me wonder how puffin is doing out on the coast...
Old BLR Site Photo on Oct 10, 2008
I put together a collection of site designs I had done quite a while ago and had them printed, this is a comp of the old Burntstick Lake Resort site I did in flash (waaaay back).
Standing boy Photo on Oct 08, 2008
We took this photo last week, it's the first time James stood holding onto a table or anything (kinda) by himself :)
Faces in the mountain Photo on Sep 27, 2008
The terrain where we were picking is quite nasty, the shale slips and slides under your feet, and most of the plates we are walking on weight anywhere from 20 to 200 pounds. Anyway, there are almost some faces in this shot.
A nice find Photo on Sep 27, 2008
Darrel and Warren with a nice specimen. I believe this pelecypod is called inoceramus
Little mushroom Photo on Sep 27, 2008
I shot this little mushroom on the forest floor, it's about as tall as a quarter, but I don't think as tall as a loonie. I took this a little underexposed to get the sun dapple in the background without blowing it out.
Burntstick Lake Road Photo on Sep 24, 2008
I shot this I think the same day as the Clearwater picture, I was playing a lot with HDR images, seeing how the Canon was brand new to us, and shot in Camera RAW format. I haven't done a lot with HDRs since then, but what I have done is fun. :)
Clearwater River Photo on Sep 24, 2008
I took this one in the summer last year just after we got the camera. I could see some little fish swimming around the rocks just below me, but I couldn't find them in this picture.
This is shot with the stock lens that comes with the 30D, the EF-S 18-55mm, and some aberrations are very clear around the treetops when the localized contrast is pushed a bit.
On the potty Photo on Sep 24, 2008
Skye has been pottying James for a few months now, and only misses a few pees from time to time. Sticking out his tongue is a new thing as his 2 bottom front teeth just started making an appearance yesterday.
Smile, kids Photo on Sep 23, 2008
Blaire can hold up James for about 30 seconds, and then she gets tired :) We took him to Sundre for his 5 month checkup yesterday, and he is just over 19 pounds, and 28" tall.
Used to be "this tall" Photo on Sep 23, 2008
I was taking pictures of the kids the other day, Blaire was saying, "I remember when he used to be this tall..." and I thought, "I remember when you were about that tall" :)
What's up papa? Photo on Sep 23, 2008
Haha, my boy playing with his blocks. I like the 50mm lens, it really forces focus on the subject at the large aperature.
Sleeping like a baby Photo on Sep 23, 2008
It's hard to resist the urge to take pictures of your children, especially when they're so cute...
How many bylaws do you have? Photo on Sep 23, 2008
I wasn't going to take a picture of this sign, but I turned around and went back to photograph it. My first thought when I looked at it was, "how many bylaws do you guys have?".
Probably too many.
Random plant Photo on Sep 23, 2008
I always like this color in the fall. I have another picture just like it (I'll have to find it)
No exit Photo on Sep 23, 2008
There's just something neat about photographing signs. I took a number of shots of this one with the 50mm f/1.4 to try and get the right shot. I love shooting with the 50mm, it always delivers.
A street Photo on Sep 23, 2008
I took the 30D to Sundre the other day when Skye had her breastfeeding group at the clinic. I figured I would just run around and shoot some pictures. As soon as we came around the corner, I liked the color in the trees, so I thought I'd try to capture it.
Fridge magnet masterpiece Photo on Sep 23, 2008
Blaire comes to stay with us every other weekend, and maybe I never notice until after she leaves, but there is almost always a new creation on the fridge door :)