Tag: architecture
Posted on September 12, 2013
by Lumens Borealis
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Derelict farm buildings and an unused field on the road home, near Valleyview, Alberta. Listening to – Concrete Blonde and ‘I Don’t Need a Hero.’ Quote to Inspire – “I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed.” – Garry Winogrand
Category: Barn, Best Practices - Photography, Canon 60D, Canon 70-200 mm 2.8 IS L Series Lens, Canon Camera, Canon Lens, Canon Live View, Farm, High Dynamic Range (HDR), Home, Homestead, Photoblog Intention, Photography & Conceptualizing Beauty, Project 365 - Photo-a-day, Still Life, SummerTags: architecture, environment, illustration
Posted on February 27, 2013
by Lumens Borealis
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Of all reasons to take up photography, the most significant and most poignant is to draw together memory of home. Edmonton’s Skyline from the southeast, from Strathearn Drive is the strongest memory I have of Edmonton. My grandparents’ last Edmonton home was on Strathearn… Continue Reading “Edmonton – Freshly Green in June”
Category: Best Practices - Photography, Canon 30D, Canon Camera, Canon Lens, Journaling, Lookback Photos - One Year Ago, Photoblog Intention, Photography & Conceptualizing Beauty, Project 365 - Photo-a-day, Season, Spring, Still Life, WeatherTags: architecture, nature, outdoors, transportation
Posted on January 16, 2013
by Lumens Borealis
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Metallic spheres are jumbled into a pile in an architectural or sculptural masterpiece on the east side of the southern end of Edmonton’s Quesnel bridge, a marvel … the kind you would expect to find near or under Seattle’s Space Needle. What surprised me… Continue Reading “Spherical Pile”
Posted on December 4, 2012
by Lumens Borealis
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At night, light and shadow reveal girder and rivet patterning along the High Level Bridge, a bridge that connects the north bank high above the North Saskatchewan River at the Alberta Legislature ground site to the south bank – an area that becomes entrance… Continue Reading “Rivetting – Edmonton’s High Level Bridge”
Category: Best Practices - Photography, Canon 50mm, Canon Camera, Canon Lens, Canon Live View, Home, Journaling, Light Intensity, Lookback Photos - One Year Ago, Night, Photoblog Intention, Photography & Conceptualizing Beauty, Prime Lens, Project 365 - Photo-a-day, Vehicle, WinterTags: architecture, climate, nature, outdoors, transportation
Posted on April 12, 2012
by Lumens Borealis
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Street photography is something described as an audit of an environment that the photographer places him- or herself in. What’s there? What’s around you? What’s happening? All are questions that receive answer within the images produced and the street’s narrative is built and understood.… Continue Reading “By Way of Participation”
Category: Best Practices - Photography, Canon 60D, Canon Camera, Canon Lens, Light Intensity, Night, Photography & Conceptualizing Beauty, Project 365 - Photo-a-day, Spring, Still LifeTags: architecture, arts, cars, darlene hildebrand, transportation, travel
Posted on April 11, 2012
by Lumens Borealis
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The term ‘grunge’ is something I associate with a photographic style in which elegance of form can be sussed out underneath evidence of decay; the elegance and the decay together are, in their juxtaposition, a thing of beauty. Grunge is also a Seattle term… Continue Reading “Elegant Grunge”
Category: Best Practices - Photography, Canon 60D, Canon Camera, Canon Lens, Light Intensity, Photography & Conceptualizing Beauty, Project 365 - Photo-a-day, Season, Spring, Still LifeTags: alternative rock music, architecture, arts, david alan harvey, illustration, seattle underground tour
Posted on March 11, 2012
by Lumens Borealis
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Sunday – photographs that I’d intended to post linger on my computer’s desktop in a file of edited images. The week has been busy with obligations taking me into my nights. The first image is one of a barn located in a muskeg bog,… Continue Reading “B-Sides, Photographs that Linger”
Category: Barn, Best Practices - Photography, Canon 60D, Canon 70-200 mm 2.8 IS L Series Lens, Canon Camera, Canon Lens, Canon Live View, Farm, Farmhouse, High Dynamic Range (HDR), Home, Homestead, Light Intensity, Photoblog Intention, Photography & Conceptualizing Beauty, Project 365 - Photo-a-day, Spring, Still Life, WinterTags: architecture, arts, nature, outdoors, travel, vacation
Posted on March 2, 2012
by Lumens Borealis
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A Craft and Vision e-book entitled Creating Depth disclosed some of the subtleties of creating depth in an image. One area of tradecraft considered in creating depth was the matter of choosing perspective that allows the viewer to glean visual information in the three… Continue Reading “Depth Tradecraft”
