In My Back Pocket - Photography
'It is not what you look at that matters. It's what you see.' – Henry David Thoreau
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That Sedan & Professor Keating
Away from home, tasks requiring completion fly me southward to Edmonton, Alberta, Friday, one week ago today. My Sunday is a day-long, northward return trek home with my Canon 60D. In my first years as a teacher, an elder’s coaching presented the predicament of… Continue Reading “That Sedan & Professor Keating”
Dusk’s Golden Hour
Within a busy week opportunity for travel along former routes of home permits departure from the whirring, buzzing, routinized rhythm and press of town Life. An hour upon the road gathers me to others and I listen and we talk, good, informing chatter. The… Continue Reading “Dusk’s Golden Hour”
The Art that Food ‘Is’ …
My daughter misses her brother who’s away at University. As the baker in our family and as someone who’s grown up with stories of and experiences with a grandmother who’s practiced and creative flare showed through her tasty dishes upon her dining room table,… Continue Reading “The Art that Food ‘Is’ …”
A Moody Change in Winter Weather
On Thursday evening, the temperature in High Level, Alberta dropped from -10C to -20C+. The moisture in the air transitioned to noticeable fog and then crystallized on physical objects producing a beautiful array of hoarfrost on trees, buildings and fences throughout the town. I… Continue Reading “A Moody Change in Winter Weather”
Images from the Journey Home
On Monday, January 2, 2012, my daughter and I drove from Edmonton and returned to High Level, concluding our Christmas visit with family. Opportunities for photographs were available throughout the drive; and, as with any travel that combines photography with moving towards a destination… Continue Reading “Images from the Journey Home”
Christmas Eve – A Kitchen in Readiness for Celebrating Christmas
24 December 2011 – On the afternoon preceding Christmas eve, in scrubbing our kitchen floor, my wife and I moved several wine bottles from the floor to our kitchen counter. Later, a ham cooked in an old, well-used roasting pot (in my wife’s family… Continue Reading “Christmas Eve – A Kitchen in Readiness for Celebrating Christmas”
Against a Reflective Surface – Christmas Lights
Leaving school, against the blackness of night, I encountered beautiful hoarfrost on an Aspen Willow tree – a reverse silhouette (white against black). I started my pickup truck and used the engine’s warm-up time to explore the silhouetted Willow. Again, the camera is atop… Continue Reading “Against a Reflective Surface – Christmas Lights”
