melissa mcclelland

Witness Early

Best Practices - Photography, Canon 60D, Canon 70-200 mm 2.8 IS L Series Lens, Canon Camera, Canon Lens, Canon Live View, Farm, Home, Homestead, Journaling, Photoblog Intention, Photography & Conceptualizing Beauty, Project 365 - Photo-a-day, Spring, Still Life, Sunrise
Cattails - Near Fort Vermilion Turnoff

Cattails – Near Fort Vermilion Turnoff

Homestead - Fort Vermilion, Alberta 1

Homestead – Fort Vermilion, Alberta 1

Homestead - Fort Vermilion, Alberta 2

Homestead – Fort Vermilion, Alberta 2

Homestead - Fort Vermilion, Alberta 3

Homestead – Fort Vermilion, Alberta 3

Peace River - Fort Vermilion, Alberta

Peace River – Fort Vermilion, Alberta

Peace River Beaver - Fort Vermilion, Alberta 1

Peace River Beaver – Fort Vermilion, Alberta 1

Peace River Beaver - Fort Vermilion, Alberta 2

Peace River Beaver – Fort Vermilion, Alberta 2

Peace River Beaver - Fort Vermilion, Alberta 3

Peace River Beaver – Fort Vermilion, Alberta 3

Peace River Sunrise - Fort Vermilion, Alberta

Peace River Sunrise – Fort Vermilion, Alberta

Up, earlier than sunrise, traveling, from High Level to Fort Vermilion … early, early morning to witness all that comprises sunrise – the Peace River looking east from Fort Vermilion at the newly risen sun, a beaver marking territory, a Buttertown homestead and cattails coloured in spring splendor.

Listening to – Robbie Robertson’s ‘Sweet Fire of Love,’ Lucinda William’s ‘Concrete and Barbed Wire,’ Melissa McClelland’s ‘Brake,’ Bryan Ferry’s ‘Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues’ and Ryan Adams’ ‘Hotel Chelsea Nights.’

Quote to Inspire – “Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.” – Anonymous

First Light’s Drama Reflected Earthward

Canon 60D, Light Intensity, Photography & Conceptualizing Beauty, Project 365 - Photo-a-day, School, Sunrise, Vehicle, Weather, Winter

Thursday was a photographer’s morning. A warm change in weather brought colourful, early morning, sustained, sky drama of first light reflected earthward among clouds. Entering school, I set-up my camera, deposited my camera bag and moved out our east doors to click and capture the following images.

Today, being considered is a newer used vehicle. With one household vehicle being all-wheel drive, a fuel-efficient car might be smart (perhaps a VW Golf or Passat). Another consideration would involve spending a minimum of money on a vehicle that is 4×4 and wouldn’t be too much of a loss if it were to break down; here, I’ve owned three early 90s Nissan Pathfinders and they worked for me along the corduroy roads in and out of Wood Buffalo National Park through six years. And, in the back of my mind is the surety I encountered driving a Chevrolet, 2500 series, manual transmission with 4×4 in a snow storm travelling down Alberta Highway 63 from Fort McMurray to Edmonton early-on in the 90s. The overall sensible choice may be a 1999 Toyota 4 Runner with 309000 km that should run for a few more 100000km and can be purchased in a private sale in Peace River.  This vehicle should provide safe travel in and out of 4×4 throughout all seasons, no matter who was driving it.  It would hold the road well.

Listening to Canadian Melissa McClelland sing Victoria Day (April Showers and May Flowers) from her album of the same name.  Other songs standing out this morning have been Snow Patrol’s Lifeboats, Ray Lamontagne’s I Still Care for You and For the Summer.  Jack White has featured among the Raconteurs in Steady as She Goes.

Quote to Inspire – “Light glorifies everything. It transforms and ennobles the most commonplace and ordinary subjects. The object is nothing, light is everything.” — Leonard Missone