We went to Point Pelee last week with the hopes of seeing the migrating birds. We did see some, which I will post about next week. However, the best sighting we had was here at home. The day before going, we were visited by a pileated woodpecker. It was very accommodating, and let me have […]
When you want to practice taking photos of birds, one of the easiest places to do this could be in your own back yard near the bird feeder. Once your seeds are in the feeders, you can set up to catch some photos. Often the birds will fly into the area and sit on nearby […]
Last week we went to Minden, Ontario to look at the flooding there. While we were in the area, we went to the Gull River where the rapids are. The water was quite high as you can see in the two pictures below. You can usually walk beside the river and sit on the bench. […]
I had prepared this post before we had the flooding:Our spring has been pretty late coming this year. We were down to Scarborough last week, and they are much farther along than we are. Our daughter was busy planting pansies and an apple tree, so I thought I’d take some pictures of the pansies with […]
In the last couple of days, we’ve had a lot of flooding in our area. We live on Green Lake, and our boathouse has been destroyed. Several of my friends have asked to see pictures so I thought I would put them up on my blog as a special post.The first pictures are of our […]
I was taking some pictures this winter of some children blowing out candles. This was challenging, as I was hand-holding my camera and using my new 50 mm lens … and children don’t always stay very still. I’ve chosen my best ones to remind me how I did them. I shot the pictures in manual: […]
We still have some snow, and have been able to continue walking in the bush behind our place. When we were out for a walk, I was interested in seeing the milkweed pods and seeds that were up in the field. The white snow made a great background for them, and I wanted to try […]
Have you ever taken a photo and wondered what other things you could do with it? I experimented with some photos to see if I could use them on some bookmarks. The bookmarks may be used if I go into more family photography.This first photo was taken of two girls sitting in the snow watching […]
Tobogganing can be fun for everyone, and it can be fun to take photos. However, it isn’t always easy to do so. There are several things you have to take into account. You need to have a fast enough shutter speed, and you also need to make sure your aperture is small enough to pick […]
I was putting my 2012 scrapbook together this week (I know – I might be done by summer – I’m almost done), and I saw some of my practice sessions with my snoot. I had some willing models, which was good as they were very patient with me. It obviously takes awhile to learn how […]