Lately, I’ve taken a liking towards old, abandoned buildings for photography. Something about the history of the buildings, the old coloured wood, the rusty metal, usually in the midst of being reclaimed by nature that lends itself well to being photographed. I recently came across two buildings that somewhat fit that bill. The Austin Saw…
Driving home from Minden, Ontario the other day I passed a couple ponds on the side of the road and decided to stop and snap a couple shots. I couldn’t believe that ice had almost taken over a couple of the ponds, (2nd and 3rd shots). I wasn’t going for anything particular in these shots,…
I’ve finally thawed out enough to write this post. It was so cold. How cold was it? It was so cold, Tim Horton’s was serving coffee on a stick. Saturday morning the temperature was only about -3 degrees Celsius, but the wind was insane, making it feel more like -273 degrees Celsius. Anyways, this was…
Yesterday I went for a drive in search of some old abandoned places to photograph. I had heard of this run down barn and hay loft with over 40 rusty tractors spanning back to the 1920s, which I thought might be cool. However, when I arrived, there was a big fence and a no trespassing…
This is the third and final posting about my recent excursion to Millbrook with Pat Trudeau. Just behind the main street, sits the old mill. On the other side of the mill is a small pond illuminated by a nuclear powered light which lit up everything in a 50 mile radius and could probably be…
While walking around Millbrook on Tuesday night taking random photos, we came across a very interesting building. From the outside it looked abandoned, so we set up tripods and started getting our compositions ready, when two vehicles pulled up. A bunch of people jumped out and scurried into the building. So it wasn’t abandoned after…
Tuesday night, I headed with a friend down to Millbrook, Ontario to do some more night photography. “But Kevin, aren’t you tired of doing night photography?” Hellz no. I see it as a challenge, and I think the photos can be more dramatic than they would be in the daytime. So there. This will be…
Patrick: “Daddy, I will do that tomorning.” – Patrick (2012) Now, ‘tomorning’ is not a word, but I think it should be as it’s an efficient way of saying tomorrow morning. Brilliant!
Every so often, I’ll find some time to go back through old photos and see if there’s something I may have missed on my first pass. I find this to be a useful technique in training the eye to look at things differently. When going back over photos, I take the time to look around…
If you haven’t noticed, a lot of my recent posts have been of night photography. This is due to a couple factors such as the sun setting earlier, (obviously), and mostly due to the fact that I have a 3 year old. Once he goes to bed around 8pm, I’ve been taking off with the…
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