Week Forty-Two: Fall

Week Forty-Two: October 15th- 21st (22nd), 2010

I do my best to find the beautify in fall, but often times, it just makes me sad. I'm the summer type.

A day late on this week's shot. Was hired for a new teaching position this week (and began the next day). Hooray!! But the side-effect is that I'll definitely have a lot less time to devote to this project for the next few weeks (but weeks 50-52 should be awesome, ha ha).

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.006 seconds (1/160)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO: 400

Week Forty-One Redux: Athéna

Week Forty-One Redux: October 8th- 14th, 2010

Statue in Parc Mont-Royal, Montreal.

I was really excited for my trip to Montreal last week not just to spend time with my best friend who moved away a few months ago, but also for the photographic opportunities new cities always present. I'm a little disappointed with how the later turned out: I didn't even take my camera out of the bag for the first few days, and even when I did during the last leg of the trip, I really didn't commit myself. Oh well. As much as I love this art form, I think there's a lot to be said with enjoying the moment and seeing with your eyes, not just through your lens. Although I wish I had more photos to show for my time in Montreal, I don't regret how I spent any of my time while I was there.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.002 seconds (1/500)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 75 mm
ISO: 100

Week Forty-One: Autumn Leaves

Week Forty-One: October 8th- 14th, 2010

Spending a few days in Montreal this month visiting a friend. The leaves in fall here cover a far broader spectrum than they do at home.

Uploading two shots this week for the 52 project to make up for one I lost a few months ago.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.04 seconds (1/25)
Aperture: f/22
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 800

Week Forty: Peacock

Week Forty: October 1st- 7th, 2010

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EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.05 seconds (1/20)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO: 800

Week Thirty-Nine: Through Glass

Week Thirty-Nine: September 24th- 30th (plus October 1st), 2010

One day past my deadline this week. No apologies though- I got called for an interview for Friday morning, so between juggling a conference I was attending Thursday night and preparing for the interview, I just didn't have the time. Of course, that could have been avoided if I hadn't waited until last minute, but whatever, ha ha.

My photos have seemed to take on a darker element the last few weeks. I kinda like it.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40x
Exposure: 0.033 seconds (1/30)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO: 1600

Week Thirty-Eight: Hydropole

Week Thirty-Eight: September 17th- 23rd, 2010

It was 11pm on Thursday- the night of my weekly deadline for the project- that I realized I didn't have a shot to publish yet this week. Considering I had a fever and an hour, I'm really happy with how this turned out.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.3 seconds
Aperture: f/4.2
Focal Length: 55mm
ISO: 1600

Week Thirty-Seven: The Crestliner

Week Thirty-Seven: September 10th- 16th, 2010

Our neighbors at the lake have this older boat- I would say from the 1960's judging by some of the logos on the trailer it sits on (I might upload one or two some time down the road). I've always meant to use it for this project somehow because it looks so cool, but I felt kind of strange just walking up to their boat and taking pictures. They haven't been at the lake a lot this year, and last weekend was my last time out there until next Spring so it was now or never. They weren't out anyway.

Half of the logo on this side of the boat is worn off- I'm trying to upload the logo from the other side so you can what it looks like in it's entirety.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.01 seconds (1/100)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO: 100

Week Thirty-Six: Statuesque... but actually a statue

Week Thirty-Six: September 3rd- 9th, 2010

Statue of a deer, part of my mom's favourite lamp in her living room. Of course, the harsh light coming from behind the lampshade made it difficult to get the dynamic range right- the antlers are far more exposed than the rest of the deer.

I'm behind on uploading again. This is the shot from two weeks ago- I'll upload week 37's photo in a couple of days.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.077 seconds (1/13)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 92 mm
ISO: 800

Week Thirty-Five: Bug Trails

Week Thirty-Five: August 27th- September 2nd, 2010

Not perfect and definitely bit more processing than I've been doing with this project, I basically desaturated the yellow tones because the leave on the trees, reflecting the light from the lamp, overpowered the light trails left from the months. They leaves were unavoidable because if I shifted my camera to the left or right even a little bit, the light from the lamp blew out the entire exposure.

Fun experiment though- if the bugs don't die with the fall weather too soon, I will try this type of thing again yet this year.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 5 seconds
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO: 400

Week Thirty-Four: Carwash

Week Thirty-Four: August 20th- 26th, 2010

These things used to scare the living shit out of of me when I was little. These days, I find something oddly cool about automatic carwashes.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.05 seconds (1/20)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO: 1600

Week Thirty-Three: Airplane

Week Thirty-Three: August 13th- 19th, 2010

First paper airplane I've ever actually made (weird, right?). It doesn't fly very well, ha ha.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: o.o77 seconds (1/13)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 38 mm
ISO: 1600

Week Thirty-Two: Rainbow

Week 32: August 6th- 12th, 2010

Stitched together from several photos...

I drove to Grand Forks with my mom last weekend and as we got closer to the city, it began to pour rain. This rainbow emerged and it framed the highway (as if we were going to drive right under the arch), and at another point, we could see the end of the rainbow as if it were only a few feet from my car. Unfortunately there was no where to pull over and take out the camera. We stopped at the first exit we could- photos never do things like that justice.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.017 seconds (1/60)
Aperture: F/10
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO: 400

Week Thirty-One: Bulb

Week Thirty-One: July 30th- August 5th, 2010

Oddly, this was the first time I looked up at the ceiling in the storage room. I've lived here six years as of this month. Huh.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.04 seconds (1/25)
Aperture: F/22
Focal Length: 24 mm
ISO: 200

Week Thirty: Hibiscus

Week Thirty: July 23rd- 29th, 2010

My best friend moved out of the province last week. He had to leave several of his things behind, one of which was this hibiscus plant, which now lives in my living room. I'd rather have my friend around, but the plant will have to do.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.013 seconds (1/80)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 30mm
ISO: 800

Week Twenty-Nine: Rent Includes Window Coverings

Week Twenty-Nine: July 16th- 22nd, 2010

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.067 seconds (1/15)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO: 400

Week Twenty-Eight: Corner

Week Twenty-Eight: July 9th- 25th, 2010

I had a thing with corners this week.


EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.125 seconds (1/8)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 19 mm
ISO: 1600

Week Twenty-Seven: Fireworks

Week Twenty-Seven: July 2nd- 8th, 2010

I took this while I was visiting Warroad, MN last weekend during the US Independence Day. Lots of fireworks for me that weekend considering Canada Day was only a few days earlier.


EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 6 Seconds
Aperture: f/9
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO: 400

Week Twenty-Six: Urbanclouds

Week Twenty-Six: June 25th- July 1st, 2010

Still bummed I missed last week's shot (and got this one just in time). I'll try to fit in an extra shot in the next week or two to catch up.

Taken with my point-and-shoot looking straight up while sitting on a friend's balcony on Canada Day.

EXIF:
Camera: Lumix DMC-TS1
Exposure: 0.013 seconds (1/80)
Aperture: f/3.3
Focal Length: 4.9 mm
ISO: 125

Week Twenty-Four: Finishing Touch

Week Twenty-Four: June 11th- 17th (18th), 2010

Already a day late on this week's shot, I quickly took a photo before heading out for the evening tonight. Normally the last step of my routine before leaving home is grabbing something shiny from my dresser to wear.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.05 seconds (1/20)
Aperture: f/4.8
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO: 400

Week Twenty-Three: Filing

Week Twenty-Three: June 4th- 10th, 2010

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.05 seconds (1/20)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 24 mm
ISO: 100

Flash Fired: Auto TTL, Nikon SB 600, bounced from right side of frame.

Week Twenty-Two: Sink

Week Twenty-Two: May 28th- June 3rd, 2009

Took this picture of the kitchen sink at Prairie View School of Photography- I was there to take a workshop on flash (which I had know idea how to use beforehand). Ironically, no flash in this shot.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.2 seconds (1/5)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO: 400

Week Twenty-One: Dark Waters

Week Twenty-One: May 21st-27th, 2010

Taken while standing on a dock, looking into the Lake of the Woods, close to Kenora, Ontario.

My favourite place in the world, without exaggeration.


EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: o.017 seconds (1/60)
Aperture: f/18
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO: 100

Week Twenty: On the Rocks

Week Twenty: May 15th-21st, 2010

This flower popped up this spring right beside the fire pit, through the rocks. Poor guy is pretty isolated.

I was in a hurry when I took this and I noticed afterwards that my focal point was a bit behind where I wanted it to be. Oh well.


EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.04 seconds (1/25)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO: 200

Week Nineteen: Sheep

Week Nineteen: May 8th-14th, 2010

One of those "happy accident" shots. I had planned on doing a full-frame shot of just the baking sheet (same one as 17/52, lol), the sheep cookies, and the cutter. But as I was setting up I accidentally shot this. Not a perfect shot but I love the warped perspective and all of the random details.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: o.05 seconds (1/20)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO: 1600

Week Eighteen: Buhler

Week Eighteen: May 1st-7th, 2010

Outer wall of the University of Winnipeg's new Buhler Centre, still under construction. It should open this Fall and house the Faculty of Business and Economics, Division of Continuing Education, and Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.01 seconds (1/100)
Aperture: f/18
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO: 200

Week Seventeen: It Was One of Those Weeks

Week Seventeen: April 24th-30th, 2010

It was one of those weeks. Supper the other night was pre-made pizza from Safeway.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.05 seconds (1/20)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 19 mm
ISO: 200

Week Sixteen: Morning Glory

Week Sixteen: April 17th- 23rd, 2010

And my love of square orientation continues...

One of my favourite things about Spring and Summer is not only the warmer weather but the fact that when I wake up for work the Sun is already out. If it's not cloudy my apartment will fill up with this amazing warm lighting. I can't get enough of it.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.004 seconds (1/250)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO: 100

Week Fifteen: American Standard

Week Fifteen: April 10th- 16th, 2010

Ugly and dirty- a bit of a departure from last week's photo's bright and pretty colours. I almost posted another picture instead just to make a smoother transition but I don't think it had the same impact as this one.

Also, I think I'm in love with square orientations.


EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.025 seconds (1/40)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 1600

Week Fourteen: Minieggs

Week Fourteen: April 3rd- 9th, 2010

There was no chocolate Easter Morning for me this year, so I bought Mini Eggs on clearance on Tuesday to make up for the fact. I put a few in a cup- portion control. Once I saw them there I knew it had to be my weekly shot- I love these colours. Which means the photos I shot over the weekend for this week's post will just have to go somewhere else. Oh well.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Shutter Speed: 1/80
Aperture: F/3.5
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 400

week thirteen: lazy afternoon

Week Thirteen: March 27th- April 2nd, 2010

Everything is closed here on Good Friday and all of my friends and family are out of town. I was planning on spending the day outside and going on a photowalk but the weather didn't cooperate.

So I spend the day in my bedroom drinking coffee, reading, and working on my laptop (this was taken while doing the later).

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.067 seconds (1/15)
Aperture: f/4.2
Focal Length: 65mm
ISO: 200

week twelve: lines, metal, and mud

Week Twelve: March 19th-25th, 2010

Oh boy. A week late posting this, AND I was a day late taking it.

Excuses, excuses, I know- but in my defense I did take several pictures last week, but most of them were in the documenting-for-legal-and-insurance variety more than for any artistic purpose. I had water (or something) leaking into my apartment from my bedroom ceiling a couple of times last week- and my landlord still hasn't figured out. AND THEN- my Macbook power cord caught on fire (hence the delay in posting).

To give this photo at least a brief moment of attention, I'll upload this week's photo tomorrow.


EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.017 seconds (1/60)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 100

week eleven: rocknroll

Week Eleven: March 12th-18th, 2010

I was down with the flu for the weekend, and turned 24 yesterday, so my energy levels were pretty low today. So I decided to experiment with some things around my desk, some unwashed glasses from last night's festivities, and my tried-and-true night table lamp. Turned out to be a very fun experiment.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.125 seconds (1/8)
Aperture: f/4.8
Focal Length: 110mm
ISO: 200

week ten: accent

Week Ten: March 5th-11th, 2010

My Vancouver trip was short but sweet. One of the highlights of the trip for me was my visit to Granville Island- a harbour and public marketplace with lots of music, people, shops, and food. This was very close to the boats- an office for a cruise line. I couldn't resist these colours.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.oo5 seconds (1/200)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 120 mm
ISO: 100

week nine: dome

Week Nine: Dome

Took this between meetings today. My DLSR has been acting up (meter is not reading properly) so my Vancouver pictures, the very few I've had time to take, aren't what I'd like them to be. Oh well, I'm happy this one.

Also, on an interesting note: lots of Nikon users in Vancouver. In Winnipeg I tend to be the odd one out in a cloud of Canon users.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.003 seconds (1/400)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55mm
ISO: 100

Week Eight: Mittens

Week Eight: February 19-25, 2010

Probably one of the things I was most excited to receive on Christmas morning a couple of months ago. These are EVERYWHERE right now as everyone I know, myself included, seems to have caught Olympic fever.

I broke a lamp in the taking of this picture... whoops.

I might be a bit behind posting next week's photo as I'll actually be in Vancouver this time next week. Unfortunately, not in time to catch any Olympic fun, but on the bright side, none of the crowds either.


EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.o77 seconds (1/13)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 55mm
ISO: 1600

Week Seven: Sharpener

Week Seven: February 12-18, 2010

Classrooms and the art of teaching are becoming increasingly more digital every day. But some things always stay the same.

I wasn't able to take my DLSR into work today, but I did capture this one with my point-and-shoot.

EXIF:
Camera: Lumix DMC-TS1
Exposure: 0.025 (1/40)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 14.3 mm
ISO: 800

Week Six: Room with a View

Week Six: February 5th-11th, 2010

I've been in this building since August of 2004. In that time, the building owners have never hired window washers (it's a high rise, so it's not accessible to those of us leasing space). It's bad enough now that I can't see out of the left side. Maybe it's time for a formal complaint...

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.001 seconds (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55mm
ISO: 200

Week Five: Pineapple

Week Five: January 29- February 4, 2010

I've been fighting off a flu this week and so I've been pretty uninspired (and lazy). This bought this pineapple the other day after hearing some other teachers in the staff room talk about how great the pineapple in our grocery stores is right now (strawberries, very out of season, are not). So, I added some much needed Vitamin C to my diet, and tried my hand at a little food photography.

I also noticed a strange pattern in my photography while looking over my Flickr Photostream tonight: Anytime I use negative space or asymmetry in a photo, almost always, the subject is on the right-hand side of the frame. Something I'm going to try to pay more attention to in the future.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.067 seconds (1/15)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO: 800

Week Four: Sapphire

Week Three: January 22nd-28th, 2010

I had fun with this one.

Originally I had an idea to have a photo titled "indulgence". I collected a month's worth of chocolate wrappers, and I was going to shoot them on the floor by my bed, with a bottle of some sort of alcohol, and fashion magazines. I wasn't really thrilled with the results. Maybe I'll try something like that again in a few weeks.

Anyhow, I really liked the look of the gin bottle, and started to experiment. This was taken on my nightstand with the lamp on the floor behind it.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.167 sec (1/6)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Week Three: Hoar Frost

Week Three: January 15th-21st, 2010

I really resented having to work on Tuesday- thanks to lots of fog overnight, my city was coated with hoar frost (more than I've ever seen before!) and all I wanted to do was hang out with my camera. Oh well. As I was substitute teaching, I was able to sneak out for five minutes at recess and take this.

As a photographer, I probably shouldn't admit this, but the photo doesn't do what I saw justice. There was no way to capture all of the bright whites (without overexposing), and how, well, fake, the whole city looked that day. Kind of reminded me of this:


Anyhow, for the photo...

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/5.3
Focal Length: 42 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Week Two: Diana

Week Two: January 8th-14th, 2010.

This is one of the gifts I was most excited about Christmas morning: A Diana (Holga) lens and Nikon adapter (so I could use it with my DLSR). The store my mom ordered it from (I emailed her the URL in November) also sent a plastic toy dinosaur with the package- a cute touch, and probably the subject of another photo down the line.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 1/8 (.125 seconds)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO: 400

Week One: Ice Box

Week One: January 1st-7th, 2010.

The exit to the stairwell at the top of a parkade in Winnipeg, MB. The windows and door are completely covered with frost. It was -22 Celsius.

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40X
Exposure: 1/4 (.25 seconds)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 32 mm
ISO: 800