Anyhow. Without further ado (for both people who read my blog) here is this weeks shot.
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| From Project 52 |
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Week 30: Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
So I spent the last weekend in Toronto, and so didn't get a chance to update my blog on time, and then spent some time working on a blog redesign that is finally live (see betaphotos.blogspot.com for the updated design).
Anyhow. Without further ado (for both people who read my blog) here is this weeks shot.
Anyhow. Without further ado (for both people who read my blog) here is this weeks shot.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Week 29: Sunday, July 18th, 2010
So I managed to catch Rush, Capital Grass and the No Men and Santana at this years Bluesfest. For those who don't know, Bluesfest is an annual two week, open air concert held in Ottawa. While it is not nearly as large as Osheaga or Glastonbury, a lot of top tier musicians have played in recent years (notable ones include Kanye West, Iron Maiden and KISS).
So in order to keep the crowds happy, a number of vendors set up shop to sell food - everything from The Works, Subway to Lebanese and Italian restaurants.
I was a happy camper :)
So in order to keep the crowds happy, a number of vendors set up shop to sell food - everything from The Works, Subway to Lebanese and Italian restaurants.
I was a happy camper :)
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| From Project 52 |
Monday, July 12, 2010
Week 28: Monday, July 12th, 2010
So this week I was hoping to get some nice shots at Bluesfest.
I was going to take my camera with me, get up close to the stage, and capture Neil Peart rocking out on his ridiculously extravagant drum kit, or Santana playing a face melting guitar solo.
But today, when I left the gym, this thing rolled up against my foot when I stopped my car at a traffic light. I know it came from somewhere in my car.
I don't know what it is.
I don't know what it does.
But it looks like it might be important.
Uh oh.
I was going to take my camera with me, get up close to the stage, and capture Neil Peart rocking out on his ridiculously extravagant drum kit, or Santana playing a face melting guitar solo.
But today, when I left the gym, this thing rolled up against my foot when I stopped my car at a traffic light. I know it came from somewhere in my car.
I don't know what it is.
I don't know what it does.
But it looks like it might be important.
Uh oh.
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| From Project 52 |
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Week 27: Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Hey all,
I had some more technical difficulties with this week's post. I decided to stretch my knowledge of Lightroom and Photoshop to create some panoramic shots, and my poor PC just couldn't handle working with 2 gig TIFF files. Well, it could, just reeeeaaaaallllyyyyy sloooooowwlyyyyy.
Anyhow. So this past week (for all my international readers ... both of you ..) was Canada Day, a day to celebrate Canada coming into existence. Part of Canada Day involves a giant party, held on Parliament Hill in our fair city of Ottawa. My favourite part of Canada Day for me is how everyone comes out and there's this great feeling of camaraderie and friendship that just seems to permeate the air. And the impromptu renditions of "O Canada" that happen at random times (with increasing frequency as the night wears on).
So with these two shots, I have tried to capture the sheer number of people present at the Canada Day celebrations (official estimates place the number at 100,000+ on the Hill, and that doesn't include the people in the downtown core past Wellington). The panorama really helped to capture that.
If you click on the photos, then on the magnifying glass, you can scroll around to see everything.
Sparks Street:
Parliament Hill:
Technical details: The first shot was made up of 15 shots stitched together, while the second was made up of 6 shots.
I had some more technical difficulties with this week's post. I decided to stretch my knowledge of Lightroom and Photoshop to create some panoramic shots, and my poor PC just couldn't handle working with 2 gig TIFF files. Well, it could, just reeeeaaaaallllyyyyy sloooooowwlyyyyy.
Anyhow. So this past week (for all my international readers ... both of you ..) was Canada Day, a day to celebrate Canada coming into existence. Part of Canada Day involves a giant party, held on Parliament Hill in our fair city of Ottawa. My favourite part of Canada Day for me is how everyone comes out and there's this great feeling of camaraderie and friendship that just seems to permeate the air. And the impromptu renditions of "O Canada" that happen at random times (with increasing frequency as the night wears on).
So with these two shots, I have tried to capture the sheer number of people present at the Canada Day celebrations (official estimates place the number at 100,000+ on the Hill, and that doesn't include the people in the downtown core past Wellington). The panorama really helped to capture that.
If you click on the photos, then on the magnifying glass, you can scroll around to see everything.
Sparks Street:
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| From Project 52 |
Parliament Hill:
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| From Project 52 |
Technical details: The first shot was made up of 15 shots stitched together, while the second was made up of 6 shots.
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