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I took a couple of experimental photos this morning, working on motion blur. this one came out really neat! I was on an overhead walkway and it was rainy out. The windows on this side of the "pedway" weren't as wet and drippy as on the other side facing the wind. I was taking shots of vehicles going by, and using a 1 second shutter speed. I was ( Read more... )

Today i saw the Queen. Queen Elizabeth II, that is. I waited after work for about an hour, hoping she would do a walkabout where we were all standing. Turned out she did one but it was down by the waterfront. She'd been on a ship reviewing the international fleet and came ashore by the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic to unveil a plaque. She did a ( Read more... )

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This is my mom, nancy_j. Some of you have met her, some have not. Some know her through LJ. My nephew Ryan and I took her out to Sullivan's Pond for a photo shoot. She'd been wanting a proper portrait for awhile. Ryan is taking a photography course and has the better equipment so his shots will be much better but i tagged along as well so i could get a ( Read more... )

I saw this via ladymoonray and it comes from A Simple Woman's DaybookFOR TODAY ( Read more... )

A local website/blog, Haligonia, promoting things that go on in Halifax has featured a handful of my Flickr photos on their New Year's Best of 2009 slideshow on YouTube. They have a Flickr group, Haligonia where i sometimes post pictures i've taken of local sites or events. The video and photos are here.... ( beneath the cut )

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In which i must blow my own horn. I do not do that comfortably but i do modestly say that i can take a pretty good photo when i want to. Sometimes it's just sheer luck but i do think about composition and try to capture light sometimes. I've given up the SLR now because carrying it around in my purse while traveling is getting cumbersome and heavy ( Read more... )

Today's photo is a picture of me taken 10 years ago or more. I was going to post a pic from my childhood but this one will do. It's maybe just a little less than 10 years ago but not by much. The perm wasn't too bad then but subsequent perms did not do my hair any favours. The other woman is my cousin Pam.
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