Photography

Reasons why I unfollow someone on Twitter

March 12, 2009

Recently I had a great discussion on Twitter about Unfollowing…a much discussed topic of etiquette amongst the Twitterati.
One school of thought is that when someone follows you on Twitter, it’s proper for you to follow them back.
That’s not my belief though. If that were the case, then it would be impossible for me to derive [...]

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So that’s what -32c looks like in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

March 10, 2009

My daily drive to work takes me along Saskatchewan Drive in Edmonton. Depending on the time of day, it’s usually either dark or in full sun.
Today, was different. The temperature was -32 Celsius, somewhat unusual for March. As well, the sun was about 40 minutes above the horizon, so the light was interesting.

And, since I [...]

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Great Big Head up to his nose in snow

January 21, 2009

With all the snow melting it seemed that this Great Big Head was finally getting his head above the snow. Tomorrow’s forecast is more snow.

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Top of the World Provincial Park (2008)

December 31, 2008

I decided to take a scan through some photos from earlier this year. This one from our summer vacation stuck with me as one that I could play with.
And I did. Using Lightroom again. A bit of Sepia. A bit of dodging and burning, and I’m rather pleased with the result.
There’s an easter egg in [...]

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Light streaks in heavy ice fog on a very cold winter night

December 22, 2008

After a great Friday evening with our good friends, we returned home to find this incredible ice fog over the city.
The fog caught the uber-bright lights from a local RV dealership, creating this rather nifty lighting effect.

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Alberta Legislature Ice Sculpture

December 16, 2008

We went to the Alberta Legislature last Thursday to listen to A Joyful Noise choir — Tess sings in it.
The night was warm and we parked at the other end of the Leg. The Christmas lights were in all the trees, and in the centre fountain was this very neat (and colourfully lit) ice sculpture.

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Two resources for planning your lunar photography evening

December 12, 2008

A friend pointed me to this BBC article about tonight’s full moon. It seems that tonight’s full moon event will occur when the Moon is the closest it’s been to the earth (during a full moon) in 15 years.
Well, methinks. A perfect time to get out the photography and telescopy equipment and capture this event.
But [...]

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CD Case Calendar (Dec. 2008)

December 8, 2008

CD Case Calendar (Dec. 2008)
Originally uploaded by bgrier

After exploring fd’s Flickr Toys a bit I rediscovered the cool CD Case Calendar application.

Take one month
Add one photo (Selena and Heloise at Christmas)
Stir gently

Viola!

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Get back to where you want to be

December 6, 2008

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Originally uploaded by bgrier

Today I picked up one tool that my photography kitbag has been missing for a while, a flash slave trigger.
And this one of the first shots taken using it. Beer, of course
Slave was a Vivitar 283 sitting about 60 degrees to the right of the glass, triggered by an on-camera [...]

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What to know when changing website hosts

December 3, 2008

A couple of weeks ago I found the following in an email from my webhost:
Your web hosting account for bradgrier.com has been deactivated (reason: site causing performance problems).
Although your web site has been disabled, your data may still be available for
up to 15 days, after which it will be deleted.
After a quick call to the [...]

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