Reflect on this

Near sunset I caught these reflections of trees on a lake in Kananaskis, Alberta photo last fall. While I liked the reflections, this type of photo has been done before. Several times. So I added one of my recent paintings to the image to add some texture to create what I hope is a unique take on this image. What do you think?

 

cross processed seagulls

New image of seagulls from Bow River in Calgary. Slow shutter speed for motion capture of the wings on the centre gull as he lands. Lightly cross processed effect. From the Bow River Series, available on bamboo board and metal. Call 403681 2001 or angela@waitewoodbeck.com for more info and prices.

Vintage Blossoms

I spent the afternoon working on these photos from our backyard tree and the new pink blossoms that came out today. Going for a vintage photographic look for this set of images.

Images are available as a series or as singles on fine art paper or canvas.

Stripes

I took a trip to the Calgary zoo and focused on patterns. Hard to miss the zebras as an abstract subject.

I’m a fan of color so black and white zebra just had to be adjusted a bit. The above has a hint of blue. Below is style reminiscent of the old selenium prints with their magenta cast.

oh so spooky…..

October 31st is drawing near. Do you know what you have to fear?

Every Halloween people carve out the large orange fruit and light some candles. Why you might ask? Because that is what the Celtic ancestors that immigrated here did and what their ancestors before them did. You see there is a thought that the night before November 1 is open to visits from the deceased. Since not all deceased have the best of intentions  there were certain precautions that needed to be undertaken. Carving the face of your lost loved ones and lighting it with a candle helped ward off the evil spirits. Only back across the pond they used turnips. North America didn’t have as many turnips as pumpkins and thus their hallowed destiny was so carved.

Dressing up also originates from people wearing masks and face paint to confuse the spirits so they could avoid being possessed. Have a spooky and safe Halloween.

 

Fall’s here. Oh well.

We had such a short, wet, chilly summer that I really wasn’t all that excited to see the leaves turn. But I did run out for a day when the I just couldn’t resist the colours. Used the Orton Effect – sandwich two images underexposed together, one in focus, one blurred. Together they could a rich, ethereal image. Both images are in landscape gallery on the art site.

Minimalist flight

Sometimes simple works. I love birds in flight and this murder of crows fit the bill as the whole flock flew to their nightly roost close to our house. Simple sky and almost illustrative lines works here. From our  Wild Things gallery.

Sure you not supposed to ever cut off something at its joint. Those are the rules. But in this case I liked the dynamic of this corvid flying off the page.

Be free. Break the rules.

And here we have some motion blur on the wings and in the trees. The blur on the trees come from me panning to capture the flight. It take some practice to match the speed that you move your camera to match that of the bird’s flight. Especially when they are coming from every which way. But I like the blur here as it shows some motion.