Here you'll find photography as well as the odd tech post by Chris Leboe.
Another great stop at the Nechako River this morning. I’ll admit that my ears still hurt a bit. It is stupid cold right now. The temperature was -34℃ when I took this shot. So worth it though. I’ve doubled back to this spot two times now. Each time the light was better than when I first wanted to stop.
Over the holidays we snowshoed the Ancient Forest. It’s an inland rainforest about 115km east of Prince George, BC. I took this shot of my wife, which turned out to be a nice ad for The North Face. Also, she’s a great model.
It’s one thing to get a good family photo while being behind the camera. It’s quite another to get one while being in front of it on a cold day. I’m pretty happy with how this one turned out. Merry Christmas.
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Luke 2:10-12
A few weeks ago I decided to enter the Twit Photo Guest Quest contest. Basically, listeners of the podcast were invited to submit photos for a chance to be on the show. I wasn’t so excited about actually being on the show so much as having an amazing group of judges potentially looking at my photographs. The judges were, Frank Doorhof, Art Wolfe, Tamara Lackey, Colby Brown and Zack Arias. This is an amazing group of photographers.
Late last week I found out I was a finalist. I wasn’t quite sure what that meant. I’ll admit that I was pretty excited. As it turns out there were hundreds of entries. Was that a hundred, or many hundreds? Either way I found out today that I ended up finishing in the top 20. I’m listed in a group of 10 folks after the winning top 10. A part of me figured I had a shot, and a part of me thought that there was no way I’d even get noticed. I’m extremely happy to have been acknowledged by the judges listed above.
Here is the post by Catherine Hall announcing the winners.
Here is the selection of photos I submitted. 500px Guest Quest Portfolio.
A photograph that my wife took of our kids on New Year’s Day 2006. If she took more photographs she would be better at it than I am.
The home of the Seattle Seahawks and another iPhone shot. I watched the Seahawks defeat the Ravens over the weekend. I made some photos with my 7D as well as my iPhone. I settled on this one as my favourite field shot. I liked the extra wide angle I got from the phone. I took some liberties with the Camera+ app, but I think it represents the feeling I experienced there the best.
First, it was late. I had forgotten my camera. I know, I don’t forget my camera. I stood in the way of traffic and held up my iPhone 4S and grabbed three shots. I edited the best one at Starbucks with the Camera+ app and the result is what you see here. This isn’t award winning. It’s a well photographed landmark, but the fact remains that I had left my 7D in the hotel and was able to come back with good looking images that can be posted and printed large. I still make the photograph but I have to acknowledge that advances in technology sure give the photographer a lot of options.
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