A Field Trip to Fort George (The Citadel) (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Digital original, 9 frame exposure blend

Whenever I am working outdoors (be it with a model, architecture or landscape) the sky is almost always the most important consideration - and in this case, it made this image!

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As I was heading back to the car to get another battery, I noticed the light reflecting on the passage ceiling - and made the above image.

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I seldom am drawn to colour, but in this case, the rich surge against the kilt did just that.

A Fall Session with Ingrd (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

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As October moves towards its end, a warm day occurred, and Ingrid and I lept at the chance for one more outdoor session. We have worked outdoors in the fall before, and I found Ingrid's colouring to work particularity well with fall colours.

Digital infrared original

I always try my infrared camera, even when a session (like this one) is expected to focus on colour. While the fallen leaves lack some of the luminescence I;m used to seeing from foliage, I really like how the infrared camera renders the old tree Ingrid is lying upon, and of course, how it renders skin tones.

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The primary reson for selecting this location was the small stream that flows through the forest; I had hoped to make some photographs of leaves swirling in the water, but unlike my first visit, there was not a lot of water flow...so all I could find was this small swirl below a fallen tree.

Digital original, 4 image stitch

The last image (above) takes full advantage of my 17mm TS-E lens; using the shift feature, the composition is made up of 4 separate frames (sifted up+left, up+right, down+left and down+right). This not only increases the resolution of the image (from 50mp to 75mp) it also provides me with a dramatically wider angle of view - approaching 9mm on a full-frame camera!

Fall Flowers (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

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As fall moves closer and closer to its transition to winter, there are still surprising gems to find in the Halifax Public Gardens. An afternoon of photograph provided me with a couple of gems, including the above and below images, of late blooming fall colours!

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The above image is a great example of why I love my Sigma 150mm macro lens - the crazy-shallow depth of field, combined with the beautifully soft out-of-focus background. Just lovely.

Photo 101 Field Trip (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

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The fall flowers are out in full bloom at the Halifax Public Gardens, making it the perfect destination for a photo field trip.

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One unexpected advantage to photographing this late in the fall is low lethargic the bees get; in the summer you can hardly get your camera up in time before they scurry off, but in the fall, they tend to move slower, and stay at a single flower longer.

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The last image I made in this field trip is one of my favorites - it takes full advantage of the shallow depth of field my 150mm macro lens provides - and as an extra bonus, it is an image that totally relies upon colour - something rare for me.