Carpe Lumen Daily

Had some fun creating these images, using varying speeds of exposure and many different angles to achieve certain results. Using the cyclists approaching the turn vs. the ones accelerating around to emphasize the motion. (Click Pic to View Full Version; Click CLOSE or outside picture border to return)Shooting Details: Focal Length:135mm | Shutter speed:1/15 | [...]

Not the most classic piece of photography in terms of technicals, but this was using my old Rebel while trying to figure out long-exposure night shots (this would have been the first time we had fireworks since I purchased it in 2004) . Today in Canada it is Victoria Day. That’s one of two days [...]

I played with this picture for a while, trying to figure out why the skin tones were so messed up, adjusting, compensating, and feeling confused. And then I realized – his face was so red BECAUSE IT WAS FRELLING COLD! We were chilled out on deck wearing winter-ish clothing and he was freezing his face [...]

After puttering around under the control of his big sister for almost 2 years, my son finally figured out how it all works and took off in control of the Power Wheels. I took a few of the obligatory static fast-exposure stills, I decided I wanted some movement shots and made some handheld panning attempts… [...]

On St. Patrick’s Day I was experimenting with slow shutters and flash, and this one came out pretty well, like the previously posted one of my daughter  -  I’m going to try this some other ways in future. (Click Pic to View Full Version; Click CLOSE or outside picture border to return)Shooting Details: Focal Length:70mm [...]