Carpe Lumen Daily

A shot from a few days ago… (Click Pic to View Full Version; Click CLOSE or outside picture border to return)Shooting Details: Focal Length:220mm | Shutter speed:1/125 | Aperture:ƒ/6.3Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi | Shooting Date: May 13, 2009, 10:46 pm

For some reason, I like frustrating myself by taking spontaneous portrait shots in low light. Something about the light appeals to me. I have no idea if anyone has ever coined the phrase before, but I like to call my pictures in these situations “Failing Light Photography”. It’s sort of my ‘thing’. It frequently turns [...]

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 [...]

On St. Patrick’s Day I was experimenting and I think this came out well – I need to try it with some ND filters and a larger aperture to isolate her more. Another day, perhaps. (Click Pic to View Full Version; Click CLOSE or outside picture border to return)Shooting Details: Focal Length:70mm | Shutter speed:1/15 [...]

A late one today, from the archives. Got home too late to process some pics I took today, and I am not sure any of them are worth being here, so here’s one from a couple years back… “The Beaches” in Toronto can be a bit touristy, but it was a source of both fun [...]