Showing posts with label Montreal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Montreal. Show all posts
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Car Park - Corner of Avenue du Mont-Royal and Rue de Bullion / Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)
Friday, August 24, 2012
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Shadows - Sculpture - Rue Sainte-Catherine Est / Montreal (Tue 23 Aug 2011)
Our first night in Montreal after traveling all day by bus from Boston.
Rue Sainte-Catherine Est had been blocked off to traffic for the summer and most restaurants had temporary floor space with tables and seats built out onto the road. There seemed to be some kind of summer festival happening.
Plenty of interesting street art here and the inner city was old and a little bit grungy - in way that made me feel comfortable, just like I feel around the Inner City of Sydney.
We would stay here for another 2 full days before heading to Quebec on the Friday.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Mural - Downtown / Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)
(1 of 3) is here (*).
Saturday, May 26, 2012
I Love Montreal - Boulevard de Maisonneuve / Montreal (Wed 24 Aug 2011)
Looking forward to racing the Montreal based 22 Dragons (*) in Hong Kong in 6 weeks time. (Note: end of edgy)
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The Arrow - The Way of the Bow / Paulo Coelho
From Paulo Coelho's (*) short story, The Way of the Bow (*)..
The ArrowPlenty of great metaphors for our life experiences here.
The arrow is the intention.
It is what unites the strength of the bow with the centre of the target.
The intention must be crystal-clear, straight and balanced. Once the arrow has gone, it will not come back, so it is better to interrupt a shot, because the movements that led up to it were not sufficiently precise and correct, than to act carelessly, simply because the bow was fully drawn and the target was waiting.
But never hold back from firing the arrow if all that paralyses you is fear of making a mistake. If you have made the right movements, open your hand and release the string. Even if the arrow fails to hit the target, you will learn how to improve your aim next time.
If you never take a risk, you will never know what changes you need to make.
Each arrow leaves a memory in your heart, and it is the sum of those memories that will make you shoot better and better.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
On Failure - Some Notes on Photographic Intent - Ground Glass / Spencer Lum (01 Mar 2012)
Ground Glass / Spencer Lum (*) writes (*):
Failure is the sound of a thousand wasted efforts screaming in unison. [..]
So the goal [..] should be to use those things that inspire us as a framework for exploration, so we can learn the process behind them.
Shots aren’t preordained.
They are happy accidents, lead by intention, and founded on a combination of preparation and discovery.
In other words, photography isn’t seeing the big picture.
It’s knowing how to stumble from one adjustment to the next, eliminating choices along the way, while focusing on others, until we find that one thing that says just what we want. [..]
Success is the sound of a single action made of a thousand efforts.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Blue Screen - Rue Sherbrooke / Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Merry Christmas
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Time Will Tell ... - Mural - Downtown / Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)
The Mural can be seen in the background of Mathematical Reflection (*).
Friday, December 23, 2011
Mathematical Reflection - Downtown / Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Mural - Downtown / Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)
For some reason this photo really works for me. The mural and it's colour and composition. Next the red and white barriers and their one sided support seem so delicate. The empy space of the road in the middle and foreground. Also the light is very even as it a cloudy late afternoon.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Figure in the Landscape - Mural - Sainte-Catherine St / Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)
Here is the tiny detail that drew my attention to the giant mural. Love the colour and how he merges into that part of the mural.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Make Pictures that are Larger than the Frame - Michael Davis - Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)
Recently stumbled across a great blog (*) hosted by Michael Davis (*), a Professional Picture Editor (*). Lots of great insights there for any budding photographer.
The following is an extract from a post, that caught my attention:
I did spend a bit of time in this car park photographing the surrounding buildings. As I sit here looking back at that time in the car park, I can see that I experimented with different framings, trying to find something that was stronger than the others.
Maybe this is a good way to think about composing a photo - be a bit looser in the framing and make pictures that are larger than the frame (*). Thanks Michael.
Mural (3 of 3) - Sainte-Catherine St / Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)
Mural (2 of 3) - Sainte-Catherine St / Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)
Mural (1 of 3) - Sainte-Catherine St / Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)
PS - If you look at the first two photos close enough you will be rewarded with the tiny detail that caught my eye - it was not the giant mural, but something much smaller that resonated with the mural. Will show this detail in a later post.
The following is an extract from a post, that caught my attention:
You can engage people who look at your work more dimensionally if you decide whether to make the picture larger than the frame. [..]I think the first photo below demonstrates the dimensionality that Michael talks about above. The rear part of the car on the left hand side of the frame and the reflective puddle leading in from the bottom of the frame, being the elements needing completion.
The notion is pretty straightforward but explaining it is not so easy.
The idea is that when people’s minds complete aspects of a photograph that don’t appear within the frame, the experience of looking at the photograph is more dimensional than when everything fits within the frame.
From Make Pictures that are Larger than the Frame (*) by Michael Davis (*) [Tue 29 Nov 2011]
I did spend a bit of time in this car park photographing the surrounding buildings. As I sit here looking back at that time in the car park, I can see that I experimented with different framings, trying to find something that was stronger than the others.
Maybe this is a good way to think about composing a photo - be a bit looser in the framing and make pictures that are larger than the frame (*). Thanks Michael.
PS - If you look at the first two photos close enough you will be rewarded with the tiny detail that caught my eye - it was not the giant mural, but something much smaller that resonated with the mural. Will show this detail in a later post.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Mural (3 of 3) - Sainte-Catherine St / Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)
Monday, December 12, 2011
Mural (2 of 3) - Sainte-Catherine St / Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Mural (1 of 3) - Sainte-Catherine St / Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)
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