Scrap at the Farm

If you live in the Whitehorse area and aren't doing anything on Sunday, I'm hosting a casual scrap day/potluck lunch at my place. Join our Facebook Group to find out the details or email me if you don't "do" Facebook!.

Also, if you are a resident or regular visitor of the Yukon, I have started a new blog & accompanying Facebook Group. The Yukon Photography :: Image Quest will feature weekly challenges that encourage you to flex your photographic muscle. The prizes include fame and notoriety! We will vote once a month from a list of finalists and the winner of that voting process will have their winning photo as the group page on Facebook. Second and third place winners will receive an honorable mention and a hi-five!

FMI, visit the Facebook Groups and the new Yukon Photography :: Image Quest blog.

Learning about lighting

I read Kal's blog and Karen's blog and all the while I'm totally jealous of....er, I mean inspired by their photography. It is such a practical artform and while I haven't got access to either of their creative brains to pester them for suggestions, pointers or just to completely hijack their skills, I DO have access to Chapters which is where I got the photography books mentioned in this post. I figured that since I live in a place that is blanketed in darkness for the better part of the winter months (yup, I'm that far north) that the book I'd glean the most immediately useful stuff from would be the Lighting Book. In the first chapter, they covered a lot of general stuff pertaining to aperture, shutter speed, white balance and ISO. I decided to go and try to make great photos in full sun yesterday afternoon. The best photos happened when Seth found the beat-up old rope swing behind our house.


Too bad about the shadow on his face in this one. I love his gentle expression.


This is, without a doubt my fave from all 141 photos that I took yesterday. He was having the time of his life!