Exchange in Blue

I've entered into the land of fashion. Well, sort of. I am getting a skirt manufactured with one of my Winnipeg images on the front and back. These skirts will be on the market soon! If you're interested, let me know ~ that way I can be sure to have enough made in the appropriate sizes. My manufacturing order date is October 31.

This photo was taken in Winnipeg's Exchange District, a favourite area of mine to photograph.

This is all more than a little fun!

A Warm Welcome

Loving the Lanes

Sunshine

There's sunshine just down the street.

Late on Lombard

River at Osborne

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights

It was cold down by the river today but today was the day I chose to steal some time away with my camera. I was determined. Even if it lasted for only 10 minutes.

Here is a shot of The Canadian Museum for Human Rights taken from the east bank of the Red River near the foot of the Esplanade Riel in Winnipeg.

An Evening in the City

Sojourn

Out Back

Gooderham Building

Chicago

The Colours of Our City

Hotel

I shot this image in my city's beloved Exchange District. Some might have tried to get this shot sans truck but I quite like the ordinary in my compositions.

Including the Hotel sign balances the image and also adds interest.

My shutter speed was 1/100. The aperture was f/7.1 which allowed for an increased depth of field. My focal length was 24 mm and ISO 100.

Getting Some Air

I shot this image using f/5.6 and a shutter speed of 1/50. That's about the slowest I'd hold my camera with this lens before reaching for my tripod.

For me, this picture needed a bit of processing beyond what I would normally do when converting an image from RAW. I brought it into Lightroom and played until the saturation and contrast were what I wanted. I developed my own preset awhile ago which I used and changed it up a bit with a few tweaks. Then I exported to Photoshop to add a texture layer over top, further aging the image while warming up the colours a touch.

Creativity begins long before the shutter is clicked and long after the image is uploaded to the computer. Don't stop short.

Autumn's Shade

The strong lines of the tree trunk and branches echo those in the window frames on this building in Chicago. The yellow umbrella of leaves are a beautiful contrast to the dark browns and blacks in this autumn scene.

Once in Lightroom, I increased the contrast and saturation until the image popped with autumn.

The hints of teal in the windows compliment the orange tones beautifully without distracting from the main subject focus.

More From Chicago

Currently I have some work in a show just north of Chicago. My heart is there even if I cannot be. I've been going through my archives from my visit there one year ago and finding some gems that I had forgotten about as well as some mediocre images and of course, the duds.

The city, though large and bustling is also quaint. How it can be both, I am not really sure but it seems to me that it is.

Urban Shooting

Just an ordinary day on an ordinary street yet still so interesting to me. I am finding that although I love to take pictures of anything and everything, I am leaning more towards the urban shoot as being my favourite kind of shoot.

Composing the shot to capture the character of the scene, or what I interpret to be its character, is what I try to do. Bringing the image into Lightroom to bump up the contrast and intensify some of the colours enhances the old brick work and architecture we see here, further showing the scene's character.

Using f/6.3 and a shutter speed of 1/400 seemed adequate to capture enough detail for this composition.

Double Up

I shot at f/6.3 and 1/400 with a focal length of 52. I deepened the yellow in the building's brick-work in processing and changed up the hue of the blue just a touch. Increasing the contrast drew attention to the strong lines of the architecture and also to the shading differences from window to window.

Sun Paints Chicago