Calgary Peace Bridge, a study in symmetry
Posted: May 3, 2012 Filed under: bridge, Calgary Alberta, landscape photography, photography, places, public art, street photography | Tags: bridge, Calgary, downtown, fish eye lens, Peace Bridge, photos, sunflare, Symmetrical, symmetry, urban landscape 7 Comments »
The new Calgary Peace Bridge has created quite a controversy, people were talking about everything from the bidding (or lack of bidding) on the project, the design, the cost and even the location! It was designed and placed on the Calgary Bow River to accommodate cyclist and pedestrian commuters into downtown Calgary. Symmetrical in design with a glass top it is another wonderful subject for the fish-eye lens! I did take this picture about 10 am on Sunday morning, shot from a low angle with the camera pointing up slightly the people who were on the other end of the bridge quickly disappeared into the horizon!
Manhattan a view from the Empire State Building
Posted: February 7, 2012 Filed under: landscape photography, manhattan, new york city, Panorama, photography, places, travel, travel photography | Tags: bridge, City Hall, Empire State Building, Manhattan, Manhattan skylyine, New York City, travel 3 Comments »
Manhattan from the Empire State Building! Yesterday was a busy day, Rockerfeller Center, Empires State Bulding, we took the train to City Hall and walked part of theBrooklyn Bridge. We ate at the Meatball shop which was amazing, stopped by the Eatery and decided that is where we will have lunch today, We took the train to Chelsea and walked the HighLine Park, and had dinner at Blossoms, again another great meal!
Rio eBacino Orseolo, Venice Italy
Posted: January 13, 2012 Filed under: street photography, travel photography | Tags: boats, bridge, gondola, Italy, Kim Klassen, Kim Klassen Cafe, Kim Klassen textures, photoshop, Rio eBacio, Rio eBacio Orseolo, square format, tourist attractions, travel, Veneto, Venice, Venice Italy 10 Comments »
Rio eBacio Orseolo, Venice Italy. I have presented this image before, but wasn’t really happy with the results. This time I employed the square format, which provide a limited view, and I think a little tension; maybe the viewer wondering about the bridge and where it leads to?
I also used a texture layer on the images, Kim Klassen’s Cafe has some great textures, offers some great information on how to use them, and even runs internet classes for those that are interested.
you can see the origional Rio eBacio and let me know what you think.
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Calgary, 10 st.nw pedestrian and lrt bridge
Posted: October 28, 2011 Filed under: bridge, Calgary Alberta, photography, places, street photography, sunrise | Tags: architecture, bridge, Calgary Alberta, downtown, friday, office buildings, pedestrian bridge, photography, river, street photography, Sunrise 1 Comment »
It is Friday, and it is cooler to day than it has been all week!
Winter is just around the corner I can feel it.
This is the pedestrian bridge and 10 St. andMemorial Dr. NW, Calgary Alberta. The photo was taken with a wide angle lens and not really as long as it looks.
Pedestrian Bridge, Princess Island to downtown Calgary
Posted: October 26, 2011 Filed under: Alberta, bridge, Calgary Alberta, landscape photography, photography, places, reflections, sunrise | Tags: autumn, bridge, bridges, Calgary Alberta, clouds, fall, orange leaves, photo, photography, Princess Island Park, reflections, Sunrise, urban photography 2 Comments »
This is a quiet little pedestrian bridge on the east side of Princess Island Park, that it seems, very few people know about. Princess Island park is linked to Eau Claire and downtown Calgary with three bridges. There is currently one bridge connecting Princess Island to Calgary’s northwest communities and Memorial Drive, but that is soon to change.
It was a great fall morning, water was still and the clouds were perfect! You know that when your day starts like this it is going to be a good day.
Calgary Princess Island Bridge at Sunrise
Posted: October 25, 2011 Filed under: Alberta, Calgary Alberta, Calgary Photographer, photography, places | Tags: bridge, Calgary Alberta, clouds, downtown, glass and steel architecture, office buildings, phototgraphy, Princess island bridge, Sunrise, urban, urban photography 9 Comments »
Sunday morning, sunrise in Calgary. Walking over the Princess Island bridge you are looking south in to downtown Calgary, the business towers of Calgary glowing from the sunrise light. If I worked downtown this would be a great route to walk in the morning!
My goal this month is to find as many great sunrise views of downtown Calgary before it gets too cold! I am hoping the weather holds, wish me luck!
Calgary Center Street Bridge at Sunrise
Posted: October 24, 2011 Filed under: bridge, Calgary Alberta, landscape photography, photography, places, sunrise, travel | Tags: bridge, Calgary Alberta, Center Street Bridge, cold, early morning, fall trees, lights, orange leaves, river, Sunrise, travel 7 Comments »
I love to see the sunrise, I just hate getting out of my warm bed to do it, but when I do, it really seems to pay off….
Here the sun is just coming over the Center Street bridge, and all was quite this morning! The trees are turning color, lots of the trees have lost their leaves, it was beautiful. The hard part about photographing the sunrise here is Calgary you either have to get up really early,or you are freezing. When I say early I mean early, like 4:30 as sunrise happens around 5:30 am. This time of the year the sunrise is about 8:13 am, which is a very reasonable hour. The temperature this morning was about 5 celsius, which is also quite reasonable. As the fall turns to winter and the rise is later in the day, the temperatures can and will get much colder.
It doesn’t matter either I have to wake up early, or I have to be cold, most times I am rewarded with a great sunrise and glad I made the effort, seeing the sunrise is a great way to start the day.
Dubrovnik Tintype
Posted: October 13, 2011 Filed under: Calgary wedding photography, fine art photography, photography, portrait photography | Tags: bridge, croatia, Dubrovnik, model, national geographic, photography, renassiance workshop, robb kendrick, tintype, vintage photo, wedding dress, Wedding workshop 3 Comments »
One the way home from the Renassance workshop in Dubrovnik I watched a video presentation by Robb Kendrick sponsored by National Geographic. I found the video presentation on itunes and had downloaded it before going on holidays. I have some training in the old fashioned dark room, but many, many moons have pasted since I have used any of the skills, but I was inspired to try and recreate a tintype photo in my digital darkroom, aka photoshop!!!!
I think it turned out pretty good, leave a comment, let me know what you think or if you have any tips for re-creating this type of image………………
6 am Venice Italy, in the rain, and Sunrise at St. Mark’s Square
Posted: September 20, 2011 Filed under: bridge, landscape photography, night photography, places, sunrise, travel | Tags: accademia bridge, bridge, gondolas, Italy, lights, Rain, red, red umbrella, Sunrise, umbrella, Venice, Venice Italy 6 Comments »
It was 6 am and we were on our way to St. Mark’s Square to see the sunrise – the question of why did cross our minds, as it was raining it was quite possible there would not be much of a sunrise. We were already awake, out the door and wet stop! Here is Bill standing on the bridge waiting for me as I get some pictures off the Accedemia Bridge.
sumitted to See it Sunday a weekend collections, this week’s theme “wet” I invite you to go and check out the other great photos
we were rewarded with a great view, but not much of a sunrise……………
Riatlo Bridge, Venice Italy
Posted: June 16, 2011 Filed under: bridge, photography, places, travel, travel photography, Venice Italy | Tags: boats, bridge, Grand Canal, places, Rialo Bridge, tourists, travel, travel photography, Venice Italy, water Leave a comment »Working on Portraits, almost done, dreaming of Venice and strolling through the laneways and alleys, over the bridges and canals………….
The Rialto Bridge is one of the top tourist attachions in Venice, the bridge has three walkways, two along the outer edges, and a wider centraol walkway between two rows of tourist shops that sell Murano glass, jewellry and tourist souviniers.
The bridge can be challenging for toruist with strollers, walker or wheelchairs, as it consists primarily of steps! But is a great view of the Grand Canal from the top, especially at sunset!
