Photo Challenge 4 – Black & White

September 2, 2010 · 12 comments

in General,Photo Challenge

Theme #4 was Black & White, and I was really interested to see what everyone would do. So here they all are and let the voting begin!  Please indicate your first and second choice, and share a little about what you like, some constructive suggestions. or some questions. But first, please let me make a [...]

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October 25th is a’comin’ quick!

August 31, 2010 · 1 comment

in Municipal,Politics

Have you heard? There’s going to be a municipal election!!! No, no, not just for the position of Mayor of Toronto! I know that’s the impression you’d have from the main stream media, but there’s an election coming in whatever town you live in as well!  (Well, if you are reading this from Ontario, that [...]

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Photofocus, blog & free podcast

August 30, 2010

One of the upsides of being a commuter is having time every day to take in some reading and audio books and podcasts.  Lately I’ve been fairly absorbed in photography related podcasts and blogs, obviously, and there are a couple that I’d highly recommend. Scott Bourne is a well known photographer in many genres, particularly [...]

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Polaroid: Engineering Marvel or Artistic Freedom?

August 21, 2010

I found this little video on Chase Jarvis blog, and it really struck me that I’d never stopped to consider Polaroid before and the amazing things they gave us.  I mean sure, I’d marvelled at the engineering, the fact that Polaroid was able to put a little development lab in everyone’s camera. But I’d never [...]

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Photo Challenge 3 – Blue

August 18, 2010

UPDATE Aug 25: The winner for Photo Challenge 3 is Donna Williamson! Congrats Donna! There are no prizes, LOL! Donna will be choosing Theme #5, which will be revealed when all the pics from Theme 4 are posted.  I’ve also updated the gallery below to include all the photographer names, so if you have any [...]

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You can’t get there from here

August 6, 2010

I’m considering whether this post should be the start of a series.  It would be categorized as “We need a bylaw” or “Gaps in logic” or something like that.  At any rate, it’s a brief rant about a specific situation I’ve faced daily for many months and which is also likely a common occurance in [...]

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Photo Challenge 2 – Summer

August 4, 2010

The theme for Challenge #2 was “Summer.” After a real squeaker in the voting, the winner this time out was Jeannie Gane with “Summertime on the Farm.” Contratulations Jeannie! Jeannie will be choosing Theme #4.

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Photo Challenge 1 – Circles

July 21, 2010

The theme for Challenge #1 was “Circles”. Thanks, in no particular order to Ted, Donna, Dale, Marie, Jeannie, Lorne, Karen, Wilson, Mollie and Maddy for playing along. Our obvious favourite this week was Circle of Life from Donna Williamson. Congrats, Donna. Good work! Donna gets to pick theme #3, which will be revealed very soon.

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Photo Challenge Rules

July 21, 2010

My Photo Challenge is for my family, friends, aquaintences, etc.  If you feel like you want to play please contact me via email or the contact link above. Updated September 1, 2010. Rules of the game. (Rules are subject to change, so check back here periodically for updates!) The challenge runs on a two week [...]

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Photo Challenge

July 15, 2010

Starting a new hobby tends to make one fairly self absorbed.  You go through a time when it’s all you want to talk about, hear about, read about, and you can’t really understand why others don’t share your enthusiasm. This time round it is my new obsession with photography and taking in as much knowledge as [...]

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