dispatches from Canada's capital
A friend of mine recently drew my attention to the climate related photography of Robert Van Waarden. The work is beautiful, and makes illustrates some compelling scientific and political points. One especially nice post is: Best of 2009 – 20 Images of Climate Change Activism. The world needs more climate change art.
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At Ottawa’s 2010 Capital Pride festivities, I found myself thinking back to my Oxford days when I would generally only take a couple of hundred photos a month on my 3.2 megapixel digital camera. By contrast, I took around 400 shots during the course of the parade and the party that followed. Initially, that struck [...]
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Through Flying Penguin, I came across the remarkable photos of the New York Subway system in the 1970s and 80s. It certainly looks threatening.
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For the most part, my photography just depicts pretty or interesting things that happen to be close to me. That said, I recognize that photography is a medium that has a capacity to go beyond documenting events and producing pleasure, to make meaningful artistic or political statements. In the next while, I will try to [...]
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A number of my friends are fairly serious amateur photographers: people who have built up a repertoire of knowledge, various sorts of gear, and who display photography publicly online. Photography is certainly an excellent pastime. It satisfies geeky cravings for toys to play with, while serving as a creative outlet. It also lets you document [...]
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I have been using the Canon 5D Mark II for about a month now, and decided to take advantage of lower American prices for photo accessories and pick up the vertical grip when I was in the US recently. Why use a vertical grip? There are two major reasons for doing so: battery management, and [...]
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