Thought I could use a light box for taking some photos I needed for a few class projects. I found a forum post that gave plenty of details on how to easily make one, and went out to buy the materials. A few pieces of corrugated plastic and a few halogen work shop lights later, I can take product shots with ease! I added a pane of glass for reflective effect.

During my Christmas break, Grandpa gave me his old film camera, a Canon AE-1. This classic piece of equipment cleaned up wonderfully and I’ve even shot a roll of film through it! Works like a charm.

This weekend I spent a few days in Sudbury. I had wanted to go up flying again with my Uncle Mike, and the weather was absolutely perfect for it. Seeing the world from the sky is amazing, and I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to experience it. Thanks Uncle Mike!

I had an idea for a unique photo, that didn’t turn out exactly the way I wanted. My idea was to hold the camera upside down on a tripod, and hold it down below the plane while in the air with my fisheye lens attached. This would have made the ground below us look like the Earth, wrapped around the edges and becoming completely spherical. Didn’t quite work because we weren’t high enough. It did however make us look like we were flying in the outer atmosphere when I tilted it on an angle:

We were only about 600 feet off the ground in that photo, but the fisheye lens makes it seem much MUCH higher. I love the way it turned out, even if it wasn’t quite what I intended. I took a variety of other photos this weekend, some around home, in the air, and on the road. Almost got a close-up of a Snowy Owl too, almost. Here’s the pics from the weekend!

…And tomorrow it’s back to the college grind for four days, then reading week and my wisdom teeth come out! Joy.

For the second entry into the alphabet series, I give you a nickel. but not just any nickel, that wouldn’t fit the whole alphabet idea. This happens to be the Big Nickel.

I was in Sudbury this weekend and realized that I had never taken a picture of one of the city’s most iconic landmarks. Just before I left town, I stopped by to snap a few photos. A couple people were just leaving when I got there, and another group of people showed up as I was leaving. It was nice to see that I wasn’t the only one enjoying the sights on a beautiful sunny long weekend, since Dynamic Earth is closed during the winter. Here’s a shot from the other side:

I got this great idea from Peter, my cousin once removed’s husband (yeah, took me a while to figure out how to say that). He had taken a bunch of photos recently with a letter of the alphabet in mind and posted them on his blog. I loved the idea and thought I’d do the same! Its a great way to get me out there taking pictures, even if its just once in a while. I find myself so busy with school lately that I don’t bother.

So here’s my start, in the usual place with the letter A:

I liked the results of the black and white images of the train tracks that I also took today, and thought I’d carry it on to this tower of apples. Took a good 10 minutes to make ‘em stay that way without falling over!

Today its foggy and raining, but I saw an opportunity for a neat picture on my way home from classes this afternoon. The snow is half melted around here due to the warm temperatures as well, so its a neat effect:

I really like the way these train tracks look through the fog. Since there wasn’t much colour to the photo to begin with, I figured they’d look nice in black and white. I like the results!