During a recent visit to Toronto, I wandered around Trinity Square, camera in hand and found some interesting cityscapes. Trinity Square is located downtown. It is bounded by the Eaton Centre, an office building known as Bell Trinity Square, and the Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel. The square’s primary feature is the Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity. The scene here is…
Grand Cayman
We just returned from a trip to Grand Cayman, the largest of the Cayman Islands, located south of Cuba and west of Jamaica in the Caribbean Sea. We went there for the wedding of our nephew, Christopher Hopkins who has been living there for the past three years. In the course of the week we…
At the Beach
Yesterday, I went out to do some photography with friend and photographer, Stewart Hamilton in Banff National Park. After checking out a few places, we settled in at the Castle Mountain bridge on the Bow River to take some cool (literally) shots. We ventured down to the “beach”, where we took advantage of the early…
Light Fantastic
I did a photo excursion yesterday with friends and fellow photographers, Julie and Stewart Hamilton. We went to a familiar location, the area around Mount Engadine Lodge, 37 km (23 miles) south of Canmore on the Spray Lakes Road. Although I visit the area frequently in summer, this was the first time I had gone…
Converts to Black & White
I’ve been trying to appreciate black and white photography a little more. I’ve been experimenting with some software that includes a very good module for converting colour pictures to black and white. Today, I’m presenting a few pictures from my archive that I’ve chosen as good subjects for conversion. I’m not trying to be Ansel…