Cigarettes and Silver Bullets: June 2011

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Photo a day #154-156

I failed quite miserably in my attempt to capture the feel of a street lamp on Tuesday night. The photo turned out to have a bit of a film noir feel to it, so my disappointment is limited.

June 28 2011, Photo a day #154

A storm moved through Edmonton yesterday, but the sky was clearing by the time the sun was setting.

June 29 2011, Photo a day #155

Tonight I decided to shoot one of the more architecturally interesting sites in Edmonton, Grant MacEwan University.

June 30 2011, Photo a day #156

Monday, June 27, 2011

A hot meal: Photo a day #153

I was going to call this "Stupid fire tricks #1", but there's really no trick involved. Just lighter fluid ...

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Photo a day #151-152

June 25 2011, Photo a day #151 - Rutherford House

June 26 2011, Photo a day #152 - Mill Creek Ravine

Friday, June 24, 2011

This was an entirely boring picture of a hot plate we use at work. I cranked up the contrast, the brightness, and the black clipping, really just got the picture as grungy looking as I could. I'm quite pleased with the results actually, which is really saying something given how underwhelmed I was with the subject.

June 23 2011, Photo a day #149

Today I ended up with another floral subject.

June 24 2011, Photo a day #150

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Botany? Photo a day #147-148

I should really start making some attempt to figure out what plants I take pictures of, since I seem to be doing a lot of it this summer (even if the subject happens to be weeds on occasion).

June 21 2011, Photo a day #147

This one I actually recognize!

June 22 2011, Photo a day #148 - Wild rose

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

A few days in California

As I mentioned with my last batch of daily photos, I was in California for a conference last week. Of the time I managed to spend taking pictures I got quite a few "keepers" (by my standard at any rate). Since most of these are quite snapshot-ish, touristy, photos I'll present them without much comment except to say that even when travelling I manage to take pictures of churches. Also, I highly recommend getting a burger and a beer at Alcatraz Brewing Co. if you have the chance.

There's also a few pictures that I already posted and I put up a gallerama gallery as well

Monday, June 20, 2011

Photo a day #140-#146

June 14 2011, Photo a day #140 - Lilac

I was in Anaheim, California attending a conference for the latter part of last week, unfortunately I didn't have as much time to take pictures as I would have liked.

June 15 2011, Photo a day #141 - Anaheim Convention Center

June 16 2011, Photo a day #142

June 17 2011, Photo a day #143

June 18 2011, Photo a day #144 - Crystal Cathedral

The weather in Edmonton has been pretty interesting since I got back. I thought the clouds on Sunday evening were interesting enough to take a picture even though traffic was in my way.

June 19 2011, Photo a day #145

Heading back to work on Monday there was localized flooding across some roads.

June 20 2011, Photo a day #146

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

NAIT HP Centre: Photo a day #139

Taken last night, it's actually the "HP Centre for Information and Communications Technology" but I figured that was a bit lengthy for a post title

Monday, June 13, 2011

Truc Lam Monastery: Photo a day #138

This wasn't actually a composition I was aiming for. I took this shot to make sure I wasn't over-exposing the sky and it turned out to be my favourite, by far, of the pictures I took yesterday.

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Photo a day #136 and #137

Now what on earth could I be doing with a roll of film?

June 10 2011, Photo a day #136

June 11 2011, Photo a day #137

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Bonus pictures: Arts building

A couple of extra pictures I got of the Arts Building on campus last night. Both these pictures were taken from the same spot, one with the 50mm and one with the 10-20mm.