Natalie came round today to show me what she’d learned at a recent lighting lesson with a local photographer. We set up the lights. Main was fairly low, bounced into umbrella with the light set horizontal and positioned to the side of the subject. Fill light was also horizontal, bounced into an umbrella but set […]
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A lazy day which starts with a trip to the gym 🙂Get up, watched Eastenders, went to the Post Office, came back, ate French Onion Soup and went to the gym for 2pm.Tip: Don’t eat French Onion Soup before going to the gym. It makes you thirsty!Had to make a trip to Canadian Tire on […]
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Friday, December 21, 2007 Posted in christmas
I had a few items to pick up at lunchtime today. One of them being a laminated print from Costco. Horrors! The parking lot was insane! I’m glad I only had to go to the photodesk to pickup and not do any shopping in that place. The thought of the long lines of people at […]
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Thursday, December 20, 2007 Posted in photo, snow
So Indy has her photo in the Ottawa Citizen today. This one. Looks good in print! Already had one e-mail from a friend who was obviously up and reading the paper before I was. A work colleague spotted it too and was asking me about Belgian Shepherds.It’s the works Christmas outing today. A lunchtime trip […]
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Posted in snow
Don’t believe it. It’s snowing again! When will it ever stop! Sky is full and it’s really grey. Think I’ll be leaving work early this afternoon. Went out for a curry at lunchtime with Paul and a couple of his colleagues (ex colleagues he used to work with until November). Can’t really concentrate now, ready […]
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007 Posted in studio
It’s snowing again. Though they just call it “flurries”. Still pretty cold. Cold enough for me to want to go and buy some new boots. I’m looking out of my office window at the roads below, thinking about whether I want to venture out at all. Actually, I will have to go out at some […]
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Sunny but cold. The agility equipment is almost buried. The jumps with the top bar at 26″ show how deep the snow is. The upside – the wind isn’t as fierce. It’s still cold at around -12C but the sun is shining. Makes all the difference!
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Monday, December 17, 2007 Posted in snow
So we had a big snowstorm here in Ottawa. A couple of foot of snow fell during the day. This is the view from out of the front door. Pretty grey looking!The dogs had lots of fun playing in the snow, but us humans didn’t have as much fun as it was not only cold […]
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