Seeking warmth

I sit here trying to stay warm on a very chilly January day and thinking of warmer times.

On a July family weekend at Fundy National Park, Isabelle and I sat among patch of ferns near McLaren Pond in the sun letting it warm our open hands. We did this in hopes that the warmth of our sun baked palms would attract the dragonflies flying around us.

After a few minutes with our hands open and my camera at the ready, we were rewarded for our patience. A couple landed on Isabelle's arm and this one landed on my palm.

Stunning website

Singapore based designer Johnathan Yuen's portfolio site is jaw-dropping. He believes it is an honest and worthy cause "To touch someone's heart with design."

This site is beautiful, complex, simple, playful and clever. What more can I say, it's well worth the visit.

one tip: hover over the red plus signs and click on the red triangles.

Stoke the Fire!

Happy new year! Want to stoke the creative fire this February? Join Margot Metcalfe, Silver Frith and Me at the Tatamagouche Centre February 7-11, Wed. 7pm - Sun. 1pm for Stoke the Fire! Keeping Warm with Photography. This program is 2 days longer that than weekend events we have held (and offering again this Oct.) and allows us to explore our photographic seeing further.

Hold onto the star

Christmas blessings to all, and in the year to come.

What the Duck 100th

Aaron Johnson creator of What the Duck has posted his 100th strip today. Congrats to Aaron on a very funny daily diversion.
This is Episode one of an animated WTD.

Tatamagouche III : Spirit renewed

It's been a busy couple of weeks, but I am still carrying warm thoughts and memories from this year's event. I am looking forward to the next time in February.

This image was made on my way home, and for 5 minutes appeared the only sunlight during the entire weekend. I stopped and soaked up the light.

Tatamagouche II - images

Tata Wind

Tata Tree Suite I

Tata Tree Suite II

Tatamagouche I - Soul Food

I was in Tatamagouche this past weekend as part of a leadership team with Margot Metcalfe and Silver Frith for the Ways of Seeing, Photography for the Artist Within Us program. It was my 3rd time as a facilitator for this event and as always, I had a lot of fun. I also found my voice this year in particular, as both an artist and teacher strengthening. The weekend has left me brimming with both spiritual and creative nourishment.

Fernwood IV : Beach Jewel

One of the things I enjoy doing during beachwalks is collecting sea glass. In fact it's something my family enjoys doing. There are little jars, dishes and vases around the house containing our beach treasures. Clear, green and beer bottle brown are very common around here, blue is rare, so rare in fact that it is a bit of a family competition when it comes to finding it. Other colours red, pink, orange... are even more rare than blue. I found this piece at the beach in Fernwood, the light caught it in the sand and it looked like a jewel, so I picked it up and held it to the sun dancing on the water and made this image.

Fernwood III: Sand Suite

On one of my beachwalks I was drawn to the way light was playing on sand formations. In this series I explored it with a sense of motion.

Lightroom B4 Identity plate in Windows

This video was originally made for a beta version before version 1.0  Since Lightroom is now up version 2.3 This tip is quite outdated. Feel free to explore my blog.  :)  Thanks for visiting.

Pimp my Lightroom

This video was originally made for a beta version before version 1.0  Since Lightroom is now up version 2.3 This tip is quite outdated. Feel free to explore my blog.  :)  Thanks for visiting.