Abandoned House

Well, We went on Sunday Nov 16, 2014 and they were just Harvesting the corn field now, the farmer was further back in the field so the corn was still up around the house. It makes a big difference with the field as it blocks out whats behind the house and it surrounds the house completely. So that was so close. We got there around 5:00 in the evening and it had started snowing half way there so it was getting pretty dark out and my exposure for this pic was 1.6 sec f8 and 100 iso. So I consider this a lucky one in many ways and the hour and a half drive was worth it. The vegetation had all died away and the house is more visible and looks so much more interesting as I knew it would. I like this shot and will make a nice fine art print. Already know what wall it's going on. 

  

The Babies New Arrival

Michele decided to have the baby for the weekend. I don't do baby photography anymore but wanted to do this idea. I have a few more ideas that i want to try so I have to plan them. So for now all i did was this shot.

Malinois shepherd's

These are our babies, and I've been needing to take a photo before Titan got any bigger.Putting both dogs together in a photo show actual size of the puppy compared to brandy and before you know it it's to late, they grow so fast.

 

To our Fallen Soldiers

Lea the Terminator

Thought I would try my hand at drawing a little and turn Lea (daughter in-law) into a terminator, she  liked it, and I don't ever post pics of people if they don't like them, so tell me what you think?

The Grandkids

A few weeks back the kids were over and as they played in the backyard I thought I would take a couple of photos. I used to do this kind of photography back in the 90's with my Sisters kids, using natural light with fill flash of course. But as the clouds move quickly the exposure changes quite a lot. I still think I am not to bad at it. I always use manual settings and kids can be pretty quick.

 

New Puppy

Ahhh,alright,sure,why not! Are the words that came out of my mouth when Michele said she so really wanted a new puppy. Boy what a hand full. So I've taken a few photos of our new family member Titan and some together with Brandy and Titan.

Waterfalls,Creeks and Streams

Through the end of this summer 2014 we went to Hamilton area to photograph waterfalls. With Hamilton being the number one capital of waterfalls we thought we would dedicate a few of our weekends to waterfalls. We stayed in Burlington and did not even make it into Hamilton, as there are so many and some are difficult to find. A few had very little water so are not very impressive. Spring time would be the proper time to visit theses waterfalls, after the snow melts. These are the few we got to visit this year.

Talbot Trail

On our way home from Port Colborne we took Talbot Trail #3. I had to get pics of the old abandoned Guyitt house, the vegatation was heavy in front and you could not see the lower windows on the right side. I think I will be going back there soon cause i would like a shot of this house without the large bush in front but with the corn field still there. I think the corn ads so much to the photo as the house sits in the middle of the field. It will be a short time frame as to get a photo without any leaves and still yet a corn field, the corn will be gone soon as it is still drying and should be at about 15% moisture content to be ready for harvesting. So usually around November, so I have a few weeks yet. The house used to be a red brick house and now all that remains is the wood stucture. It has three chimneys and the ground level has windows all across the front. One thing about these old houses is they all have something unique about them like the stacked double windows on the left side still has the carvings in the window frame. I love this old house.

                            This is a crop from the photo above

Balls Falls

We went to Port Colborne for Thanks Giving to visit family and had a great time. We headed up to Jordan Ont. to Balls Falls Conservation Area to take photos of the Upper and Lower Balls Falls. Many people were asking if the Lower falls were worth the hike and I think they are as the water comes out from the wall of the cliff and you don't see the source of the water and where it's coming from. You can walk along flat rock above the falls safely and there is no water, it all runs below the rocks. The sun was very bright and made photography a challenge but I think the photos came out ok.

 

Fanshawe Pioneer Village

fanshawe 1812 - The Invasion of Upper Canada

This was cool, actually this was extremely cool. I did not know what to expect and with the weather in London Ont. we did not stay long. We did not get any photos of the actual reenactment of the battle, it was cold and it kept raining but, as you walk around everyone is living as they did in 1812. Clothes, tents, furnishings. Even the way they eat, they cook over a fire and for theses two days live in their tents. The coolest thing is everywhere you look there is a photo just waiting to be captured and i just love the realness of this.              I'm really hoping I get to this place next year, now knowing what to expect and if there's better weather, get all of the photos I would like. I never knew of this place and Matt a friend of Michele's at her work, told us about this. Matt has been doing this since the mid 80's and is one of the Soldiers. Matt gave us a tour and explained why they were doing the things we came across as we walked through the village. Matthew Drouillard is the one on the left in this first photo and Miles Whitney, Matts friend is on the right as a six Nations Native, Thanks guys, Michele and I had a great time.

  

Muskoka, Ontario

Went up to Muskoka area for vacation. I truly love this area and the highlight was Algonquin Provincial Park. We stayed at the Pines cottage resort, it was exactly what we were looking for. No one bothered us, it was so peaceful and we came and went as we pleased. As I am with photography our schedule is pretty messed up. I had planned to be up before sunrise every day and be back around 1:00pm take a nap then be out again in late afternoon light but, the first couple of days it rained so we stayed at the cottage, remember this was also a vacation so we just relaxed and did nothing. I only was up one morning before sunrise and was able to photograph the fog over Oxtongue Lake, So I was happy with that. We only seen two Moose, one was after dark so no photo and one I did get a shot of but was behind trees, still I managed a shot that wasn't the best of the moose but made for a nice artsy shot of the moose in it's environment. Did not see any bears and I was hoping to get a photo but maybe some where next year. I did get a shot of a beaver swimming up stream and of course we had chipmunks and red squirrels climbing all over me for peanuts at the cottage which I thought was cool but there are laws with feeding wild animals and with these little guys I was told they are there every year on the resort property and live there so do they still apply? I know everyone including the kids always do so I'm not sure on this one. The main purpose was to visit Algonquin park everyday and we did. We hiked the shorter trails, no more than 2 km and we drove from one end to the other and back on the #60 corridor and for the trails we purchased a summer pass so we could hike the trails. Aside from Algonquin park are also rapids and waterfalls around the Muskoka area, the waterfall I found to be fairly scenic was Muskoka High falls in Bracebridge. Ragged rapids were also pretty cool and fairly aggressive which made for nice photos. All in all we had an awesome time and found ourselves even looking at a cottage to buy but, the prices are just to high. Here's a few phots for now and as I edit I will ad more.