There is lighting occurring out side right now and I am really, i mean, really resisting the urge to run to the car with my camera, and drive for three quarters of an hour to find some spot to take photos of it all. The only reason I am resisting such a great photo opportunity is I am off to Jasper for the day in about 5 hours of so. Mike and I are leaving at 4AM for the day to see what we can see. We will hit the Maligne Valley area, Pyramid Lake, and the Jasper Gondola for sure, but after that if we have time left we will for sure take a gander around at the other great sites to be seen in jasper. But I started thinking to myself about the last day trip that I did to jasper for Work. I say to my self
“Self, did you ever really look though the pictures that you took while you were in jasper?” and self replies with
“Mmmmmm…. Well… Ummm…. I ahhh… Well… Well no not really.”
“Oh really”, self says “perhaps one should really take a gander at such?”
“yes that would be a grand idea!”
And there was a bit more mediocre & pointless dialogue and such the most of which is all far too triveal & pointless to deliver here. Instead, I will let the photos do most of the talking.

Some of you may think that you recognize this photo from a past shot of mine that I posted on the 21 of Feb. however it is just the same mountain in a different season. See I have to say that I enjoy the Feb shot much more then this but this is worthy of a journal post.

Camera: Canon EOS Canon 10D
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320 sec
Aperture: f 9
Lens: 70-300mm @66 mm
Date Taken: August 12 2003


Again, the same mountain in a different season.See

Camera: Canon EOS Canon 10D
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: f 9
Lens: 70-300mm @58 mm
Date Taken: August 12 2003

I will have many other shots from that and tomorrows trip up soon (I really mean it) however I really should finish the stuff that I have to do before tomorrow and try to get to bed, even though I am usually going to sleep about 4 instead of getting up then :)

This is a shot that was taken out side the hotel that I had to wait at in Calgary. The hotel and area were built into the side of a hill so the parking lot was quite high above the area around it. This building which was part of a machine shop (I think) & was just over the railing. It was getting close to sunset, and the air that was filled with all the crazy smoke from the Lost Creek fire in the Crowsnest Pass was making anything that had red in it stand out more the usual.


Camera: Canon EOS Canon 10D
ISO: 400 (i forgot again)
Shutter: 1/180 sec
Aperture: f 9.5
Lens: 28-80mm @28mm
Date Taken: August 11 2003

Last night Miranda and I went to one of Blackdot’s shows at the Sugarbowl. It was great to get out and see a band and we also got to see Liv, who I haven’t seen since she moved to Winnipeg last year. Here are some grainy shots from the show. This is Sleeping Girl. They are a cool acoustic band that really was quite good.


Camera: Canon EOS Canon 10D
ISO: 3200
Shutter: 1/10 sec
Aperture: f 4
Lens: 28-80mm @27mm
Date Taken: August 29 2003

This is Greg McPherson of the Greg McPherson Band. He also was great!


Camera: Canon EOS Canon 10D
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/4 sec
Aperture: f 4
Lens: 70-300mm @100mm
Date Taken: August 29 2003



Camera: Canon EOS Canon 10D
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/8 sec
Aperture: f 4.5
Lens: 70-300mm @140mm
Date Taken: August 29 2003

So this holiday Monday we (Mike, Miranda, & I) are planning to drive out to Jasper for the day. I think that we should if the weather is in our favor get some great shots. We will see. I haven’t any thing in particular that I am looking to capture, but I think Mike has an idea of what he wants. I hope to get some good shots none the less.

This is a shot of a Dulcimer player that was at the Fringe Festival in Edmonton.


Camera: Canon EOS Canon 10D
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60 sec
Aperture: f 16
Lens: 75-300mm @300mm
Date Taken: August 21 2003

This is a shot of a sidewalk that I happened across on my way home from The Fringe Fest. It looks as though the leaves that made these imprints fell on the cement while it was still wet, leaving these perfect casts.


Camera: Canon EOS Canon 10D
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/350 sec
Aperture: f 16
Lens: 28-80mm @80mm
Date Taken: August 21 2003

This shot comes from the east side of the High Level Bridge near the Legislature. This is the railing with its decorative points moving of into the distance. I grabbed this when I was walking home from Edmonton’s Fringe Festival.


Camera: Canon EOS Canon 10D
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500 sec
Aperture: f 5.6
Lens: 75-300mm @300mm
Date Taken: August 21 2003

This is a shot of the steel grating on one of the Canoe trailers from where I work. I was waiting to meet Roland at Hermitage Park and you know me if there is time to kill it will be done with 20 or 30 photos. :) The colour’s beneath the rusty metal are a combination of the parks lawn and the blue trailer.


Camera: Canon EOS Canon 10D
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f 5.6
Lens: 28-80mm @80mm
Date Taken: August 22 2003

This is a shot that I took at Hermitage Park in Edmonton while Roland and I were loading Canoes. S/He was on this leaf off in the corner, but I was to busy at the time to grab my camera. I though for sure that it would move on and I wouldn’t get the shot later, but when we were done loading canoes and ready to leave I walked back to see. And there it was in the same spot and everything so I grabbed a couple macros of it.


Camera: Canon EOS Canon 10D
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/180 sec
Aperture: f 5.6
Lens: 28-80mm @80mm
Date Taken: August 22 2003

A Lily


Camera: Canon EOS Canon 10D
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500 sec
Aperture: f 5.6
Lens: 75-300mm @300mm
Date Taken: August 21 2003