Basement Employment

fatty helping with a sewing project

hard work, I know

At Night…

fancy bedazzled puddle

skeletal tree in the spotlight

Photogenic Feline

regular size

monstrosity size!

After the Rain

plastered to the driveway

1993 jeep grand cherokee ohhhh yeah

always a sucker for sunsets

Gratuitous Number of Photos at the Marsh

I stopped by the marsh in my town on the way home from work and went a little crazy with the camera. I have tried to include only the very best or most interesting shots. As well, I decided today that all photos uploaded will be untouched – no colour changes, no cropping, no contrast adjusted – just how I took them originally. I made a friend on my walk and she helped me to get my favourite photo (it involves peanuts, you’ll see).

into the marshes

little bugger knows how to camo when he wants to

greedy for seeds (I'm not mad about it)

mallards as usual

deep in the deciduous forest haha

the procession

bad ass blue jay, taking full advantage of free food

Light and Reflections

Chucks are looking particularly haggard today

ancient wedding-gift dining room mood lighting

In My Bedroom

my guitar of unknown age and origin - sings like a bird

cat of infinite neediness - lookin like hell

art projects of days gone by - very stoic, these two

Project 365 – Before The Snow

I am feeling inspired to take photographs. I recently picked up a fancy little camera as a graduation present from my family, which is something I have desired for quite a while. I used to have a useless old hand-me-down film camera but I stopped using it early on in university, and have have been sans camera ever since. I don’t really know what specifications my camera has except for one feature: ten times optical zoom! I find this very impressive.

Something called Project 365 caught my eye when an old friend began it nearly a year ago, and I am going to be a copycat and try it out for myself. The premise is that you must take photographs every single day, and I guess post them somewhere as a blog or memoir or something of the sort. I am not looking to necessarily chronicle my life, but to improve my skills as a photographer, which at this point, are very amateur.

Today I am going to cheat and use some photos taken earlier, only because there is a specific idea I want to capture. In my town today fell the first snowflakes of this winter season, and I am overjoyed. I am hoping to leave the country in early December, and I was getting a little worred that I would miss this year’s Canadian snowfall. While none of it stayed on the ground, it gave me some hope that it might in a month. I love winter.

Anyway, here are my favourite fall pictures taken since September 29, the day I acquired the camera, and before the snow. (Please enlarge to experience full awesomeness.)

cross that street!

some sun in a Halifax cafe

ivy at Dalhousie University

public gardens looking splendid

epic tree at the farm

back roads of Ontario