The innards of one of the candy dispensers in the Optometry building at U of W. I've always liked the way these things are lit.

Taken with: The Olympus D-510 Zoom
Taken on: March 2, 2004

As I've been watching all my photographs slideshow past in screensaver mode the more I realize what kind of photographer I am. I've realized that it's never really about the subject when I shoot. It's about the shape and the composition. The lines and the balance. It completely explains why I find it so difficult to do good landscapes. Thanks Karney Li for your composition comment. It got me thinking.

This is another of my new rediscovered favourites. A rusty hinge on a barn in the middle of Waterloo Park.

Taken with: The Olympus D-510 Zoom
Taken on: September 9, 2003

For my birthday last year we ended up visiting the Halton County Radial Railway. I used up about 2 rolls of film there. Beautiful place to visit. This is one of the dead trains set aside to rust.

My entry for the March 26, 2004 Photo Friday - Neglect

Taken with: The Yashica FX-7, scanned and tweaked in Photoshop.
Taken on: May 12, 2003

Yesterday I decided that I never really look at my pictures after they've been posted here. So I downloaded my images folder and set up a slideshow screensaver. And over the past day I've rediscovered many favourites, even some that have never made it here yet. This is one.

A simple yellow flower in the back garden from last summer.

Taken with: The Olympus D-510 Zoom
Taken on: July 30, 2003

I'm going stircrazy waiting for the spring rains to begin. Instead, I will settle for a rainfall from last October.

Taken with: The Olympus D-510 Zoom
Taken on: October 25, 2003

Last summer I bought a cute little fountain at Zehrs. It lasted a couple months before the minerals in our water clogged it beyond repair. I spent one day trying to capture the appeal of it. This is my closest shot.

Taken with: The Olympus D-510 Zoom
Taken on: June 13, 2003

We went on a mini road trip yesterday to William Dam Seeds with Miss Sara and my Mom. Planting season is coming really soon and my garden will bloom not long after. I bought a packet of "tall" Nasturtiums -- kind of like this one.

This is one of the *very* few flash shots I have. Don't like flash, never have.

Taken with: The Olympus D-510 Zoom
Taken on: July 20, 2004

We spent most of yesterday afternoon discussing cars so I think this shot from last summer suits today just fine. It's the car I'd lean towards getting if we could afford it -- the Toyota Corolla.

Taken with: The Olympus D-510 Zoom
Taken on: July 28, 2004

Another photograph from the CEIT building. I really enjoyed the clean lines of the architecture.

My entry for the March 12, 2004 Photo Friday - Clean

Taken with: The Olympus D-510 Zoom
Taken on: March 2, 2004

Way back in October our brilliant wonderful neighbours had a wild party that ended up with several things destroyed (journal entry from the day after). Including this bike. It had the wheels twisted and destroyed and was tossed into the middle of the backyard. Where I photographed it 10 days later covered in frost.

This is my entry in the March 11, 2004 Theme Thursday - Bike.

Taken with: The Olympus D-510 Zoom
Taken on: October 24, 2004

In the waiting room of the optometry clinic (University of Waterloo) there were these slightly freaky statues suspended in the air and attached to the walls. Because I was 20 minutes early for my appointment I ended up staring at them and then finally taking several photographs.

This one just says "Leap of Faith", or you know, "leap onto your head"... whichever.

Taken with: The Olympus D-510 Zoom
Taken on: March 2, 2004

I have this serious love of high contrast colour anything. I think it makes most anything look lush and rich. So here's another image nice and contrasty.

Taken with: The Olympus D-510 Zoom
Taken on: August 8, 2003

Occasionally I pull out my old proof sheets to look at and spend time debating the cost of getting the prints made up. The top sheet here has never been enlarged and has some of my best portraiture with my favourite model, my sister.

Taken with: The Olympus D-510 Zoom
Taken on: February 23, 2004

Another photo from the CEIT building. From this perspective it's a fascinating play of light and composition... it's not just a neat ceiling.

My entry in the March 5, 2004 Photo Friday - Perspective

Taken with: The Olympus D-510 Zoom
Taken on: March 2, 2004

The new CEIT building on the University of Waterloo campus was really interestingly lit with all this concrete, plain and polished. A wonderful example of man-made beauty.

I'm using this picture as my entry in the March 4, 2004 Theme Thursday - Desperation. Because in some ways it's exactly what my years of desperate survival looked like to me. I knew that there was an exit, filled with light so near but impossible to achieve because I had no idea how to get there.

Taken with: The Olympus D-510 Zoom
Taken on: March 2, 2004

Yesterday I took the Olympus with me to my Optometry appointment just as an afterthought. I came home with a new prescription and over 60 images (with a final boildown of 18 that I will publish here). This was the photograph that started my impromptu shoot of the University of Waterloo.

The Spiral staircase in the School of Optometry building at U of W.

Taken with: The Olympus D-510 Zoom
Taken on: March 2, 2004

Dawn. My every morning view out the kitchen window.

Checking my stats.

Coffee and clean up of the orphan files at PtF. 10 Megs of useless files!

I have apparently offended the Unita-cat by looking over Mike's shoulder.

Chores. The plan of attack!

Vacuuming the Living Room / Dining Room / Office so the chairs are in the kitchen for now.

Off to buy cat food and litter.

My Kittens.

Reading and a nap.

I woke up just minutes before the phone rang.

Off the phone, time to get dressed to go out.

We ended up going out for dinner at Burger King. I bought 3 whoppers for a $1 each and gave the one I was bringing home to Mike to a homeless guy panhandling outside instead.

Somehow we went from dinner to grocery shopping at Sobey's. I seem to remember suggesting it.

Conversation about the poor, car buying, and various other things back in my living room.

Finishing off my day with the last hour of the Oscars. (I find the moment I caught on the closed captioning hilarious)