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Edmonton Photo Adventure

Had a quick break from shopping down here in Edmonton to meet up with some long time friends who I haven’t seen in a couple years.

We took off in search of Big Lake just outside of St. Albert. On the way there however we were interrupted by a bull moose on the side of the highway. ON THE SIDE OF THE ANTHONY HENDEY.

The trail system that leads to Big Lake offered lots to see. Here is a couple photos from the walk.
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 It was a lovely fall day.

How to take Aurora Photographs with only a Flashlight

Sometimes you go out to photograph the Aurora Borealis in Yellowknife and they just don’t show up. So you make your own aurora.

1. Practise circles. Start small.

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2. Go bigger. Make bigger circles.

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3. Focus really hard on the light.

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4. Turn yourself into light. Be one with the light.

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5. Think of winter. Maybe a snowman will help.

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6. Get Marcus to make a horse.

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7. Envision the great outdoors, and maybe a wolf.

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8. Pretend you are driving to the ultimate Aurora spot, in Yellowknife of course.

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9. Have Marcus set more of a scene with animals.

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10. Maybe a bigger animal.

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11. Okay we got it. Here it is THE AURORA!

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12. To be clear for people, spell it out. Make sure to spell it correctly.

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Done you have just created your very own aurora and photographed it at the same time.

Chasing Sunsets with a Flash

Went chasing sunsets last night and it was awesome. We were afraid we were going to miss it but we found an awesome spot on the Prelude West road outside of Yellowknife.

What I like about this photo is that I started to play with the off camera flash. Which I’m hold off to the right while the camera was on a timer. I used my pocket wizard triggers with one Nikon SB600. The settings I used were 1/50, ƒ/10, ISO 400, 24 mm

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My new Nikon 24-70mm Lens doesn’t make me a better Photographer

I have been wanting this Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 Lens for a long time. It is supposed to be one of the best for portrait and event photography. Well, I finally got it today after ordering it through my local camera shop. 

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Earlier in the day though I was looking through photographers in the NWT for Tourism purposes and I came across Benjamin Lamarche’s Flickr Stream. I met this guy at a photography workshop back in March. While looking through his photos I can just tell this kid has talent. You see he is still in high school and probably can’t afford the nicer lenses but his photos are still coming out 10x better than mine.

It proves the point that the gear doesn’t make the photographer, being creative ultimately does. Sure you can learn a lot of stuff from books and courses but I firmly believe it is the natural talent within someone that makes them a great photographer. I am not one of those people.

But I like to pretend.