Project 365 - Day 218 - St Andrew's Catholic Church in Oakville

I have shot this church many times, it has a really cool steeple.  Tonight I went by at night and caught the stained glass all lit up.  After I got off about 6 shots, the lights inside the church went out.  Thankfully, I already had my shot...

 

I used a flash to make the church white.  I held the flash in my hand and popped it off 5 times right beside the camera.  I was using about a 2 second shutter here.

The angles were fixed in Lightroom - I had to fix the vertical alignment quite a bit. 

Sigma 11-14 lens, at 11mm  ISO400 at f/3.5  2 sec shutter.

Project 365 - Day 217 - Dragonfly

Got this guy while scoping out a location for a shoot I am doing next week.  There were a couple of these flying around, and a dog at the house where the photos are being taken was chasing them.  It was quite cute.  I got this shot as the dragonfly had landed, and before the dog realized that it was not flying around anymore...

Project 365 - Day 216 - Another sunrise in Mississauga

Every weekend I plan to get up early at least one day and catch the sunrise at some location or another.  Every weekend it seems we are going to bed late and I can't drag my butt out of bed.  Sonia tells me just to get up and get the shot and then go back to bed, but when you have had only 2-3 hours sleep it's hard to walk, let alone operate a camera.

Today I got up and got the shot.  Yes, we got to bed late last night. I really don't see the appeal of staying up past midnight, it's not like I'm twelve years old anymore.  When we got home, Sonia told me to wake her when I got up and she would take care of the dog and when I got back we would both go back to bed.  So that was the plan.

And I got the shot.

Sonia didn't go back to bed.

Someone is going to be cranky later.

Yes, that will be me...

Shot in Port Credit around the Snug Harbour restaraunt.

Project 365 - Day 215 - Brown Eyed Susan

Down at Lakeside Park in Mississauga.  These flowers were everywhere.  Nice bright sunny day and they were loving it.

Project 365 - Day 214 - Sunrise in Mississauga

This morning I left the house a little late.  Sonia was parked behind me, and she was moving her van as I was leaving.  When she pulled out of the driveway, she saw the sky and motioned for me to stop.  She then suggested that I might want to take my camera with me, and stop on the way.

If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have today's picture.  I typically don't open my eyes until about half way into work, and I hardly ever take my camera to work.  So it would have been another one of those "oh, I wish I had brought my camera" days ... again... of which there are far too many.

Taken at Lakeside Park in Mississauga, at about 6:40 this am.

Project 365 - Day 213 - Gone Sailing

... or fishing ... or whatever ... but at least it was done on a sailboat.  No, I didn't go sailing, the guys on the boats are going sailing after a long workday.  What better way to finish a day off then on the lake on a nice late summer evening?

Oh I don't know, that cloud kind of looks menacing ... and that bird is making his final approach ...

Project 365 Day 212 - Rainbow

Got home tonight late, with 15 min left to take my picture.  But luckily, I had this shot planned out in my head.  Now executing was not as easy.

My wife has these colourful mixing bowls, and when I wash and put them away I always think they would make a great shot.  So tonight, I got out my two speedlights and set them up on either side of the stacked bowls.  I took this shot overhead on a piece of white foamcore board.

No too bad, bumped up the colours in LR and fixed the white balance.

Two off camera speedlights facing up towards the whilte ceiling and bouncing back.  The tough part was keeping my shadow out of the shot...