Pretty in Pink - Reprisal
>> Wednesday, May 26, 2010
A reprisal of Pretty in Pink. I put it through Photoshop and treated it using the art history brush – similar to what I did to the image I used as a header for the Great Abyss.
Showing posts with label Tulip_Festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tulip_Festival. Show all posts
In the Distance
>> Saturday, May 15, 2010
I think this is one of my favourite compositions for Tulip Festival photos. It also happens to be one of my favourite colours/styles of tulips.
Read more...The Dividing Line
>> Thursday, May 13, 2010
For the most part, the arrangements at the Tulip Festival locations change from year to year. The arrangement above placed two colours of tulips directly beside each other enabling shots with dividing lines like this one. Unfortunately the sparse growth of the tulips makes it a little less dramatic, but you get the point.
Not a Tulip
>> Sunday, May 9, 2010
This purple-blue flower was amongst the tulips at Dow’s Lake (Commissioner’s Park). I took it during my first trip to that Tulip Festival location, which turned out to be a good visit as the Tulips are already a little sad looking (likely due to their early bloom).
Read more...I ♥ Faces: My Story in Photos: "Places I Love"
>> Monday, February 1, 2010
A wonderful location I enjoy going to on a regular basis is much closer to my home in Ottawa. The Ottawa Greenbelt walkways are simply beautiful no matter what time of year you venture out in. There is lots of adorable animals to see and tons of great locations for environmental portraits. The photo I have included for this area (which is actually a series of paths and trails across Ottawa) is another photo of Dave taken in the Prince of Wales walkway just as you are leaving the city.
A third 'location' is the City of Ottawa and its wonderful festivals. The Winterlude Festival, to me, is associated with the skating on the Rideau Canal and all the joy that brings for me and my friends and family. Last year Dave and I took his sister skating on the canal and I was able to capture some really great family moments there. The Tulip Festival has to be one of my favourite times in this city, though I take very few photos of people at this time of the year. Ottawa has so many wonderful festivals and events going on throughout the year that offer its residents and tourists huge amounts of entertainment and overall enjoyment. I really love living in this city and can really see myself making a real, long-term home here.When I was younger, and still living at home with my parents, the walkway beside my neighbour (and 'grandma's' house) was my favourite place in the world. Right up until they took down many trees in there, I could spend hours walking along the farm path, taking photos and contemplating whatever was bothering me at the time. It was a great way for me to reflect on the day, or just get some time to myself. Unfortunately, I have few photos of people in this area as I really liked to spend that time to myself taking nature photos at most.
In general, the places I love are calm, quiet ones where I can reflect and think without distraction. Usually they are places I can take photos as photography is something that brings me a great deal of joy. There are a few places in the world though that I absolutely love that are very far from the nature walks that I like in and around Ottawa. My trip to London with Chris a few years ago was just wonderful and included many areas I have been wanting to see since I was very young - the most significant (to me) was Stonehenge.There are several other places that I really love, but the length of this post is already longer than the ones on my regular blog, let alone this one. It has, however, been rather enjoyable to write and hopefully is what the people at I Heart Faces is looking for, though I do not believe there is any judging going on this week. Thanks for reading the whole thing, I hope you enjoyed it too. Read more...
Motivation Monday - Malak Karsh
>> Monday, September 21, 2009
Malak Karsh was born in March of 1915 in Mardin, Ottoman Empire. He emigrated to Canada in 1937 and began working with his brother Yousuf. As his brother became overwhelmingly famous, Malak left the Karsh from his signature to separate himself and his art. I personally don't feel like you can really compare the art of the two brothers as they photographed such different subjects and in such different ways, and feel that they are both absolutely amazing photographers from whom I could learn so much. I have also written about Malak before, but feel that he has inspired me so much, that I wanted to create another post about him.
Malak seemed to have fallen in love with Ottawa and the vast majority of his work centres around the City. In the words of Caroline Murray, "Malak Karsh's exquisite photos chronicled a city and a nation." He not only had a large collection of images from the Tulip Festival, which we all know I absolutely love, but he was also one of the founders of the festival and was the honourary president at the time of his death in November of 2001. According to Mayor Bob Chiarelli, "He helped put Ottawa on the map. Probably the biggest and best brand for Ottawa was his tulips." The City of Ottawa has an annual photography award in honour of Malak and his brother Yousuf which you can get more information about here.
Malak's 1963 photograph entitled "Paper and Politics" was used on the 1969-1979 one dollar bill. The image is of floating logs on the Ottawa River with the Parliament Buildings in the background. It is one of those photographs that exemplifies that timing and being at the right place at the right time are crucial factors that go along with technique, skill and knowledge when it comes to capturing a great photo. 
Like his brother, Malak published several books of his collections. They are also a large part of the Tulip Festival publications. His work inspires me in a way that Yousuf and Steve McCurry's does not in that it is very similar to the style of photography I enjoy and am getting quite good at. They are of places and things that are around me on a daily basis. I am able to directly compare some of my works to his and see where I can improve and perhaps how.
Parliamentary Tulips
>> Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The instructor for my Photoshop course was my main inspiration for obtaining this shot but not in the way one might think. During one of our courses he mentioned that he had been asked to take a shot with the Tulip Festival tulips in front of the Parliament Buildings (most likely meaning the Peace Tower). He told us that since no shot existed naturally this year, he was going to have to Photoshop them together. Without a great amount of effort, Dave and I were able to find two locations where you could get a shot like this. There were others directly out front and if you crossed the barriers around the grass out there, you could have easily get even more shots and some with the bright red tulips that everyone loves.Yellow Frills
>> Tuesday, June 9, 2009
These yellow frilled tulips were in a bed right near Chris' old house on Colonel By Drive.Banner
>> Wednesday, June 3, 2009
A Tulip Festival banner near Lansdowne Park during the 2009 festivities.Bright Above
>> Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Yellow tulips along Colonel By Drive in Old Ottawa South.Spikes
>> Monday, May 25, 2009
Another version of the Barbados Tulip (though this one isn't called that) in Commissioners Park.
A Little Showy
>> Saturday, May 23, 2009
The tulips were starting to die near the end of the Tulip Festival - so sad.Guardian Tulip
>> Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Queen of the Night tulips in Commissioners Park.Barbados
>> Monday, May 18, 2009
Barbados tulips from the Commissioners Park. I have never really seen these guys before. Dave and I gained interest in them when we found a few in our own tulip garden.Rock Garden
>> Sunday, May 17, 2009
Another shot from Commissioner's Park and the Tulip Festival.Purple Rain
>> Saturday, May 16, 2009
Again I feel the rich colour of this purple tulip makes the water drops stand out even more. Perhaps I am just partial to the colour purple though.Tulip Drippings
>> Wednesday, May 13, 2009
I'm really happy with how the rain tulip shot came out. This was my first real attempt at wet flowers and I wasn't sure how it would come out - especially since I still don't have my macro lens. I feel the richness of this tulip's colour really helps make the water drops stand out.
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