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I have written an article on DeviantArt. If you want to check it out here is the link: http://news.deviantart.com/article/59744/. Thanks.

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Dragonfly

This little guy sat and waited for me to take the shot at several angles so patiently. I took it along the Beaver Trail, part of the Stony Swamp Conservation Area in the Greenbelt of Ottawa.

*Note* I am considering using this photo for my photography course at Algonquin College so any and all advise, comments and/or suggestions you have about it would be greatly appreciated.

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Civilization

This is the Museum of Civilization as seen from the Ottawa side of the river (Parliament Hill to be precise). I used to go to this museum every year with school but now that I live in Ottawa, and am older, I find I don't go here nearly as often as the exhibits don't change that often and the fun ones are really only fun once in a while. It is still a very good museum.

*Note* I am considering using this photo for my photography course at Algonquin College so any and all advise, comments and/or suggestions you have about it would be greatly appreciated.

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Assignment #1

We have been given our first assignment in the photography course I am taking at Algonquin College. I am actually pretty excited about it even though it is pretty basic and simple. The assignment has multiple parts to it so far and it will get bigger as the course goes on (so essentially we have one assignment with multiple parts only some of which we have been given so far).

1. Depth of Field
   a. 2 sets of photos showing depth of field (ie. take one photo in each set at the smallest and then the largest aperture to drastically change the depth of field).
   b. Two to three general pictures showing depth of field.
2. Motion
   a. 2 Freeze Action Photographs (Name pretty much says it all – capture motion in a single moment, all aspects of the photo should be sharp)
   b. 2 or 3 Selective Motion Photographs (Depicts motion by allowing some elements of the photo to be blurry (moving parts, etc))
   c. 2 Panning Photographs (Captures motion by having background blurred while moving subject remains sharp. This is achieved by moving the camera at an identical speed as the subject passes by (ie car, etc).)

I technically have all the photos I need to fulfill the assignment as I took shots for each category when I was downtown this past weekend, I just want to make sure I have the best and most interesting photograph for each one. I don’t want to have the same pictures as everyone else and at the moment my panning shots are nothing special – just cars passing by, though they do have the parliament buildings in the background rather than just trees or something else.

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Demonstration

The day I walked around Parliament Hill was also the day the group Sister Spirit (I apologize if I have gotten their name wrong) was there doing a demonstration of violence against women in the native community - mostly concerning how they believe it is virtually ignored by police and politicians.

*Note* I am considering using this photo for my photography course at Algonquin College so any and all advise, comments and/or suggestions you have about it would be greatly appreciated.

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Perched

Took this little guy's picture while walking along Beaver Trail, which is a part of Stony Swamp Conservation Area here in Ottawa. Never would have been able to get this shot without my new 70-300mm lens, so glad I got it.

*Note* I am considering using this photo for my photography course at Algonquin College so any and all advise, comments and/or suggestions you have about it would be greatly appreciated.

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Persons

I took this photograph last spring while I was walking around Parliament Hill. It is part of a display on women getting the right to vote. I plan on making another trip to Parliament Hill now that it is Fall - this display will probably be part of my walk again.

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