50/365 : Moving air

Yes, this is a fan. Yes, it’s at my desk. No, I didn’t go for a photowalk today.

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41/365 : It’s not easy being green

Groovy early morning light patterns on a green wall. Done & dusted.

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010x : Maybe I should have dusted first

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Let me out

For this potted plant (whatever it is… I don’t know, I don’t have a green thumb) getting out in the sun is probably a bad idea. Global warming notwithstanding, when it’s this sunny here in January, it’s cold. That’s a universal truth. Better to stay in and soak up the Vitamin D through double-paned glass.

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Black and white …

… and red all over.

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The essence of autumn

Red green yellow hue

A smattering of orange

Winter arrives soon

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Saturday Morning

Drinking coffee by the window, soaking in the warmth of the low autumn sun.

Blinds casting shadows, camera at hand. White, brown, gold and black. Click.

All of a sudden it’s Friday

Conference calls on a sunny autumn morning. Low sun streaming through the blinds, hitting the fan. Better that than the other stuff.

Grab the camera.

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Blue Monday

Seems fitting for a day like today.

How does it feel to treat me like you do?
When you’ve laid your hands upon me and told me who you are
I thought I was mistaken, I thought I heard your words
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now, how do I feel
Those who came before me lived through their vocations
From the past until completion, they’ll turn away no more
And still I find it so hard to say what I need to say
But I’m quite sure that you’ll tell me just how I should feel today
I see a ship in the harbor
I can and shall obey
But if it wasn’t for your misfortune, I’d be a heavenly person today
And I thought I was mistaken, and I thought I heard you speak
Tell me, how do I feel
Tell me now, how should I feel
Now I stand here waiting
I thought I told you to leave me when I walked down to the beach
Tell me how does it feel, when your heart grows cold, grows cold, cold

Writers: BERNARD SUMNER, GILLIAN LESLEY GILBERT, PETER HOOK, STEPHEN PAUL DAVID MORRIS

Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group

The Peanut in Acros

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We have this great peanut-shaped lamp in our living room; a study in minimalism, it has clean lines and gives off a nice, diffuse glow.

I’ve always wanted to shoot it, but there are only so many ways it can be shot with visual interest. Then it hit me: what about a double exposure?

These are all in-camera Acros double exposures on my X-T2, straight out of camera.

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Câline de blues

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A blue sky is something to be celebrated at this time of year. It’s all too rare.

They say you get the blues when you’re down; I find blue in the right places uplifting. Liberating. Light.

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Time for a drink

It’s Friday night, after all!

Where’d the blue go?

Nothing more to say.

Catching some rays

Ottawa doesn’t have a lot of great architecture, but there are still a few striking buildings downtown. The recent temporary home of the Bank of Canada – previously the EDC Building – is a prime example. Simple and elegant.

Looks great in colour on a sunny day.

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Not too shabby in mono, either.