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Last week's highlight photo of the week was the spectacular light show in the sky to end out the Canada Day celebrations at the Assiniboine Park, and now today I am going to take a highlight to the music at the event. Unfortunately the only band I got any decent number of shots of was Eagle & Hawk, a local band who are a mix of rock, country, and native music. The music was entertaining, the view worth the trip, and the band members were definitely a joy to watch. In this shot we have lead singer Jay Bodner conducting the crowd in their part of the lyrics of their closing song. For more shots from that day, check out the Canada Day 09 - Celebrating gallery. Please also check out the Facebook Fan Page and Group for Dwight Wallbridge Photography.


Raise the Roof!

A few weeks back was Canada Day here in my great nation, and to Celebrate I ventured out to what has been clearly the hot spot for our national birthday, Assiniboine Park, where a number of musical acts and thousands of Winnipeggers came out to celebrate the day of our countries birth. I got a few photos of the Manitoba band Eagle and Hawk, as well as lots of the fireworks that are a Canada Day tradition, one of which is the photo of the week. Celebrating the Red and White, True and Proud was one of the more spectacular parts of the fireworks show, and one that I was very happy to capture. For more shots from that day, check out the Canada Day 09 - Fireworks gallery. Please also check out the Facebook Fan Page and Group for Dwight Wallbridge Photography.


Celebrating the Red and White, True and Proud

A few weeks ago, on a lazy, but warm Sunday afternoon, I headed to the Forks, a national historic park in the middle of the city, which has a skate park that was called 'honestly one of the best' by Tony Hawk when he visited after the park opened in 2006. There were a number of people on bikes and skateboards around the park, and I took over 1,200 shots from the day of people enjoying their sport. The shot below is of one of the more accomplished bikers at the park named Adam. For more shots from that day, check out the Skate Park - June 14 gallery. Please also check out the Facebook Fan Page and Group for Dwight Wallbridge Photography.

While I was sorely tempted to go with one of the newer photos uploaded today to the Jaq Shoot 1 gallery, since I finally got the last few touched up, and uploaded, I decided to go with another of the shots from New Years. As I said then, I had a blast, though I must say climbing up a rickety ladder that I doubt is rated for my weight was no fun at all, I did get some really cool shots from the higher up perspective. This one was shot at the main area of the party, where someone had a lit up Hula Hoop, which they were using in some cool ways. Clearly she is having fun, and was the inspiration for a few cool shots like this.

Before I show you the highlight photo, I did want to let you all know I have hesitantly enabled rating and comments on the Gallery. Please be kind and don't insult me or my models. Also, please do not be a jerk about my photography. Constructive criticism is fine, but useless trashing will merely be deleted. Now, if you want more photos from Genesis, check out the Genesis gallery. Please also check out the Facebook Fan Page and Group for Dwight Wallbridge Photography.


Twirling

This week's Highlight Photo of the Week is one from a recent model shoot. Jaq contacted me on Facebook, where I had mentioned I was looking for models, and after some discussion we agreed to do a shoot on a day that held some promise. A few weeks later, with sunny days predicted, I got her a message, arranged a day and time when I would be off work, and we arranged to meet at The Forks, a local national park and marketplace in the city. While some delays happened, we still got in about an hour and a half of shooting, and ended up with about 700 photos across many different areas at the Forks.

Jaq brought a number of outfit combinations, and I am pretty sure we used every single one of them, some parts more than once in combination with other parts. I am not sure if this is a common practice in modeling, but it was definitely helpful in adding to the range of looks to the shoot. I recently posted about 30 of the estimated 50 shots that will be posted once I get them fully post processed. To decide this week's Highlight from the 30, I went to twitter, the Microblogging service, and asked those who follow me for their advice on which one I should pick.

I got over 20 replies, and ended up with three finalists, which were also put up for a vote. The photo below was the one chosen. The rest of the photos, as well as the last 20 I need to upload, are at the Jaq Shoot 1 gallery.


Seriously Seductive

Access to tall buildings in the city, in any city really, can be hard to find. Post 9.11, skyline shooting is a troublesome and expensive desire for most anyone. Thankfully I work in an 11 floor building in Downtown Winnipeg, and while the 11th has no sunset views, my work has the 8th floor as well, and that has an amazing view of the sunsets. After months of longing to have had my camera when I see an amazing view out that window, I began taking my camera to work often, on the hopes that the sunset would be worth it. May 20th it was. It was not the best I have seen, but the best I got in the days I had my camera with me. The differing shades and amazing colors begged my lens, and I was more than happy to click the shutter a few dozen times. More Skies and Landscape shots can be found in the Skies and Landscapes Gallery!


Fire in the Sky

This week the highlight photo of the week will be of my nephew Cody, who I was able to convince to sit still for a few shots when I first got into DSLR level photography. I guess you could say he was my first ever model, in the summer of 2006. I wanted to thank him for being so... cooperative with my very new and raw skills with my Canon Rebel. More photo I have taken of people can be found in the People gallery, like some snowboarders, and my second model.


Cody

I mentioned previously on this site that I had donated a print to the Child's Play charity auction being put on by Brigwyn at the Hunter's Lodge blog. That auction is now over, and the winner has chosen their print. I thought it would be fitting to make this weeks highlight the one that the winner will be getting. The winner chose a photo I took about a year ago, and have called Lay of the Land.

I live close to this tall hill that overlooks the St. James and West End areas of the city, and thought it might be a good way to get some elevated vantage point photography done. Little did I knwo that this mountainous pile of garbage, a former landfill in Winnipeg's earlier days, was riddled with gopher holes. Having seen a few, but not able to get close enough by walking before the jittery creechers ran back down one hole or another, and being as stubborn as I am, I decided to sit down, and just wait. I found a good spot right between two active areas with gopher holes, and just waited, and boy did it pay off. This little guy was a bit further away, but was still visible to the camera when it looked like he started scouting another set of holes about 20 feet away. More sights from that trip can be found in the A Trip to Garbage Hill gallery, including a cute dog and many more gophers, but below you will find one of the highlights of the group.


The Lay of the Land

Hey everyone, another Highlight Photo of the Week for you, but first I want to mention once again that the WoW community has banded together to hold a Child's Play charity auction in celebration of the in game holiday Children's Week. Dwight Wallbridge Photography has donated an 8x10 matte print of a photo in this collection of the winners choosing, dependent on model release if the winner chooses one of a person. Dwight Wallbridge Production's podcast All Things Azeroth has also donated a one episode sponsorship of the show. These have a combined value of about $95 USD, and both right now can be had for less than half that! Check out the auction, and help raise money to help kids.

Now, to the highlight. This week I am going back over a year ago. I was working at AAA Alarms, and our only windows faced the sunset, but most of the summer it was always too far one side or the other. When I finally got my replacement DSLR, the Rebel XT, I went photo happy. This is one I caught right near the end of the day in late January, and then the sky turned a beautiful orange as it was tinged by the suns glow. One of many I took out that window in that winter, but still a great time in my photography when I was once again looking through the lens and reimagining the world.

More can be seen in the Best of the Best gallery, but below you will find one of the highlights of the group.


Sunset over Frozen Manitoba

Puppies in Puzzle is a photo taken in part of my makeshift studio here, and was one of my earlier product photography attempts. The puzzle is a creation of my father, who sells them on Etsy.com, who has over a dozen puzzles and other woodcrafts for sale. In order to even shoot these, I needed to create a multi level, back dropped staging area, and then provide enough light to avoid needing the new flash I bought for my camera. I am overall happy with how they turned out, and am sure that when people start to notice my father's woodwork on Etsy, that he will sell many more like this, and the others on display. More can be seen in the Puzzles by Harold gallery, but below you will find one of the highlights of the group.



Puppies in Puzzle, woodcraft by Harold Wallbridge

In deciding this weeks Highlight photo, I went back to look at what I have covered. I have covered cars, skylines, and people, but overall what gets the most comment on the sites I see, is the animals. I first did a photo of an Amur Leopard from the Assiniboine Zoo, then I moved on to my sister's Cocker Spaniel named Misty. Both got me kind and generous comments. This time I decided to go back to the fall of 2006, when I took a trip to a place called Lester Beach, jsut outside of Winnipeg. The visit was to see some friends, but was worthwhile in so many other ways. I got some awesome nature shots, like this weeks highlight, and some great sunset over water photos.

This weeks shot is even more spectacular because it was hand held with no flash, only the sunlight shining in through the tree tops. The dragonfly was just sitting there, on this stalk of grass, and thankfully did not flee as I moved in close enough to get a shot of him with my 55-200 at full zoom. To this day, it's one of my early shots I am most proud of for the skill it took. More can be seen in the Best of the Best Gallery, but below you will find one of the highlights of the group.



No, he's not pinned there, he's just being really cooperative with my needs as a photographer. If only all models had it's capacity for patience!

Sorry for a late posting this week, it's been a busy week. This week I am going back to the old school, and will be highlighting a photo I took a few days after the World of Wheels show of '06 that I broke into DSLR level shooting with my used Canon Digital Rebel. This is a school yard on Beliveau Road in Winnipeg, which had a very flooded field to the side. I was riding my bike by and saw the amazing reflection of water and sky, and knew I had to get the shot. The shot below is the result. The full gallery can be seen here, but below you will find one of the highlights of the group.



Victor Mager School on Beliveau Road in Winnipeg.

Time for another Highlight Photo of the Week, and this time I am bringing it a bit closer to home. My sister went to Mexico for a week, leaving me to watch over her dogs. A few days in I got a new flash, and while the dogs had many downsides, their capacity to be photograph almost made up for it. The full gallery can be seen here, but below you will find one of the highlights of the group.



This here is Misty,

Welcome back to another Highlight Photo of the Week. This past weekend was the 2009 World of Wheels show at the Winnipeg Convention Center, and I while I didn't get the time to go this year, I wanted to highlight a shot I took from the 2006 show. To give you some background, the Saturday of that show was the day I got my first DSLR, a silver Canon Digital Rebel(300D) with a 18-55mm kit lens and used Sigma 55-200mm zoom. I was shooting with Tim Hellsten, a long time friend through the Winnipeg Photo Club, and I filled up my memory cards more times than I can count. Here is one of the cooler shots I got that weekend.



This is a Prowler, I think, though I sadly didn't get the details. One of my areas to work on. Come back next week for more highlights from my gallery.

One step closer to a Monday release, this weeks highlighted photo is one I took last summer, late summer or early fall, at the Assiniboine Zoo in Winnipeg here. The beast is an Amur Leopard, which as you can see from my gallery I took a lot of pictures of. This massive cat was very active and photogenic in both of my visits to the zoo, unlike his Snow Leopard cousin who just paced in one of my visits, and the Siberian Tigers who were usually sleeping even in the cooler fall weather. I intend to go back this summer more, and get a wider variety of shots of this and many more animals, though I will miss the lovable Polar Bear Debbie, who passed this winter.



Come back next week for more highlights from my gallery.

Hi, you may remember me from such blog posts as... umm.. well, not many of late, really, and that is about to change. I am introducing a new segment here on Dwight Wallbridge Photography. I am going to be posting a highlighted photo once a week. These photos retain the usual copyrights, so don't be stealing. I am going to try to make each week's photo new and notable where I can. That may not always be possible, but I will try. Now, for the first Highlighted photo.



This is Cheyenne, a girl who was very eager to pose for a picture model style near the end of the party. I think she would make a great model, what do you think?