Highlight: April 2009 Archives

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,