Humboldt Broncos Tragedy Thoughts
As I write this it has been exactly 7 days since that horrible day that will go down in history that people across the country and dare I say the world will never forget. I am talking about how at approximately 5pm on April 6, 2017 a semi truck plowed through...
I Taught Myself! Really?!
Mentor ˈmenˌtôr,ˈmenˌtər/ noun: mentor; plural noun: mentors 1. an experienced and trusted adviser. example sentence: "he was her friend and mentor until his death in 1915" Synonyms: adviser, guide, guru, counselor, consultant; confidant(e) 2. an experienced person in...
Sui-decide-all
In the last couple of weeks our small community has seen two deaths of our young people. Two boys ages 15 and 17 decided that they no longer had a place in this world and decided to commit suicide. The year before a young teenage girl decided to leave this...
Making of a Masterpiece
Recently I had the pleasure of going to my neighbour's house for coffee and making of the yearly gingerbread house with the 3 children and parents. Last year we started the tradition of buying the prepackaged gingerbread house because the children were old enough to...
Lost the Drive
Let me first apologize. I haven't written a new post for quite some time. I apologize for that. You see the wind had gone out of my sails. Let me go back and start at the beginning. I was sitting down working on pictures and I was thinking to my self. "Self you...
A Century year old? You don’t look a day over 99!
This past weekend I had the opportunity to partake in a celebration. It was to celebrate the birthday of a place that was either a work place or home for some. The place I am referring to is called the Saskatchewan Hospital. It is a place that has helped thousands of...
No one’s gonna break my stride
This blog post doesn't have to do with photography but I will place a few pictures I have been working on lately but I wanted to write something that I have been pondering lately. I work as a dispatcher/office clerk during the day. Some days it gets to be very busy,...
Delving into Dalvay
You will notice that I have been lax at writing on this blog these past weeks. I have been away on a little trip to Prince Edward Island (PEI). I took many pictures of this island of beauty. There are many things to write about this province in Canada but I wanted to...
Spring Show – Need Help
I plan on entering some of these in the upcoming Spring Show with the Photo Club I am belong to. I want to come up with some catchy names for the photos. I feel catchy names also are a tool for people to be drawn to the picture. Are you able to help me out? Just make...
For My Mother on Mother’s Day
This weekend is Mother's Day in North America. It is a time to say thank you to all mother's that we know, but especially the one who gave birth to you or raised you. My mother was a mother for 13 years before I came along. I am the youngest of 5 girls in my family...
Ride Em’ Cowboy and/or Cowgirl!
Last weekend I had the pleasure of taking in my first indoor rodeo. I have been to an outdoor rodeo eons ago where I saw Chuckwagon races. I was just a teenager and was able to see all of the action from the bleachers but it was a fair distance away from the action....
Never Too Late to Learn!
A few years back, a friend, Brian Zinchuk, recommended that I shoot in RAW instead of the JPG format that I had been using. By suggesting this friend opened a whole new world of photography to me. With JPG, I was letting the camera do most of my post processing...