Snowshoeing At Fairmont Hot Springs

It is time to deviate a little from the Photo Of the Day concept and just share a few pictures. My wife works really hard and she has taken this week for a vacation, which we are taking at Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia.

Today we strapped on our snowshoes and went along on a guided trek that departed from the local ski hill. There isn't a lot of snow, the lighting was poor and I lost a lens cap, so photographically the day was a wash, but our guides, Lucas, Steph, and Britt made certain that we enjoyed ourselves anyway.

Approaching the Creek Crossing



Our Guides; Steph, Britt, and Lucas.



The Wife and I At the Turn Around Point. Photo by Stephanie

Birds Of A Feather

Of course one can always get two sides of a coin by utilizing two coins, or in this case, two pieces currency.




1/125 sec. f4.5 ISO1000 60mm Tripod

Two Sides of the Coin

Today for a Photo of the Day I not only get to post two photos, I indeed Must post two, for today's photo is a collector coin from the Royal Canadian Mint, and as everybody knows, there are two sides to every coin.

Year Of the Dragon Collector Coin 'Tails'

1/2000 sec. f3.8 ISO1600 60mm Tripod

Year Of the Dragon Collector Coin 'Heads'

1/4000 sec. f3.8 ISO1600 60mm Tripod


The ISO is so high because I neglected to reset the sensitivity after doing some hand held photography of wild birds while using a Nikon Fieldscope and adapter on my Nikon D70. Considering the ISO setting there is very little noise present.

Poor Man's Studio Lights

Poor Man's Studio Lights, that is exactly what these are; they cost me about 50 cents a piece at a yard sale. Through rummage sales I have gathered a fair collection of cheap, usable lighting - spots, floods, blue, red, green, yellow, and some strange in-between color shifts that provide me with a pleasant versatility. Oh, and sometimes even a pleasant subject in and of themselves!




1/350 sec. f/5.6 ISO 200 300mm

On the Level

OK, so I missed a few days, but here I am and I am staying on subject; studio photography, today being table top studio photography. I like to pick various objects from around me and see what happens. I didn't think much of the dull ordinariness of white lights upon this carpenters level so I brought in some colored highlights by setting up a couple of outdoor floodlights. That bit of blue is a highlight from the beam of an LED flashlight, hand held, to place an emphasis.


1/50 sec. f=? ISO 200 Nikon 70-210 "E" at Macro

Photo Of the Day - Coyote

Ever tried to get to get a coyote to stand still in the studio?
It is much easier with a figurine!



122mm 1/40 sec. f6.3 ISO 200 Tripod

Studio Still Life

For the next few posts I am going to try my hand at Photo Of the Day kind of postings - 1 picture a day, posted almost daily. I really enjoy studio photography so here goes...


This is not a toy. It is an actual sewing machine from the early twentieth century. It belongs to my last surviving Aunty, who has used it extensively over the years. Her daughters all learnt to sew upon this wonderful piece of machinery.