Thursday 31 October 2013

Updates Coming...

UPDATE Dec 2 - Pumpkinferno is up and I'm still working on the others.  Thanks for your patience.

Hi all,

I'm sorry about being a bit behind on posting (FanExpo 2013, Picture This Photography and Pumpkinferno, etc) but I've had a few BIG changes come my way.

Please bear with me and I'll get all caught up real soon.

Julia 

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Sunday 13 October 2013

Pumpkinferno 2013

In celebration of my new job, my friend Brad and I took a trip to Upper Canada Village to 2013 Pumpkinferno.  Neither of us had seen it before so we figured it would be a fun excursion.

I'm glad that Brad knows me so well because he was very patient waiting for me while I took photos of EVERYTHING.  I'm also really glad I had my tripod in the trunk of my car, because it made all the difference.  I took just over 200 shots, which is a bit conservative for me.  I found I got lost in the experience of the place - the people and their reactions - as much as my own.

We had brought some glow stick bracelets with us and it turned out to be a great idea. I think I would have lost Brad in the crowds if he wasn't wearing the bracelets on his hoodie ties.  It made it easier for him to move ahead and them to be able to find me again.  I had my bracelets in my hair and around my tripod.

This is a definite MUST SEE for next year.

I've added a selection of shots below.
Over 6,000 carved pumpkins were used in this years display
Pumpkin parade lights and sound show (In the Hall of the Mountain King (by Edvard Grieg).  
 
The music was great the first few dozen times but by the time you wound your way through the park it was engrained in your brain - we were both humming it on the way home.

New this year was the House of Horoscopes
Here's an example of one of the panels
Jack helped guide visitors through the village
Ghost Brad walking through my shot :D

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Tuesday 1 October 2013

365 - October 2013

The winds of change are starting to blow :D

Things to look forward to this month:
Continuing to work in my fields of choice - photography and journalism
Family and friends at Thanksgiving
Zombie Walk
Brilliant fall colours
Halloween

October 1, 2013 - An open space in an elementary school
October 2, 2013 - Reflections in a koi pond
October 3, 2013 - wires and trees
October 4, 2013 - Power of three
*EXTRA* October 4, 2013 - along the fenceline
October 5, 2013 - First time seeing a movie at the 'new' Empire theatre
October 6, 2013 - migraine killer
October 7, 2013 - my smile
*EXTRA* October 7, 2013 - autumn colours on the ground
October 8, 2013 - classic glass
October 9, 2013 - reflected light
October 10, 2013 - I see spots
October 11, 2013 - see from the shadows
*EXTRA* October 11, 2013 - big changes are coming my way
October 12, 2013 - through the backstop
*EXTRA* October 12, 2013 - Pumpkinferno at Upper Canada Village
October 13, 2013 - Thanksgiving meal
October 14, 2013 - Thanksgiving breakfast
October 15, 2013 - tree across the street
October 16, 2013 - Stage lighting
*EXTRA* October 16, 2013 - Subway
October 17, 2013 - Looming rain clouds
October 18, 2013 - class photo
October 19, 2013 - Crystal Ball gala
October 20, 2013 - through the painted glass
October 21, 2013 - Rainbow from the ground up
October 22, 2013 - evening shadows
October 23, 2013 - Purple leaves
*EXTRA* October 23, 2013 - red and blue
October 24, 2013 - Fort Fright
*EXTRA* October 24, 2013 - Fort Fright Zombie
October 25, 2013 - birds on the wires
October 26, 2013 - single blackberry
October 27, 2013 - yummy pumpkin seeds
*EXTRA* October 27, 2013 - carving time
October 28, 2013 - Fall running at Fort Henry
October 29, 2013 - Major windshield frost
*EXTRA* October 29, 2013 - melting major window frost
October 30, 2013 - View of Loughborough Lake
October 31, 2013 - office Halloween and Birthdays party

 continued in 365 - November 2013

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