fall scenes

its been awhile since I had a chance to just get in the car and wonder

 taking all the back roads and finding the best photo opportunities

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a few weeks ago I planned a weekend trip to

prince edward county

I have only every been once and that was a long time ago

it has grown significantly in the past decade

featuring over 20 wineries

b&b's, antiques, arts and crafts

and wonderful sceneries

perfect timing, coming back from a tasting

just as the sun was setting

I would love to find out who hung this door!!

lots of barns

we only managed to visit 2 wineries

only because we had such a wonderful time

wondering the properties and taking photos

and of course enjoying a glass of wine

picture perfect

i can take photos all day long and find a few that i'm happy with

last sunday the conditions where wonderful

a stormy sky, fall colors. and soft lighting

as i drove back home along hwy 7 i came around a soft bend in the road

and there it was the "perfect setting|"

for a second i thought "damn i should stop......no time, i've been out all day

next time......no , when will there be a next time, and will it be this good??

i quickly did a U turn and got this shot

and glad i took the extra time to enjoy the scenery

scenes of fall

scenes from the farm in port perry

more on my flickr page here

playing around

a friend asked me "how do you start a project, how do you know what

photos will work, what's your inspiration"

i said "it'll be easier to show you"

so i quickly opened a photo folder and randomly grabbed 2 photos

layer them on top of each other and showed her all the blending modes

(she was already amazed on how good it looked but i said, wait there's more)

i opened 3 documents and 2 layer masks from shadowhouse

rearranging the layers , turning them on and off , and playing

with the blending modes i came up with the above finished project

sometimes it's that simple, most of the time i don't have an idea

i just want to practice, or experiment

if i think too much about it nothing gets done

and the best ones just happen

(above the elements i used in my project)

above, a screen shot of my project

below a few variations of the same project

"practice makes perfect" or so they say
every morning i sit with a cup of tea and play in ps
i usually spend 30 minutes, sometimes more
i never know what will happen and i'm always surprised by the results
the key is to just start and see where it will lead
and of course have fun

scenes from the bay

inglis falls


harrison park

grey rd. one

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still going through my over 400 photos

above just a few of my favorite

more soon

early morning country drive

at 7:30 am i was up and out on the road

driving north out of the city

as the sun was rising so was the fog

creating some wonderful photo opps

above, just a few of my favorites

scenes of fall

i woke up this morning to see frost on my car

yet the leaves haven't fallen

weekend sun

you don't take a photograph. you ask, quietly, to borrow it

~Author Unknown


what a difference a week makes

it feels like fall today!!
above, photo from last weekend's sunrise