Big Photo Outing: Outtakes
Every photo shoot this size has to have some behind the scenes photos. Enjoy.
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Road Trip! Last Part: The Storm
On the way back home, after an awesome trip and really good time, we spotted this huge cloud formation on the horizon. I think it was the most interesting thing I have seen in a very long time. The clouds were changing their formation by the minute, and it was steadily growing. Luckily it passed [...]
Road Trip! Part 4: People
Besides seeing a lot of local fauna and flora in the Banff National Park, you always meet the other type of fauna…. the tourists. On a nice day like this there were a lot of them. Which in a way is good, because it provides great shooting opportunities. I just wish I had some business [...]
Wedding on the sidelines.
I really enjoy photographing people. Specially when I can sit on the sidelines, and just observe. This is what happened on the weekend. While I was at the Legislature Grounds there was a wedding photo shoot going on. So I sat on the sidelines and observed the photographer, and from time to time I shot [...]
Road Trip! Part 3: PostCards
Now what would a good road trip be, with out some postcards. Postcards from the mountains. Enjoy.
Bill Cowen Working hard.
Spent a very nice afternoon at the Legislature Grounds, with my family and a good friend. Kids had lots of fun in the open public wading pool, and me and my friend hunted people with our cameras. Legislative grounds are very popular wedding picture destination, and usually you can find at least a couple of [...]
Road Trip! – Part 2: Fauna & Flora
One thing you see on the road trip is an abundance of flora, and if you are lucky you will see some fauna as well. We got lucky, as well. It was the first time I ever saw a bear in the Banff National Park, and it was a Grizzly. It looked young from the [...]
Road Trip! – Part 1: Road
So a couple of weeks past few friends of mine and I decided to go for a little photo trip out to the mountains. Since if one wants to get to the mountains from our lovely Edmonton, it’s at least 4 hour drive, we decided to leave around 5am. So at around 4:30 we piled [...]
Recovery Update
Just a quick update. Saw my cardiologist finally, after almost 3 months of trying to get an appointment. The good thing is my daily intake of medically flavoured skittles is down to 1/5 of what it used to be. The picture here shows my weekly intake of these things. I hate taking pills. Absolutely despise [...]
Got me a bike.
So I finally got myself a proper bicycle. One that fits me. Since I learned to ride a bike at 4 years old, I fell in love with it. Never was into competitive or serious riding, just for myself. I used to spend hours on a bike when I was a little younger. Just riding [...]
The dinosaurs are alive!!! – part 3
It was a great day spent at the park. I definitely recommend a visit, and a stroll back in time. Enjoy.
The dinosaurs are alive!!! – part 2
The Jurassic Forest provides a lot of photo opportunities. The position of these huge creatures in the forest, between the trees, makes it for a more real experience. Here are some more shots from our trip. Enjoy.
The dinosaurs are alive!!! – part 1
We just got back from an amazing trip back in time. We visited a new park near Edmonton called the “Jurassic Forest” . It’s located about 15 min north of Edmonton, and it’s a 40 acre prehistoric preserve. It’s a wonderful place to visit. The dinosaurs are full size and they are set in the [...]
Apple iPad
Well the iPad is an absolutely amazing little device. Since the time in the hospital I’ve been using it to work, edit pictures, blog, play games…etc. Yes you saw that right, edit pictures. I have found this awesome application for the iPad called “Photo fx Ultra”. It can add all kinds of different effects to [...]
Hospital Stories part 3: Be Happy
Well it looks like the big operation will be tomorrow. This will be probably a last post for a while. I will try to keep updating my status via facebook. So I’m going leave the blog on a positive note. Should be back here in a bit.
Hospital Stories part 1
So as many of you know, I’ve stuck in a hospital for a week now. Why? Just some small problem with a screwed up heart valve, that an operation will fix up in a jiffy . This means of course that I don’t have my normal gear here with me, so I have to use [...]
Goodbye Yoda
It was a sad day today. We had to say goodbye to our kitty. He’s been with us for the last 14 years. We named him Yoda, because when he was a young kitty his ears were almost twice the size of his head, and he looked like Yoda from StarWars. We picked him from [...]
Moving servers
Just a quick note. I’ll be moving servers in the next couple of days, so the site might be coming off and on. Please bear with me, as this is proving a little more difficult than it sounded. Thank you!
Finally published!
This is very exciting news for me. I can now officially say that I have been published! We did this photo shoot for a Newport News VA, BMX magazine called Slammed. A very good friend of mine, Tomek Wala, came out as well to help out with the photo shoot. It was great, and we [...]
Northern Pikes Concert
Just got back from an amazing show. The Northern Pikes came to Edmonton. This band has been around since circa 1984. One of my favorite bands. I have all their records! They have a special place in my heart, but I will not go on blubbering here. Needless to say it they still got the [...]
Almerimar Spain a Thank You.
I have to say that this was the most amazing week. I found two great people, namely Sandra and Chris, that I’m really honored to call friends. The point that they have allowed me to stay with them, eat their food, and endured my company for a whole week is simply astounding This is a [...]
Photo updates
Just a quick note. I’m still around…. Got my feet wet with my first wedding, up to my neck. A very good friend of mine Artur volunteered to help with the pictures. It was great that he did. A tremendous help. Thank you Artur! Between both of us we got approximately over 1300 photos. Now [...]
DPC Olympics II update
Number 1 again. Our team just shines! Morning/Evening brought us again to the first spot for week 5, giving us another 10 points and widening the gap between us and the dreaded Icelanders even more. Yeah! Week 6 challenges are in voting now, and here is my entry: The Wood-a-Nator Canon 5D, ISO 50, 117 [...]
DPC Olympics II updates
So week 3 and week 4 are behind us. We took second place in week 3, but week 4 was pretty dismal. Didn’t score any points. I was a little surprised that my Lawn entry didn’t do better, but then again it was a little risky photo. The good thing is we are still in [...]
Wooohooo Team Polska number 1 for week 6!!
Absolutely amazing results from the Polish team for week 6 of DPChallenge Olympics. Got another 10 points under our belt, which puts us in the second place overall, just 4 points behind Icelanders! Here are our entries for Warm Colors: Bruski – Cala Lillies Budya – Fuzzzzzy AP – Tropicália Cool Color entries: MAK – [...]
Week 7 Submission
Thank you everyone for great comments. I have tried to redo the Iceberg shots. Give them more life, but for some reason could not repeat it. Here are the remixes of Iceberg shots: Don’t know if it’s the composition or the light. I mean they do look ok, but not for a submission. At least [...]
Week 5 Entry for DPC Olympics
I’m really surprised. This is my entry for the Intimacy challenge. It’s not doing as well as I hoped it would. Actually right now it’s doing a lot worse. It’s not even at 5 average. There is a couple of consolations…. there is still a week of voting to go, and so far the comments [...]
Week 4 Olympic Results
So we are half way through and Team Polska is going strong. We took another 2nd place this week. Overall we are still 2nd, only the Icelanders are in our way. I must admit they do have a strong team, and will not be easy to catch. Here are our results: Environmental Portrait MAK – [...]
Week 3 Olympic Results
Last challenges, Blurry Mess and Pollution, were brutal to our team. We didn’t get any points, which meant that we dropped to second place in overall standings. Blurry Mess was especially hard. Here are the results of week number 3: Blurry Mess Budya – Purple Pandemonium Bruski – Ancient Medicine Dudski – Dreams Ablaze Artvet [...]
Results for week 2 – Poland is numero uno!
Well well well. Team Polska got the highest score this week! Currently we are tied for the first place with Iceland. This is very very cool. Good thing that only 4 highest marked pictures count towards the final score, or we would not score so high. Here are links to the team photos. Tilted Challenge: [...]
Feb 20th sounds exciting
Tomorrow, February 20th is going to be an exciting day. First of there is a total lunar eclipse happening in the evening. It looks like the skies are going to be clear, and I’ll be in my backyard snapping away. The event will start around 6:30pm mountain standard time, and it will continue until about [...]
