January 19th – 22nd, 2012. In January I went out to Vancouver to attend a workshop offered by Freeman Patterson.
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Vancouver Workshop
Last week I attended a lecture and follow-on workshop with Freeman Patterson. I’ve read a couple of his books, but there is nothing quite like the in-person experience. In the lecture he presented and discussed a number of his photographs. As in the workshop, the discussion was about design or composition of the image.…
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Honda SUV
As noted in an earlier post, I recently attended a photography workshop hosted by Freeman Patterson. For one of the exercises each student was assigned a spot in the lane from which he could not move. We were stationed in our respective positions for one and one half hours. The purpose of such an exercise…
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Cypress Mountain
After completing of the Freeman Patterson workshop I drove up to Cypress Mountain; I was looking for snow. I wanted a shot where the trees were encrusted with snow and ice. While it was mostly cloudy and raining in Vancouver, it was snowing up in the mountains. I found what I was looking for in the…
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Lighthouse Park
Probably not more than 20 km away from my snow shot a top Cypress Mountain is Lighthous Park. No snow there; just wind and rain. Reaching the lighthouse invovled a walk of about 1 km through a stand of Douglas Firs.
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The Beach
After visiting the lighthouse I walked down to the beach. from there I could see into Vancouver Harbour, Stanley Park and UBC. As per the learnings from my workshop, this shot was taken with a tripod.
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Old Tree
A little ways down from the beach was an exposed rock punctuated with an exclamation-point-tree, albeit bent and weathered by the wind. As before, I used a tripod, however I had to hold it to keep it from blowing over. As well, I had to wipe the rain of the lens face and then shoot…
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Burrard Inlet
Looking out from Stanley Park by Third Beach into the Inlet. Across the way one might see a lighthouse!
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Mist Over Beaver Lake
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Stanley Park Tree Carving
