Ahhh the smell of old man winter is in the air… kind of has a similar aroma to a cat litter box if you ask me!

Another month has come and gone at an extremely rapid pace due to work, field trips, classes, volleyball games and tournaments and a whack of other things that seem to pop up at the last minute. For whatever reason I found myself reminiscing about what was going on at this time last year and then it dawned on me that we were in Fairmont on vacation exactly one year ago so I though that throwing a “Blast from the past” photo in would be appropriate. The image below of yours truly was shot by Rob atop the hoodoos just outside of Fairmont, BC: 

Our NightScapes field trip was next on the agenda and was attended by a capacity crowd (okay…10 people is all that we allow but it was full anyway!). Below are some of the images from that night:

Lens (mm): 45
ISO: 250
Aperture: 6.3
Shutter: 2
Exp. Comp.: 0.0
Flash Comp.:
Program: Shutter Priority

The two images below were using zoom pull technique where you zoom the lens as you are taking a long exposure:

Lens (mm): 17
ISO: 250
Aperture: 5
Shutter: 1.6
Exp. Comp.: 0.0
Flash Comp.:
Program: Aperture Priority

Lens (mm): 17
ISO: 250
Aperture: 11
Shutter: 1.3
Exp. Comp.: 0.0
Flash Comp.:
Program: Manual

And what would another blog be at this time of the year without some images of my darling daughter playing volleyball?? (Are you starting to feel like you are trapped at a friend or in-laws house as they force you to view over 1000 slides of the same thing on their projector yet?) Ahhh to think that the season is only beginning…..by the time next spring hits you are all sure to know her jersey number by memory  !!

Lens (mm): 108
ISO: 3200
Aperture: 2.8
Shutter: 1/1000
Exp. Comp.: 0.0
Flash Comp.:
Program: Aperture Priority

It’s always a bonus to get not just the action shots but the excitement following them as well

Rob and I decided that we should head out and try get a couple of fall shots this year… unfortunately time was not on our side and by the time we got to where we wanted to be we had about 5 minutes of sunlight left…oh well, better than not trying at all.



See, he really does practice what he preaches about the use of a tripod!



PeopleScapes part II came next on the agenda and not only did we have an absolutely fantastic time but we could not have ordered a nicer day.









Nothing like the warm evening light to really make your photos pop.

Another image of the shooters shooting

Lens (mm): 24
ISO: 200
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 1/400
Exp. Comp.: 0.0
Flash Comp.:
Program: Aperture Priority

Wait a minute, how the heck did I get in here??!!

It’s always fun to play around with images once in a while if you have the time. The image below has been converted to black and white with the highlights pulled up to give it more of a charcoal look:


Lens (mm): 50
ISO: 200
Aperture: 4.5
Shutter: 1/250
Exp. Comp.: 0.0
Flash Comp.:
Program: Aperture Priority

And yet a few more images from the day:

Lens (mm): 17
ISO: 800
Aperture: 6.3
Shutter: 1/500
Exp. Comp.: -0.3
Flash Comp.:
Program: Aperture Priority

Nothing beats our Saskatchewan sunsets… okay, maybe a beautiful beach with 25 degree temperatures and a nice Pina Colada but…

Lens (mm): 50
ISO: 640
Aperture: 9
Shutter: 1/800
Exp. Comp.: -1.7
Flash Comp.:
Program: Normal

The weekend following our field trip I dragged my niece and nephews out for some fall photography fun (say that fast 5 times please).

Well… another edition come and gone quicker than you can say “Please let the snow hold off until after Christmas except for the days that we are holding our Christmas Lights Field Trips”.

Have a fun and safe Halloween and we will see you again in a month! I really want to say “keep shooting and have fun” at the end of every blog but all that comes to mind is Hal Johnson and Joanne Macleod’s Body Break commercials …

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Devona (and a rather absent Rob who is busy shooting...or getting his nails done)