Calgary Flooding

It's been a crazy weekend - Calgary's flooding from the Bow River was pretty intense, but we lucked out with a lot of it.  I got a few shots yesterday, when we were finally able to make it back downtown after it was blocked out on Friday.  

(sculpture by the river, taken last week)

(freak cotton storm right before it started raining...again....)

(photos of the Elbow River on Thursday night)

View from my Window

One of my favorite series of photographs comes from Josef Sudek, a Czech photographer, who spent many years taking photos outside the window of his studio.  I find myself wanting to take pictures out of my own apartment windows, and although I don't have the same view from one year to the next (and I probably won't for quite awhile), I still use these pictures as my own timeline of my life.  I felt inspired to take some pictures outside of our living room window over this past week.  

A Day in the Mountains

Brian and I went out camping this weekend, and I decided to take a little time to record something I probably won't see again after another year - which is the beauty of photography, yeah?  To be able to capture moments in time, before we move on to more?

Picking up the camera for me, again

It's been an unusually stressful and busy couple of weeks, and my photography has not been anywhere near the top of my to-do list.  I have been asked to take some photos at the jobsite for work, but as appreciated these photos can be at work, I can't share them with the rest of the world, due to sensitivity issues with building a power plant, or whatever...  But I made a point this weekend to break my camera out, no matter how little, to get some shots of my days off.  I grabbed this shot on Saturday:

I took the rest of these photos this afternoon.  I had to spend a good chunk of the day devoted to juicing, which I've learned to do all at once, one day every couple of weeks, in order to have a jar of fruit-and-vegetable juice every day at work.  It's a pain in the ass, but it's a great way to get fruits and vegetables into the system.  My brother got me tuned into juicing, and after watching "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead", I got completely hooked.  I am able to get twelve jars of juice and freeze them - allowing me to enjoy the benefits of more fruits and veggies in my diet for a couple of weeks - all in one afternoon.  Totally worth it - and a great feast for the eye, too!  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpLQwWKb3l8

Oh Calgary, My Calgary

It's been a stupidly busy week at work, and I haven't had time to take pictures of any facial parts - just time to think about them.  It's a bit frustrating, but because of this I was able to take some time here and there to take my camera around the city.  It's not something I've done in awhile, and I remembered how much I want to improve my city eye.

Although it's been awhile since I've actually taken pictures around Calgary, I think just living here for nine months has helped me improve what I see.  I definitely know the city a lot better, which is a welcoming feeling.  It's an interesting change, living in the heart of a city after spending most of my life on top of a hill in the middle of Kansas...

Playing Around

I'm having a blast taking pictures of people's face parts at work, and compiling them in different ways.  Here is my latest batch.  I'm having a little more fun with putting the parts together - plan to hone in on my compilations a little more next week.