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keith s odyssey to planet fitness ironman canada done what next friday may 8 2026 first 2026 flowery friday no idea if people are rolling their eyes at the return of flowery friday but linda has been out getting flowers and the ones that live here are starting to come up least i can do is appreciate and encourage them these ones are from very late april 1 2 3 these are from may 7 with a really wide lens knowing there d be a bit of edge distortion i m thinking about trying some new things with the flower photos this year stay tuned 4 5 some of the plants linda just bought 6 7 8 more of the new plants they are up on the table and chairs because we have a baby bunny living in the back yard and we don t want to have it nibbling expensive plants 9 look carefully the very first peony shoots are coming up i got asked for an example of one of the unposed photos of antje of the day driftwood nz driftwood nb film and almost 90 days ago linda newfoundland new brunswick why ever didn t i publish this and maybe i did flower or rather sort of a flower this is what s left after all the peony blossom petals fall off and a long hard winter landscape bonus michelle from the noir detective session working on antje 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday may 6 2026 some of the rest of the photo session on sunday my friends michelle and antje came over for a fun photo session part of it was the two noir detectives that story is here it also includes a couple portrait photos of antje by herself but which are part of the noir series so i put them there while i ve taken many photos of michelle over the years some posed some not all the ones of antje so far had been unposed in outdoor light she wanted to be part of the session but was a bit nervous about formally posing we decided to start with her and play with light these photos show the evolving sequence my thoughts around portrait photography is that i like to work with real people to capture a flattering image of them as they are people have wrinkles freckles errant hairs skin blemishes and any number of other flaws that they think make for a poor photo and i say bah i think people are sick of perfection and now are suspecting that an image that looks too good is ai generated yes some poses work better than others subtle makeup and lighting can change the image but i m not going to turn a real person into a magazine cover 1 one of the fun things is capturing unposed photos behind the scenes we were just getting started with michelle touching up some lip gloss 2 starting off with soft lighting seeing how the shadows looked 3 conversion to black and white trying to see what the texture of her skin does with varying levels of light 4 5 starting to relax in front of the camera 6 another sort of behind the scenes look i m not sure what was happening here 7 finally getting the light to show up on her hair but without overexposing her face 8 michelle fluffing and arranging hair i think she was trying to make that little curl go away it s really nice to have an assistant for this sort of thing that way i don t have to touch anyone as it turns out this is one of the really nice photos from the day with michelle framing antje 9 yes there actually was coffee in the mug so it s not just a prop 10 and we get to the winners 11 12 antje had always wondered what her eye would look like in a macro photo i was happy to oblige as with the noir detectives i could work on these forever in lightroom mostly it was careful and subtle adjustments to highlights and shadows overall exposure and darkening the background an editing pro might wince at what i ve done and take the images in a different direction entirely that s their vision as long as my models are happy i m happy it was a fun session we all worked together trying different ideas some worked some didn t there s already been some thoughts about another session stay tuned no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday may 2 2026 may 1 post me pre linda maybe i did a bad thing several bad things no nothing perverted get your minds out of the gutter i took my winter boots downstairs again each time so far it s snowed it has to stop doing that sooner or later doesn t it then again it has snowed every month of the year even august i took the snow shovels downstairs to the store room under the stairs i got the water barrels set up since there s a chance of showers this evening plus city council passed a stupid boneheaded bylaw about mandatory water conservation measures that regulate when people can water their lawns this while the city loses more than 20 of it s treated water through infrastructure leaks another bylaw boondoggle don t get me started i opened the outdoor taps and set up the hoses at least i didn t wash the car and i haven t taken the snow tires off yet that s on may 6 this is the state of the garden on may 1 after i got the water barrels set up and before linda started cleaning up she was looking things over wondering where to start and thinking she was behind already but no there was snow in the back yard only a few days ago we startled a baby bunny living under the big bag that is covering out patio chairs it can eat all the grass it wants but we don t want it chewing on the flowers the cherry and apple tree are beginning to bud out this is all what it looks like in a documentary sort of way so many that i ll skip the of the day feature 1 the green barrel is new it s a collapsable barrel from lee valley source of all sorts of amazing stuff that you never knew you needed 500 l capacity it took a while to figure out how to set up and i hope this works the plywood is because the bottom of the barrel is the plastic fabric so i m thinking it wouldn t be happy sitting on the patio stones the white barrels are 200 l each 2 i used to set the barrels directly on the bricks but that was a pain in the butt to set up plus this gives an extra bit of elevation for the siphoning to work i hope 3 4 the barcelona barrel 375 l capacity 5 a new post that captured linda during a shopping trip this corner of the back garden gets a surprising amount of sun so it s no surprise the spring plants start here 6 7 8 9 10 11 the blue vase that we use as a water barrel mainly because it looks so nice but i ve no real idea what the capacity is maybe 100 l i was thinking of putting the collapsible barrel here but it s really a bit too big for the space and only a small part of the roof drains into it 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom loungecat productions my photography portfolio my photography blog keith cartmell photography an assortment of blogs to read still making waves on top of the world global big day may 9 2026 1 day ago my journey into photography frugal film project 2026 compact april 5 days ago 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ar e there f or a reason the brick walls are not there to keep us out the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something the brick walls are there to stop the people who don t want it badly enough they are there to stop the other people randy pausch my question is pain a brick wall you can discuss in the comments section of that blog posting race history millarville half 20170617 2 41 30 mec 20160716 2 19 45 calgary marathon 2016 10k 1 01xxx talisman 10 mile tri 201603 58 20 calgary 70 3 2015 relay 43 xx swim calgary half marathon 2014 2 42 33 chinook half iron 2012 7 17 03 fernie half marathon 2011 2 42 56 ironman canada 2010 15 21 01 gwn half 2010 6 01 20 wasa oly 2010 2 46 33 st patricks day 10k dns hypothermic half 2010 2 16 28 calgary 70 3 2009 6 47 31 canmore oly 2009 3 10 xx chinook half im 2009 7 25 police half 2009 2 23 07 alberta challenge half 08 7 05 03 canmore oly 08 3 19 45 unofficial chinook half im 08 7 36 02 vulcan tinman 08 cancelled 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