The Vernissage Invitations Have Arrived

Pretty exciting day.  I received the poster for my exhibition and the invitation slips in the mail.  We're getting closer to the big day and this just gets the blood flowing in a very good way.

Photograph Everything

One of the big problems I had when I first started to get serious about picking up the camera was finding the motivation to actually photography something.  I won't lie, I still have that problem to this day as motivation has never been one of my strongest attributes.  However, it's true what everyone says.  Practice makes perfect, and sometimes something as simple as practice can leave you with a pretty cool shot.  This photo was taken at Christmas 2000-something at my Uncle Paul's house.  The presents had been unwrapped, supper had been eaten and I'm pretty sure that everyone was sick of my taking their picture.  So, I decided to pull out my Canon 60mm Macro lens, lined up some candles and decided to play around.  After I few attempts, I decided to go with ISO 400, f/4 and 1/15sec for the exposure.  I took several pictures, but I feel that this on was the best.  Whenever I'm feeling lazy about pulling out my camera, I try and make my way back to this image in order to remind myself that even the simplest of things can be used to create a very nice image. 

A Kind Of Magic

I've always been a fan of fireworks.  Boys love to hear things go boom.  One of the perks of where I live is that I am steps away from the Montreal Fireworks competition every year and have discovered several different locations to photograph them from.  This particular shot came from a vacant field just a bit before the Longueuil Marina.  It was shot using my Canon 30D and a Canon 70-300mm lens at 70mm.  I was at ISO 100, f/8 with an exposure time of 14sec.  I like having the bridge in the background of this shot and I also enjoy the little light streak in the top corner that is an airplane that was flying by.  I actually did a healthy cropping job on this shot as well in order to eliminate the parking lot that was directly ahead of me and to change the image from a vertical to horizontal shot.  I'm not a big fan of photoshop, but I don't view these kinds of changes as cheating.  This was the final show of the competition and the theme was 'A Tribute To Queen'.  Thus the title of this blog post.

The Photo That Has Caused All Of This

I took this picture a few years back in Saint-Lambert.  I am positioned on top of a railway bridge and using a Manfrotto Tripod.  I was shooting at f/22, ISO 100 and using a Canon 30D with a 24-70mm Canon lens.  The exposure time was 75 seconds.  I adore the skyline in this photo and I had to wait a little while to finally get that bus to go by and add that extra streak to the photo.  This picture is also extra special to me as it was chosen by the judges as the photo that allowed me to be chosen to win a month long exposition at the Greenfield Park Library. 

Facebook

Those of you who know me well are well aware of my dislike of Facebook.  Well, after much debate and arm twisting, I now have a page.  You can view it at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eric-Mahannah-Photography/348316065254493.  There will be much linking back and forth between there and here.

Here it is, the Eric Mahannah Photography Blog.  Hopefully this will continue to push me forward in my photographic endeavours.