Here is another square photo done in a similar style to the last one. It’s also old but I don’t think I posted it before as I was looking for a style that worked with this shot.
We also adopted a dog, Finn. At 5 months old he’s a handful at the moment but hopefully once he calms down a little I’ll be able to try to get him to sit for a photo, assuming he ever calms down.
It’s been a while since I’ve had my camera out but I thought I should upload one photo I’ve been playing with. This one is of Cabot Tower and Signal Hill from across the narrows. It’s a bit darker than other photos I’ve uploaded lately but I preferred the dark version to the lighter one.
The reason for my absence from this blog was we finally moved into our own home. Since moving to Newfoundland we’ve been living in an apartment but at the end of last month we closed on a house and moved in. Now we’ve finally got the space to do what we want and I’ve been able to unpack my old cameras. I’d like to eventually set up a proper darkroom in the basement and get back into film but one step at a time, I’ll settle for getting an office space with a clear desk set up first.
Here is a pano of The Battery at the entrance of the harbour to St John’s. A rocky piece of land that people built houses on despite the seemingly dangerous location. It makes for one of the more interesting places to photo especially from across the Narrows on the way to Fort Amhurst. In all the time I’ve spent visiting St John’s and now living there I had never found my way across to there until last week.
For the first time in years I’m not in Dublin or even Ireland for St Patricks Day. I always enjoyed going in to take photos of the parade and the festivities but not this year. Now I’m in Newfoundland and while they do celebrate St Patricks Day here it’s not the same. Not that it’s bad just not the same photo opportunities, but seeing how I’ve been taking the same parade photos for years maybe it’s good to change things up a little.
We’ll go out later to meet some friends for food and a few St Patricks Dat drinks so I thought I should get a photo up now while I have the chance. This is another Quidi Vidi photo. This time it’s the entrance to “The Gut” in B&W.
It’s been a busy few weeks here with work and house hunting so I haven’t had a chance to get out taking photos. Still I’ve tried a few times to get my underused flash out and practice using it so here is a non landscape photo. This is a photo I took of one of my nephews, Nicolas. He’s a hard one to photograph since, like any toddler, he never stays still. I’m pleased with this one though. We had to follow him around the room trying to get his attention and then he finally took notice of the camera. He paused for a second and I got the shot. Unfortunately he then became fascinated with the lens and trying to get it off the camera, I guess maybe he’ll grow up to be a gadget nut 🙂
We went for a couple of drives this weekend to the small communities close to St John’s. They aren’t that far from the city at all, in fact in Dublin they would be called commuter towns but they are very different from the city itself. This is Flatrock, a town just past Torbay.
I’m still in panoramic mood, especially with the snow on the ground. I figure I’ll keep trying to get panos around the area until the snow goes and then I’ll switch to something different for a while.
