It took me several different angles to get the one I wanted here. This picture makes me smile. I love the combination of horses/truck and barnyard. It’s so rural Waterloo Region isn’t it? The horse are all looking at a Mennonite family on the road with their horses & buggy. Shot on New Year’s Day 2019.
Quiet morning in Waterloo Region
With my background in real estate photography, I am so accustomed to shooting photos in bright light. This one goes against my grain but that’s the fun of it - challenging ourselves to do the out of the ordinary. This was taken very early one morning in October outside a Mennonite church north of Waterloo. Morning is so magical. You can almost “hear” the silence in this photo.
Fall colours while we still have them!
This photo is from early October but I thought I’d post this before too long. The colours change so quickly! This was shot on an off the beaten path kind of dirt road north of Waterloo.
Here's looking at you
Life on the farm, rural Waterloo Region.
Beautiful Rural Waterloo Region
Taken earlier this year... I love the misty look and vantage point from the hill!
It almost reminds me of a Grandma Moses type painting - there are a few spots in our area that have such scenes.
Owen Sound photo
A trip to Owen Sound a few months ago - how I love shooting black and white!
Greetings Cards for sale
Hello! It's been a long couple of months since I have posted anything. I have been flat out busy with my day-to-day real estate photography work.
One thing I want to talk about today is that I am offering greeting cards now. These are great ways to own or share a piece of fine art photography, perhaps before you purchase a larger version. The cards are put together by hand and are blank on the inside. These are for sale at the Uptown Gallery in Waterloo. Or contact me directly.
November birds in Flight
It was brought to my attention today that this photo is in my site banner but not in a post! How easy it is to forget things so obvious.
This photo comes with a story.
As artists we sometimes have our dry spells where we don't feel inspired to produce anything. This spell of mine lasted a year or so.... until.... one day in November 2015 I was pulled over to the side of the road in a rural area between Kitchener and Guelph. I was swamped with appointment requests and other emails - and I needed a break. As I sat in my car I noticed that every time a car drove by this group of birds (starlings?) would all take flight and then re-settle. I always have my camera by my side so it was easy to snap this one! I am thrilled how sharp the detail came out on the birds as they are flying. Some of them look rather comical to me -like little pocket sized rockets. They all have a different flying position which makes this a fun photo to peruse. I also like the fact that the background is very natural and somewhat disorderly. Quite often we like to produce "clean" images but this one is exactly how I saw it.
I'm happy to say after this day my dry spell had broken and I haven't had one since then)))
So much fun to share this story.
This photo is also displayed (plaque -mounted)at the Uptown Gallery in the Waterloo Town Square!
One last note, this and most other photos can be cropped to a panoramic size photograph if that is the look you want in decorating your home. Typically all my photos are cropped to one extent or another.
Waterloo Region Rural photography
Here is a flashback from the past... nothing to do with winter for a change -!
Cold day in Waterloo County
Another one of my snow, fence lines and winter photos... Waterloo County. I have returned to this same spot in other seasons, believe it it doesn't not always look like this. Still, despite the cold, there is great beauty to this landscape.
Winter Farm - Waterloo Region
One of my favourite photos. I drove past this on my way to an appointment, thought about it, turned around and returned to the spot to photograph it. So glad I did. This one looks amazing printed on aluminum.
Waterloo County
Long and lonesome fence line and field
Goodnight World
Taken at the end of a long day... having a quiet moment before heading home.
Endless Farms and Fence line, Waterloo County, Ontario
The title says it all
Winter is beautiful...
Even when we can't seem to get rid of it!
Winter scene south of Baden, Ontario
I had some unexpected time yesterday and got this image:
It was snowing lightly which gives a "painterly" effect to the image.
Art Exhibition of Photography, Mixed Media, Glass and Jewelry - Uptown Gallery Waterloo
I am happy to announce that I am now a member of the Uptown Waterloo Gallery- with the Chesley House Label!
The gallery is easy to visit- located in the indoor mall, Uptown Waterloo.
I am thrilled to be a featured artist at this event!
February Snow
I had the opportunity to travel twice to the Fergus/Elora area last week. Taking the side roads I found this:
See how the snow flies off the roof! Also note the broken barn door - you can see right through the barn to the field behind. Very snowy day.
Shapes in nature- Ice Circles on Jedburgh Pond, Ayr
I stopped by one of my favourite spots for photos yesterday- Jedburgh Pond in Ayr, Ontario.
The ducks were excited to see me and the pond was lovely with it's mix of snow and ice and peacefulness.
As I was heading out, I noticed that the ice had melted near one shore and formed circles.
I always feel good inside when I find something like this.
Post-blizzard in January
Here are two photos from my travels today in the Waterloo region- shot just south of the highway 401 on the Dickie Settlement road.
The weather was just post-blizzard and you can see it in the images. It has a certain kind of look which is hard to describe in words.
I am not sure why but I have given it the name of "four fields". I was drawn to the way each field was "indented" like a paragraph. If you look at the trees in the background you can see they have been through the "blizzard mill". The light was poor but the white snow on the trees interested me. And the colours. It's not an outstanding photo in my opinion but it is interesting.
I call this one "sign and vine" :-) If you look close you can see the tendrils on the vine. The odd shape to this caught my eye. And it has that "post-blizzard" look.
~susan