100 Excited Pans

mmmmm, money!

Today I signed up for another course at camosun. This course is 100 Ways To Sell Your Photography. I am pretty excited by this prospect. I would love to be able to sell some of my work, sort of as a supplemental income.

If this pans out, I might end up buying a new camera! Ooooh! Nice. Plus it will give me more incentive to get out and take pictures. Something that I find fun already, but more fun if I could make money at it. I imagine that some of the ideas take a bit of work, but I am eager to get into it.

The only downside to the course is that it is a 1 day, 7 hour session! :O

Buying Thumbtacks

all decked out
Last week we put up the Christmas lights, and last night we put up the tree. Christmas is really coming! Yipes, I better get to it.

all decked out

Actually I am pretty far along with my shopping, and I feel pretty good about it. I cut back on how much I was buying, and that was a good thing. All in all I feel pretty good about Christmas, until I realize just how close it really is! 18 days! 2.5 weeks!

tree 1

Last nights decorating was lots of fun. Sue and I did mostly everything, although we have three things left to hang. If only we could find the thumbtacks.

tree 1

Tonight I am taking stock and figuring out what I need to do and get. Tomorrow I go shopping in Nanaimo. Yep, after work I am heading up there to do visit my aunt, my mom and sister, and do some shopping. Wednesday I will zip home in the morning before work.

Mmm, I really do like this time of year.

Sniffing Reflections

wicked reflections

This morning my (limited) photo club headed to Craigflower Park in Victoria B.C. This was an excellent place to shoot. The smooth water close by lent itself to some wonderful reflections, if you could get your timing right. I say if because there was lots of people out! Cars in the background, street lights, canoes, people walking, and dogs sniffing. There was a lot of standing around to get the right shot. It was fun though.

Underneath the Craigflower bridge was pretty freaky. The bridge makes scary noises as the traffic passes by literally inches over your head. Very exciting!

Here are my pics.

Authoritative Decision

frosty morning

coreman wants to become the authoritative figure for flashlight crapfest on Google. Who am I to stop him? I figure that if I throw a link his way then the next time I get spidered, Google might bump his rating a little.

The picture is from the back parking lot at the shack. It would seem someone made the decision to get rid of some furniture in the middle of the night. Quite a sight to drive in to in the morning. 🙂

Wild – Wind in the Willow

wind in the willow at night

wind in the willow at night

wind in the willow at night

These three are essentially the same picture, but with increasing exposure length. They were taken at a nearby office development called the Selkirk. It was quite a cold and windy night. After I took the first shot I was immediately pleased with the results, so I kept taking more pictures. I loved the mixture of colors in the light, and how the wind whipped the branches around.

Frosty Greenery

frosty morning

Saturday morning I ventured out into Sue’s mom’s backyard to explore what a frosty morning was like in the garden. It was a wonderful crisp morning, with a clear blue sky. As the sun started to come out and backlight the leaves on the willow tree, they became a brilliant green.

I wasn’t expecting to find much to shoot in the yard, but I was pleasantly surprised. One thing I desperately wanted to capture was the steam rising from the fence as the sun warmed its timber. Alas I did not want to trample the greenery below.

Here are the pics.

Terminal Thinking

pretty dim dude

Friday night was a bit of a fiasco. Sue and I thought we would be getting to the ferry terminal with plenty of time, but reality sunk when we got close to the terminal. There were lots of cars there, and it didn’t look good for us.

The 5 pm ferry arrived late (about 45 minutes late), and they started loading. Eventually they started loading our lane. The workers took about 5 cars from our lane before the ferry was full. Darn. :grr:

As our line was scrunching up, the minivan parked in front of me wasn’t moving because some guy in his Tercel in front of him wasn’t moving. He was asleep, or in getting food or something.

The jackass behind me pulls out gets all impatient, honks a couple times (I guessed he was in a hurry), so he pulls out, drives around me, past 2 cars in front, then pulls back in line! :jawdrop: :wtf:

The line didn’t move anymore! The line couldn’t move anymore! The ferry was pulling away.

I was livid. What the hell was he thinking? Was he in that much of a hurry? All he gained was 3 car lengths. Was he not looking at what was going on? :grr: Even now when I think about it I get steamed. I revoke his licence. Plain and simple. If someone is that impatient, what is the next step. “Well I do have a red light, but I think I see a break in the cars. maybe I should go for it.” Loser.

According to me there are certain rules in parking lots that everyone must follow. Especially at the ferries terminal. Fifo jackass. Learn it, live it, love it.

end of rant