More trapped in ice....

Great bubble detail and a graphic leaf pattern...

Some disappearing fall-colour combined with a sepia base photo...

Time to re-paint

If you are ever in downtown New Glasgow walking into Art Palmer's Photo Studio look up... this is what you'll see.
Beautiful deterioration.

obvious / hidden

The obvious beauty of a rolling green field and the hidden beauty waiting in the dark under a railway bridge. The brilliant green field is a view from Greenhill look-off, and the underside of the railway bridge is in downtown New Glasgow.

Pond Details

Two images of ponds and the plants that pierce the surface but not the calm.

Detail of bull-rushes in my backyard early last winter. The snow has folded them down and woven them into this pattern... amazing how nature could produce lines and angles so crisp and straight.
Full resolution file shows a great frost pattern covering the stalks.

Lots of details in this shot from Park Falls last winter. Icy and beautiful...the piece of wood and the rock with the golden accents just seem to be trying to hold on until spring.

Another detail of rock and water with beautiful tones and painterly highlights.

Some beach work

Some long(ish) exposures at the beach. The driftwood was photographed at Melmerby Beach....8 second exposure. The brilliant green rocks photographed on the beach at Pictou Lodge while I was shooting a wedding... shot long after sunset, 25 second exposures.

Canada Day 2010

Canada Day 2010.... Fireworks lighting up the crowd at New Glasgow Square

Pano's

A trio of panoramic shots. First up is Peggy's Cove - 5 shots combined to make this image.... shot in mid February in fairly high winds with a windchill of about -20...by shot number 4 my eyes were watering so bad I couldn't really see what I was doing.
Next is another 5 or 6 shot image shot near my home in New Glasgow. There are 13 deer in this image in total...but you might need to see a big print to spot them all.
Last pic is a true panoramic shot.... one exposure on a piece of film with a pinhole camera. no lens, just a pinhole....exposed for about 12 seconds. Holga Pinhole Wide.

V-Filling Station shoot

Playing around with a couple of beautiful machines in the setting sun at the perfect location to showcase these toys.

A Fall colour scene along the East River in New Glasgow NS. the little shed couldn't be more in tune with the seasons colour gamut.

What isn't being contrasted here? Brick versus wood, red versus green.
I think the composition has great balance both in texture and colour.

I love this shot.......simple detail of some plain grey concrete steps..... flip them upside down and wow.

Dew drops on some webbing...a pretty little universe.

A high dynamic range shot at Carmichael Park in New Glasgow NS.

Lovely waterfall detail from the Greenvale area of NS. I like the change in direction at the dark rock.
this was about a 4 second exposure.

Another favorite of mine. An old tree in a park here in New Glasgow NS. The big knot hole in the tree has become home to some sort of white mushroom like fungus... it looks great against the dark rough bark.

A favorite shot from this past winter.
Close-up detail of water bubbles trapped in ice. The area photographed is probably only about 2 inches wide.
Shot hand-held with a Canon G-9.

"Sandbox" back in the early 90's.
This was a film original shot on a 6x6
Twin Lens Reflex camera.

A couple of vintage looking warm tone black and whites of water in different states. The first shot is ice at Peggy's Cove NS, smoothed down and neatly fitted together from bumping into each other. The second shot is a detail from a brook just outside of Antigonish NS. The 3 second exposure gave me nice soft water set against the hard rock and sharp spikes of grass.

Randy Swallow, an old friend and amazing talent.
I love his classic relaxed pose, love the clock and love the rug. Shot upstairs in the Swallow family's legendary barn.

Try not to look at that red light shade eh? Behind an abandoned service station outside Alma NS.

Maybe my favorite shot from the days shoot. I'm a sucker for these graphic texture shots.....smooth water vs. rough stone....and I like finding straight lines and angles in nature. One more texture is added by the little stack of leaves that has been piling up as the river runs past. Sort of and interesting colour gamut as well...

A detail of one shallow spot along the river. The water is running over solid rock here and very clear...quite pretty.

Same bridge as in the next image in the Provincial Park in Alma NS.
I forgot my neutral density filter but was still able to get a long enough exposure time to soften the water a bit.

Driving home from Halifax NS.... stopped coming down Mt.Thom and grabbed this shot.....

Amazing colour gamut from leaves reflected on the surface of the water by bright sunlight.

The ferris-wheel takes on a whole new look when you expose it for 6 or 7 seconds....

Time exposure of some of the action on the mid-way at the Fall Fair in Halifax NS. Two workers managed to stay still during the 8 second exposure... and the two telephone pole tops sure do look like crucifixes hovering in the background.

An HDR detail under the George Street bridge here in New Glasgow NS. Punchy colour and interesting contrast between the rust and the green paint.

A few hours under the stars in our backyard in Halifax NS. Lots of air-traffic passing through this shot as straight lines versus the circular trails of the stars. Another medium format film original.... 10x10 prints show lots of interesteing detail.

a texture shot...wood and concrete... wood starting to lose the battle. I liked the shapes in the negative space as well...shot on medium format film

Two of New Glasgow's fire trucks lit up at Christmas.... a slight evolution in technology from one truck to the next.

A pretty little scene just above Park's Falls NS.

Our famous"Ducky" the barber. A serious Detroit Red Wings fan and a local icon.

A stupid little grab-shot but I love it.
One of the most recognizable figures in our culture and the staff at my local McDonalds decided to let Ronnie hang out in the garbage dumpster while renovations were going on... he seems to be rolling with the punches.