NEW

The new website is up and I don't think there are any bugs in it. But if you spot something please let me know. It will evolve as most sites do and there will be additions to it as I go. BUT for now have a look here.

Weekend

The madcap Thanksgiving weekend is over. It flew by so quickly. My sister, brother-in-law and niece from Edmonton came down to Calgary for the weekend as well so my parents condo was packed. It was a lot of fun but took a lot out of the boys so today is a recovery day.

William

William and his Uncle Jim

Thanksgiving

This weekend a road trip is planned into Calgary for Thanksgiving weekend. This allows my boys a visit with their grandparents and Aunt and Uncle from Edmonton. It is unfortunate that this weekend is also the Dirtbag Film Fest in Kimberley. I went to this last year and it is a terrific show. It is amazing the amount of photo and film talent that is in this small region. You can see more of it here.
If you are in Kimberley or area this weekend the Dirtbag Film Fest is a must see!

Rain

Yes it did rain a bit during last Saturday's wedding, but it let up enough to take a few photographs outside. It was unfortunate that we were unable to utilize the wonderful fall colours more but that's the way it goes.





As far as being the second photographer, it was great! There was no pressure to get the "must have" images and I could concentrate on the behind the scene images that add to the main images. In short, it was fun!!

More

There is more information on the Orphan Bill here.

Impact

The US just passed the Orphan bill. This means that unless images have a watermark on them when posted to an open viewing site such as flickr they could be downloaded by a third party and used without permission. So, for example, a company could download one of your images to use in an advertising campaign instead of hiring a photographer to take the image and then claim that they could not contact the creator and were able to use this image because of the Orphan bill. The impact of this is worldwide not just in the US as everyone uses flickr or some similar type of site for posting images for the world to see. I am not slamming any of these photo posting sites, it is up to everyone posting to make sure their contact information is embedded in the images along with some type of watermark is visible on the image itself. It is indeed unfortunate for those of us trying to make a living at this wonderful business that a bill like this can be slipped in while everyone is waiting to hear about a billions of dollars bailout that died on the floor. It will impact us all!

Summer?

This weather we have been having lately is unreal. It feels like summer. I would be happy with this until December 24th but alas this will not happen. It would be nice if it stayed until this Saturday at least as it would be wonderful in Fernie with this weather and the leaves changing colours. So, where ever you are get out and enjoy the nice weather while it is here because before you know it we will be shoveling snow dreaming about when the nice weather will return.