Christmas, an interesting time for taking interesting pictures

A vase, a bunch of lights. While looking at the vase on the kitchen table which Judyth had placed some of the Christmas lights, a light flashed and I thought this would be interesting to photograph. It was an interesting lesson. I am only posting one of the images as the rest were o.k.
Christmas is a good time to look around and see what might make an interesting subject.

Gordon’s Collection

This site is my collection of images over the years.  My first camera was a Kodak 620.   This was a camera that you had to remember what you were doing or you could take multiple images on the same frame.  Over the years I have gone through a few camera’s.  My favourite 35mm camera was 2 Fuji ST 801′s.  I usually had wide angle lens on one and a 135mm lens on the other.  I had lots of different filters, extenders etc.  Due to unfortunate circumstance I had to give them up.  I went through a “dry spell” without a camera but went into video which I still do.  Eventually I bought another camera and “was off to the races” again.  My present camera is a Fuji Fine Pix S6000.

In the 35mm world I did most of my work in slides.  With the advent of scanners, I have transfered  most of my work to DVD.

What I like to do is “think out of the box”.  When my nephew decided to get into photography,  I bought him a bulk roller and some bulk film.  The first thing I had him do was go out in front of the house and lay on the ground and take a picture looking right up the side of the pole.  After that, it was all up to him.  He went to college and took a photography course and is still taking great pictures.

The camera comes with a set of instructions which should be taken as “guide lines” and from there Experiment.  The one good thing about digital is that you can do this without “breaking the bank.”

Most of what I have learned over the years is to “try”.  I have learned also from listening to different photographers and reading.  Ultimately it is the person behind the camera that makes the picture.

A lot of my images over the years have been of trains.  This is another hobby of mine.  As time goes by, these become important as things change.  I think it is important to remember: “The picture you take today will be part of history tomorrow and becomes a visual record of today.”

I hope you enjoy the collection.  Check back as it will be updated as time goes by.

This site is dedicated to the following people without whom this would not be possible:  My grandparents, my mother and father and to my wife Judyth.