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Photo of the Day | November 26 | Birdscape, by Bashar Alaeddin

L&C Team — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:06:58 +0000

Took this image while on a job as the on-set photographer for a music video when I was studying Digital Design at the Vancouver Film School. We got to that location and before we started any video shooting, I took a few minutes to take some photo’s of the landscape. Vancouver is the most beautiful city in my opinion and living there for a year and a half taught me a lot about landscape photography. Shot with my Canon 7D with a 10-22mm ultra-wide angle lens.

Technical Info: Canon EOS 7D | Exposure: f/7.1 at 1/320sec | ISO 320 | Focal Length 22mm
Title of the photograph: Birdscape
Photo of the Day Award Category: Landscape Photography
Photograph Location: Vancouver | Canada
Photographer: Bashar Nabil Alaeddin (Amman, Jordan)
Bashar Nabil Alaeddin is a digital photographer based in Amman, Jordan. He has been to photography since 2003 and lately he has become more specialized in the genre’s of fine art landscapes and food. Although he works in other genre’s as well, he feels he has become more comfortable with genre’s that let him take his time to be meticulous about his photo’s. He wants his photographs to evoke some emotion, to make the audience feel that they need to be in that scene right now, to make them wish they were eating that dish at this moment. He tries to show the world how it looks through his eyes. Alaeddin believes photography is a visual language, a whole essay or speech being spoken with just one image and he hopes that his minimalist style cuts straight to that point.

Website: http://www.balaeddin.com/

Photo of the Day | September 13 | Hearts in Queue by Abhijit Bhowmick

L&C Team — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:23:49 +0000

I was strolling in the garden of Westin Prince Hotel, Toronto, when I spotted these lovely bleeding hearts flower plant. There was breeze and bit of low light which was a challenge for me, however after repeated attempts and some patience I was able to shoot it. I used my 150mm Sigma macro lens to get a great DoF.There were so many of them hanging in a queue, reminded me of my college days when lots of hearts would queue in order to get love, but love is won as this one have won mine.

Technical Info: Olympus E620 | 1/200sec at f/2.8 | ISO 250 | Focal Length 150mm
Title of the photograph: Hearts in Queue
Photo of the Day Award Category: Close-Up Photography
Photograph Location: Canada
Photographer: Abhijit Bhowmick (Kolkata, INDIA)
Abhijit had been playing with colors since childhood when painting was his first love, but soon switched to photography when his father gifted him a hotshot camera (modern day point and shoot camera). He first laid his hands on his dad’s Yashica SLR when he was 16 years old and since then had never stopped shooting. Currently he own a Canon 550D, 50mm 1.8 EF and 10-22mm EF-S lens alongwith Olympus E620, 14-42mm Zuiko and 40-150mm Zuiko lens and a Sigma 150mm 2.8 prime macro lens. Photography makes him appreciate small facets of life and to be able to hold on to those moments seems amazing to him. He currently work as a consulting engineer with Cisco Systems and gets ample opportunity to travel different countries. This compliments nicely with his passion for photography and eagerness to know and experience different cultures. He is venturing into a new start up called BackPack and Camera Studio in Kolkata and wish to grow it into an Enterprise providing quality and affordable digital photography solution to anyone who comes within the realms of Digital photography.

Portfolio: www.mybackpackandcamera.com
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dreamingeyes/
Flickrivr: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/dreamingeyes/popular-interesting/

Photo of the Day | August 04 | Deceiving, by Arnab Pal

L&C Team — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:37:41 +0000

This is was a lake near Banff. Banff is one of the beautiful places in Alberta’s Rockies, Canada. It is a region on the southwestern part of the province, along the British Columbia border.

Technical Info: Nikon D80 | Exposure 1/125 sec @ f/5.6 | ISO100
Title of the photograph: Deceiving
Photo of the Day Award Category: Abstract Photography
Photograph Location: Canada
Photographer: Arnab Pal (Edmonton, Canada)
Arnab Pal was born and raised in Kolkata. After studying at IIT Bombay he went to Canada for higher studies. Presently he is a graduate student. He loves to meet new people, loves to travel. His passion is Photography, he feels that every person’s imagination makes them different from their simple-self. He believes that photography creates a world of imagination to emphasize beauty, nature, heritage and small nothings of everyday life that paints a story of their own. Most of his current photography work is around nature, landscape, and most importantly capturing people.

Portfolio: www.cocktail-photography.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cocktail-Photography/129542537123971

Photo of the Day | July 30 | Lake Abraham, by Arnab Pal

L&C Team — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:11:12 +0000

This is the photo of Lake Abraham. I took it on the way to Nordeg (Alberta, Canada). It was quite late, almost around 7-30 PM. Abraham Lake is an artificial lake on North Saskatchewan River in western Alberta, Canada. It was built on the upper course of the North Saskatchewan River, in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. It lines David Thompson Highway between Saskatchewan River Crossing and Nordegg.

Technical Info: Nikon D80 | Exposure 1/60sec @ f/5.6 | ISO100
Title of the photograph: Lake Abraham
Photo of the Day Award Category: Landscape Photography
Photograph Location: Canada
Photographer: Arnab Pal (Edmonton, Canada)
Arnab Pal was born and raised in Kolkata. After studying at IIT Bombay he went to Canada for higher studies. Presently he is a graduate student. He loves to meet new people, loves to travel. His passion is Photography, he feels that every person’s imagination makes them different from their simple-self. He believes that photography creates a world of imagination to emphasize beauty, nature, heritage and small nothings of everyday life that paints a story of their own. Most of his current photography work is around nature, landscape, and most importantly capturing people.

Portfolio: www.cocktail-photography.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cocktail-Photography/129542537123971

Photo of the Day | May 08 | On Golden Pond, by James L. Brown

L&C Team — Sat, 07 May 2011 13:17:27 +0000

Canada Geese glided silently on my favorite pond at the Marthaville Habitat Area located in Southern Ontario, Canada. I rose at about six am to a wonderful fog. I knew I only had minutes to capture this magical place before the fog and mist burned off with the rising sun. Fortunately I was the only person there that morning and the geese almost seemed to want pose for me! They sure made my day.

Technical Info: Nikon D700 | f/4.5 at 1/4000 sec. | ISO 200 | Focal Length 70mm | Exposure Comp. 0
Title of the photograph: On Golden Pond
Photo of the Day Award Category: Artistic Photography
Photograph Location: Canada
Photographer: James L. Brown (Petrolia, Ontario, Canada)
James L. Brown is a neophyte, mostly self taught photographer that strives to bring out the beauty in simple things and subjects. Although he really likes gear, he believes vision is what really matters in photography. He hopes some day to use my photography to help those less fortunate in this world. He is always looking for new members for his KIVA Photographerfriends lending team http://www.kiva.org/team/photographerfriends

Portfolio: www.Flickr.com/photos/jimmybrown
Redbubble: http://jumpinjimmyjava.redbubble.com/
Twitter: http://Twitter.com/jumpinjimmyjava/

Photo of the Day | April 18 | Take the Derivative of Red by Sharon Lai

L&C Team — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:11:16 +0000

My concentration seemed to fade as my mind wandered from calculus. I pulled my headphones off my ears and tossed them on my workbook. Music seemed to keep me entertained while taking the derivative of useless functions over and over again. Captivated by the candy red on the black and white, I decided it was worth my time to freeze the moment.

Technical Info: Sony DSC-W110, Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50), Aperture: f/2.8, Focal Length: 5.4 mm, ISO Speed:125
Title of the photograph: Take the Derivative of Red
Photo of the Day Award Category: Conceptual Photography
Photograph Location: Canada
Photographer: Sharon Lai (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)
Sharon Lai is a 19 year old sophomore, working towards a Bsc Kinesiology degree. She spends a lot of her time studying and fencing, but always find time to take some pictures and visit other portfolios. She has always admired great photography for the unique and diverse perspectives out there, but ever since she created a Flickr account, her interest has heightened. Sharon don’t own a DSLR but She is hoping in the near future she can capture the world with a Nikon D90. With that said, She always have some sort of camera on her whether it be my Sony Cybershot DCS-W110, Sony Ericsson phone, or even her itouch to capture the moments and beauties of the world. Although her current studies gear her towards a health care or research profession, she has started to contemplate more heavily on pursuing a career in the photography world. Sharon thinks the world is so beautiful and photography simply magnifies how enchanting anything may be. Being a “self-taught” photographer, she has learned to view everything so differently because the world we live in she believes is so cinematic.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamtalkingstick/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/iamtalkingstick

Photo of the Day | March 16 | Lychee Goodness, by Kelven Ng

L&C Team — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:00:37 +0000

Lychee has always been one of my favorite fruit. It is also a sign of summer and better things to come! Needless to say… it is something I look forward to each year for a multitude of reasons!

Technical Info: Canon EOS 5D Mark II | Exposure: 1/200sec | Aperture: f/2.0 | ISO: 400 | Focal Length: 50 mm
Title of the photograph: Lychee Goodness
Photo of the Day Award Category: Still Life Photography
Photograph Location: Canada
Photographer: Kelven Ng (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
As an accountant, getting off the desk and the chair is always a luxury. Excel spreadsheets are only so interesting so taking a photo of just about anything is a bit of a relief. Kelven is lucky however to live in Vancouver, Canada since it gives him so much to take photos of and so many different perspectives to see. Kelven is even luckier now to be living in London, England and to be traveling Europe. In no way is he a professional photographer but he hopes his skills let him capture the memories of every day life and his travels.

Website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/flickng/
Blog: http://saaediaries.blogspot.com/

Photo of the Day | March 13 | Lions Gate in Vancouver, by Kelven Ng

L&C Team — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:00:15 +0000

The Vancouver seawall is a place that is very well traveled during the sunny days in the summer. But it is also a place that one can appreciate at night time in the winter too. The Lions Gate is not as extravagant as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco but it is part of Vancouver and it is still quite the sight at night time!

Technical Info: Canon EOS 5D Mark II | Exposure: 30sec | Aperture: f/11 | ISO: 400 | Focal Length: 35 mm
Title of the photograph: Lions Gate in Vancouver
Photo of the Day Award Category: Night Photography
Photograph Location: Vancouver | Canada
Photographer: Kelven Ng (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
As an accountant, getting off the desk and the chair is always a luxury. Excel spreadsheets are only so interesting so taking a photo of just about anything is a bit of a relief. Kelven is lucky however to live in Vancouver, Canada since it gives him so much to take photos of and so many different perspectives to see. Kelven is even luckier now to be living in London, England and to be traveling Europe. In no way is he a professional photographer but he hopes his skills let him capture the memories of every day life and his travels.

Website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/flickng/
Blog: http://saaediaries.blogspot.com/

Photo of the Day | March 06 | Lazy Weekends by Kelven Ng

L&C Team — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:39:14 +0000

There are a lot of good things about the weekend but sometimes we just need to find reasons to enjoy the simple things in life. A nice morning with a cup of orange juice, a good read and it is complete for me!

Technical Info: Canon EOS 5D Mark II | Exposure: 1/250 | Aperture: f/1.4 | ISO: 640 | Focal Length: 35 mm
Title of the photograph: Lazy Weekends
Photo of the Day Award Category: Still Life Photography
Photograph Location: Canada
Photographer: Kelven Ng (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
As an accountant, getting off the desk and the chair is always a luxury. Excel spreadsheets are only so interesting so taking a photo of just about anything is a bit of a relief. Kelven is lucky however to live in Vancouver, Canada since it gives him so much to take photos of and so many different perspectives to see. Kelven is even luckier now to be living in London, England and to be traveling Europe. In no way is he a professional photographer but he hopes his skills let him capture the memories of every day life and his travels.

Website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/flickng/
Blog: http://saaediaries.blogspot.com/

Photo of the Day | February 04 | Old Man of the Lane by James L. Brown

L&C Team — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:00:00 +0000

As I am semi-retired I have plenty of time to wander the back roads and country lanes in search of photographic subjects. Often I find myself returning to this quiet lane to photograph the seasons and the majestic old shade trees that line the dusty road. I waited for just the right weather and light to capture this photo of the old man of the lane.

Technical Info: Nikon D700, F2.5, 1/4000 sec., ISO 200, Spot Metering, Exposure Comp. -1 step, Lens Nikkor 50 mm. 1.4, Aperture Priority
Title of the photograph: Old Man of the Lane
Photo of the Day Award Category: Nature Photography
Photograph Location: Canada
Photographer: James L. Brown (Petrolia, Ontario, Canada)
James L. Brown is a neophyte, mostly self taught photographer that strives to bring out the beauty in simple things and subjects. Although he really likes gear, he believes vision is what really matters in photography. He hopes some day to use my photography to help those less fortunate in this world. He is always looking for new members for his KIVA Photographerfriends lending team http://www.kiva.org/team/photographerfriends

Portfolio: www.Flickr.com/photos/jimmybrown
Redbubble: http://jumpinjimmyjava.redbubble.com/
Twitter: http://Twitter.com/jumpinjimmyjava/