Sally's portrait

While visiting the Karsh exhibit at the National Archives, I could not resist being inspired to take this portrait of my wife, Sally.

©2009 Daniel Marchand

The Maple Project (final version)

Further to my earlier post, here is the final version of the month long exercise of shooting the same branch of the same tree, at the same time of day, from mid-April to mid-May. The size of the original print is 36 x 24 inches. Please read the progression clockwise, starting at the lower left hand corner.

©2009 Daniel Marchand

The Maple Project

In early April, I set to take a daily photo of the same branch of a Crimson King Maple we have growing on our front yard, just to see the evolution of nature. I did not know what I would do with those, but I soon became fascinated by the development of the buds into blooms and leaves. This also gave me a summary of what the weather has been from mid-April to mid-May. With all the images in Aperture, I placed one from each day on a light table and assembled them in chronological order. First, I put them on a 6X6 grid going from left to right, but it was not pleasing to the eye. I finally settled on a sort of spiral, starting at the lower left hand corner, that centers on a larger image of the fully developed leaves. Here is the screen shot of what the final product could look like (although I may change the centre image):

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Brian Ulrich

Brian Ulrich's photos are always among my favorite.
This one courtesy of Flack Photo today:
May 26, 2009

Photos from Pinhole Photography Day (26 April, 2009)

Some of the results I got from a home-made 4X5 pinhole camera. All photos were taken on sunday, 26 April, 2009, Pinhole Photography Day.

Kodak Provia 160 VC, 6 sec., f300, 85mm.

©2009 Daniel Marchand

©2009 Daniel Marchand

©2009 Daniel Marchand

Trees getting ready for another season...

©2009 Daniel Marchand

From the "Weathered Beauty" series

I have added a new series to my website.

Living in a country where winter lasts for months and where snow is abundant, we often forget about the beauty of our gardens. The flowers that we so enjoyed faded in the fall, were cut and put to compost. A forgotten few remained on bushes and hid under the snow to re-appear in early spring. Can they still show some beauty despite their weathered look? Is beauty still there, only different? With "Weathered Beauty" I show that beauty never disappears completely, it only changes. If we could only look closer!

©2009 Daniel Marchand

© 2009 Daniel Marchand