One of the great weather features we get in Calgary are the chinook winds. These typically bring in uncharacteristically warm weather in the middle of winter conditions. Along with the winds, we often see some great cloud formations through the days and nights. This shot was taken on such a morning on my way in to work. I love how the pinks and purples are reminiscent of a big pile of cotton candy in the sky.
The Canadian Open synchronized swimming national championships have come and gone and I'm happy and proud to report that my daughter's team claimed the Gold in their event! (and a few others :)
So continuing with that theme, here's another one of my favourite shots from the Provincials competition that seems so long ago now. Here are two of my daughter's teammates performing another routine. The rest of the team is underwater providing support and a 'launchpad'. The girl in the air was sent flying from standing on the shoulders of the one you see in the water. These shots are always a challenge to capture because you only get one chance and they occur in mere seconds. After almost 8 years of practice, I still miss a lot of these, but I'm glad I was able to catch this one!
As some of you are probably aware and/or have been able to figure out, my daughter is a competitive synchronized swimmer. Last month, I was the official photographer for the Provincials competition and took thousands of photos (still available to order! </shameless plug>). Interestingly enough, the Canadian Open Nationals competition is currently underway right here in Calgary!
To that end, I thought I would dig out one of my favourite shots from the Provincials that I took of my little girl. Here she is during her duet – she's upside-down, being boosted underneath by her duet partner, while she does the splits. One of the things I enjoy most about shooting sports is being able to capture those split-second moments where, such as in this case, the big water splash is frozen in time.
Last week, Calgary experienced a large dump of heavy wet snow after a stretch of nice warm spring weather. Of course, this is really no surprise to those of us who live here and see this year after year. If I remember right, the city saw around 20-30 cm of the white stuff accumulate this time around. That was about how much we saw in our area and the snow I shoveled off our driveway managed to create snow banks about 1-2 feet high.
Here's a shot of the snow that collected along the railing of my deck. There was a good 3-4 inches on the deck itself.
This week's photo is another shot of the sky shortly before sunset almost a year ago. This was among the batch of photos from my first month with my shiny new 7D. For this shot, I was hoping to get a nice view of the sky as it darkened, but being in the city, the power lines and street lights tend to get in the way. Also, I was out and about running errands, so I couldn't get to a spot with a clearer view. Instead, I opted to try silhouetting the lights and power lines against the sky. Looking back on this, I probably could have composed the shot a little better, but I still like how it turned out.
Power Lines and Street Lights IMG_0757
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Date: 2010/03/28
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