Featuring my favourite photo from the most recent of photo shoots and excursions. I aim to update this weekly, but sometimes it's more or less frequent.
October 30th, 2009
Well, it's been a fairly quiet month for my camera and, hence, for this site. Unfortunately, it looks like the trend may continue for a month or two as it turns out the pain I've been experiencing in my leg since our trip to Egypt is stemming from a broken hip!
I'm in for surgery on Monday, November 2nd, and will emerge Bionic Girl! ...ok, maybe I'll just have a screw in my hip ;)
It sounds like after the operation I'll be on the crutches for another few weeks so probably not many new photos until the new year.
Like I said, though, I do hope to get through processing some more images from earlier in 2009.
The image to the left, 'Off Roading', was taken last weekend when Nick and I went out for a drive to check out the Autumn colours. Nick wanted to stop for a shot over the Downs so I thought I'd get out and explore just a little too. It was a bit tricky (and funny) getting around on uneven terrain with the crutches, thought I'd take a photo to capture the experience.
Well, it's been a fairly quiet month for my camera and, hence, for this site. Unfortunately, it looks like the trend may continue for a month or two as it turns out the pain I've been experiencing in my leg since our trip to Egypt is stemming from a broken hip!
I'm in for surgery on Monday, November 2nd, and will emerge Bionic Girl! ...ok, maybe I'll just have a screw in my hip ;)
It sounds like after the operation I'll be on the crutches for another few weeks so probably not many new photos until the new year.
Like I said, though, I do hope to get through processing some more images from earlier in 2009.
The image to the left, 'Off Roading', was taken last weekend when Nick and I went out for a drive to check out the Autumn colours. Nick wanted to stop for a shot over the Downs so I thought I'd get out and explore just a little too. It was a bit tricky (and funny) getting around on uneven terrain with the crutches, thought I'd take a photo to capture the experience.
September 28th, 2009
Very happy news to share along with this image...
Yesterday, while having a picnic at Waverley Abbey, one of my favourite places on Earth, my Nick asked me to marry him. I very happily have said I will.
We don't have a date set yet, as we're unsure where we'll get married because my family is in Canada and his is here in the UK, but sometime in 2010, I will become Miko Margaret Mayer.
I am so incredibly lucky.
Very happy news to share along with this image...
Yesterday, while having a picnic at Waverley Abbey, one of my favourite places on Earth, my Nick asked me to marry him. I very happily have said I will.
We don't have a date set yet, as we're unsure where we'll get married because my family is in Canada and his is here in the UK, but sometime in 2010, I will become Miko Margaret Mayer.
I am so incredibly lucky.
September 22nd, 2009
We went on a trip to the Norfolk Broads with some friends this past weekend, hired a boat and had a great time. This shot was taken at the St Benet's Abbey where we stopped for a quick explore on Saturday afternoon.
I hung back from some of the group, while they walked towards the cross, with a shot like this in mind - staggered people, contrasty black and white - but this turned out better than expected. I'm not entirely sure why the figure on the right is blurred (someone's already commented that it looks like he's dissolving) as I was using a very fast shutter speed, but I love the effect and accentuated it (and also tried to give the others a bit of a halo glow) by pushing the yellow channel when converting to monochrome.
Rather than flood my Premieres gallery with a lot of shots from this past weekend, I've put the majority of them straight into their own gallery. You can find them under
Events>Social>Norfolk Broads.
I've realised recently that I'm not sharing the titles of my photos on this site and because that seems a shame, as most do have titles that have been (and are being) shared elsewhere, I've decided to start adding them here. This image is titled, 'Secular Pilgrimage'.
We went on a trip to the Norfolk Broads with some friends this past weekend, hired a boat and had a great time. This shot was taken at the St Benet's Abbey where we stopped for a quick explore on Saturday afternoon.
I hung back from some of the group, while they walked towards the cross, with a shot like this in mind - staggered people, contrasty black and white - but this turned out better than expected. I'm not entirely sure why the figure on the right is blurred (someone's already commented that it looks like he's dissolving) as I was using a very fast shutter speed, but I love the effect and accentuated it (and also tried to give the others a bit of a halo glow) by pushing the yellow channel when converting to monochrome.
Rather than flood my Premieres gallery with a lot of shots from this past weekend, I've put the majority of them straight into their own gallery. You can find them under
Events>Social>Norfolk Broads.
I've realised recently that I'm not sharing the titles of my photos on this site and because that seems a shame, as most do have titles that have been (and are being) shared elsewhere, I've decided to start adding them here. This image is titled, 'Secular Pilgrimage'.
August 25th, 2009
I really shouldn't be allowed to choose my featured photo when there's a cat image in the bunch; though there might be 'better' photos in a set, a cat one will win every time.
This little guy was relaxing on these pashminas in the Khan el-Khalili market in Cairo and I stopped for long enough that the vendor asked if I wanted to buy a kitten instead of a shawl. Tempting. Just wasn't sure I could get one through airport security on the way home.
At another shop I was also asked if I wanted to buy a cat; when I said I couldn't because I couldn't take one back to the UK with me, in the spirit of true Egyptian bargaining, the shop keeper told me he could get me one in another colour. As difficult as it was, I had to insist I really couldn't buy one no matter the colour.
I really shouldn't be allowed to choose my featured photo when there's a cat image in the bunch; though there might be 'better' photos in a set, a cat one will win every time.
This little guy was relaxing on these pashminas in the Khan el-Khalili market in Cairo and I stopped for long enough that the vendor asked if I wanted to buy a kitten instead of a shawl. Tempting. Just wasn't sure I could get one through airport security on the way home.
At another shop I was also asked if I wanted to buy a cat; when I said I couldn't because I couldn't take one back to the UK with me, in the spirit of true Egyptian bargaining, the shop keeper told me he could get me one in another colour. As difficult as it was, I had to insist I really couldn't buy one no matter the colour.
July 21, 2009
I'm just getting around to catching up with some more of my photos from the trip to Canada. This one, 'Reflections on Internment' was taken at the Nikkei Memorial Internment Centre in New Denver, British Columbia - a centre dedicated to the history of the Canadian citizens of Japanese ethnic origin who were removed from their homes, stripped of all their possessions but those they could carry, and relocated to internment camps during the Second World War.
Even though I'm a Canadian of half Japanese descent, until visiting the centre, with it's artifacts and photographs (some even of the familiar smiling faces of my own family members), I never truly understood the conditions they lived in and the strength of character they must have had re-build their lives with so little, after so much was taken. I was struck by the starkness, the way the small wooden cabins were so cold and damp though I visited the centre in late spring (how cold must it have been when snow covered the ground and the temperature dropped to -29 F the first winter of their internment?) and though I felt almost guilty for it, after largely ignoring my Japanese-Canadian heritage for a great deal of my life, I was proud - proud that these people, my relatives, my Grandma, her siblings, their friends, people I knew so well, but didn't know at all, lived through such hardship and still left behind photos of each other smiling.
I'm just getting around to catching up with some more of my photos from the trip to Canada. This one, 'Reflections on Internment' was taken at the Nikkei Memorial Internment Centre in New Denver, British Columbia - a centre dedicated to the history of the Canadian citizens of Japanese ethnic origin who were removed from their homes, stripped of all their possessions but those they could carry, and relocated to internment camps during the Second World War.
Even though I'm a Canadian of half Japanese descent, until visiting the centre, with it's artifacts and photographs (some even of the familiar smiling faces of my own family members), I never truly understood the conditions they lived in and the strength of character they must have had re-build their lives with so little, after so much was taken. I was struck by the starkness, the way the small wooden cabins were so cold and damp though I visited the centre in late spring (how cold must it have been when snow covered the ground and the temperature dropped to -29 F the first winter of their internment?) and though I felt almost guilty for it, after largely ignoring my Japanese-Canadian heritage for a great deal of my life, I was proud - proud that these people, my relatives, my Grandma, her siblings, their friends, people I knew so well, but didn't know at all, lived through such hardship and still left behind photos of each other smiling.
June 26th, 2009
Although I've been quite busy behind the camera the last couple weeks - a bike race, a prom, and 'Taste of London' to name a few events - I haven't had the chance to catch up with all my processing and uploading. I'm working towards it ,though, and am happy to say there are quite a few images from Nick's cousin's wedding up in the Events section now.
As mentioned before, we were there as guests but were asked to bring cameras, so don't be surprised that there aren't any formal shots. In an attempt to blend in, I actually only took my camera body and two lenses! (Didn't think my massive crumpler rucksack would go that well with my outfit ;)
This shot was taken at dinner, couldn't help but get this little detail with the lovely flowers out of focus in the background.
Although I've been quite busy behind the camera the last couple weeks - a bike race, a prom, and 'Taste of London' to name a few events - I haven't had the chance to catch up with all my processing and uploading. I'm working towards it ,though, and am happy to say there are quite a few images from Nick's cousin's wedding up in the Events section now.
As mentioned before, we were there as guests but were asked to bring cameras, so don't be surprised that there aren't any formal shots. In an attempt to blend in, I actually only took my camera body and two lenses! (Didn't think my massive crumpler rucksack would go that well with my outfit ;)
This shot was taken at dinner, couldn't help but get this little detail with the lovely flowers out of focus in the background.
June 12th, 2009
I'm just getting to processing the photos from our trip to Canada now. In the 'Premieres' gallery, you'll see the first ones trickling in.
This is my favourite of the first lot: my youngest niece, Abigail. Just over a year old and as cute as a button.
Without a doubt, as I continue processing my images from this trip, photos of her brothers will join her on the site.
I'm just getting to processing the photos from our trip to Canada now. In the 'Premieres' gallery, you'll see the first ones trickling in.
This is my favourite of the first lot: my youngest niece, Abigail. Just over a year old and as cute as a button.
Without a doubt, as I continue processing my images from this trip, photos of her brothers will join her on the site.
May 29th, 2009
We've just arrived back from a lengthy trip to Canada to visit my family and, of course, take some photos, so there will be a lot of new matieral on the site soon.
This photo was taken the weekend before we left at the beautiful wedding of Matt and Helen Benn. As photographers we were blessed with such a lovely bride, handsome groom, and great locations, as relatives (the groom is Nick's cousin) we were honoured to be involved in such a wonderful occassion.
This is one of my favourite shots of the day.
We've just arrived back from a lengthy trip to Canada to visit my family and, of course, take some photos, so there will be a lot of new matieral on the site soon.
This photo was taken the weekend before we left at the beautiful wedding of Matt and Helen Benn. As photographers we were blessed with such a lovely bride, handsome groom, and great locations, as relatives (the groom is Nick's cousin) we were honoured to be involved in such a wonderful occassion.
This is one of my favourite shots of the day.
April 15th, 2009
Getting back to the Photo a Week section now with this image I took very early this past Saturday morning. We were in the Snowdonia region of Wales for the weekend and managed to get up on our first morning there for this stunning sunrise. It was a bit of a trek up a hill through boggy bracken, but it felt well worth it once we had our tripods set up.
We really ought to do more dawn starts.
Getting back to the Photo a Week section now with this image I took very early this past Saturday morning. We were in the Snowdonia region of Wales for the weekend and managed to get up on our first morning there for this stunning sunrise. It was a bit of a trek up a hill through boggy bracken, but it felt well worth it once we had our tripods set up.
We really ought to do more dawn starts.
March 16th, 2009
It's been a couple of busy weeks and though I've been out with the camera a few times, I've had little chance to process and get things up here on the website. Time now to get that sorted out - feels like a good time for spring cleaning/organising - so don't be surprised to see a lot going on in this space over the next week or two!
The photo I'd like to share with you today was taken on March 7th in Littlehampton. I'd been to the location before and thought it worth another trip, especially as my partner, Nick, had never been. This photo was taken late in the afternoon with the assistance of a ND 110 filter to smooth things out a bit.
More soon. Promise.
Miko
It's been a couple of busy weeks and though I've been out with the camera a few times, I've had little chance to process and get things up here on the website. Time now to get that sorted out - feels like a good time for spring cleaning/organising - so don't be surprised to see a lot going on in this space over the next week or two!
The photo I'd like to share with you today was taken on March 7th in Littlehampton. I'd been to the location before and thought it worth another trip, especially as my partner, Nick, had never been. This photo was taken late in the afternoon with the assistance of a ND 110 filter to smooth things out a bit.
More soon. Promise.
Miko
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