From dusk to DON - Before and After

Here is a "Before and After" sequence of a photo of Don Valley that I shot the other day. I had a handful of people message me asking about how much I had manipulated the photograph and what sort of gear I used, etc... Rather than explaining what exactly I had done to the pictures, take a look for yourself.

Autumn in Algonquin

Here are some images from a recent trip out to the legendary Algonquin Provincial Park. My lady and I were lucky with the timing as the leaves on the trees were in their full fall glory. I imagine this park would be amazing all year round, but it was a bonus that we caught the trees at their peak. I beautiful display of the autumn colour pallet. I'm already looking forward to my next trip back. Until then, here are some images from our Algonquin journey.

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Thanks @ExploreCanada

I recently had a image of mine featured across @ExploreCanada's social networks. The image was taken at the Rogers Centre (AKA The Skydome) in Toronto during my first Blue Jays game. The image isn't actually a single image, it's actually about 9 images stitched together using photo shop to give the appearance of an ultra-wide angle lens. I did it all handheld and surprisingly it worked out. This will be a great technique moving forward as a Photographer. Sometimes the scope of a scene is too wide to capture on my go to 24mm lens. It will be a great fallback plan if I can't quite fit everything I want into my frame.

HERE is a link to the photo on @ExploreCanada's Instagram page.

AND here is the photo if you don't feel like clicking on the link above. Hope you enjoy!

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BEFORE & AFTER

Like almost every photographer ever, most of the time I try to get images correct in camera. I want to be happy with an image directly from camera. Despite this, there is obviously so much value in using post-processing to create a look and feel on an image. I've been using Photoshop for a while now and I figured it would be a good time to take my photo-editing game up a peg. I've been practicing and adding new editing techniques to my repertoire. Here are some images I've recently edited using these new-to-me photoshop tricks. I've included the untouched image so you can see the difference.  Click on the images below to view in their full-sized glory.