This set was shot July 31, 2011. The date had been predetermined as the family lives at distance and is rarely all in the same city at the same time.

Unfortunately, the weather did not favor outdoor shots. We had intended to shoot at a place on Lake Ontario allowing me to make use of the sky and water as a backdrop, but with the dense storm system above the city that day, everything was grey.

We decided to try and make do with an indoor shoot at the family’s home, but when it came time to shoot, we got a slight reprieve from …

I enjoy photographing animals. Unlike people, animals seldom change their behavior in the presence of a camera. The trick of course, is to happen upon the animal so that they do not change their behavior in the presence of a photographer. Zoo’s are wonderful for this. Captive animals tend to be so at ease with the coming and going of human visitors that they seldom pay attention to us. This makes the zoo one of my favorite places to visit and photograph exotic and even some common wildlife.

Fortunate to live near the Metro Toronto Zoo, I try to visit at least once or …

Harlow Joette Jean Leger, born December 2nd, 2010 @ 6:11am

This photo was taken March 6, 2011 when Harlow was 3 months old. The shoot was done indoors in a large bedroom with incandescent lighting from the ceiling. The light fixture was a glass and metal chandelier type with several low-wattage chandelier bulbs. The glass diffused the light considerably and prevented any shadow, and it provided a warm color cast but it was not sufficient lighting. The room had a large north facing window but the shoot occurred around noon so the sun was high and little of it penetrated into the room.

Additionally, …

Now that 2012 is here, it is a good time to revisit all your online services and strengthen your passwords to protect your privacy!

We all uses services like Facebook, Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo and countless others. An alarming number of us also use the same password every time, and I cannot stress enough how greatly that puts your personal and private information at risk!

Consider the information you provide to Hotmail or Facebook or any of the previously mentioned services when your register for your account… Your full real name, your birth date, home address, telephone numbers, multiple e-mail addresses and more. Some, in …

There are now 4 major contenders in the battle for smart phone OS dominance, and 2 stragglers.

Now, regardless which camp you’re in, as a smartphone owner, you are probably pretty loyal. Just about everyone I speak with is completely convinced that their phone/OS is the best. Well, that’s actually not quite fair. I can’t find anyone who actually owns a Windows Phone to ask them, and Palm and Symbian have all but retreated.

Now, I attend UOIT. Not a huge school, but with an enrollment of about 8000 18-23 year olds minus a few mature students such as myself, it’s about as saturated …

1. Easter Island – Megalithic Stones, Super remote location.
2. Australia – Ayers Rock, Sydney Opera House, Bondi Beach
3. Galapagos Islands – Mysterious lizards and Darwin’s Finches
4. Egypt – Pyramids, Valley of Kings, Ah-men-Rah
5. Japan – Cherry Blossoms, Mt. Fuji, Floating Airports
6. Scotland – Castles and Whiskey
7. Italy – Ancient Architecture, Ancient Secrets
8. Paris – The Louvre for the full effect
9. Peru – Machu Picchu… high tech ruins
10. China’s Yangtze River – Shennongjia Nature Reserve