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500 px Chronicles: Scenes from Under the Overpass…

David — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:34:25 +0000

Those who have followed my work know that I have a penchant for images involving concrete. There is something aesthetically beautiful about the textures and subtle tonal gradations that characterize many concrete structures. From bridges to underpasses, they all hold appeal to me. One spot particularly dear to my heart is the Queensway’s Rideau Canal [...]

500 px Chronicles: Minimal

David — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:40:48 +0000

They say “more is less” and I’d have to agree – at least in photography. Actually, I’d have to say it works rather well in sculpture, painting and architecture as well. Some of my favourite images from my own collection seek to share the same stark minimalism of other fields of minimalism. In such cases [...]

500 px Chronicles: Gnarly…

David — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:21:14 +0000

I travelled out to Almonte the other week and was captivated by the scenery. What really caught my eye was just how wonderfully gnarly it all was. Driving along March Road, one passes various bogs and areas of scruff. Scruff, to my mind, has character. The following three images formed the series “Gnarly” on my [...]

500px Chronicles: the Outs and Ins of Underpasses

David — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:34:25 +0000

I like concrete. By that I mean I like the look of concrete. I like its textures and its tonal variations. And I like the markings that betray attempts to wipe away past graffiti. The images that follow form a set I placed recently on Instagram (Instagrammers: look for blackdogzencat‘s stream) and uploaded to my [...]

500px Chronicles: Inversions

David — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:22:04 +0000

There are, of course, many different ways of seeing. The following two selections from my Instagram Chronicles formed a diptych entitled “Inversions” that is reminiscent of the solarizing technique of the photographic film days, lending a different perspective on the subjects. Enjoy and share the post… Inversions – Part 1, the Park from davidtaylorphotostudio.500px.com Inversions [...]

500px Chronicles: the Mist Series

David — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:05:36 +0000

I love a mist – it’s like a warm blanket for the soul to me. We had one such morning fog a few weeks ago and so I set out with camera in hand. The images that follow are the result. Morning Mist – Image 1 from davidtaylorphotostudio.500px.com Morning Mist – Image 2 from davidtaylorphotostudio.500px.com [...]

And everyone likes it when it’s free…

David — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:13:15 +0000

What do you do when you create a photography book as an act of love? Give it away… So that’s what I’m doing. Here’s the description of the book from its foreword: In March of 2009 I embarked on a personal project to produce and share at least one photograph each day. I committed myself [...]

Subsurface

David — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:47:56 +0000

It is late autumn in Ottawa and the powers that be (in this case, Parks Canada) have commanded that the Rideau Canal be drained. This is an annual event that has lasted for nearly one hundred years, required to preserve the concrete walls of the Canal from ice damage. Skating enthusiasts are likely smiling with [...]

It’s October in Ottawa and it’s 26C…

David — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:03:55 +0000

It’s now Autumn and the geese are on the move, but little else here suggests the season: twenty-six degrees in Ottawa on Thanksgiving weekend, flowers still in bloom, and little in the way of Fall colours overhead… Enjoy… David

Run out of time? Talk to Julian Barbour…

David — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:52:04 +0000

Julian Barbour is a physicist living in north Oxfordshire, England, who makes his living as a part-time translator. Why? So that he can spend his various states of being deep in thought… One of Dr Barbour’s ideas that has sparked attention relates to time. In fact, he argues that time is nothing more than a [...]