Prairie Light Images

The People have Spoken: Survey Results

Doug — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:50:04 +0000

For those of you who missed it, I ran a brief survey last month requesting some reader input into the type of content that people would like to see more of and less of on this blog. I thought it was time to be accountable and share the results. The truth is, the results were [...]

Getting Dramatic with Black & White Portraiture

Doug — Thu, 10 May 2012 05:22:04 +0000

Lately I have been finding my photographic tastes running more and more to black & white in my portrait photography. It just seems that the images I like the best, lately, have more power when I produce them in B&W. It is should not surprise me that I am trending towards this style, especially since [...]

Wednesday Travel Pic: Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, Canada

Doug — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:08:46 +0000

Sitting like a fairytale castle in the middle of Banff National Park, Canada, is the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. Originally constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway as a tourist resort hotel in 1887/88, it was reconstructed in its current Scottish Baronial style in 1911. Reputed to be haunted, the hotel is a popular tourist destination [...]

Camera Light Metering Modes Illustrated

Doug — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:48:51 +0000

If you are new to the DSLR or other high tech camera, you may have come across the topic of light metering modes. While the general camera documentation does an adequate job of describing what each of the different settings can do (you DID read the manual, right?), it is often hard to understand what [...]

Travel Adventures: Laundry Day, European Style

Doug — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:10:40 +0000

Travelling through many countries across Europe, one encounters a great diversity in languages, cultures and customs. One universal custom, it seems to me, is the need to do laundry. In most of the countries we visited (with the exception of England), it seemed like everybody liked to take advantage of the sunshine to dry the [...]