I was playing around with my settings and I felt like this picture really pops. I'm holding off doing HDR photography, despite how cool it looks, I just hate the idea of editing in anyway.
This picture stands out to me as one of my favourites in a while due to how dark the clouds are and how blue the sky is; also, I love how green the field is.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Some Cuban Apartments
I took this picture from our bus traveling through Santiago de Cuba, Cuba's second largest city. What I found interesting about Cuba is that there are lots of these apartment buildings throughout the city; apparently the factory that was used to produce the cement slabs that makes up the majority of the building was donated by the former Soviet Union back in the 70s.
What I found intriguing about these buildings was that almost all of them had long gardens in front and horses working these "Fields". There's no doubt about it, there's a culture shock heading down there.
My original intention behind this article was to describe not what I saw in Cuba, but what I experienced. Moreover, my impression of the people; everyone I've talked to who has been to Cuba has always said that the people are nice (Something I will attest to, as this was my second time in Cuba), but what is interesting is that most people are nice for a price. The poverty of the country is overwhelming when visiting cities other than Havana.
From the moment we stepped off the plane, we experienced how there's a perpetual fight to get your Pesos. You enter Santiago de Cuba with a wall of humidity, smoke and people trying to take your bags to your bus; my girlfriend let someone take her bag and he asked me for a Peso by grabbing the back of my arm, though I didn't have any at this point in the trip.
There's an intense sense of guilt in an all-inclusive vacation; if we forgot our money, or didn't have enough to leave an excellent tip for our maid, server or bartender, both of us felt awful until the next meal. On resorts people don't tend to ask for money, but still, it's expected, as it should be.
If you think you're getting a cheap vacation, you'll be surprised at just how much everything adds up in the end.
What I found intriguing about these buildings was that almost all of them had long gardens in front and horses working these "Fields". There's no doubt about it, there's a culture shock heading down there.
My original intention behind this article was to describe not what I saw in Cuba, but what I experienced. Moreover, my impression of the people; everyone I've talked to who has been to Cuba has always said that the people are nice (Something I will attest to, as this was my second time in Cuba), but what is interesting is that most people are nice for a price. The poverty of the country is overwhelming when visiting cities other than Havana.
From the moment we stepped off the plane, we experienced how there's a perpetual fight to get your Pesos. You enter Santiago de Cuba with a wall of humidity, smoke and people trying to take your bags to your bus; my girlfriend let someone take her bag and he asked me for a Peso by grabbing the back of my arm, though I didn't have any at this point in the trip.
There's an intense sense of guilt in an all-inclusive vacation; if we forgot our money, or didn't have enough to leave an excellent tip for our maid, server or bartender, both of us felt awful until the next meal. On resorts people don't tend to ask for money, but still, it's expected, as it should be.
If you think you're getting a cheap vacation, you'll be surprised at just how much everything adds up in the end.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
DSC_0131
This is one of my favourite pictures of Toronto. It's not even that I really enjoy the Scotia Bank tower, but it's more that there are lines all over the place. Also, the reflection on the glass in the bottom right corner adds a little more depth to the picture. I found that the lines lead your eye up toward the building. This was one of the first pictures I took when I moved to the city. I remember that it was 35 degrees Celsius and I wanted to find some shade; this building worked out fine for a little while.
Monday, March 2, 2009
DSCN2430
I remember taking this picture during my first trip to New York. It's a reflection of the Met Life Building in Madison Square Park, across from the Flatiron building. I was meeting with a friend of mine, but that wasn't for a few hours, so I spent some time wandering around the Flatiron District. As the sun was setting I found myself in the park and happened to walk through this puddle; as I looked down I saw this amazing reflection and had to take a picture of it. This was in February, so you can see the branches of the trees winding through the picture; also, I moved the focal point of the picture to the side, so you could see the stonework of the walkway. Anyway, what resulted was probably my favourite picture of New York to date.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Bright Idea
I'm still getting used to posting pictures from Flickr to my blog here. I'm hoping that one day I can write about my pictures via a blog format.
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