Digital Photography Tips
Tips for Photo Walking
Photography tip on how to have a fun and successful Photo Walk. Have a goal, an intention or a project in mind before you set out to do photography.
Understanding Available Light
In an available light workshop held at the Alberta Railway Museum, students learned many digital photography tips including how to make use of available lighting techniques. These photography tips show how to use window lighting, direct sunlight and reflectors to enhance the subject. Understanding how to look for good light and then accentuate your subject or model with natural light techniques.
Cariwest Festival and Parade
Edmonton Cariwest Festival is an annual event which lights up the city for a few days with fabulous colors, rich sounds and wonderful tastes. You cant help but move your body when surrounded by music, dance and laughter. Great times for Edmonton in the summer. Get out and enjoy the Cariwest parade too
Winning Photograph for Edmonton Photo Walk
On July 18, 2009 Darlene participated in Scott Kelby’s 2nd annual World Wide Photo Walk. She joined the Edmonton walk #2 led by Jason Bouwmeester.
Update: Darlene is leading an Edmonton Photo Walk 2011 route on Oct 1, 2011.
About 35 photographers (amateurs, hobbyists and pros) met at the Shaw conference center and embarked on a 2 [...]
Slide show of Peru images now available
I’ve had requests to see more of my images of Peru, especially those in the book. You can get a view of the book images by watching this slide show:
If you like what you see here – please consider buying the book to help me support the children of Peru. To read more about the [...]
“Visions of Peru” Fine Art Coffee Table book – 100% profit goes to charity
This book has been an idea in my head for a year and a half. I’ve already told the story of my journey to Peru and my experiences there, previously on this blog. What I want to convey here is the reason for making this book and why I want as many people as possible [...]
Blogging at the ESO
Last night was my third time attending the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO) as a blogger. I find it refreshing that an organization often though of by the younger generation as high brow or stuffy is using new ways to market itself including Bloggers and Tweeters.
My fiance formerfatguy did live Twitter updates throughout the performance. We [...]
ESO Symphony Under the Sky – Part three
We’re back again for the second half of the symphony. I’m down to 52% battery power and hoping it holds out until the end.
This piece is very jazzy, me likey!
Now we have the pleasure of hearing the premiere performance of a composition by a young man in high school here in Edmonton. He is sponsored [...]
ESO Symphony Under the Sky – Part two
Saxophonist P.J. Perry is front and center on the stage wearing a brown suit and ballcap. He said hi to his wife in the orchestra and apparently she doesn’t like his suit, but the audience did. He’s not a big guy but he plays big jazz! He set was fun and lively, and people were [...]
ESO Symphony Under the Sky
Here I am again at the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra performance, but this time it is outdoors at the Hawrelak Park Amphitheatre. Is a beautiful day, the sun is shining and the piano is currently being tuned.
1:20pm, the performance is to start at 2pm so we arrived early to get parking, which we secured no problem. [...]
10 Photography Challenges To Help You Take Better Pictures Without Buying New Gear
Darlene is a professional photographer who offers private photo tutoring along with ongoing photography workshops in Edmonton. Her goal is to help the average person learn how to use their camera, take better photos, and have a lot of fun doing it. Get the full story here.
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This eBook series is all about the way we think and create – it’s about what happens before and during the time the camera comes to our eye and the shutter is pressed. It’s about how we deal with constraints, challenges, and inspiration; it’s about how we light and feed the fire of creativity. Invest in your creativity: jump-start your creative fires and learn to understand, trust, and hone your photographic process.
My HDR software of choice
I use Topaz Adjust and others from the Topaz suite to enhance my HDR images.
About Your Tutor
Born and raised in Edmonton, Darlene has had formal training in photography at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. She enjoys portraits, fine art, and travel photography. She is a seasoned traveler having spent time in Mexico, Singapore, Malaysia, Peru, Thailand, New Zealand and Australia. Darlene loves exotic locales, exotic food and experiencing different countries directly through the local people and the cultural arts. She also enjoys helping others and is currently promoting her book Visions of Peru to raise funds for the children there. Her vision is to share her artistic talents through teaching “the art of seeing”, and to spread love and tolerance through the experience of truly connecting with and understanding people of different cultures. Darlene offers private photography lessons in Edmonton.
