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Photography that's head and shoulders above the rest
Winds of Change.
May 28th
When the Polepics hotline phone rang last week I found myself involved with an interesting assignment to produce some images for a community meeting that would create some kind of impression as too what an area would look like if wind turbines were built close by.
Picton at Night
May 24th
Regent Theatre
As part of the Picton BIA assignment I’ve been around Picton over the past few days taking unique angles of the town. I’ll be posting a few of these over the next couple of days, however I wanted to kick off by showing some impressive night shots from the mast. More >
Service above Self.
May 21st
Polepics recently had a call from Belleville Rotary with a request for a group photograph of its members standing underneath a celebration banner. The challenge however was that the banner was stretched between two points on a bridge, and the bridge holds a major road. I met with the deputy chief constable prior to the shoot and he advised that there was a maximum of 5 minutes to close the road, assemble everyone, take the picture and have the bridge re-opened.
Art of Flight Exhibition
Apr 24th
Every year during mid Spring, Prince Edward County becomes one of the worlds most important birding locations as many species drop in to refuel on bugs and other bird snacks after flying across Lake Ontario.
I will be exhibiting a print within this exhibition which features many of the areas best artists, a percentage of sales proceeds goes to the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory. I look forward to seeing many of you at the opening.
Polepics awarded Picton BIA Photography Contract.
Apr 22nd
This is the first ever Landscape I photographed using the Polepics mast system. Taken nearly a year ago at the end of April 2009 it shows my home town of Picton in Prince Edward County, Picton Bay and the Countryside to the North where I live. The concrete pad was built to celebrate the Millennium and represents “The County of Prince Edward” wards. As I created the image in the fading light, I realized that I was seeing a composition that had never been seen or photographed before and the unique possibilities Polepics offered suddenly became clear.
A day or two ago I received notification that the Picton Business Improvement Association has awarded Polepics a professional service contract to to supply photography for an up coming advertising brochure. A total of about 12 images comprising of a number of New shots, plus some library images will be required. Millennium Point, which is also a Signature Edition Print, was one of the sample images in my successful application.
In The News Again!
Apr 15th
This week I received my grant cheque from PELA CFDC, and the local Newspaper were on hand to cover the occasion. Many thanks to Adam at the Picton Gazette.
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Inside Wellington Arena
Apr 5th
Before we take a peak inside, I’ve been requested by some readers to show more pictures of the Polepics equipment in action.
So here is “Polepics One,” looking smart with the new lettering parked in a referenced position. Every shoot I generally take a series of shots from this spot as it not only provides a great vantage point showing the whole of the Arena and also the main Entrance, but being close to the gate it is not likely to have equipment parked there!
In this image the mast is at close to 60′ and I’m using a single tether line which clips to the mounting plate at the top of the mast, and wraps around the truck rack system. Although the mast is stable enough not to need any tether lines below 25km/h I generally run a line to prevent any excessive head movement should a gust happen.
Now to the Inside.
Large doors at the back of the Arena enabled Polepics One to enter into the construction world inside. In fact this was the first shoot from the truck inside, the portable mast having been used inside several buildings before. The big issue inside most buildings is a lack of light overall. However the Nikon D700 system is arguably one of the worlds best low light dSLR cameras. But where light does come in it is very bright leading to a situation of either exposed interior, and a white blur of exterior, or some hint of the exterior and a very underexposed and dark inside.
Wellington DCC – Spring 2010
Apr 4th
During the week I made a visit to the site of the Wellington & District Community Centre. I am currently photographing the arena at various points through its construction for Prince Edward County municipality. I was excited to see the progress that has been made since my previous visit and also have the opportunity to take a peek inside the future home of the Wellington Dukes.
Looking NE from 55'
The overall shape of the structure is now well defined and many of the various construction processes are to be seen in the above image, taken from my referenced position looking NE from 55′. The entrance is certainly going to look impressive. On the main arena most of the siding is complete with the roof and trim to be fitted soon. How different it looks from November when the cranes were lifting the main roof beams into place.
