Jeni Dawson

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October 20, 09:53 AM
Lobby – Art Gallery of Alberta

I had previously posted some images of the exterior of the Art Gallery of Alberta. Here is a shot of the Lobby of the building taken on an October 9th visit.

October 18, 10:05 AM
City Hall Clock Tower

If you live or work downtown you’ve no doubt heard the tunes that the City Hall clock tower plays. Just add it to the list of things I miss about not living close to Churchill Square anymore!

October 17, 12:16 PM
Oilers Vs. Canucks – October 15th

I attended my first hockey game of the season this past weekend. Oilers vs. Canucks. Even though the Oil couldn’t pull of a win, it was a great high energy game with a hat trick by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Fans were cheering “NNNuuuuugggeee” throughout the game, which in a loud building of thousands of fans comes off sounding like “Booooo”. Maybe we need to come up with a different cheer? 

October 03, 11:07 AM
Ainsworth Dyer Memorial Bridge – Rundle Park

September 26, 12:48 PM
Record-Breaking Weather & Fall Leaves

With weather like we had in Edmonton this past weekend it’s hard to belive that it’s Fall.  The leaves are changing color and are slowly falling to the ground. Check out Josh Classen’s weather report from earlier this morning. Unbelievable! Hopefully you got outside to enjoy the record-breaking temperatures.


September 21, 11:50 AM
Avenue Magazine

Avenue Magazine is celebrating their 5th Anniversary this month. Their Edmonton anniversary issue can be viewed online or can be picked up from one of these local businesses.


September 12, 10:30 AM
Learn with Edmonton’s Photography Concentrate!

A little over a year ago I took a two day photography workshop with Edmonton’s own Rob and Lauren Lim of Photography Concentrate. The workshop was a fantastic experience and they share much of what I learned on Photography Concentrate. Rob and Lauren are extremely generous in sharing their photography knowledge and personal experiences.

Photography Concentrate offers awesome freebies, resources, articles and helpful items in their shop. I keep telling Rob and Lauren that they’ll be superstars one day! They don’t do anything half way. You can tell by the quality of their work that their heart and soul are truly in it.

Please support this local husband and wife photography dynamo! Check out their shop, you might find just what you’re looking for.

Current shop offerings are:

  • Extremely Essential Camera Skills: a downloadable tutorial that teaches you how to take control over your camera, and get creative and confident with your photography
  • Super Photo Editing Skills: a downloadable video tutorial that teaches you how to bring the best out of your images, using Adobe Lightroom 3
  • Awesome Album Design Skills: a downloadable video tutorial that teaches you how to quickly design beautiful albums using Adobe InDesign CS5

 

 

September 09, 09:46 AM
Galaxyland – West Edmonton Mall

Before we met up with the rest of our party for bowling fun on Saturday we spent some time in Galaxyland at the West Edmonton Mall. My finance just can’t say no to Skee-Ball.

The lines for tickets were very long, but the line ups for the rides themselves seemed decent. Go figure! Maybe they just need a more efficient way of selling tickets.

September 07, 11:38 AM
Ed’s Rec Room – West Edmonton Mall

This past Saturday was family bowling day. We headed over to Ed’s Rec Room at the West Edmonton Mall for some 10 pin fun.

We had a great time. We started bowling around 3pm and were pleasantly surprised that the place wasn’t crowded. Things did start to pick up by the time we were done so I’d recommend starting anytime before 3pm. Bowl on!

September 06, 09:15 AM
My iPhoneography Tool Kit

I’ve been a photography hobbyist for several years now. I own a Nikon D80. When shooting with my D80, I capture in RAW and post process in Lightroom3. I honestly grew tired of spending so much time in front of a computer processing images. I was losing interest fast. So much so that I went out and bought a Nikon F100 film camera. I wanted to become more technically proficient and spend less time messing around in front of a computer screen. The downside to film is that I still need to scan my film images to be able to share with friends and family.

iPhone 4

I picked up the iPhone 4 this Spring and I’ve been loving the spontaneity of its camera, the creativity of its photography apps and its small size. All of the images I share on this blog have been taken with my iPhone, unless otherwise stated.

Apps

There are so many great photography apps out there, but my go to staples are Camera+, Instagram, and Hipstamatic.

Camera+ : I latched on to this app not long after I bought my iPhone. I like this app so much that I don’t even touch the standard Camera application that the iPhone comes with. It’s easy to select your focus area and manage exposures. I also use the edit feature and use the FX Effects options to process pictures.

Instagram : This app is free and as of June had more than 5 million users. Instagram allows you to quickly share your images on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Tumblr, Foursquare, Posterous and via Email. It also has some fun filters to play with and the ability to mimic tilt-shift effects.

Hipstamatic : I was late to the Hipstamatic party, but I’m loving it now. This app is so much fun! I mentioned in a previous post that I’ve been impressed with the speed of Hipstamatic. You can purchase films, lenses and flashes to create pure spontaneous joy. This app has three different resolution settings to choose from which is a bonus. You can also order prints of your Hipstamatic images from within the app which are very reasonably priced and arrive in record time.

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Photography is my hobby and I'm a proud Edmontonian. I am inspired by new places, landscapes & beautiful light! My blog YEG Monochrome is dedicated to capturing Edmonton in black & white.

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