rural meets urban

2009-05-13T21:30:00.000-07:00

I've been thinking for a while now that its time to up grade my blog a bit... and the other day I found a site that has a bit of a better set up as far as uploading pictures...so as of today I have officially moved to http://natschmale.wordpress.com/

2009-05-11T15:39:00.000-07:00

11/05/09
Here is a little experiment I tried... it needs some kind of background music and it didn't turn out nearly as well as I would have liked it to. But most experiments turn into a flop the first time you try them. I have a few 'better' ideas I'm looking to try in the future.

2009-05-10T20:43:00.000-07:00

10/05/09
I have a number of days off in this up coming week, and plan to use those days to complete a photo project. Which I'm hoping to have completed a rough draft of it by Friday. Which I shall post when I have finished it

2009-05-10T20:41:00.000-07:00

09/05/09
Spend the day at home, painting and baking with my sister. And started playing around with my wide angle yet again.

2009-05-08T21:37:00.000-07:00

08/05/09
I promise my car was not moving when I took this picture.

2009-05-08T07:26:00.000-07:00

07/05/09
It seems spring has been slow coming this year, so I was pretty excited to see these little pussy willows while on a walk with a friend.

2009-05-06T19:57:00.000-07:00

06/05/09
Every day when I come home for the past few weeks I have been checking this little avocado seed hoping that one day I will see a small creak open and something green poking through the shell, but so far nothing has happened. I have learnt that I'm not a very patience gardener.

2009-05-03T17:30:00.000-07:00

03/05/09
I think I have a small fetish for my wide angle lens.

2009-05-03T17:29:00.001-07:00

02/05/09
Spent the day in Banff with a friend... doing pretty much nothing, and enjoyed every minute of it.

2009-05-01T09:12:00.000-07:00

01/05/09
Shot this for a friend to go along with a sermon series... any guesses on what the sermon may be about?

2009-05-01T09:09:00.001-07:00

30/04/09
A friend and I discovered this poor tree while on a walk, someones irrigation system came on during the night while it was below freezing and covered the tree in thick icicles. While it looked cool, the heavy ice looked as though it was slowly killing the poor tree.

2009-04-29T08:25:00.001-07:00

28/04/09
One of the things I love the most about going home is when one of my sisters sits down at the piano to play an old hymn... its even better when someone decides to sing.

2009-04-29T08:22:00.000-07:00

27/04/09
It doesn't matter where I go in this world, this little stretch of gravel will always be my favorite.

2009-04-27T06:34:00.000-07:00

26/04/09
People often ask me what my favorite thing to shoot is, and I often ramble off a bunch of things but I'm starting to wonder if perhaps sports is slowly making its way to the top of things I like to shoot. (providing that sport isn't hockey) Despite my lack of interest in most sports there is something exciting about trying to capture a great play. (if only sports facilities had the money to use better lighting)

Todays picture

2009-04-25T20:45:00.000-07:00

25/04/09
I got a taste today of what its like to be a storm chaser today. For the past few days we have been blessed with the return of winter. On my way home from work I notice another set of dark heavy snow clouds moving towards town. So I ran home grabbed my gear and head out of town towards the storm. I reached one point the snow was coming down like crazy but the setting sun was still shining through. It didn't last long. But none of my pictures really worked the way I wanted to so I hopped back in my car and followed the storm it took me several tries before I got anything I half liked. But the exhilaration of trying to get ahead of a storm...was well worth it.

2009-04-25T20:24:00.000-07:00

24/04/09
I missed a picture today. I feel a little bit guilty but that guilty feeling also makes me happy because it means my laziness bothers me. But the point of this wasn't to snap a picture every day the point is so learn and grow.

And I have been, I've been challenged to always be thinking about a photo opportunity, I notice when I miss a great opportunity and it bothers me. And I've been learning about my weaknesses, and trying new things.

2009-04-24T18:08:00.001-07:00

I have been taking pictures on a daily bases I just haven't had the time to edit it them or up load them. I seem to have been over committing myself lately, and those commitments have left no time for other things.

23/04/09
You can often tell what is going on in my life by the kinds of books that are laying on the floor by my bed and often I will have more then 3 books on the go. Lately I've been feeling like I've been I've been doing the same thing in my life, I have too much on the go and can barely get through one chapter before I'm forced to move on to something else. Never really accomplishing or completing anything well.

22/04/09
I always seem to get ideas minutes before I have to head out the door to work. This is just one such example... of something I wish I had allowed more time to finish it well. And I am now taking donations for the Natasha Needs a Studio fund.

2009-04-21T21:34:00.000-07:00

21/04/09
I never really liked to use flash but I'm slowly discovering how to use it and just how much more more of a creative aspect it can add to even the simplest ideas. Definitely something I plan to develop.

I couldn't decided which of these I liked better.

2009-04-21T21:28:00.000-07:00

20/04/09
I friend and I have found a new hobby... flying kites. Preferably by moon light, unfortunity the clouds hide the moon last night, but we did have a good strong breeze.

2009-04-19T19:53:00.000-07:00

19/04/09

2009-04-18T20:37:00.001-07:00

18/04/09
Its days like this that I want a studio of mine own. One with a large window would be perfect.

2009-04-17T20:58:00.000-07:00

17/04/09
I went to visit my grandma today, while I sat around a table talking to several ladies that live in the same seniors home as my grandma, I partly hoped I never reached their age, yet at the same time when I look at my grandma, I can see a kind of beauty that only time can create or perhaps its the kind of beauty that you can only see when you know someone well enough to see the beauty that nobody else can see.

2009-04-16T21:30:00.000-07:00

16/04/09
I've been thinking alot about waiting on God's timing and what it means to be in a holding pattern, and how you know when it is time to stop waiting and take the next step.

Looking at this picture now I have a number of ideas that would make it way better, but its a bit of a word picture for alot of things I've been thinking about lately.
(and a note to any aspiring photographers out there, carry a step stool in your car, you never now when you might need to be just a few feet taller)

2009-04-15T20:16:00.000-07:00

15/04/09
This evening after a few unexciting photo shoots I started playing with my ISO and the low light levels in my living room, the lighting does a good job of expressing my current mood.

2009-04-14T17:50:00.000-07:00

I have recently found that I have become lazy and that laziness has also spawned a lack of creativity. So in an effort to encourage creativity and to challenge myself. I have decided that I have to come up with a photo every day. My hope is that this will drive me to look for photos even where I don't think there is one and to stretch any creative skills I still have left.

April 13/09

April 14/09