Photo of the Week by Mike Byrne Bears are my favourite subject to photograph, particularly in the late summer and fall when they are focused on fish. To my eyes, bears are endlessly entertaining — they are comical, they pose, they are curious. When they explode into the water to spear a salmon, they are [...]
Photo-of-the-Month Challenge: May 2013 Our May challenge is: “Classic Landscape.” What is a classic landscape, you ask? Well, here are my guidelines: 1. It must be in landscape (horizontal) orientation 2. It must be “created in the pursuit of a pure, unsullied depiction of nature devoid of human influence” (quoted from wikipedia — in other [...]
I’ve had this idea for awhile, just waiting for a full moon, to silhouette a photographer in front of the moon. Oh yes, I also wanted a certain setting to show up behind the photographer. So…during my Hiking Photo Tour to Utah, Jamie (a long time, infinitely patient friend) and I cruised into Capitol Reef [...]
We are pleased to announce that the winner of our March Photo Challenge is Megan W, with 116 likes. Second place went to Caroline H with 83 likes and third place went to Alicia K with 28 likes. Don’t forget to check out all our great entries for our April “Birds” challenge and “Like” your [...]
Photo of the week by Mike Byrne. Sometimes photography can become a very social event. I spent a very enjoyable Sunday evening at the Pacific Forestry building on Burnside Rd in the company of a family of owls and a small group of friendly photographers. The owls (mom and three owlets) were incredibly entertaining: at [...]
If you can’t make my Photo Tour to Spring Island (July 2013), I have a great alternative! I will be working as a “Photographer-in-Residence” at Spring Island (in Kyuquot Sound, just off Vancouver Island, BC) from August 22, 2013 through Sept 2 (Labour Day). As a photographer-in-residence, I will be running daily photo excursions to [...]
Photo of the week by Mike Byrne. I’ve been running quite a few 2-hour power sessions lately, covering a wide range of topics, including bird photography, camera basics, using flash and sports photography. This past weekend I was invited to the Crossfit Zone in Victoria to help with some indoor photography — kind of a mix [...]
Photo-of-the-Month Challenge: April 2013 Our April challenge is: “Wild Birds.” Submit your photo of one or more wild birds (please, no pets, no captives) by the end of the month for a chance to win endless prestige, pride and bragging rights. Plus a Clock Tower t-shirt! And please check out our simple rules below: 1. [...]
There’s a bit of an echo with this post… We are pleased to announce that the winner of our February Photo Challenge is Matt F, with 12 likes. Second place went to Donna M with 10 likes and third place went to Barbara F with 9 likes. Don’t forget to check out all our great [...]
Photo of the week by Mike Byrne. Photography is a lot of fun! I spent the past week working as a “photographer-in-residence” at Skoki Lodge (www.skoki.com) — a backcountry ski lodge buried in the Canadian Rockies. While wandering by the kitchen, I overheard a staff member talking about “jumping the women’s outhouse.” Sounded like a photo [...]
We are pleased to announce that the winner of our January Photo Challenge is Matt F, with 22 likes. Second place went to Regina R with 10 likes and third place went to Cindy I with 7 likes. Congratulations Matt, we have a Clock Tower Images’ Photo Challenge Winner t-shirt ready for you to pick [...]
Photo of the week by Mike Byrne. To follow up on my previous post, I thought I should try the same photo with a different setup to see if I could improve my results. So… I set my 5D3 with 135mm f/2 lens to shoot at f/8 before mounting it on a tripod about 10 [...]
Clock Tower Images is pleased to announce a new service for 2013: Custom Photo Field Trips! Field trips are great for really putting your camera to work. We scout the locations, provide the guides and offer personalized photography instruction along the way. We also bring professional cameras, lenses and accessories for you to try out! [...]
We are pleased to announce that the winner of our December Photo Challenge is Cindy I, with 29 likes. Second place went to Gord M with 26 likes and third place went to Matt F with 10 likes. Congratulations Cindy, we have a Clock Tower Images’ Photo Challenge Winner t-shirt ready for you to pick [...]
We are pleased to announce that the winner of our November Photo Challenge is Stephanie A, with 26 likes. Second place went to Floria K with 20 likes and third place went to Debbie M with 17 likes. Congratulations Stephanie, we will have a Clock Tower Photo Challenge Winner t-shirt ready for you in January! Speaking [...]
Photo of the week by Mike Byrne. Depth-of-field can be a massive challenge when shooting birds in flight with big lenses, especially when available light is less than perfect. Consider the attached image of a dark-eyed junco and a golden-crowned sparrow: the junko is pretty sharp but much of the sparrow is not, particularly the [...]
Photo of the week by Mike Byrne. I awoke this morning 7:00ish, grapped my camera and headed outside in search of a Antillean Crested Hummingbird I had seen zipping around the hotel yesterday (Falmouth Harbour, Antigua). Temperature was sitting around 25 degrees so I was comfortable in t-shirt, shorts and flip-flops. Picked out a convenient [...]
Our November Photo-of-the-Month Challenge is now closed for new entries. We’ve accepted 17 photographs and the current leader is Stephanie, with 21 likes. Voting for our November winner will continue until the end of December. Which means it is time to announce the theme for our December 2012 Challenge: LIGHTS If you want to submit [...]
Photo of the week by Mike Byrne. (Our photos of the week are now available for purchase as prints for 50% off our regular prices. Visit:http://cti.photoshelter.com/gallery/Featured-Photographs/G00002mrHCxXWC8Y/) When it’s pouring rain and stupidly dark outside (even at midday) it’s fun to challenge oneself. This is a challenge I’d tried once before (and even assigned to one [...]
Every week I like to set myself a photo challenge — something that I haven’t tried before or something that is technically challenging or some times it’s just a shot that begs to be taken. This fall my yard has been inundated with small chickadees. They overwhelm my bird feeders and can empty them in [...]
I am pleased to announce a reboot of our Photo-Of-The-Month challenge, starting November 1, 2012. For anyone who is interested, we are asking that you email Isobel and I your favourite photo that matches our theme. If it receives two thumbs up, we’ll post it on our facebook site. The photo which receives the most [...]
I am standing on the Paralympic archery range, about 5 meters behind two finalists. The first nocks an arrow, lifts his bow, draws the bow string and carefully aims at the target 70m away (exactly the same setup as in Olympic competition). He holds the string taut for perhaps 6 seconds. The sellout crowd is [...]
I awake Wednesday morning ready to roll (Monday and Tuesday are not worth describing). Silvo and I are moving to a Marriott Hotel, much closer to our venue (which is now being prepped for the Paralympics). My dorm has been a good home but I’m very much looking forward to a larger, more comfortable bed, [...]
The Olympics are over. If I weren’t so exhausted I could probably sleep for 24 hours. Instead I nap for 90 minutes. I remember very well the scene in Vancouver on the last day and I want to experience London life for the first time. Closeted in the venues I have no idea if the [...]
