It was great to meet our Scavenger Hunt winners at the Victoria Wellness gym last week and to hear their comments. The Scavenger Hunt is a large undertaking for a small company like ours and it is very important for us to hear what we’re doing well and where we need to improve. One thing [...]
I spent a wonderful day with five students photographing birds and water buffalo last Sunday. We met in Victoria and drove straight to (business partner) Isobel’s property outside Courtenay. Isobel regularly stocks a half-dozen bird feeders making her property a popular stop for many beautiful birds, especially in May and June. On this trip we [...]
At long last, the photographs have been submitted, the ballots cast, and the votes counted. In almost every respect, I was very happy with this year’s Scavenger Hunt. Virtually every comment we received out on the streets was that participants were having fun and enjoying the challenge. It didn’t hurt that the weather cooperated. And [...]
Voting Time! It is time to vote for your favourite photographs for each of the ten 2012 Photo Challenges. Please review the galleries carefully as several images have been added throughout the verification process. Note the names of your favourite images using the filenames, such as PSH2-000-PC1.jpg. You will need to enter the full name [...]
Wednesday, April 18, 2:00pm: our 2012 Photo Scavenger Hunt galleries are now ready for viewing and verification. Before voting can begin, we need all participants to confirm that their photos have been uploaded and are included in the appropriate gallery. Please note, at all times your photos belong to you — even though we have [...]
It’s 9:00pm Sunday evening and as far as I can tell, all current upload systems are working. We’ve been receiving photographs via Dropbox and email regularly and I haven’t heard any complaints or concerns. If you are having issues uploading files please let me know immediately via phone at (250) 889-6700 or email mike@clocktowerimages.com. As [...]
Day 1 of our 2012 Photo Scavenger Hunt is complete and we are really looking forward to seeing all the photos. We had almost 60 participants today and expect about 50 more tomorrow. Happily our weather has been great (for this time of year), now we just need it to hold for one more day! [...]
Videos from Dansko’s Showcase 2012 event held at the Charlie White Theatre in Sidney on March 31 will be available for purchase and download on Friday April 13, 2012. All solos and duets will be available on that date — performers in group dances are asked to wait until the year end event (videos may [...]
Our 2012 Photo Scavenger Hunt is just over a week away! If you have not yet registered for either the Saturday or Sunday event, please click here. Likewise, if you purchased a Groupon for two participants and have only registered for one, please make sure the second person is also registered, including their name and [...]
Clock Tower Images is pleased to announce Photo Scavenger Hunt 2012 (April 14 & 15) — a great way to learn about photography while enjoying a fun day creating photographs. This year’s theme is Urban Fabrics and we’ll be based at the beautiful Victoria Marriott Inner Harbour Hotel. While we were very pleased with last [...]
Canon has announced the EOS 5D Mark III, the highly-anticipated update of the popular 5D Mark II that features a 22.12 million image pixel full-frame CMOS sensor, 6fps top shooting rate, a standard ISO range of 100-25,600 (which can be expanded to as high as 102,400), the same 61-point AF system as the EOS-1D X, 63-zone [...]
Our 2012 SwarmJam promotion began on Feb 27, 2012 and the coupons will be available through Feb 29, 2012. If you’re not familiar with SwarmJam, it is hosted locally by the Victoria Times-Colonist and offers daily deals on products and services in the Greater Victoria area. In our case, SwarmJam is promoting our 1-day workshops [...]
Clock Tower photographers will be leading several photo tours in 2012. Currently we are booked to work as photography guides for three Africa-based tours hosted by the SafariWise tour company (headquartered in Swakopmund, Namibia). We are working on additional tours to Central and South America. Our Africa tours will run back-to-back so you can maximize [...]
From Etosha we jumped into our SafariWise van and trundled south to Okonjima, a 20,000 hectare animal resevere and home of the AfriCat Foundation. Nestled among the Omboroko Mountains, Okonjima is a Herero word meaning “Place of the Baboons.” Strangely enough, while we saw and photographed many animals, we didn’t see a single baboon. Never-the-less, [...]
Four posts done and I’ve yet to mention the incredible services of our primary guide, Neil MacLeod of SafariWise (based in Swakopmund). Neil is a great driver, has a thorough knowledge of Namibia and its wildlife, and has an amazing ability to spot wildlife and identify birds — even at a distance and at highway [...]
From Swakopmund we drove about 400 km to a beautiful little place called Camp Kipwe, in the heart of Damaraland. The camp is located amongst a jumble of rocks jutting above a dry savannah. This is by far my favourite accommodation so far, elegantly designed and constructed to blend with its environment. Have I mentioned [...]
Swakopmund is an amazing little German town of about 30,000 people. It’s perched right on the Atlantic coast and the desert dunes sweep down from the east right onto the edge of town. It’s a unique place because of the perpetual fog banks which form just off the coast and often blanket the town in [...]
We’re now cruising to Namibia’s coastline, having spent two days in the Namib desert, most of it in the famous area know as Sossusvelei. The drive from Windhoek to Sossusvlei took us up to 2200 meters at Spreedshoogte Pass (I may have the spelling wrong and I can’t begin to pronounce it), before dropping down [...]
Greetings from Namibia! We’re three days into our 12 day tour and so far the experience has been fantastic! We landed in Windhoek (Namibia’s capital) Monday morning following a 10-hour overnight flight from Frankfurt, Germany and transferred quickly to a place about 30 km out of Windhoek called Dusternbrook Guest Farm. Dusternbrook Guest Farm, the [...]
Congratulations to everyone who participated in our 2011 Photo Scavenger Hunt! There were many amazing photographs submitted in every category and the most popular photograph of all was of an ant on a thumbnail. If I have the story right, the ant was removed from its wayward path across a restaurant table (presumably hoping to [...]
Over the past weekend Split-Seconds Photography held its first ever Photo Scavenger Hunt. Attendance at the event was fabulous, with 75 people attending on Saturday and 86 on Sunday! Both days produced great photographs and now participants will have the chance to vote for their favourites. If you were a participant at the event and [...]
Split-Seconds Photography is pleased to announce it’s first ever Photo Scavenger Hunt! To be held Saturday Oct 1, 2011 and Sunday Oct 2, 2011, the photo scavenger hunt will encourage photographers of all levels to stretch their skills and learn new tricks to capture 10 great photographs in answer to 10 photo challenges. Prizes such [...]
Hard to believe it’s August already. The first salmon should start returning to Vancouver Island rivers and creeks within a few weeks, which will quickly attract the attention of foraging black bears. Last year we ran about a dozen black bear photo field trips, starting in early September, and on every trip we saw at [...]
I live on a glorious 35 acre property in Courtenay, B.C. I’ve spent the last 9 years attracting as many bird species as possible with abundant feeding stations and bird friendly habitat, including several ponds. Today I am enjoying an absolute feast for the eyes (and camera)! Visiting species include: black-headed grosbeak, evening grosbeak, Swainson’s [...]
