Tricks of the Trade
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Photography by Ramin

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The samples below show an example of what we can accomplish from one image (colour close-up & sepia close-up cropped from the third image). Each picture has been cropped, colour corrected, filters added and other necessary work in photoshop. Although you can see how all three images are beautiful, they each all have different impression and mood. We take our time in photoshop with every project and our main focus is to produce high quality photos.

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Julie & Owen

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Finally, we had good weather which made it a great opportunity to shoot Julie & Owen's portrait. They decided on something simple and casual, and we thought a photoshoot downtown on Sunday afternoon would be perfect. Here are a few teasers shots of this lovely couple.

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The final week-end of

WINTERLUDE 2009

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It was the final week-end for winterlude and on Saturday they held a competition for armature ice-carvers. Patty-Lou (my wife) participated in the competition as she has been doing for the past 3 years. It was a beautiful sunny day, there was a tonne of activities, there were First Nation Dancers, a celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the first powered flight in Canada, beavertails (of course), and the best part is Patty-Lou won 2nd place in the ice carving competition. Thanks to all family members and friends who showed up for the competition.

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Above is a Canadian CF18, it reminds me of how I started photography with aviation about 20 years ago.

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The "Ice Queen" by Patty-Lou

2nd place 2009

Happy Valentine's Day

Winterlude 2009

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Wishing everyone the best on Valentine's Day. We had a great time on the canal for a beavertail, hot chocolate and the Sound and Light Show: Ukiuk at the American Express Snowbowl hosted by the NCC. We ended our evening with a live concert by Roch Voisine, who sang a lot of his old songs and brought back a lot of good memories. It was fun, we had an awesome time.

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STAR OF OTTAWA

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A couple of weeks ago CBC radio was talking about a northern owl visiting Ottawa. CBC radio also provided directions on where to find this rare hawk owl. I visited the site a few times with not much luck of getting a good shot of him. I've met quite a few of Ottawa's bird lovers and wild-life photographers, some with the biggest lenses possible aiming at the hawk owl. It has been fun and interesting. This was my 4th approach, and I got lucky enough to get a fairly good shot. He sat very calmly and gently in front of my camera, and I was very happy with these shots.

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A GREAT RESTAURANT

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BIAGIO'S

Italian Kitchen

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January is a month of many birthdays in our family. We celebrated my mother-in-law's 60th, and my niece's 21st in Biagio's Italian Kitchen on Saturday. We enjoyed an wonderful, warm ambiance, a variety of delicious choices from the menu, along with the laughter and smiles of family and friends. We had booked one of the party rooms which was an added comfort, allowing us to feel at home with the family. On top of everything, no one had to do the dishes.

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2009

First post of the year!

We went snowshoeing today for first time this season. At first it was quiet with no sign of wildlife on the trail. When we stopped and listened, slowly we could hear some small noises. We saw a few chickadees, nuthatches and the usual suspects (ducks). The chickadee in the image below had a little nap for about one full minute on a branch a few feet from us.

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