January 17, 2014 by Rob Huntley

Ottawa Archives Photography Exhibition

As a member of the Camera Club of Ottawa, I have two images included in the 2014 Photography Exhibition at the Ottawa Archives.

Click on one of the poster images to view the images I will have on display during this exhibition.

Ottawa Archives Photography Exhibition
by the Camera Club of Ottawa and the RA Photo Club
January 13 to February, 2014
at the City of Ottawa Archives Gallery, 100 Tallwood Drive, Ottawa.

Corner of Woodroffe and Meadowlands.

Tuesday to Fri – 9 am to 4 pm
and
Saturday 10 am to 5 pm.

Vernissage on Thursday January 23, 6 pm to 9 pm

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November 2, 2012 by Rob Huntley

Ottawa Archives Photography Exhibition

As a member of the Camera Club of Ottawa, I will have an image included in the 2012 Photography Exhibition at the Ottawa Archives.

Ottawa Archives Photography Exhibition

Ottawa Archives Photography Exhibition
by the Camera Club of Ottawa and the RA Photo Club
November 6 – December 27, 2012
at the New Archives Building, 100 Tallwood Drive, Ottawa.
Weekdays 9 am to 4 pm
and
Saturday 10 am to 5 pm.

Vernissage on Thursday November 15, 6 pm to 9 pm

Here is the image I will have on display – framed 18″ x 36″.

Champlain Bridge Aerial Panorama – Kite Aerial Photography

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October 18, 2012 by Rob Huntley

100 Strangers Project: Stranger 4/100 – Bob

Stranger 4/100 – Bob

Bob, following a Western Grebe on the far side of the Ottawa River.

I was out by the Ottawa River near home again on a morning walk, photographing the fall colour. I turned a corner on the shoreline and there was Bob and his bird scope on a tripod. For several days he and some birder colleagues had been tracking the movements of a Western Grebe which was visiting our part of the Ottawa River to feed before continuing its migration. My 70-300mm lens was at home but it wouldn’t have helped – the Western Grebe was about 100 metres from the opposite shoreline of the river. Bob allowed me to look through his scope and I was just able to make it out. However Bob told me that about eight of his colleagues were upstream on the Quebec shore waiting and hoping to get a closer look as it passed by along its preferred feeding route.

We talked for about 15 minutes, periodically scouting the nearby trees for other birds of interest. Bob clarified that he is not so much a bird watcher, but rather a bird lister. Somewhat analagous to the train spotters in the United Kingdom who collect engine numbers, Bob collects a list of birds that he’s seen. Bob is a retired federal government employee who worked in IT with Old Age Security Data. He now dedicates much of his retirement time to birding and compiles reports from local birders and summarizes them in a regular contribution to the Ontbirds archive.

This picture is #4 in my 100 Strangers Project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.

My 100 Strangers Set on Flickr.

My 100 Strangers website gallery.

October 6, 2012 by Rob Huntley

100 Strangers Project: Stranger 3/100 – Cliff

Stranger 3/100 – Cliff

Cliff at the Ottawa Farmers’ Market in Westboro.

I was wandering the neighbourhood looking for “Autumn in My Neighbourhood” images. Saturday is the Ottawa Farmers’ Market Day and starting this summer we have had a Westboro spin-off of the market just a few blocks from my house. I met Cliff in his booth for Glengyle Garlic. My talk with him was brief as I didn’t want to interfere with business although in the end I did make a modest purchase of 2 garlic bulbs. We started discussing photography and I mentioned that I did aerial photography using a kite. It turned out that for a portion of his career he was involved in aerial photography for a company doing work for Energy Mines and Resources. It was prior to digital in the days of Hasselblad cameras. He started to get fairly technical about some of the infrared and other specialized techniques used for a variety of purposes including photographing baby seals (white) from above. I started to realize that I was speaking to someone who knew more about photography than I did and I offered to change places – I would sell garlic while he took my picture. With Cliff’s portrait I threw in my first experiment with the built-in flash to fill some of the shadows since he was backlit. As a landscape photographer, fill flash is not something I have used much so I was quite happy with the result.

This picture is #3 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.

My 100 Strangers Set on Flickr.

My 100 Strangers website gallery.