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2013-05-19 20:20:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

The Weekend Share-a-thon
I'm sharing you!
Reply with a link to your best work and I'll share it!
(But READ the RULES below first)

So I went to my profile this morning and yesterday's post is just gone.
All those wonderful comments from you folks, all your plusses and shares … gone.
I'm really frustrated with this photo upload bug right now so I thought, instead of sharing my work and the liabilities involved with the current #GooglePlusUpdate , I will share your wonderful work until it's fixed.

Here are the RULES

1– Go to your best shot in the lightbox and copy the link in the address bar and put it in the comments here. if the link you've gathered ends in "posts" it will go directly to your profile stream, NOT the image and I won't be able to share your best shot. I won'tspe... more »

2013-05-17 15:17:31 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 30 +1s)

The new G+ has me finally getting around to sorting through some images on here, making albums and getting organized. I came across this one, which was one of the very first images I shared on G+, and I just smiled. He's a little older now... aren't we all. Happy Friday everyone. Enjoy your weekend and maybe make a picture or two... with a camera or maybe with a giant pencil.

2013-05-16 18:15:22 (2 comments, 5 reshares, 33 +1s)

2013-05-16 16:13:31 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

Inside Plensa's Alchemist statue on the MIT campus 

+Travel Thursday  #travelthursday   +Laura Mitchum 

#boston #MIT

2013-05-15 15:42:08 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

So I heard from a certain scavenger queen that it was someone's birthday...

Happy birthday +Alan Shapiro 
#AlanShapiroBirthdayStyle  

I had the pleasure of meeting Alan and getting thrown out of an Asian supermarket all in the same evening. Good times. It's fun to meet photographers who are skilled in their craft but what I enjoy more is connecting with photographers who really appreciate the power of a photograph...the power to tell a story... the power to move us... the power to make us think. The power of the camera in the hands of a skilled photographer is incredible. Cartier-Bresson once said, "I think everything is interesting... but at the same time you can't just photograph everything you see. There are some places where the pulse beets more." Look through Alan Shapiro's portfolio and you'll see he finds those places.

My birthdayg... more »

2013-05-14 17:07:30 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Join myself, +Royce Howland  and +Ian McGillvrey  of IRIS for our first ever Friends of IRIS event on May 26. We will take a small group out for a fun and educational day photographing the Calgary Lilac festival. Come shake off the winter blues at the event that kicks off Calgary’s vibrant festival season, and sharpen your street photography skills with three photographers who will encourage and challenge your photography! All details at the link below...

Please re-share if you have friends in the Calgary area who you think might be interested.

2013-05-10 15:50:12 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 33 +1s)

One from a trip to Cypress Hills in southern Alberta last Fall with good friends +Ian McGillvrey , Samantha Chrysanthou and +Darwin Wiggett 

Elkwater Lake, Cypress Hills Provincial Park, Alberta

#fridaygetaway   +FridayGetaway  +Gary Crabbe  

2013-05-09 15:36:08 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 27 +1s)

An image from a trip to Washington a few years ago. Probably just a business man checking his emails but I prefer to think of him as a spy receiving coordinates from M... Union Station - Washington, D.C., USA

2013-05-08 17:16:47 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

Great space video on perspective http://vimeo.com/55073825 We went to the moon but in the process we discovered the earth

Click link above not image below

2013-05-07 22:17:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Peter Carroll Photography's print special for May - "Venetian Dream"

http://blog.petercarroll.ca/?p=6031

2013-05-07 15:45:03 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 28 +1s)

If it wasn't for the blue sky you might think this was Mars... no... just the landscape around the AZ/UT border.

2013-05-14 00:39:57 (9 comments, 6 reshares, 51 +1s)

Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada

#colorsonfriday  +ColorsOnFriday  +Karsten Meyer and +Britta Rogge 
#fridaygetaway   +FridayGetaway  +Gary Crabbe 

+Mirrors and Reflections +Gemma Costa

2013-05-02 15:47:09 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

North West Mounted Police musical ride - Fort MacLeod, Alberta, Canada
#inmotionthursday  +InMotion Thursday  curated by +Scott Thomas 

2013-05-01 15:12:57 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 23 +1s)

Do you know what I love about photography? It's never the same day twice. One day it's watching the glow on mountain peaks at the start of a new day, another it's a one light portrait. Then some days it's corrugated sheet metal with three lines that catches my eye...

2013-04-30 15:34:50 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

Heritage Park, Calgary, Alberta

2013-04-29 17:34:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I started up a new Twitter account @PCarrollPhoto

2013-04-29 16:11:35 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Join myself, +Royce Howland and +Ian McGillvrey  of IRIS for our first ever Friends of IRIS event. We will take a small group out for a fun and educational day photographing the Calgary Lilac festival. Come shake off the winter blues at the event that kicks off Calgary’s vibrant festival season, and sharpen your street photography skills with three photographers who will encourage and challenge your photography! All details at the link below...

2013-04-24 15:03:34 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

2013-04-23 22:26:33 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Wow! The power of the camera in the hands of a creative photographer. 

Looking at these images I am reminded of something Paul Strand once said - "It is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about them by revealing the core of their humanness."

2013-04-22 15:30:10 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

IRIS is pleased to introduce Ian McGillvrey as a new member of our team. Ian brings to IRIS not only great skills in photography but an enthusiasm for the founding principles of IRIS and a drive to help IRIS achieve its future goals. You can read Ian's bio on the IRIS website at the link below and you can enjoy his photography at www.ianmcgillvrey.com 


http://irisphotoalberta.ca/team/members/ian-mcgillvrey/

2013-04-19 16:25:21 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

http://blog.petercarroll.ca/?p=5981

2013-04-12 14:47:52 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 51 +1s)

Cough! Cough!... disturbed some dust there as I poked around the archives. This one's from last summer on a shoot with +Ian McGillvrey  and +Wayne Simpson  ... my D800 had a wee bit of an accident not long after I shot this scene. Maybe that had something to do with me not getting around to processing images from that shoot until now! TGIF folks and I hope everyone has a great weekend.

2013-04-10 16:01:07 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 24 +1s)

What I like to call "snow marble" in Jasper...

2013-04-08 14:55:46 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 31 +1s)

Peter Carroll Photography's (www.PeterCarroll.ca) print special for April...

Prints of my image of "New York" are 20% off this month. No need for a discount code as prices for this piece are labelled "April Special" on my website and already reflect the discount price.

2013-04-05 15:09:39 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

My meandering thoughts on a documentary about Bill Cunningham and why I make photographs are up on the blog...

2013-04-04 15:13:40 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

Toronto Pearson International Airport

Between flights my daughter surfed the free wi-fi and I created some photographs. Everyone was happy.

© Peter Carroll - www.PeterCarroll.ca -  for prints and licencing

2013-04-03 15:08:31 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

One of the images I made for my submission to the "Something From Nothing" exercise put together by my good friends Sam Chrysanthou and Darwin Wiggett over at www.oopoomoo.com  I challenged myself to make photographs within 10 paces of my computer all within 1 hour. Great fun!
  

2013-04-02 20:35:25 (5 comments, 5 reshares, 10 +1s)

The power of love and photography...

The story of the battle Jennifer and Angelo Merendino did not choose.

2013-04-02 14:58:30 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 53 +1s)

I was in Boston recently and while the reason for the trip wasn't photography I did manage to get out and about and make some photographs. 

The skyline of Boston's North End and Financial District as seen from Fan Pier.

2013-03-22 14:21:38 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Last week I took on the "Something From Nothing" exercise put together by Sam and Darwin of oopoomoo (http://oopoomoo.com/). I urge you to take up the challenge yourself. Creative photography is not about filling your basket with low hanging fruit. I love travelling, be it around the beautiful Province of Alberta or half way around the world, and creating photographs of the people and places I see. Travelling is fun because the experiences are fresh and what I see is new to my eyes. What kind of images, though, could I create with the stuff I live with everyday? I challenged myself to create images all within 10 paces of my computer and all within 1 hr. You can see what I created at the link below...

2013-03-21 14:41:23 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

2013-03-19 16:37:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Blog post about the Chateau Lake Louise parkade photograph

2013-03-19 15:07:35 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 23 +1s)

Chateau Lake Louise parkade

Different light sources can be a white balance headache in some cases but a fun creative element in others.

2013-03-15 15:01:14 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

It was suggested to me recently by a great NY photographer to explore my vision of the world in B&W. He said I would be amazed at how working in B&W would transform me. I've been experimenting lately, learning a lot and having a blast in the process. 

This image was taken last Fall in Arizona when I was going through a tough time in my photography. I used a little photography exercise suggested by a friend of giving my images titles before pressing the shutter to help me better capture essence and tell story. I titled this one "Tulips". 

2013-03-15 02:10:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Great photography event happening next weekend in the Calgary area put on by the fine folks of oopoomoo (www.oopoomoo.com). Speakers, schedule, location and registration details at the link below... 

2013-03-14 15:09:06 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 39 +1s)

A pond hockey tournament at Lake Louise. I love this country!

2013-03-13 15:44:30 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 42 +1s)

Captured recently on a lovely slow drive on an overcast morning in Banff National Park.

"Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why" - Eddie Cantor

Speed is an addictive attitude to life. The most fascinating people I have met in my life aren't living theirs at a frantic pace.

2013-03-12 21:56:39 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Wonderful overcast conditions in Banff National Park on a recent visit highlighted the character of the mountains. The air was crisp but not too cold and the smell of the pines was intoxicating.

It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe

2013-03-12 15:38:47 (11 comments, 2 reshares, 42 +1s)

Wonderful overcast conditions in Banff National Park on a recent visit highlighted the character of the mountains. The air was crisp but not too cold and the smell of the pines was intoxicating.

It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe

2013-03-09 19:08:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

On the evening of Saturday March 16, +Royce Howland Howland will be giving a presentation on behalf of IRIS at the 2013 Social Justice Encounter, hosted by the Calgary Public Library. Feel free to attend if you're in the Calgary area, and at all interested in the theme of "Change for a Better World"!

Time: March 16 6:30 - 8:00pm
Location: Calgary Public Library central branch(616 Macleod Trail S.E. - 2nd Floor John Dutton Theatre)

IRIS website link with all details below...

2013-03-08 21:00:22 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Great photography event happening next weekend in the Calgary area put on by the fine folks of oopoomoo (www.oopoomoo.com). Speakers, schedule, location and registration details at the link below... 

2013-03-08 16:45:42 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 38 +1s)

It's Friday so I'll save the moody mountain images for next week and go with a cheery colourful image I got around to processing yesterday. I opened up the archives (cough... cough... sorry about all the dust) which contained images from a trip to Italy last year and spent the day, if only in my mind, in Venice. This one is from the colourful island of Burano.

#fridaygetaway  by +Gary Crabbe 

2013-03-07 16:12:03 (15 comments, 1 reshares, 28 +1s)

Inside Jaume Plensa's Wonderland sculpture outside the new Bow building in Calgary.

2013-03-06 16:02:34 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

The fresh snow along Hwy 1A in Banff presented the opportunity to tell stories of contrast.  

2013-03-05 14:35:14 (11 comments, 1 reshares, 34 +1s)

A night cityscape of Calgary inspired by Glen Fry's song You Belong To The City and the movie The Matrix ...probably better not to ask. 

Fun night shoot last Friday with +Royce Howland  and +John Fujimagari 

#glassworldtuesday  curated by +Jana Smith 
#repetitivetuesday  curated by +Frank Schillinger , +Andy Q.  

2013-03-04 15:47:41 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

I was in Calgary Fri/Sat so I took the opportunity to go for a night shoot with friends +Royce Howland  and +John Fujimagari   . This an image of a sculpture in Calgary outside the new Bow building. Just like my wonderful country, the image is a multicultural mix - it's of a sculpture called Wonderland by Barcelona based designer Jaume Plensa, with a Dutch tilt technique by a Canadian photographer using a Japanese camera.

2013-03-04 03:07:59 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 24 +1s)

2013-03-01 20:28:30 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

To my Calgary friends -

I'm off down south on Hwy 2 later this aft. Photography is not the prime reason for the trip but I am looking to shoot two specific ideas. The first is a night cityscape of the Calgary skyline and the second is I'm planning on heading out to Lake Louise in the am to photograph the pond hockey tournament there... Oh Canada! 

Anybody have favourite Calgary skyline vantage points? I know a few of the common ones but I'm always interested in trying something new.

Cheers

Pete

2013-03-03 04:53:53 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 29 +1s)

Peter Carroll Photography's (www.PeterCarroll.ca) print special for March...

Prints of my image "The Colloseum" are 20% off this month. No need for a discount code as prices for this piece are labelled "March Special" on my website and already reflect the discount price. I have a canvas of this image hanging in my office and it definitely gets the "Wow!" reaction.

2013-02-28 16:05:09 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 31 +1s)