Well, it’s happening! The city is struggling to figure out what hosting a major games means and it will certainly be quite an adventure. I went down to the “MMC” (all of the venues have an abbreviated code, this one is for the Main Media Center) to get my credentials validated and pick up my […]
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Next Up: The Toronto2015 Pan Am Games
When I retired from IBM back in 2011 (yes, it really has been over 4 years) and started out on my Next Chapter I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I only have to look back at some of the early blog entries to be reminded of that. I’m always up for […]
2015 CONTACT Photography Festival
I mentioned an exciting upcoming event a couple of times, saying that I’d provide an update when it was officially announced. Well it is now official. Peter Kraiker Photography is presenting an exhibit of 18 framed limited edition photographs, all of them directly in the cross-hairs of my two passions. Photography and Cycling. I’ve called […]
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Getting Down to Business
I’m gearing up for my next gallery showing at Leonardo Galleries and decided I needed to improve the tools I’m working with. And one thing led to another… I’ll hold off talking about the exhibit until it’s officially announced in a couple of weeks but I will say that it opens May 1st and the […]
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City Art
Since I’m getting back to my blog (as I should!) let me update it with some moments in recent history. It’s been a challenge to find the time to step outside of obligations. I think it’s the right choice though, I’m doing some good work and have an opportunity to make what could be significant […]
Packed for my first shoot of 2015
I’m all set for the next four days of photography… Canadian Track Championships at the newly built (and yet to be fully finished!) velodrome. I have 2 bodies, 4 lenses, my 1.4X extender, one flash and extra memory cards packed into this bag plus my Cocotte with my computer gear and a tripod. Not all […]
Five Days Of Black And White
A friend passed along a challenge on Facebook which was fairly straight forward… publish one B&W photo each day for 5 days. Most people were posting highly enhanced, lovely digital images. Quite a delightful assortment of images. I elected to take a different approach. Here are my 5 B&W photos. These are actually pictures of […]
MTB and CX all in the same weekend
Two days, two different races. And I used two different cameras to test all my gear out ahead of the upcoming Canadian Cyclocross National Championships in Winnipeg. For the first race, a mountain bike event called the Singletrack Challenge held at Hardwood Hills north of Toronto, I only used my 7D and primarily with the […]
Magnolia Fruit
I had no idea that magnolia trees bore fruit as I’d never seen one before. But sure enough they do! Here’s a description from the U.S. National Arboretum: Although it may look like a cone, it is actually an aggregate fruit that is woody. This flowering structure has changed little over millions of years. Magnolias […]
October In Vermont. Again!
I’m told we’re creatures of habit and I’m ok with that. Going to Vermont to enjoy the Autumn colours and some mountain biking for Canadian Thanksgiving is a habit I like and will happily be that creature for years to come. Andrea and I have been doing this longer than I’ve been keeping this blog. […]