A website with things observed and images created.
Structurally, there are actually two websites presented as examples of creating images…that are waiting for us to discover:
- This website, a new, smaller version of johncameron.ca, now that both the photographer—and the previous version of the commercial site—are officially retired. And far more laid back.
- A legacy website (Salt Spring Photos) which is a fun daily look at Salt Spring Island, BC for nine years—more than 3000 photos—pretty much all of which I believe to be a good examples of daily camera observations.
It is my hope that browsing through photos and comments from these websites might help those looking to start/continue creating images that are out there waiting to be discovered.
About the photo above:
This is a summer view from East Point, Saturna Island. One of the gems of BC’s Southern Gulf Islands. And a good example of seeing with a camera.
There were a few folks out to see the sunset on this gorgeous day. Shortly after the sun dropped below the horizon, they headed home.
Had they stayed around for another 30 minutes or so after the sun went down, they would have witnessed the colours transform and become far more saturated, the patterns on the water between Saturna and Tumbo islands ‘pop’, and the mountains of the other Gulf Islands become well defined silhouettes.¹
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*This is not an unusual event: photos shot well before—or well after a sunset are normally the most striking… Just remember to be sure your camera is solidly mounted to handle the longer exposure times. -jc