A day at the farm - Lifestyle Photography

A couple of weeks ago, I spent a very nice morning at an abandoned farm with Miss N.  It was a perfect day to experiment a little.  With three cameras and 85mm f1.8, 50mm f1.2 and 35mm f1.4, I had plenty of options.  I really don't like changing lenses in the field, as this introduces dust into the camera.  Also having a mirror less cameras makes it even worse, because the sensor is fully exposed when the lens is removed. Miss N, was absolutely wonderful to work with.  Full of energy and full of ideas to add to the whole session.  We started off very early in the morning, at 6:30am, just to be able to catch the best light.  Miss N was ready from the start.  It is great when you working with a person like that.  The whole session is a lot more fun and time just flies by.  We got a lot of images that day, and I would like to share with you some I would call lifestyle photography, with a beautiful woman, a beautiful dress and the contrast of an old farm.  Enjoy!

Abandoned Farm Continued..

I don't know if you remember our trip in January to shoot a sunrise. We have found this wonderful abandoned farm in the middle of prairies that has served not only as a great excuse to shoot the world at dawn.  A piece of Alberta's history is slowly falling apart and as sad as it makes me feel I am grateful that they are still here waiting to be photographed and, in some small way, remembered. I thought, I'd share some more shots from that trip with you today. The light was gorgeous, the temperatures not too low :) and the company excellent. What more can a person want?! Kasia

Lonely

Painted by time

Ghost farm at sunrise - Part 2

The beautiful sunrise at the Ghost farm, allowed for a lot of images.  Why did I call it like this?  The farm house had a strange feel to it. I don't know if I would go there by myself at night, even though I would imagine it would be a great location to photograph night skies. I might have to ask some friends very nicely to go out with me.... yes I'm a bit of a scary cat :) Mac

Ghost farm at sunrise

During one of my scouting trips into the Alberta back country, I found this old abandoned farm. At that moment I've decided it would be great to visit this place at sunrise.  It's a bit of a drive from my home to this place, so the whole family woke up early, packed up our prepared photo gear, met our friends Jenn and Dustin, and went out exploring the Alberta back country.  We made it to the farm with a bit time to spare before the sunrise.  A beautiful morning, a little chilly, but then again this was still January.  I only took 2 lenses with me.  My trusty wide angle, and my tilt shift.  Here are the results.  Enjoy! Mac

Lost in Alberta - Part 2

Continuing my scouting trip for the lost and forgotten farms, we stumbled upon few that were in very nice shape.  The rooms were empty, but there was no clutter, no mess.  Particularly in those ones, your imagination goes wild. Here are some more images from the forgotten fields of Alberta.  Enjoy!

Lost in Alberta - Part 1

A few weeks ago, I grabbed a good friend of mine, also a photographer, and we went scouting around the prairies, and farmlands, north east of Edmonton.  After a tough week at work, those trips bring calm and peace, just like the forgotten and lost farmsteads.  Edmonton is situated in an interesting geographical location.  To the east the land is flat, mostly farmland and prairies.  To the west its hills, lakes and small rivers.  It's interesting that it is still far to the mountains, about 350km.  The easter part is where there one can find a lot of these abandoned buildings.  Many of them are quite accessible, but I would not venture inside.  They are not structurally sound, but they do provide a little glimpse into the history of this province.  If you find the one's that are still in one piece, you can glimpse inside and let your imagination go... enjoy! Mac

Abandoned Farm - Part 2

Since Mac has mentioned his back log of pictures to process I've decided to post some more of my images. There were a few of us, crazy people, shooting and it's not a surprise that some of us made for an interesting subject of a picture as well ;) It's hard to describe how beautiful the world looked that morning. But since a picture is worth a thousands words... Enjoy! Kasia

Falling..

Dedicated Photographers

Painted by time

Where the road leads us..

Still standing

Waiting for the light

Alberta back roads... part 3

After coming back home from our little morning excursion, I decided to take the boys out in the evening.  This time we didn't get lost, but still had a pleasant trip out.  Enjoy!

Alberta back roads... part 2

Getting lost never was so rewarding.  You can easily get lost on the Alberta back roads, specially when you are not really paying attention to where you are going, only to the landscape around you.  Luckly a homing GPS will get you out of most troubles, with which we realized that we traveled over 100km away from home.  Here are more results of getting lost.  Enjoy!

Alberta back roads.... part 1

Driving and ultimately getting lost in the Alberta back roads must be the best pass time for me.  There is nothing better than enjoying good music, great company, beautiful scenery, and picture taking.  This is what happened when me and my lovely wife, took to the Alberta back roads. Initially we wanted to visit Elk Island National park, but I took a wrong turn somewhere along the way.  The rest as they say is history... of images.  Enjoy!

A prairie morning...

A while back I did a little tour of the Alberta back roads.  I like those little tours.  A little music on the radio, and beautiful scenery all around.  Here is what came out of the trip.  Enjoy!

Abandoned Alberta in Black and White

These pictures are from one of my trips around the country side.  This is the one I got completely lost.  Took too many turns, and wasn't really paying too much attention where I was going.  You can find a lot of these abandoned buildings and houses all over.  Some are accessible, some are in the middle of a farmer's field, with no access what so ever.  It's quite interesting, and most are great subject for photography.  One particular house, had a very eerie feel to it.  Middle of the day, and I had really bad feeling about it.  Spooky.  I marked that one on the map for a later visit, once the snow melts.  Enjoy.

Revisinting

I thought I would revisit some of the old photos I took. This one is very old, more than a year ago. One of my first shots I took with my DSLR.

Old Farm

Found this abandoned farm near the city of Stony Plain, Alberta. Should have marked it on the GPS though, as right now I have no idea where it is.

It's been a while

Wow, it's been almost three weeks since the last post. I guess time flies when you are having fun... or at least should be having fun. In any case I did not abandon my photographic quest. All through that time I've been taking pictures, lots of them. I even took my camera to work, and during lunch times I've been driving around in search of that elusive perfection. This is not an easy task, especially in winter. Roads become narrower, and there are not a lot of places one can actually stop. So the pictures weren't satisfactory. Have to come up with a better plan....

Last Sunday, I've decided to go out, with a good friend of mine, to check out areas a bit north of Edmonton. The day was sunny, but very windy, so it was beautiful and freezing. After a bit of driving we found the field (pictured above). There were no fences to climb through, and the far away trees looked great against the backdrop of the blue sky. So we stopped, got our gear, and started walking. It was cold...very cold. But treading through that knee high snow, and braving the winds resulted is some interesting shots.

When we got back into the car, and finally warmed up a bit (thank heavens for heated seats!), we continued on. We didn't travel far, when totally by accident found an abandoned farm that was easily accessible. Meaning no fence, and no gate... and no angry owners. We spent a good hour, just exploring the building and surrounding area.

The rest of the pictures you can find in the Photo Gallery or on my Flickr account. As always comments are very welcomed.