Viewfinder blog

Wind power

2012-05-05T23:39:02Z

Photo Randy Vanderveen, near Kleskun Hills Park Prairie croci stand straight during a short break in the wind on a very breezy May afternoon. The wild flowers are among the first to bloom in the Peace each year.

Rycroft, Alberta, 12-05-01 Cranes unload the sails for wind turbines from a rail car and transfer it to a truck at the Rycroft rail yards May 1. The Rycroft yard has been busy all spring unloading sections of wind turbines and storing them in a nearby field so they can be transported to their final destination, a wind farm near Tumbler Ridge, BC later this spring. The large turbines will provide renewable energy for the BC Hydro power grid. The sails each occupy two flat-bed rail cars when being transported by train. (Photo: Randy Vanderveen photography)

Spring wings

2012-04-21T23:19:50Z

Photo Randy Vanderveen, near Wembley Alberta Swans wing their way across the South Peace sky on a beautiful spring afternoon. Swans, which have been back in the Peace Country for several weeks, always mark the arrival of spring up here for me. The trumpeters will soon begin to find an area to nest and raise their young, while the tunrdra swans will wing their way further north to their nesting grounds within a week or two.

A different point of view

2012-04-15T23:54:01Z

Get away from the crowd and try an different point of view to make your photos standout.

Passing

2012-04-10T23:46:50Z

Wiebo Ludwig, who died at his home April 9, was a big character in my photography in the late 90s and early this century.

Recent work and apology

2012-04-01T02:44:35Z

Recent work by Randy Vanderveen.

Racing time

2011-10-25T02:36:45Z

Photos of the 2011 harvest in late October.

Abstract thoughts

2011-09-28T17:26:59Z

Photo Randy Vanderveen, Seattle, Washington, A Spring Street scene is changed into an abstract sight as it is reflected in the windows of Seattle Public Library's Central Library in the city's downtown.

While photography is often the art form with the most realism, the photographer can make things a little more abstract forcing his or her audience to slow down and think about what is pictured.

This can be done in camera without resorting to filters in Photoshop .

One of the simplest ways is to shoot tight using reflections. Here are some examples taken during a recent holiday with my wife, Cheryl, while in Seattle, WA.

Photo Randy Vanderveen, Seattle, WA Reflections of other office towers in the windows of a downtown building in Seattle.

Photo Randy Vanderveen Seattle, WA A tight crop of windows without any sense of their surroundings provides a different view.

Photo Randy Vanderveen, near Kelowna, B.C. A tight shot of the trestles on a bridge on the former Kettle Valley Railroad KVR through Myra Canyon part of the Trans Canada Trail that runs through the Okanagan in B.C.'s southern interior.

Light show

2011-09-10T15:55:18Z

A few recent photos of the northern lights

For everything...there is a season

2011-08-23T21:22:46Z

While still August there is evidence of the change of seasons coming.

Back to the Dark(room) Ages

2011-08-03T22:37:11Z

An interesting read.