Jun 23 2008
Happy St-Jean Baptiste day!
I took this photo during the St-Jean Baptiste Day parade some time in the early 90s – possibly 1990 – and it had languished in my archives of transparencies for many years. I found it about eight months ago, and promptly scanned it. I’ve been waiting since then, for the fête nationale, […]
Jun 16 2008
There’s a new hotel/condo building in downtown Montreal, on the corner of Boul. René Lévesque and rue de la Montagne. It has got to be the shiniest building I’ve ever seen. It’s like the whole thing is made of glass and 18/10 stainless steel. I look at it every time I’m sitting on a certain […]
Jun 14 2008
My current digital camera lacks the “panorama assist” feature that I enjoyed so much with my previous one. The feature helps you line up successive shots so it is easier for panorama stitching software to get good results without awkward overlaps or misaligned edges. It’s not strictly necessary to have the assist feature, but it […]
Feb 14 2008
Believe it or not, the Blork Blog is not my only venue. There’s also my Monday Morning Photo Blog, and a newer little ditty I call “My DP1,” a blog about my quest to learn more about, and possibly acquire, the formerly elusive Sigma DP1 digital camera. (Long story short; the camera was announced in […]
Nov 26 2007
Very early in the first year of my BFA program in photography at Concordia University, we were called upon to produce a small portfolio of new work. I had started classes a few weeks late because I’d been out of town working all summer, so I was at a big disadvantage. Anyway, the Saturday […]
Sep 11 2007
Within the next couple of months, Sigma is going to release its long-awaited DP1 digital camera. Why that is a big deal, and why people like me would drool over a camera that doesn’t even have a zoom lens, are subjects for another post. Today I’m going to introduce you to one of the worst […]
