tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51978012011-06-03T07:49:10.091-04:00W4B photography's companion blog<br>"I have been, and always shall be, your friend. Live long, and prosper... " -<i> Spock </i> <br><br>"Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever." -<i> Lance Armstrong </i>Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-27357027069426466422011-05-30T13:29:00.000-04:002011-05-30T13:29:10.207-04:00Hi new readers.
It's cool this page still gets the views it does, but I have not updated it in nearly 4 years now. You should check out my main blog my twitter, my flickr, or my tumblr :)
Carpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-34299358662661270352007-07-22T21:11:00.001-04:002007-07-22T21:32:14.813-04:00As the pipes play Auld Lang Syne, here is my final post on this blog...To go along with the soon to be launched mikewoodphotography.com (which is not visible yet), I decided to create a new blog and let this one die a quiet death. I have had it since March of 2003, and it was my first foray online. It was my first attempt to get out here and see and be seen.It predated my flickr page, my Myspace,Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-67570683446654928472007-07-06T22:00:00.000-04:002007-07-06T22:04:10.034-04:00Honoured Dead.From the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry+Capt. Matthew Johnathan Dawe+Cpl. Cole Bartsch+Cpl. Jordan Anderson+Pte. Lane Watkins From the The Royal Westminster Regiment+MCpl . Colin BasonFrom the 1st Royal Canadian Horse Artillery+Capt. Jefferson FrancisOn July 5th, 2007, their Nyala armoured vehicle was demolished by an IED planted in a gravel road, killingMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-81729091780656158762007-07-06T12:59:00.000-04:002007-07-06T13:01:33.602-04:00Once bitten...This is an echo of what Dana wrote last week on her Facebook, but not about the same person. It could also have been titled "tis the season..."I take photography quite seriously. I work hard to make everything go right every time. When a model and I make arrangements to meet either for a 'go see' , or for an actual shoot, I have the expectation that barring unforeseen circumstances Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-59068476429469621412007-07-05T23:50:00.000-04:002007-07-05T23:53:43.446-04:00 I have been shooting lots recently, but not posting much I know.Last week and the week before, I did two fantastic nude shoots with a new model named Meaghan. It was a blast and her and she had great fun. Meaghan's enthusiasm, contribution to the process, playfulness and sense of humour was excellent. For those who have never done a nude or partial nude shoot, it can be a tense thing on Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-23218111533894742302007-06-12T14:05:00.000-04:002007-06-12T14:06:26.640-04:00I left Kelowna on June 4th, around 11am after a view of the city from up on high on Knox Mountain which overlooks the downtown and Lake Okanagan. There are some killer hills here with switchbacks that would be wicked to cycle on on someday. When I am in shape that is...I don't think I had left Angel's driveway before the drops started. By Vernon it was a massive driving rain that the wipers were Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-73343391767828232352007-06-07T12:33:00.000-04:002007-06-07T12:34:40.927-04:00June 3rd part 2Drive into the Okanagan continues.I continued after the collision into the Okanagan via the town of Osoyoos which is in wine growing country. the terrain reminded me very much of the southern California area. Santa Monica mountains. Very arid. And Very Hot. Temp here started to climb. And it would stay hot the couple of days I was in the Okanagan. at least 35 or 36 C. Not a clould Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-38829910191621756732007-06-06T20:26:00.000-04:002007-06-06T20:30:41.595-04:00Vacation 6On June 1st, after Crows Nest, I drove via Hwy 3 to Creston, where I ended up staying for the evening and then headed on to Kelowna.This is from the at the Alberta Visitor centre on the BC border on Hwy.and this is a little further West down the road:On June 2nd, I headed into the Okanagan... (those sensitive readers may want to stop reading this post here as the next bit is a little Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-50566643612344891512007-06-05T13:34:00.000-04:002007-06-05T13:35:19.088-04:00Vacation 5: Up to Crows Nest PassSo I left Lethbridge mid morning on Friday 1st June heading towards Kelowna in BC. I took the south route via Crows Nest Pass and highway 3. The countryside got fairly rolling as I hit the foothills and then the mountains just got bigger n bigger. One thing that surprised me was the number of wind farms here. One stretch before heading up the grade to CrowsNest Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-41478088299501384852007-06-05T01:42:00.000-04:002007-06-05T01:43:40.344-04:00Vacation 3: timezones and radiosOne thing that is interesting to deal with is the change in time zones. Eastern Daylight in Ontario to Central in MB, and then back to Central Standard in SK, and then Mountain Daylight in AB and so on. back n forth. I never know whether I am showing up early or late! that whole Sask time zone not changing is wierd too. part of the year they are the same as AB and Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-67657818751944135202007-06-03T18:43:00.000-04:002007-06-03T18:46:33.681-04:005/30 and 5/31 Southern Alberta Regina was just a stop over. Didn't want to do anything other than sleep and go. Getting antsy and wanting to see the Rockies. I hit the TCH and drove for some distance before seeing the salt flats in Chaplin. they are part of what appears to be a vast salt marsh about 75 km from Moose Jaw. Left side of the road is the flats and the right side some sort of Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-30667451930293435382007-06-03T03:30:00.000-04:002007-06-03T03:32:52.170-04:00Vacation blog, Part Deux(editors note: I have been travelling and not writing or not having net…. my apologies. I know how some of you have been wanting to live vicariously through me for a bit...)5/28 n 5/29. out of Ontario and through Manitoba...Before I left Thunder Bay, I shot some images down by the harbour the first one is The Sibley Peninsula, or the "Sleeping Giant" accross from Thunder Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-56832971691207763502007-05-30T02:54:00.000-04:002007-05-30T03:15:57.564-04:00Vacation saturday 4/26 and sunday 4/27 OntarioBefore I headed out at 0145rs early on Saturday morning, I had a Tarot card reading done by Shiloh and watched a burlesque show that starred her, Corey, Sarah and a few other folks I know. Both were quite good fun. the reading was full of promise and I will have to get her to do another for me. :)Going via 4 and 89 - to avoid Toronto, I headed up the Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-27003320097508950382007-05-16T09:38:00.000-04:002007-05-25T12:14:25.473-04:00A New HopeSo as some of you have heard, I recently resigned from my position at work. Seems that a change was in order and the time was right to do it.Over the last couple of years, I have developed a preference for taking the road much less traveled. It has taken different forms - be it on one of my 100km bike ride on a dusty or rainy road somewhere near London, driving through the Mojave or Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-5384049173557426042007-05-04T12:44:00.001-04:002007-05-04T12:48:35.684-04:00Salute to a brave and modest nationThis is written in the perfectly succinct English manner..........enjoy.A British news paper salutes Canada . . . this is a good read. It isstrange how it took someone in the UK to put it into words.Sunday Telegraph Article: "Salute to a brave and modest nation" - KevinMyers, The Sunday Telegraph, LONDON - UKUntil the deaths of Canadian soldiers killed in Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-26127175237497019152007-05-03T11:39:00.000-04:002007-05-03T11:40:09.859-04:00Getting nicer outside, getting busier too.Been quite busy, now the time to be outside is here again. I have started shooting more and more, though posting and being online less and less. Facebook borrowed a bit of time, but now it is under control. Will post more soon. No more forbodding and doom. More optimism and world is my oyster stuff. :)Carpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-70793447241875927022007-04-16T02:23:00.000-04:002007-04-16T02:24:58.353-04:00Sense of forboding and doomTo be followed soon after by Optimism.Carpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-24262385119317155422007-04-08T13:00:00.000-04:002007-04-08T13:55:41.138-04:00 Violet Couture at the fashion show Friday I shot the Animal Rescue Foundation fundraiser fashion show at the Palace theatre here in London the other night. There were many solid designers there, though my bias was towards one in particular.The shot here is Leia modeling the Versailles wedding Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-71024992776313382982007-04-02T01:52:00.000-04:002007-04-02T01:53:46.293-04:00Not giving up photography :P"The all licking eye"I am not giving up photography. I thought it would be an amusing April fools as someone got me. And quite a few fell for it to my surprise. And some even sent heartfelt emails on the subject.:) I have been so lucky as a photographer to never work with a prima donna subject. Not even a difficult one. I have been blessed (and I use that word Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-73113219724600918992007-04-01T02:37:00.000-04:002007-04-01T02:38:47.738-04:00decided today to give up photography Well March is done and I am realizing that I am done with photography. going to concentrate on cycling again. no more Fstops, ISOs blurry pics and all that. and prima donna models? don't get me started.Mikeformerly that photography guy.London OntarioCarpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-76570614752588819392007-03-22T12:28:00.000-04:002007-03-22T14:25:12.134-04:00Birthday Four ZeroSo March 21st was my birthday. 40th. The Big four zero. The FourDot. I wasn't building it up or anything, but people were certainly here n there thinking it was a big deal and probably trying to convince me of that. :) Nice try everyone. hehehSo. I wanted to do something different. I suppose I can't argue too much about not being in mid life. Not so much crisis, but definitelyMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1173553300795753492007-03-10T12:34:00.000-05:002007-03-10T14:01:40.843-05:00Winter is getting doneWinter seems to be ending. Well that is what I am thinking at the moment anyhow. clocks are going forward 3 weeks early, it is above zero C for for the first time in a long time and only supposed to get better during the week... I shot the first daylight portrait in a long time yesterday (Nicole's) that didn't involve freezing and the photoshoot was something I walked away Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1173545889396926892007-03-10T11:56:00.000-05:002007-03-10T11:58:09.440-05:00N.My friend Nicole wanted a portrait done so we did a quick shoot Friday afternoon. Up till today, she had never sat for a photographer before. :)Window light. No flash. London, Ontario.MikeW4BphotographyLondon, OntarioCarpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1172298226697027592007-02-24T01:22:00.000-05:002007-02-24T01:23:46.746-05:00Like SnowIt is winter (still!!!!) and despite it being bitterly cold again, Raven braved it for some pics out in the snow in a favourite dress. First of two shoots we did Friday.She, then, like snow in a dark night,Fell secretly. And the world wakedWith dazzling of the drowsy eye,So that some muttered 'Too much light',And drew the curtains close.Like snow, warmer than fingers feared,And to soil Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1171875210512457412007-02-19T03:49:00.000-05:002007-02-19T04:01:11.403-05:00Even Bunnies Need Force FieldsSecond try at low light alternative light sources. ISO400, 20 sec, F8.Carpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1171437578129735972007-02-14T02:08:00.000-05:002007-02-14T02:19:38.176-05:00Happy Valentines Day!Being single on valentines ain't so bad - well having a lovely woman to share a bottle of wine with would be good... But being a photographer means I can take fun shots like this. So it sort of balances out. :)Happy Hallmark Day everyone.Carpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1170617226329116282007-02-04T14:09:00.000-05:002007-02-04T14:27:06.383-05:00Hey baby it's cold outsideCBC weather at 1pm said it was " -16 celsius in London and surrounding areas. slightly colder with the wind chill." Slightly? Wind chill is -28 or so. Beyond nipply. So cold the liquid laundry soap froze in the back of the CRV overnite. slowed down laundry a bit today... And yesterday all I did was go out and get Kat and do a few pictures in my spare room/home studio. Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1170486411491453632007-02-03T00:41:00.000-05:002007-02-03T02:06:51.553-05:00Firefox2, leather covers, and flickr woesI found a leather cover for the MotoQ. I got it at the Telus store at Hyde Park. Was a long circle tour from Argyle where I started to get to there, but no one had one that I liked - or had any. It was the last stop before going online and ordering one sight unseen. Fits like a leather glove. It is a great sleeve design which protects the keys and yet Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1170011904535475352007-01-28T14:17:00.000-05:002007-01-28T14:18:24.583-05:00weekend ups n downs I was supposed to go out to Salt on Friday night (my Saturday) but I developed what could only be characterized as a bad headache which turned into a migraine by late evening. I got progressively worse and worse. I am not one to take meds for anything so I don't usually have much around (unless on vacation for just in case situations) and so accordingly when I Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1169802137747186212007-01-26T03:42:00.000-05:002007-01-26T04:02:17.840-05:00Getting ready for Workor is it play?This was one of the first shots I did with Kate that day. Perhaps the second frame. I told her right after I took this that we were done. We had the shot. She thought I was kidding, but sometimes you just know. :) Mike Woodw4b photographyLondon - Ontario - Canadawww.flickr.com/photos/work4bandwidth/work4bandwidth.blogspot.comwww.myspace.com/Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1169318367134408912007-01-20T13:15:00.000-05:002007-01-20T13:41:51.663-05:00curves.My cool friend and graphic arts guru Renée is very pregnant. Very. And when I found out at the end of the summer or so she was going to have a baby,I told her I wanted to shoot her just before she was due. We were quite pleased we got to shoot a set earlier in the week. Glowing. :)Mike Wood w4b photographyLondon - Ontario - Canada www.flickr.com/photos/work4bandwidth/ Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1168728324613362262007-01-13T17:44:00.000-05:002007-01-13T17:45:24.660-05:00Vacation 2007 in... Iceland? I am in the very early stages of planning a vacation this year. Last year sucked for it and I didn't go anywhere interesting. So to make up for this, I think I am going to go to Iceland. At least I think so. I used GoogleEarth and zoomed around the place and read tons of info on it for several hours last night and began to bookmark interesting info on it. I Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1168194644811542612007-01-07T13:29:00.000-05:002007-01-07T13:30:44.873-05:00Japanese on MarsIt has been raining here constantly. And when not raining, overcast. All of which I am sure should have been snow any other year had it not been for this global warming. I found this image while waxing nostalgic for some of the stuff that is temporarily lost after my hard drive damage and it seemed apropos.I touched it up a couple of days ago, but I shot it on my trip down East Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1167674247846040662007-01-01T12:56:00.000-05:002007-01-01T12:57:27.893-05:00things to do in 07I don't do New Year's Resolutions. Well not normally. Call it goal setting. Or an agenda. Here are a few for this year that I thought up recently (in no particular order) and decided to put to paper - or the equivalent digital variety...1. Back up frequently - and don't knock the back up drive onto the floor again - now I have a .5 TB sized one.. . :P2.Ease into getting fit Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1167632779075700572007-01-01T01:24:00.000-05:002007-01-01T01:46:19.733-05:00May the best ye've ever seenBe the worst ye'll ever seeMay a moose ne'er leave yer girnalWi' a tear drap in his e'eMay ye aye keep hale an' he'rtyTill ye're auld eneuch tae deeMay ye aye be jist as happyAs we wish ye aye tae be Translated... May the best you have ever seenBe the worst you will ever seeMay a mouse never leave your girnalWith a tear drop in his eyeMay you always keep Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1167509479877083382006-12-30T15:10:00.000-05:002006-12-30T15:11:19.933-05:00Data Recovery needed in London, Ontario!!!!If anyone who is in London can recommend someone who can pull data off a hard drive that is toast let me know. My back up drive (with more than a few pics on it) is toast and I really need to pull images off it and burn em onto DVD or whatever.You find me someone you know is good and I will be suitably grateful!Mikew4b photographyLondon, OntCarpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1167210575007908892006-12-27T04:08:00.000-05:002006-12-27T04:09:35.056-05:00Holiday PhotosI shot a couple of pictures over the weekend. Played around with the set up of the 'home studio' in my spare room. Home studio being an overly grand description of how things really are. :) No one was around to christen the place so I had to make do with running back and forth. Even with a remote it was a pain. I certainly prefer doing only one role at a time. :)"Christmas PortraitMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1166895908543809132006-12-23T12:42:00.000-05:002006-12-23T12:45:08.596-05:00Merry Christmas!There is no snow here in SW Ontario right now and not likely to be any on Christmas day, but a couple of weeks ago there was. Lucky for me I suppose since I wanted to make something like this. :) Have a safe and Happy Holidays (if you get them). Mike w4b photography Carpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1166288691165957712006-12-16T12:03:00.000-05:002006-12-16T12:26:24.173-05:00Kat got your tongue?Second in my occasional 'tongue's out' series. This one with Kat. She asked if she should get a marylin or a labret as a third piercing. I said labret and voila. second in my occasional 'tongue's out' series. This one with Kat. She asked if she should get a marylin or a labret as a third piercing. I said labret and voila. She is going to get a shorter post for it, but it is Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1165859083594114772006-12-11T12:38:00.000-05:002006-12-11T12:44:43.643-05:00[Read prev post first for understanding...] So over on flickr, I received an email from a fine art black n white nude group admin (anyone can be an admin and I am one for instance on two groups), saying my request to join his/her group was declined as I didn't have any content (they are now hidden for the most part) and s/he felt I was just looking to join because I wanted to check out some 'Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1165810449071369122006-12-10T23:10:00.000-05:002006-12-10T23:25:10.970-05:00NIPSA'd on Flickr.com Takes a bit to get me steamed. Unless it comes to photos. My photos specifically... Over on my flickr site, NIPSA is a standard that the Yahoo folks that own Flickr enforce on a somewhat haphazard basis. It stands for Not In Public Site Area (or more sarcastically described by users as, "No Illustrations, Profanity or Smut Allowed." ) And if you look at the URL to the FAQMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1165598142925233202006-12-08T12:14:00.000-05:002006-12-08T12:15:43.013-05:00Winter Wonderland -2k6So London had it's first snow fall of the season and it was a doozy. We got over 3 feet 1 meter of snow in 24 hours or so. Driving to work yesterday afternoon was a crawl. 40kph on most roads. super slippy roads.I park underground at work so I luckily didn't have to deal with much during the day other than looking out at it get progressively worse and worse. London transit Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1165083071691849552006-12-02T13:08:00.000-05:002006-12-02T13:11:11.790-05:00To post or not to post that is the questionIf you scroll back through this blog, you will see 3 and coming up on 4 years of posting there. I used to post voraciously. I used to write reams of stuff and was linking to everything under the sun that was of interest to me. Now that has transitioned to more photo oriented posts - since that's what I do. But I was showing a few posts from November 2004Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1164789153185596482006-11-29T03:30:00.000-05:002006-11-29T03:32:33.230-05:00Presenting tonguesThought I would try something different and so I decided to do a close up shot of Amanda's tongue. She has a piercing and several balls for it so it made for a cool prop to do a cut out of.Going to make it a theme with different girls. Mikew4b photographyLondon, Ont.Carpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1164607444870851202006-11-27T01:01:00.000-05:002006-11-27T01:04:04.916-05:00OK. this is for the Canadians in the audience. The Tim Horton's commerical with the old guy coming into the hockey rink and giving his son a coffee while his grandson is on the ice. Son is surprised to see him there. Was touching the first oh 300 times last year. Saw it again for the first time this year and rolled my eyes. I hope they don't run it all winter. Try to spend some money on the Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1163961038439988232006-11-19T13:14:00.000-05:002006-11-19T13:30:40.733-05:00Corey PhotoshootCorey) and I got together last week and shot some photos to see how we worked together in anticipation of other projects to come.For Corey, This was the first time working with a photographer other than herself and she rocked. She has posted some shots on her site she liked, and the ones I selected, I have posted on my flickr so you may have seen these already. I am a little Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1163140128380584622006-11-10T01:25:00.000-05:002006-11-10T01:28:48.426-05:00 the 300k multiple Mandy Over on my flickr site, I surpassed 300,000 views on Thursday afternoon. In anticipation of this, I thought I would do a couple of pictures to commemorate that - sort of anyhow. Back in May, my good friend Mandy and I went north of London to Clinton, Ontario and did a chilly shoot in an abandoned building near Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1162917197861197872006-11-07T11:30:00.000-05:002006-11-07T11:33:17.906-05:00A little photoshoot with the lovely Kate. For the river shots, at times we were up to our knees in quite cold water going over some seriously slippery rocks with tiny fish swimming around us. But it was worth it and it we had a blast. Thanks Kate! :) Mike w4b photography London, OntarioCarpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1161453427603963862006-10-21T12:27:00.000-04:002006-10-21T13:57:07.653-04:00Home again. I have to day that it is good to be back. I got in before dark yesterday after driving from Saginaw over to Port Sanilac, then south a touch to Point Edward/Port Huron and across the bridge again to Canada. I can honestly say that aside from some small criss crossing in towns here n there, there was no backtracking or covering the same stretch of highway twice in my trip. Even the Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1161319238462794212006-10-20T00:27:00.000-04:002006-10-20T00:40:38.570-04:00Vacation: 43 28 N 83 58 W elev: 162mThat's Saginaw, Michigan. The Comfort Suites here is pretty nice and located pretty close to the I 75 and near restaurants and such.The drive down from the top end of the Lower Michigan peninsula was similar and different than the drive up the otherside. Rainy. Perhaps not as much but it was raining. It took less time as the distance was a little shorter and I Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1161230494812128772006-10-18T23:27:00.000-04:002006-10-19T00:01:34.876-04:00Vacation: Mackinaw City MI** There is no Lat Longitude currently as I am sitting in the lobby w/o the GPS running**I left Holland MI about 11am or so and headed south slightly to Douglas/Saugatauk. there is an old great lakes passenger ferry there. And go figure it was closed for the season. I got some shots of the exterior which was quite cool, but not exactly what I was hoping for. I headed Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1161146403521068612006-10-17T23:59:00.000-04:002006-10-18T00:40:03.583-04:00Vacation 42° 46'N 86° 4'WI decided I wanted to go somewhere while on vacation. I had a few options, but since I had to work one day in the middle of the two weeks off (don't go there...) several options fell through. I had thought first that driving around Lake Erie would be cool. From London, via Detroit counter clockwise back up to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. And then back via Hwy 3. Check out Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1160346006872275922006-10-08T18:17:00.000-04:002006-10-08T18:20:06.923-04:00Happy thanksgiving, eh? It's 20C or 70F outside here in SouthWestern Ontario at 6pm, and it was an awesome couple of days weather wise. Did a couple of photoshoots yesterday and have a couple more later this week, but I am on vacation for a while so some kicking back will certainly be in order as well. If you are interested in a photoshoot, let me know, maybe I can make some time over the next Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1160239850397974762006-10-07T12:50:00.000-04:002006-10-07T12:50:50.446-04:00One really hot n humid day back in early August, Poetry - aka Dawn - and I got together for icecream and discussed maybe doing photos together. I was really busy, and she was going on vacation... so several weeks later we ended up doing a shoot in a park by the Thames here in London. Dawn was super to work with and tells great stories. Enjoy the pics. Mike w4b Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1159197855172922672006-09-25T11:23:00.000-04:002006-09-25T11:32:43.410-04:00A couple of weeks ago I found through Myspace a lovely woman named !Kate! who had some cool cameraphone pics on her profile with killer eye contact. I thought she would be an interesting subject to photograph so after she relocated to the city, we met up for a 'go see' kinda coffee and right away did a shoot downtown. Check out the results below. :) Oh and if you are interested in being a Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1158934545080647262006-09-22T10:09:00.000-04:002006-09-22T10:15:45.156-04:00If you or someone you know is having problems with IE closing almost right after you open it... Thus far it is limited to XP - more specifically, IE 6, but other versions could be affected. For any assistance with this issue, call Microsoft. This is not something originating from your isp or to be resolved by your isp. AV software providers and Microsoft are quoting a Microsoft Internet Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1157742258085520452006-09-08T15:03:00.000-04:002006-09-08T15:04:18.116-04:00 A bit behind in my blogging of photoshoots, but here is the lovely Miss Mary. We spent some time at various locations down by Springbank and the river here in London one afternoon in August and got some cool stuff. Check it out. Mike w4b photography Carpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1156791092795736552006-08-28T14:49:00.000-04:002006-08-28T14:51:32.833-04:00Moving n boxesJust a quick comment that i have been busy moving and such and am living out of boxes and the usual mayhem that goes along with that. I will be blogging a shoot or two in the enxt couple of days. I know it has been too long, but I have been quite busy networking and have lined up about six new models who are interested in working with me. And just wait till I have the home studio Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1154967454091294952006-08-07T12:12:00.000-04:002006-08-07T12:17:34.170-04:00Curiously, while I can do it fairly well, I don't like doing self portraits. So I asked the wicked London, Ontario photog Echo (her Deviant or her Myspace or her Echo Visuals site) to do some quick shots of me last weekend. We spent perhaps less than half an hour together with Siren looking on - and dodging massive amounts of rain - and she was able to come up with some damn cool good shots. AndMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1153763906810843202006-07-24T13:56:00.000-04:002006-07-24T14:07:05.216-04:00Andrea and the CorsetAndrea and I got together for another photoshoot last week. When I first met her, or soon after, I thought that she would look great in a corset. So I was able to borrow one of London, Ontario indie designer Violet's "temptress" style corsets. (Thanks!!!) We found an exellent location just behind where she lives and set up near the back of a covered parking structure Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1152376841351325172006-07-08T12:26:00.000-04:002006-07-08T12:40:41.383-04:00Introducing AndreaI worked with a woman named Andrea on a couple of different days recently. I was introduced to her via my friend Leanne and while she has never modelled before, she is 5' 8" 'n a bit, fit , natural and very genuine, and has lots of cool freckles. :)We shot down by the Thames river here in London, Ont, in two different locations and at two different times of the day - one near Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1151600469206833922006-06-29T12:42:00.000-04:002006-06-29T13:01:09.336-04:00reflected in KatanaBeen slow in posting pics as real life is intruding n such, but here is a series of photos of Jaclyn from when we went out the other week. We had an Asian theme idea and I borrowed a replica Japanese Katana from Jeremy that I wanted her to wield in some of the shots. Think Kill Bill as inspiration (which I borrowed from Violet).We headed to a park like location late one Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1151336554811554012006-06-26T10:55:00.000-04:002006-06-26T12:09:54.600-04:00stickySaf and I got together for an another figure study photoshoot the other day. After taking shots of her in some of her outfits, this one would start out as a straight forward (I find that amusing still thinking this is straight forward for me) nude bodyscape shoot as with the photo above. But I wanted to introduce liquids into the shots. Water or oil and caramel or something similar. I Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1150730852595730552006-06-19T10:22:00.000-04:002006-06-19T11:27:32.726-04:00Dedlynietshaed CorsetsViolet wanted some photos of her corsets for her clothing line she is working on and so last week I obliged and collected Jaclyn and went out to Violet's place near the river here in London and did some photos. It was pretty rushed. I need to realize that I need to be more realistic with my commitments and having photoshoots near back to back. I never seem to get it through Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1149952344288297742006-06-10T10:36:00.000-04:002006-06-10T11:12:24.426-04:00RenéeI had been chatting with Renée online for probably two months now I think, and met her through her myspace site. She is a local graphic artist and is a wiz with the photoshop. I had seen some of the self portrait stuff she had done with her camera on her site and at one point offered my services if she wanted to get some photos done by someone else instead. After a few scheduling issues - Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1149698533721636892006-06-07T11:55:00.000-04:002006-06-07T12:46:27.033-04:00Violet and MaryOn Friday afternoon I wanted to meet up with Miss Mary - one of Steph's (aka Violet's / Miss Dedly)) friends. Violet came along with me as an icebreaker and we had coffee at the Starbucks downtown and went for a wander. I can now say that I have now been in ShoeNet. For those in London who don't know, it is an interesting little store run by a Filipino woman and is frequented by Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1149391472289365392006-06-03T22:15:00.000-04:002006-06-03T23:24:32.430-04:00For all things, there is a first timeI had mentioned previously, I think that I was thinking of booking the top floor of the Arts Project as a studio space for some photography. That was last Thursday. I picked up Mandy at her place as she was going to be my photographer's assistant. We headed downtown and unloaded the gear from the CRV in the Galleria parking and walked up to TAP at the corner Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1149387290987931472006-06-03T22:05:00.000-04:002006-06-03T22:14:51.000-04:00Bif NakedI am just wrapping up my first long weekend of 2006 and I thought I would give my weekly photographic re-cap. Lots of goings on this weekend.I booked off the latter half of Wednesday May 31st as Ian at work had given me the heads up that Bif Naked was playing at Norma Jean's. I headed up there for 930pm and caught the end of one band, scouted the stage for angles and decided left side ofMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1148835478547233272006-05-28T12:38:00.000-04:002006-05-28T12:57:58.596-04:00Introducing JaclynAfter a couple of scheduling challenges -real life does interfere now and then :) - Jaclyn and I finally got together for the first of what we hope is many photoshoots on Friday afternoon. The original plan was to go up to where Mandy and I shot photos the week before, but I was iffy on that as it was overcast and the radar was threatening rain. So I thought staying close to Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1148144074440300632006-05-20T12:43:00.000-04:002006-05-20T12:54:34.453-04:00Seems like week after week it is weather that I talk about. 10C and a sky that might have well been Venus for all the sunshine we saw. Drizzle, wind and low temps make for unpleasant weather for taking pics - especially with a model in a cocktail dress or two.Mandy and I drove north of the city to where we explored that abandoned building from last week. And if you go into Tim Hortons dressed to Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1147536183298580872006-05-13T11:02:00.000-04:002006-05-13T12:22:02.216-04:00Mandy. through mirror crack'dLight on the photography this week. More back end stuff. As I hinted at last week, I am working on a project with a model named Jaclyn, and after meeting with her, I thought it would be neat to do an interesting piece of body make-up that will look like a tribal Maori tattoo. As she is slim and fair skinned, a heavy piece like that would really stand out. She has a Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1147020747947059272006-05-07T11:32:00.000-04:002006-05-07T12:52:28.073-04:00Aylmer and BurwellMy weekly search for what this part of the province offers took me South. South because I solicited a "North South East West?" from someone as an initial course selection and I thought that would be fine.I packed some of the new lemon lime Crystal Light and a water bottle or two and headed out. I got gas at the Husky truckstop on the 401 and then headed down Highway 74 towards Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1146411668683269752006-04-30T10:42:00.000-04:002006-04-30T11:41:08.813-04:00Found my deerI ended up going to Westmount to see if I could get some pics of Matt Hughes - the UFC fighter - who was in town for the weekend. Turns out his flights were delayed so he was a no show. I went out of the city South then West and around Byron, Westelbourne, etc. I snapped a few pics here and there, found the church at the end of Little Church Side road (there had to be one, though I Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1146238477545183462006-04-28T11:01:00.000-04:002006-04-28T11:34:37.913-04:00Flat weekIt was a long week work wise, and I had a couple of early days well before work getting stuff done. I did some networking regarding some people who are interested in modelling for me - as I think I have exhausted my current pool of friends who would be up to doing this and pushing the edges out a bit ;) I made a few new contacts and sent out some feelers to others. And I might have a CD Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1145689234579555902006-04-22T02:10:00.000-04:002006-04-22T03:00:34.663-04:00River Walkexploring: Those of you in London probably know that the Thames River is quite low this year as the conservation folks have the dam down by storybook wide open so the levels will be no where near 'normal.'For a good chunk of Thursday afternoon, I spent some time exploring the river from the water level. You can walk along the rock strewn edge which would have normally been well and trueMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1145205964720811642006-04-16T12:14:00.000-04:002006-04-16T12:46:04.763-04:00Rats n birdsphtoography: I hesitate to think that this blog is winding down, but it seems to be more time between posts. Not the dozen or so a week that used to be the routine in the not so distance past. Seems like photography and not writing is the priority. And I absolutely enjoy photography and the results I am getting. It is another form of creativity. :)I drove out n about North West of theMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1144429784952348452006-04-07T12:54:00.000-04:002006-04-07T13:09:44.990-04:00so so dayphotos: I had not taken a pic for about two weeks. Last week - pretty much all week - I was down with the flu and didn't even pick up my camera. Yesterday I decided I would go out and about and go SE of London. I ended up going through Tillsonberg and Woodstock. Wasn't a great day for pics. Well, the weather was fine. But the area between Tillsonberg and and the 401 is boring. Not much Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1143993293744386402006-04-02T11:51:00.000-04:002006-04-02T11:54:53.760-04:00Spring has sprung forward... did you remember to lose an hour's sleep?Carpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1143912173726667862006-04-01T12:15:00.000-05:002006-04-01T12:22:53.743-05:00Under the weatherlife: Was sick with the flu last week. Pretty much from Saturday till Thursday to varying degrees. Missed a whole lot of work. didn't go out more than twice. slept uncomfortably and watched too much bad TV. I have not taken a pic in like ten days either and have even turned off the computer. Can you beleive it?Decided to cancel the vacation out West too. With some time on my Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1143220335449072722006-03-24T11:36:00.000-05:002006-03-24T12:12:15.533-05:00dreary dayslife: another drab dreary day. It is tough to get inspired with all this grey about. twigs for trees and damp ground and heavy overcast. Not fun. suits my mood when driving in all of this. Yesterday I spent some time around Thamesford. The image above was shot a couple of concessions to the West. I also climbed to the top of the Cobble Hills ski slopes (which winded me so I am out of Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1142869529875800282006-03-20T10:20:00.000-05:002006-03-20T10:45:29.893-05:00West Wing: where?entertainment: I PVR'd the third or fourth to last episode of The West Wing and guess what? NBC didn't have it on at the scheduled time. It had Law and Order: CI. While I am sure it is a fine show, I didn't want to watch it after work. Not sure if it was a Rogers Cable TV guide issue or an NBC giving them the wrong data issue. Who knows when I can see it again given there won't Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1142653974305443442006-03-17T22:24:00.000-05:002006-03-17T22:52:54.326-05:00The Lake in Winterphotography: Mandy and I drove out to Lambton County on the shores of Lake Huron on Thursday. We were going to shoot some pics and were looking for Tundra Swans resting on their migration route back North. We found thousands of them. Literally. Unfortunately none too close. More on that in another post...As you can see, Grand Bend is a different place in winter. Ice covers the Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1142399381424464132006-03-15T00:06:00.000-05:002006-03-15T00:09:41.456-05:00My first Topless photophotos: It took a long time but I finally did my first topless photo. heheh. :)Carpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1142355789364890572006-03-14T11:59:00.000-05:002006-03-14T12:03:09.366-05:00Ryan V Dorkmanmovies: I have posted this before, but it is such a solid star wars fan vid of a lightsaber battle that I thought it worth posting again. It is big at 5 mins, but worth it.Carpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1142355145471030692006-03-14T11:50:00.000-05:002006-03-14T11:52:25.473-05:00Six thingsblogging: This newer blog has posts divided up into six things. six helpful or interesting things per post. If he/she has more content, it could be worth a visit or two. Most recent post is on photo manipulation.Carpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1142354923934228082006-03-14T11:46:00.000-05:002006-03-14T11:48:43.936-05:00Parenting ideas.life: For the newer parents out there: Parenting Ideas.Carpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1142354770368155092006-03-14T11:37:00.000-05:002006-03-14T11:46:10.383-05:00Flash gamegames: ok. now while the instructions are in kanjii I think, it is an ok scroll 2d game. just remember that K jumps. germans who have captured druids or something. has music which doesn't seem mutable...Carpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1142353507963596062006-03-14T11:16:00.000-05:002006-03-14T11:25:07.980-05:00recycle spam email.This is just cool. very hypnotic. A great way to get rid of spam. just visit your friendly neighbourhood spam recycler.Carpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1142092431272693232006-03-11T10:29:00.000-05:002006-03-11T10:53:51.293-05:00So another weekend for me is done. This was was light on laundry and errands and heavy on pictures. Yesterday afternoon, I went back to the same neck of the woods where I was the day before and met up with Mandy and Jesse who were having lunch at Pinecroft near Aylmer - which I was convinced was Winterwheat near Sparta for some reason. I had been there once several years ago and had totally Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1141959987050697522006-03-09T21:50:00.000-05:002006-03-09T22:11:41.076-05:00This is how my day startedIt was rainy but otherwise nice outside, and so I thought I would go for a spin and eventually ended up around Port Stanley. Five mins into my drive I passed London Health Sciences Centre on Commissioners at Wellington. The Air ambulance was just sitting there on the pad empty. So I crossed my fingers and parked on the SW corner of Wellington and Commissioners and walkedMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1141622455229102572006-03-06T00:18:00.000-05:002006-03-06T00:20:55.246-05:00Embarassingentertainment: I can't believe that the overweight, sweaty, whiny blimp riding contestant on the Apprentice is Canadian. How embarassing.Carpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1141574569906244082006-03-05T10:54:00.000-05:002006-03-05T11:02:49.940-05:00Bridge history sitehistory: I mentioned it in the last post, but I spent some time this morning having a coffee and looking at the Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere site which has a comprehensive listing of bridges in SW Ontario and a page for London and Middlesex county bridges too. I learned a great deal about bridge features and designs, and I didn't realize how relatively unique someMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1141446918692156802006-03-03T22:44:00.000-05:002006-03-03T23:35:18.710-05:00Picture weekendGot some interesting pictures yesterday and today. It was bitterly cold around the Thames river here in London. I started at theBlackFriars Bridge. The link has a lot of fascinating info on the 131 year old bowstring truss bridge. It's closed to vehicle traffic currently - a side from the odd cyclist apparently. I then headed over to the Forks of the Thames thinking some pics of Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1141321892469513992006-03-02T11:42:00.000-05:002006-03-02T12:51:32.593-05:00Self portrait of needing to shave.When you are home and you have a tooth ache, why not do a self portrait. Feb, 2006. Makes for a good IM icon too.Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1141233186703985192006-03-01T11:52:00.000-05:002006-03-01T12:13:06.720-05:00New TV.entertainment: New TV. Finally. The Olympics are over. And two weeks of it is a bit much. Canada did awesome in the medal count and such, but time to move on. Watched the first episode of Amazing Race 9 which started in Colorado and ended in Brazil. The loud women who scream at everything have to go. No firm favourites, though the two beach jocks who got to the pit stop first yesterday Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1141231597467004952006-03-01T11:33:00.000-05:002006-03-01T11:46:37.486-05:00small laptop searchtech stuff: I am looking to find a small laptop. Sony Vaio sized. For travelling. I want a machine that had a CD burner / DVD player, couple of USB2 ports, either built in wifi or a pcmcia card wifi. At least a 40GB drive and 1.5gz. small screen like 12 inches minimum. I want to be able to take camera gear and a laptop in one camera bag so I don't have to check anything. Can beMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1141013100891785982006-02-26T22:54:00.000-05:002006-02-26T23:05:00.910-05:00Watching commentaryless Nascarsports: for some reasons Foxsports commentator audio feed channel is not balanced with the in car and track audio. You can not hear more than every tenth word as the cars go around. I first throught it was the PVR not getting in the audio properly but the commericals - boring Canadian local ones are crystal clear. So it is either the feed that SportsNet picked up andMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1140974653358355212006-02-26T12:21:00.000-05:002006-02-26T12:24:13.376-05:00The simpsonmaker me. I made it after Lauralei posted one of herself on flickr. The hair isn't quite right, but I couldn't get back to the blank slate for the hair choice thingy. :)Carpe DiemMike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1140885745658890762006-02-25T10:40:00.000-05:002006-02-25T11:42:25.760-05:00a study in contrastslife: so yesterday was interesting in terms of it's extremes. I woke up and checked the email and the comments on Flickr, and then in MSN I found that there was someone who wanted to add me to their MSN chat list. I agreed and then there was this woman in Asia trying her best to communicate with me in broken English. She had found my email 'on the net' and couldn't be more Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197801.post-1140192712280332832006-02-23T12:49:00.000-05:002006-02-23T12:55:57.513-05:00missing out on snapshotsphotography: Ever read something that makes you think? I was reading the December issue of the great British mag Photography Monthly, and there was an article by Will Rolls who is the marketing manager for Fujifilm UK. He was talking about the decline of the snapshot. He recounted a scene when he was in Marrakesh (yes please!) where he saw a tourist couple taking pics in Mike Woodnoreply@blogger.com0