Melville never had to ignore the attraction of satellite television when he penned Moby Dick; Hemingway didn’t have the option of playing Modern Warfare 3 instead of writing A Farewell to Arms; and Shakespeare wouldn’t have needed to write “Sonnet 130” if he could have just texted his feelings to … Read More
Taken for <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/activeassignment">Active Assignment Weekly</a>. This week's assignment: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/activeassignment/discuss/72157622570559472/">Signs of the Season</a> <b>Assignment</b>: Signs of the Season Here in North America, it's autumn, but in Australia it's spring... So... get out there and show us images of things that identify the season where you are. You can focus on nature or on people - you choose. (Natural or man-made subjects are OK.) <b>Restrictions</b>: No fancy post-processing, just adjustments to exposure, cropping, etc. <b>Dare</b>: Make it black & white. <b>What it took</b>: The most entertaining part of shoot was getting believable steam to come up from the bowl. I tried filling the bowl with boiling water, but the steam was hardly visible on the shot. In the end I hid a steamer behind the medecine, cut a hole in the bowl and stuck the nozzle from the steamer into it. Lit by a flash at camera left bounced off the ceiling.
Calgary’s most recent cold snap (remarkably, the first truly painful chill of this winter season) has unleashed upon our city a fresh batch of sore throats, stuffed noses and painful coughs. Whether you’re nearly over the weather again or still trying to halt the sickness from achieving its full wrath, … Read More
Two weeks in Bora Bora might not be realistic for you this winter, but fun in the sun can be overrated. There are many world-class accommodation options within a two-hour drive of Calgary; any of them make celebrating the seasonal frost cooler than cruising on a catamaran. Here, five quick … Read More
Canada’s first “purpose-built” science centre in the last 25 years, Telus Spark opened last October, a $160 million project in development for more than a decade. Already one of this city’s most lauded cultural achievements, the science centre is sure to inspire many future Newtons, Teslas, maybe even a Rockefeller … Read More
Whether you got down on one knee at McMahon Stadium in front of 37,000 Stamps fans or snuck the ring into your partner’s Diet Pepsi last night at the drive-thru — for you the hard part is over. With the potentially soul-crushing response working out in your favour, now all … Read More
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