So What's So Special About This Picture??

So what is so special about this photo? Where do I start?

As I have mentioned in a previous post I carry my camera almost everywhere I go. Canada Day at Fort Edmonton Park (they call it Dominion Day down there) was no different. At the park there is always something going on and this day was no different. What made it super special was that it was marking a national holiday; so there were more people visiting than on a normal summer day. This gave me the perfect opportunity to get quite a few exposures of people dressed in period costume doing what people of the day would have been doing. What a great opportunity to practice some of the things learned and to experiment a little too.

I took quite a few photos in the park that day, but what makes this one stand out I think is the contrast of the modes of transportation. Both are from different eras, but found together in this one moment. Then to add to the mood I changed this to a black and white photo and added a slight tint to give it that nostalgic feel.

I really like my picture. The reason I took up photography in the first place was to see if I could produce pictures to display on my wall that looked like ones I saw in books, magazines or maybe even some of the calendars I've looked at and liked. What I didn't realize until I was creating my own images though was how passionate I was about photography. It was something that started off small and grew. Now I can say," I did that..." when someone asks about some of the photos on my wall.

But you know it even gets better for me now. Can you guess why? Let me tell you. About a couple of months ago I entered this very picture into a photography contest with Pictures.com. I didn't think anything would come of it, but thought what the heck lets try. I had almost forgotten about it and I hadn't told Hendrick about it either. Then what comes in the mail this week, but a letter from the International Library of Photography ( the underwriters of Pictures.com) stating that they felt that this photo was "artistically done" and would like to include it for publishing in their up coming coffee table book that they produce every year. I don't have to tell you how excited I was when Hendrick read the letter to me on the phone. It really made my day. Now I can say not only did I produce this photo, but also it is published in a international publication. It is grand to be recognized in this way, and it has helped me with a possible direction to focus more on. But, it has also taught me to continue to pursue and work on improving my art.So today I would like to also encourage you to also keep pursueing and improving on your art too.

Thanks for reading :)