The Origins of the Sinnamon Family - Photo 32 - Project 365

When I was home to my parents' last time, I was going through some old boxes and found this. The album must be nearly as old as I am. The writing is in my grandma's own hand, which is fitting because it was her that carried Sinnamon as a maiden name. The passage reads:

The Sinnamons are descendants from the family of St. Amond who were Huguenots (French Protestants) in Europe. In the 16th and 17th century [sic] when the Huguenots were persecuted, some of them fled to the northern part of Ireland for refuge. At that time, the St. Amonds were illiterate. Later, when they learned to read and write, the name was written down as SINNAMON

Model:  Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Lens ID:  EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Aperture: ƒ/4.0
Focal Length: 21 mm
Flash Used: Used
ISO: 400
Filter(s): HOYA UV(0)
Date and Time (Original): 2010:08:29 21:44:07
Post-production: Crop

Sunset - Photo 31 - Project 365

If photography is "light writing," few lighting situations are most wonderful than sunset!

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Lens ID: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Exposure: 6 sec
Aperture: ƒ/4.5
Focal Length: 30 mm
Flash Used: No
ISO: 800
Filter(s): HOYA UV(0)
Date and Time (Original): 2010:08:28 21:30:35

Waterton Lake - Photo 30 - Project 365

An easy hike starting across from the road to the Prince of Wales hotel is Bear"s Hump. The view, as noted above, is magnificant!

This image is actaully the result of several overlapping images that have been stiched together. By holding the settings constant (focal distance, f-stop, exposure, etc.), the combined image looks like it's one shot.

Clicking on the above image will bring up a larger version of it!

Model:  Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Lens ID:  EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Exposure: 1/80 sec
Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Focal Length: 18 mm
Flash Used: No
ISO: 200
Filter(s): HOYA UV(0)
Date and Time (Original): 2010:08:27

Lights on the Water - Photo 29 - Project 365

Heading west from Vancouver, just north of the American border, we drove through the beautiful Canadian Rockies. We made it to Osoyoos just as it was getting dark and stopped to watch the lights come on on the opposite shore...

Model:  Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Lens ID:  EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Exposure: 5 sec
Aperture: ƒ/4.5
Focal Length: 36 mm
Flash Used: No
ISO: 800
Filter(s): HOYA UV(0)
Date and Time (Original): 2010:08:25 22:46:53

Disconneted?

(Written on Tuesday October 5, 2010, about a week before I had regular internet again.)

So it’s been two and a half weeks since I’ve had a steady internet connection. In an objective reality, that shouldn’t be that big of a deal, but in today’s fast-paced and always-on internet society, that timeframe seems to lie somewhere between an eternity and an epoch. I’ve been travelling (to Iceland and France) and so there’s been a lot to do and see, and so I haven’t felt a particular lack. I haven’t been travelling alone either, so I haven’t been lonely either.

To say I haven’t have internet would be a lie as well, but my connection has been limited to the free Wi-Fi at cafés and the likes of McDonalds, which lends itself to quick email checks but not heavy surfing. But I’ve started to settle in here in my new home and have started a new job. Consequently, my list of ‘needs’ for the internet has started to grow: I need a phone (or Google Voice or Skype) to find out what mail has come back home, to phone my landlord and to phone my credit card; I discovered that Google Image Search has turned into my clipart library; I need Google to find a car rental place in town; I rely on the internet to plan flights and hotels (I have two weeks vacation at the end of the month); I didn’t pack my French-English dictionary to save weight on the premise that I would have access to something online; I miss having the weather forecast; and let’s not forget the hundreds of Megabytes of software updates that are waiting for me when I finally reconnect.

In short, I have discovered that I use the internet for far more than simple text-based communications.

Purple Flowers - Photo 28 - Project 365

Still in Vancouver, I travelled a little further inland and found a beautiful flower garden! I love the richness of colour the violet offers.

Model:  Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Lens ID:  EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Exposure: 1/160 sec
Aperture: ƒ/11
Focal Length: 50 mm
Flash Used: No
ISO: 200
Filter(s): HOYA UV(0)
Date and Time (Original): 2010:08:24 14:52:12

Another Floating Plane! - Photo 27 - Project 365

Float planes are cool and so I went down to the harbour again and found this one coming in :)

Model:  Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Lens ID:  EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: ƒ/10
Focal Length: 53 mm
Flash Used: No
ISO: 200
Filter(s): HOYA UV(0)
Date and Time (Original): 2010:08:23 18:37:35

A Boat-Plane - Photo 26 - Project 365

Next stop from Seattle was Vancouver, BC. Here, while down on the waterfront, we watched the floatplanes come in!

Model:  Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: ƒ/10
Focal Length: 55 mm
Flash Used: No
ISO: 100
Filter(s): HOYA UV(0)
Date and Time (Original): 2010:08:22

Seattle Skyline - Photo 25 - Project 365

As we headed north into Washington, we pulled off the coast to visit friends in Seattle. This is the Seattle skyline from I-5. I've always thought of cityscapes are an interesting portrait of a city.

Model:  Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: ƒ/9
Focal Length: 55 mm
Flash Used: No
ISO: 100
Filter(s): HOYA UV(0)
Date and Time (Original): 2010:08:20

Californian Lighthouse - Photo 24 - Project 365

 

Further along the Pacific Coast Highway I came across a lighthouse, just before dusk. Perhaps it comes from my growing up far from the ocean, but I've always been fascinated with lighthouses and the lighthouse as a symbol in the way they stand as a sential and unmoved, regardless of the storm they brews around them.

Model:  Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: ƒ/8
Focal Length: 55 mm
Flash Used: No
ISO: 200
Filter(s): HOYA UV(0)
Date and Time (Original): 2010:08:19

A Drive in the Woods - Photo 23 - Project 365

The Pacific Coast Highway branches away from the edge of the ocean a little, particularly if you take a wrong turn! This is along CA-1, among the forests off the coast of California. But how can a picture capture the scene? It's like trying to draw a dream...

Model:  Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Exposure: 1/80 sec
Aperture: ƒ/6.3
Focal Length: 55 mm
Flash Used: No
ISO: 200
Filter(s): HOYA UV(0)
Date and Time (Original): 2010:08:18