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A part of my photography program was learning how to maneuver though Adobe Photoshop. Well! That course was just amazing fun. Although this is not really a photography post, I still wanted to share that I’ve added a sample gallery of graphic work to my website. It started when I created my own wedding invitations, and then I received other requests to create things with Photoshop. It’s a lot of fun, and it’s another way I can utilize the photos I’ve taken. Using real pictures of flowers instead of clipart, in my opinion, is always a more effective brand.
Feel free to take a look! I am by no means a graphic designer, but sometimes I wish I had taken that route. There are just endless ideas out there!

It was a very rainy day when I headed down to the City of Waterfalls, also known as (legally…) the City of Hamilton, Ontario.

The photography club* that I am a member of planned this outing. The president of the club told me she had actually found this spot by accident. Wonderful! Sometimes they make the best places to shoot.

My mum came along for the day with me, and we arrived at the waterfall (Sherman Falls) at 9am. A bit later than I had expected, but it was nice to see that a few other club members were still lingering.

Despite the rain, I managed to capture quite a few great images. The rain actually brought out the colours much more vibrantly than any adjusting in photoshop could accomplish. I think I might actually get out more when it’s raining to shoot nature, just for that vibrant effect!

So, I thought with this post I would also include a simple trick to capturing waterfalls and acquiring the blurred, misty, heavenly waterflow. It’s simple: Slow down your shutter speed!

I am always in Manual mode. I had on my #3 Neutral Density filter (which lessens the amount of light entering my camera. In the case of slowing shutter speeds during the day, too much light can ruin the shot you’re aiming for). The settings I used were:
f/14, 0.6 sec, ISO 200, at 18mm.

This leaf was near another waterfall we visited that day. It was the only leaf on the ground with raindrops that large! It was just waiting for me to take it’s picture.

Click on the images or click this link to view the whole set from that day on my Flickr page.

*If you are in the Waterloo Region, or farther, you are welcome to join our photography club! All experience levels, all camera users (film & digital)… check out our website: www.gripskw.ca