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Brian and his dog

by Mac Sokulski | Aug 31, 2010 | Families, People

A few weeks ago, and good friend of mine and a vet went out to Elk Island National Park, to see if we can catch the sunset. We arrived at our favourite spot by Astotin Lake. I’ve photographed a lot of sunsets on that lake, and they are always different. Every one. One always meets some interesting people either watching the sunsets, or like us trying to capture it. This time we met Brian. Very interesting character. On the first glance you would not say he enjoyed sunsets. It was not the case. Here are some pictures of Brian, and his little puppy. Enjoy!

Testing a 16mm with Sebastian.

by Mac Sokulski | Aug 12, 2010 | Families, People

I wanted to see the difference between my Canon 17-40mm wide angle lens and the Canon 16-35mm lens. The 16-35mm is twice as expensive as the 17-40mm, probably because it’s a f2.8, and the 17-40mm is only f4.0-5.6. Numbers aside, testing it in the field produced very similar results. For landscape they are pretty much the same as landscapes are usually shot at f8. I can see the 16-35mm being an interesting effect lens specially with such a small aperture. So I tested that on Sebastian. As always he was willing to have some pictures taken, and made some faces for the camera…. I’m hoping I’m not creating a monster here 🙂
So here are the tests results…. see if you can tell the difference between a 17-40mm and a 16-35mm.

Kids

by Mac Sokulski | Aug 11, 2010 | Families, People

Funny thing just occurred to me. I take lots of photos, of everything, but hardly any of my own family. Maybe it’s because I see them all the time? I don’t know. So that’s why I put this compilation of photos, from a couple of our trips this summer. Yeah I know, my kids are cute…. I mean all you have to do is, look at their parents 🙂 Enjoy.

Little Poser

by Mac Sokulski | Jul 18, 2010 | Families, People

On our recent trips to the Fort Edmonton park, I managed to test my strength agains a Canon 5D Classic with a 70-200mm f2.8. Not the lightest piece to lug around, but it’s a such a wonderful camera to use. Again I was trying for candid shots, and the 70-200mm certainly helps with that. I managed to get these shots of a little girl, which was crying at first, then started to twirl around, and pose…. like she knew I was photographing her. Maybe she did? Over the years I’ve learned to respect women’s sixth sense…. 🙂
Enjoy.

Being childish

by Mac Sokulski | Jul 17, 2010 | Families, People

Yes, it’s been a long 2 months. Long and slow recovery, but everything is getting back to normal. I’ve been trying with different cameras, and finally a few days ago, I started with my old big cameras. I’ve been doing all kinds of photography, but mostly I was concentrating on candid shots. I have to say that after using the Panasonic GF1 at the beginning, because it was small and light, it was a big pleasure to be able to hold my Canon 5D. Panasonic GF1 isn’t a bad camera, but having a non-electronic view finder is such a beautiful thing.

First are pictures taken at local playground with the Panasonic. Enjoy!

Getting ready for Halloween

by Mac Sokulski | Nov 2, 2009 | Families, People

My youngest decides that a week before Halloween he’s ready to go trick or treating. It was very hard to convince him that it wasn’t time yet. The concept of a week was an abstract notion to him, and it would usually last anywhere from 5 min to 15 min, before he would start asking again. He spent almost a whole week running around in his Spiderman costume. I managed to get some shots of him during that week, and here they are. Enjoy.