With the recent events of SALTS I have been able to capture a new desktop for the month of October. So without any further fanfare, here it is!

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I have to apologize for the lack of content being put forth lately on the blog, but I do have good excuse. I have been having tons of fun on crazy adventures with Kaleo. Today we just got back from a five day sailing trip on the Pacific Grace. I have added some pictures to the portfolio and here are a few to wet the appetite.

These past couple of days we went on a backpacking trip up to the peak of Mount Albert-Edward. It was an amazing trip, filled with tons of sun and incredible vistas. Here are a few shots from the trip.

Last week I posted about the new Canon website that featured a camera that looked distinctly like a 5D. Well now the light is starting to be shed on the look of the camera. Yes, I am being that guy again.

With Kaleo now underway and going forward there will be a bit of a slowdown for the next couple of weeks on the blog. The gang is complete with an amazing amount of people interested in photography and some great personalities. Here is a quick image of what has happened so far.

Call me odd, but I couldn’t resist making a desktop out of this image. I hope you enjoy a bit of a prairie breeze.

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A little while ago a friend of mine David duChemin ran a bit of a contest for some new types of camera straps. They were BlackRapid’s R-Strap. No unfortantely he did not pick me (DOH!), but I did do some more research into these straps and man, what an awesome evolution of the camera strap this is. 

Yes, that is excitement you read there, excitement about a camera strap. I never thought that I would ever get excited about a camera strap either, but these are so different from any other out there that they deserve some face time. Now most will look at the strap - like I did - and just see your usual strap without much difference from another. What actually sold me was the video they had posted, while it is corny, it explains how it works and why it is so revolutionary. Watch the video HERE.

These are fairly expensive for a camera strap, but I feel that they allow the user to hold your camera in such a different and better way that it’s worth it. I’ve ordered two and will have a quick review of them once I get them.

In a place where I so wanted to get away from, this time on my holiday here I have found a new character to the place that has perplexed me. A character that I’ve never really seen before. The idea that someone could love the look of rolling hills, fields that go on as far as the eye can see and gravel roads that criss-cross the landscape had always been a foreign concept.

Today I decided to drive some of those gravel roads, capture those rolling hills and understand the atmosphere. Here are some of the images that came from the trip:

With the recent acquisition of a couple 250GB portable HD’s I knew that the biggest issue would be how to back up all that onto the HD’s. A while ago I posted on the programs that I use to back-up all my data, one piece of software that was among them was Super-Duper. Since that post I have had major issues with this program and have deleted it off my system. A program that has replaced Super-Duper is a great program by the folks at ECon called ChronoSync.

What differs from Super-Duper to ChronoSync is the fundamental differences of what type of back-up it is. Super-Duper will makes a clone of your entire drive (including the errors!). While ChronoSync will back-up and sync just the files on the drive that you have selected. It has automatic back-ups and allows the user to even make sure specific files types aren’t backed-up. 

I have yet to have any errors or issues involving back-ups. It has run flawlessly for over 7 months now and you become accustomed to hearing that wonderful “DING” when the back-up is successfully finished. 

It costs $30 to buy and has a 30 day trial as well. I would highly suggest any photographer who uses a mac use this software for backing-up their photographs. It can even back-up your files to MobileMe on a consistent basis, a feature which I use daily on an auto back-up.

As promised, it was coming, but just had to be finished.

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There was a particular project which I worked on for a large part of Advance Crew at Camp Qwanoes this past summer. It has to do with a music video and they wanted me to shoot a sequence of images that would tell the story of many different people. You can check out the sequence of images called “Portraits Project” in my portfolio.

As well, since I have been home I have been re-interested in the place that I once grew up at. I have been capturing the landscapes and the details of the Alberta Prairies. This will be an ongoing project throughout the next couple of years. You can check that sequence of images in the “Prairies Project” section.

QUICK UPDATE: Yes I am still working on the September wallpaper. It has taken me longer then expected to get around to it. Hopefully within the coming days it will be out.

There has been a lot of commotion over the upcoming release of the new 5D, and now Canon has added some new fuel to the fire with this rather familiar looking 5D figure. I don’t like to be that guy but this has me excited!

I have now just updated the Qwanoes web gallery with new ‘08 images from this past summer. There are now over 50 images within this section of my portfolio and I am extremely happy with it. Go and check out it out.