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Sand Mandala by Tibetan Monks

Brettf — Sat, 06 May 2006 05:17:49 +0000

Eight Tibetan monks form the Drepung Gomang monastery were visiting the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. They were visiting as part of a cultural tour organized by the Friends of the Drepung Gomang. During their visit they spent 6 days creating a sand mandala. I have always wanted to watch and photograph the creation of a sand mandala as the process is really interesting. The monks use hollow metal funnels, called a chak-pur, with a ridged section they rub another of the metal funnels on to vibrate the sand out of a small hole on the end. They can produce images of great detail and depth. Clicking on the photo will take you to a gallery of more mandala images.

Spring

Brettf — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 04:55:34 +0000

Spring has caught my attention as I walk to work these days. I am trying to pay closer attention to the finer details of its progression. One of the things that consistently catches my eye is the emerging maple leaves, which remind me of delicate little hands. The image needs to be viewed large to get the full impact.

Selling Photos Part 2

Brettf — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 01:37:23 +0000

Since I last posted about this 7 months ago I have done next to nothing about it. That is until last Saturday, when I decided to buy an Epson R2400 to force me to take action. The prints are amazing and I am excited about getting things rolling. The next update will not be 7 months away.

Yellow Staghorn Fungus (Calocera viscosa)

Brettf — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 20:59:03 +0000

Yellow Staghorn Fungus (Calocera viscosa)

Originally uploaded by Brettf.

Found this one in the Lynn Canyon Park in North Vancouver. Botany Photo of the Day for January 05, 2006.

Flickr Update

Brettf — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:21:41 +0000

I have taken the time to process some of my RAWs and upload them to my Flickr account. I have also taken the plunge and upgraded to a Flickr Pro account. Now I am just waiting for it to authorize and I will do a massive Flickr update.

Online photo ordering

Brettf — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:50:04 +0000

I have started the process of creating a paypal account which will eventually be used as the shopping cart for photos I am going to sell. I am going to offer a range of options in size, mats and frames. Check back soon for more details.

Selling Photos

Brettf — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 02:28:33 +0000

Currently I am trying to take the next step with my photography by selling them. I am taking the route of displaying them at local coffee shops to start. I am going to put together a whole package (picture captions, book of other photos, website, and sales info) for this. I am thinking of framing between 8 and 10 photographs for display on the walls. The difficult thing for me is figuring out what types of photos are going to sell. I am going to create several online galleries of certain styles. If anyone wants to comment when they go up then please do. What I want to know is, what would you buy?.

Image Gallery

Brettf — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 00:33:21 +0000

A friend of mine turned me on to Fablum, a niffty WP plugin. It hooks into Flickr to display your flickr photo sets as a gallery on your blog. It is a .X release so there is lots that could be done for a 1.0 release. Right now it seems interesting enough to follow and possibly help with.

Timmy up high

Brettf — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 05:52:50 +0000

timmy.jpg

Originally uploaded by Brettf.

This is our cat Timmy. I liked the composition and colors of this photo.

Sea anemones

Brettf — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 05:52:42 +0000

IMGP4318.jpg

Originally uploaded by Brettf.

Taken in Roberts Creek on a beautiful day. The colors and detail are outstanding.
ISO 200 f/4.5 1/90sec Pentax A 50mm f/1.7