In honour of St. Paddy’s Day, here’s a pic from 2005 that I snapped while in Temple Bar in Dublin, Ireland. It was taken with my little Panasonic Lumex, with a table top tripod, using the camera’s built-in sepia filter.
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Picture Perfect Tuesday: Skyscrapers
For this image, I was experimenting with a streetlight to create a lens flare to see what would happen. The result is below. The flare gives the illusion of motion in the sky – almost as if it’s time-lapsed.
Picture Perfect Tuesday: Spurs
Thanks to a recent trip to Dallas my theme of country-esque images continues. I shot these spurs with – yes – my iPhone. No filter.
Fashion Fun Friday: Toques
Spring is on its way. Or at least that’s what the latest issues of magazines like LouLou and Glamour are telling us. Their glossy pages show bright colours, fun playful heels and light jackets that are the new must-haves for spring. Meanwhile here in Canada, at a balmy -20C, we’re still choosing what toque to wear with our parka.
Funny thing about the toque; it’s a Canadian thing. Eh? According to this National Post article about Canadian-isms, the word toque is only used by Canadians. Apparently every culture that has cold weather (and access to sheep) has some national variant of the knit cap: Afghans have pakols, Americans have beanies, ski caps and toboggan caps; and we Canadians have our toques.
Did you know that toques were popular from the 13th to 16th century in Europe? Although they didn’t look exactly the like the toques we know today, I can see the resemblance. Can you?
Did you also know that the toque was worn in France? By chefs? They chose to wear white toques as it was deemed “more sanitary”. The chef hat we know today was called a toque blanche aka white hat. Feeling smarter yet? According to the ‘all knowing’ Wikipedia, the modern toque was credited to French chef Marie-Antoine Carême, who was thought to have created the original toque blanche. Take that and stuff it in your French beret!
Of course today’s toques have come a long way from the puff-pastry looking chef’s hat. Thankfully for those of us living in sub-zero temperatures right now, there is a plethora of styles to choose from. Check out these Canadian sites below for playful, fashionable and patriotic options. Happy shopping!
The Canadian Pook Toque. Bonus: it’s reversible!
Then there is the classic maple leaf toque from BC’s Toque.ca. Also reversible!
And for a more hipster look, there’s the Ginger Snapped Toque from the WhistlerHatGallery.com. (Also available in grey.)
Picture Perfect Tuesday: Dino
After I snapped this image I started to giggle. This image just makes me happy.
Shot with iPhone 5, with camera app process colour filter
Picture Perfect Tuesday: Running with the Bulls
This is probably the safest way to run with the bulls. Shot this in Dallas.
15 Reasons You Should Dress Up Every Day!
I was toying with my next Fashion Fun Friday blog – which admittedly, I’ve left slide – and was thinking about a previous post I wrote about how clothes play an important part in the first impression we make. I came across this wonderful post from That Chic Fashion Blog a while back and always intended on reblogging it as it said what I wanted to say… but better. Enjoy!
Okay so, before you even start reading this you’re probably thinking: “Why should I dress up every day if I’m not going anywhere formal?” or “What’s the point of taking an extra 20 minutes out of my morning just to plan a more elaborate outfit?”
Well, you know what? There are soooo many reasons why you should dress well every day, no matter what you’re doing or where you’re going! And yes, it is much easier to just throw on you’re sweater and jogging pants every day, but I am here to tell you the benefits of taking a few extra minutes to dress up: it deffinetly outweighs the positives of the former, so you should probably keep reading:)
So, I’m not sure if you have noticed, but I can’t help but asking myself: “Since when did it become an unusual thing to put effort into what you wear and…
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Picture Perfect Tuesday: Billy Idol
Last Tuesday I had the pleasure of seeing my favourite rocker of all time, my boyfriend, Billy Idol and his partner in crime, guitarist Steve Stevens in Montreal. Like every other fan, I was madly capturing every moment with my trusty iPhone. Typically concert pictures taken with mobile devices don’t stand up to viewing beyond the phone screen, but I’m pretty pleased with this one. (I’d also like to point out Billy’s swoon-worthy abs. Not too shabby for a 59-year-old.)
Shot with iPhone 5, full digital zoom.
Photoshop app: Twilight filter
The Holstee Manifesto
How have I never heard of The Holstee Manifesto before now? Anyone needing a kick in the pants, this is for you:
Fashion Fun Friday: Ringly
It’s small. It’s stylish… And soon it will be mine: the Ringly.
Fashion meets function. Jewellery meets technology. The Ringly is a ring that connects to a smartphone and alerts wearers about incoming texts or calls via vibration and flashing lights saving us from THAT MOMENT. You know the one. The one where we’re having a blast with friends and then our phone makes a noise and suddenly all we can think about is checking it. Of course I’m not talking about you. You’d never do that. Neither would I… (yes that was sarcasm)
Like many great ideas these days, Ringly began as a Kickstarter project and launched its first batch of rings this past June changing how we view wearable technology. Why the Ringly? That’s easy! Fashion-conscious women don’t want their accessories to look like a piece of plastic/rubber tech equipment. The Ringly however is a piece of jewellery that – even without the gadgetry – is something I believe that most women would choose to wear. Even though it houses accelerometer, Bluetooth LE, a motor and tiny LEDs, it just looks good.
Their next batch is set to ship in early 2015. So if you like it then you should put a Ringly on it.
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