Well for the first trip, which is a one night stay at a storm watching cabin at the end of Vancouver Island on February 21 & 22 I will have lots of opportunities to get some great shots and spend some time with my family on a short vacation. I can't wait to get away and see what its like. If I'm lucky I might get some great storm shots.

For the second vacation, it is a lot longer then the first one! from March 13-23 I will be going on a road trip from Vancouver to Calgary! This will entail the following and then some:
1.Shot of the rocky mountains, lakes and more winter landscapes
2.Wildlife shots; Elk, and mountain sheep or goats probably (I saw them last time!) and maybe a bear.
3.In Golden I will go to the Wolf recovery centre and go on a wolf walk, were you can photography wolves in their natural habitat, just me and the guide (can't wait!)
4.The Calgary zoo, were I will get some more animal portraits (my favourite zoo of all time)
5.The trip back, and get to see more landscapes and wildlife.
I will also have my new camera by then, so expect some great shots.




I am upgrading to a more professional model of camera because the camera which I have now, the Nikon D40 has too many limitations for what I want to do. I bought the D40 a full year ago when I was just starting out in photography, and it really is a great camera but now I need something more, and something that will keep me satisfied for years to come. I classify myself as a landscape, wildlife photographer for the most part because that’s what I like doing the most.

In Canadian Dollars the Canon 50D with the 18-200mm lens is currently $1,799 and the Nikon D90 with a 18-200mm lens is currently $1899.96 so both cameras are in a close price range. I have done a lot of research on both models, especially the Canon, but I need some advice from people who own either model, or close to it. I am also worried that because I have always been with Nikon, switching to Canon might not be a great idea. Have you ever switched brands, and if you did what were your complications and/or preferences?

Some of the minor stuff like Nikon taking SD cards, but Canon only taking the compact flash cards could be a problem, have you ever been inconvenienced be this? My only concern is that it is easy to find SD cards anywhere but it is harder to find the compact flash cards. Also I am finding that the weight of the Canon is significantly heavier then the Nikon, plus the Nikon is smaller. I don’t have any problems owning a Nikon camera, but I am wondering if the Canon would be a better choice. The 50D is more advanced then the D90, and might give me more choices for what I want to do. Also the filter size on the Nikon is a 67mm well the canon is a 72mm. Are 67mm filters harder to find then 72mm filters? It seems to me like the most common filter sizes are 72 and 42mm.

And for the last quick question I have, as a landscape photographer I want the camera to have the ability to do auto exposure bracketing. I haven’t read anywhere that either of these cameras can do that. If you know then please let me know!

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Well Christmas is in 4 days... and I am getting really excited now! This year will be a first white Christmas in at least 5 years. Just this week alone it has now 90cm and I am not joking what so ever. Tonight we are getting another 10-20cm and more snow is expected all week! once every ten years we get a major snow storm and the city has to shut down, and the weather man said this will probably be this year. The last one was around 1997. I think it is totally wicked, I have been pushing cars everyday that are stuck at intersections...

So I am done all my Christmas shopping finally and have even wrapped them. Now I can spend some of my spare time taking pictures. I have uploaded some winter ones already, they are in my gallery.

Merry Christmas everyone! -Lynnea

P.s. I made a Hi-speed photography tutorial you should all have a look at!

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Hey everyone, here is the November update and a winter themed template to go with it. I am so exited for Christmas and snow! Winter photography will be a blast. I have a couple new projects I want to work on and one of them is Hi-speed photography. I will hopefully be submitting some new deviations with water splashes and falling objects. I am also going to be doing more photo manipulations and they will probably be with wolves as the main subject. I have done a lot of horses lately.

I am also working on a short story/book right now. I am expecting it to be quite long but I will see what happens. The story is based on a young girls experience with a pack of wolves and her realization of how man kind can be unrelenting towards nature and animals.
I am hoping this story will bring a new light to some people who don't realize that wolves aren’t savages.
*I will keep you updated on how it is going.

On November 24 I will be submitting 4 pieces of my best work to the Port Theatre to be put on display. I am really excited because this is the first time I have ever had my work put out for the public to see.

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]]> *xxsimplicity http://xxsimplicity.deviantart.com/journal/21190638/ http://xxsimplicity.deviantart.com/journal/21190638/ Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:09:13 PDT Along with photography, whenever I want to go take pictures i have to practice driving... its actually coming along good. not as scary anymore, ps. I was a hair away from hitting a buss on Sunday which was really freaky but I made it through.
Next week I am thinking of going up to Englishman River but that is an hour of driving on the highway.

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Visit my website at; [link] ]]> *xxsimplicity http://xxsimplicity.deviantart.com/journal/20456668/ http://xxsimplicity.deviantart.com/journal/20456668/ Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:57:32 PDT My school started up a week ago and things are starting off rocky but my schoolwork should even out soon. I cut my working hours down from 35 to 15 a week so I can sleep between homework, school, friends, photo projects and working. It all consumes day up.
None the less I am hoping to get out and take some pre-fall shots and get a mini album started of the new season. I am hoping my idea works out, you'll all see it if I finish it on time.
I am leaving for Grouse Mountain tomorrow after work so see some wolves, awesome! they're like my life, lol. I will be back on Monday with hopefully some good shots. Of course if there is a big ugly wire fence in the way they might not look so great.
I have just recently started a photography/art journal that I stick random crap about my life in to describe me, its a really cool long-term project but you should try doing it too.
well I have to go to work soon so take care!

-Lynnea P.

Visit my website at; [link] ]]> *xxsimplicity http://xxsimplicity.deviantart.com/journal/19358246/ http://xxsimplicity.deviantart.com/journal/19358246/ Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:41:28 PDT But other then working all summer I am trying to find more opportunities to take pictures, I guess I will get my big chance when I go to Hawaii in 2 weeks I hope to get some amazing pictures down there, I will be on the garden island.
Also I created a new account, this is for my stock images, not my main photography. If you do photo manipulation and what not you can use those pictures. My new account is xxsimplicity-stock -~xxsimplicity-stock Take a look around if you got the time.
Other then that I am uploading my photography and photo manipulations on this account together, I hope that doesn't bother my watchers but let me know if it does.
Hope your all haveing a great summer! -Lynnea

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Visit my website at; [link] ]]> *xxsimplicity http://xxsimplicity.deviantart.com/journal/18891870/ http://xxsimplicity.deviantart.com/journal/18891870/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:03:36 PDT
Ahh! Is about all I can say. You have no idea what happened on Wednesday the 10th. Worst day ever! So I had just bought my movie Jumper, really good movie and watched it after school. Everything was going great, yay. But then I go on the computer and everything else changes in 10 seconds. Every picture I have ever taken and every document I have ever saved was gone. Like not deleted because it was no where to be found at all. I looked everywhere but everything was just gone. I no longer have any original photos of anything I have ever taken, which is horrible. All my photo's on this site are gone too. I am really angry about this, and I took my computer into Future shop today to see if they can recover anything.
Well I got my computer back yesterday the 16th, and no.. I paid them a hundred bucks and they didn't find anything at all. What they did do though was erase my hard drive so I really wont be getting anything back. All my programs are gone too now so I wont by submitting anything for a while till I download them and try to get stuff back.

-Lynnea

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Whats going on...

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So I got a job at the Bay, YAY! Its really neat cause in my school we learn the history of the HBC company and now I am working for them. Its just cool to me but what ever.
I started just this week so I am still getting used to everything that’s going on there. I am in the shoe department, which is interesting cause I know absolutely nothing of shoes what so ever! But I am learning.

So... I made myself a website to. I know, its probably corny but whatever, I wanted my own website for my family and friends to be updated on what I am doing. You can see it here: [link]
Its nothing special yet, but I will be changing it a lot over the next couple of weeks.

And about my photography I really, really want to get into landscapes, panorama stuff and even infrared. I will be working on this stuff over the next months and I hope to produce something sweet.
I also got into night photography, I wont be doing much of it till summer but I am still stocked about it.

Well summer is almost here, 5 WEEKS OF SCHOOL LEFT!!!!!!!! I cannot wait at all!




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