I am always looking for leading lines to draw your attention to specific aspects of the image and when I saw the survey lasers cutting through the darkness this exact image popped into my head. With the camera low to the ground and a long exposure, the end result was exactly what I envisioned. This is one of my favorite images of 2020 created for www.puregoldmining.ca Check out their latest news at www.puregoldmining.ca/news
Congratulations to Pure Gold Mining Inc (www.puregoldmining.com) on their successful first gold pour. It truly has been a great experience for me to watch and photograph the different stages of the mine development.
Congratulations as well to the staff, contractors, friends and family who have had a part in making Pure Gold a success story in the Mining World and I thank you all for allowing me to document some of the steps along the way.
Note: Gold Bar Image provided by Pure Gold
Read about the First Pour: https://puregoldmining.ca/first-gold-poured-at-the-puregold-mine/
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https://www.juniorminingnetwork.com/junior-miner-news/press-releases/776-tsx-venture/pgm/90311-first-gold-poured-at-the-puregold-mine.html
Congratulations to Manroc Developments Inc, this years recipient of the “Company of the Year Award” from Northern Ontario Business Awards
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Vale’s Coleman Mine celebrated 50 years this past Thursday. Some of my first underground images were created at the mine. I saw my first Kiruna truck, ore vein and jumbo drill that first year in 2008. Congratulations everyone at Coleman for 50 year success.
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Mining Engineering Mag December Issue 2020
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Client: MacLean Engineering.
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I feel it’s a momentous occasion when the gold bar finally get’s the official punch stamp. One letter at a time each hit with the hammer brings the process closer to completion.
Open pit morning. The sun was starting to break through the morning clouds as the wind pushed them across the site. After a few minutes of watching the trucks come and go the sun broke through again just in time for me to capture it.
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The upward climb to the surface after a long day in the warm humid environment of the underground.
Sometimes you wake up and go to work in the dark hours of the morning, work all day in the underground with the minimal light your equipment provide and at the end of the shift when you exit the portal, the sunshine slaps your face and your eyes protest for the briefest moment as they adjust to the ambience of the surface world.
I got asked recently how I manage to create crisp clear mining images in which I replied “I have a good camera.” lol.
The truth is, I am still learning, even after 25+ years of lighting and photographing people. My goal is to illuminate the scene so that it can be captured by the camera sensor without it looking like there is additional lighting but 95% of the time there is additional lighting.
I remember my mentor teaching me about the different elements of lighting, and once it clicked, I viewed everything I saw with different eyes consciously pointing out highlights, shadows, mid-tones and so forth. Studying the works of iconic portrait photographers learning the different lighting patterns and how to create shadows and highlights
Lighting alone has many elements to be considered. The intensity of the light, the quality (soft/hard), the direction of the light, the coverage of space and much more. When we throw in a distinctive subject or subjects, lighting is used to isolate the subject, separate the subject from the background and highlight a specific area within the image…..all without you even knowing it.
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One of my favorite images from the RockMass Technologies shoot we did last month balancing the underground environment and technology. Lighting, composition, focal length and depth of field are all in play. You just can’t snapshot an image like this and have the same visual impact.
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