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
What’s the Buzz.
Recently I had the opportunity to see Matt Mackinnon of Unmanned Aerial Services Inc and his drones in action while I created some images for UAS. I was blown away with the Laser CMS Mapping and the speed it rendered preliminary results. The places and speed these drones can get into is very impressive.
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This ABB IRB places the drill rod into the Eitel Straightener at the Salto Heat Treating facility here in Ontario Canada. The robotic placement and the Eitel’s repeated process ensures equivalent results each and every time.
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Photographed for the MacLean IQ Series Remote Control Systems at the MacLean Engineering R&D facility in Lively, Ontario Canada.
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Mining Engineering Mag December Issue 2020
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Client: MacLean Engineering.
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A key factor to a companies efficiency and productivity is the transportation of goods and materials to and from site. I tip my bucket to those of you on the road day and night.
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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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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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Last month I had the great opportunity to photograph a series of images for RockMass Technologies featuring their Axis Mapper V2. You can view more info and images with the V2 at www.rockmasstech.com Thanks again to Shelby Yee, Don Toporowski and James Smith for the opportunity.
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Warm colors get more attention.
This is an old image, one that I have resurrected from my archives to play with in post editing. I will often look back on older images with a new perception that I have acquired over the years since capturing it. Would I have done things differently? You bet I would. Things that I can create in post production I now try to create at the time of capture to make to make the image authentic. I very rarely do extensive photoshop to the images but once in awhile I like to test my creativity. See comments for original photo.
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