one can shoot from can get a
bit uninspiring after a while.
“After tripping over kid’s toys
for years, it got me thinking
it was time to put them to
work and create new exciting
worlds, and this image was
one of my first—it is still one
of my favourites. My son,
Ben, was my trusty assistant
on this fine evening as we
spent some time exploring
the wonderful shores near
Rock Point Conservation
Park, looking for the perfect
location and the perfect stones
to make our rock creation.
We get along incredibly well,
but things got testy as the
two of us struggled with our
headlamps in the dark trying
to balance and trap the two
arms onto the body—it is a lot
harder than it looks and we
both prayed for a hot glue gun
to magically appear.
“After much struggle, our
stone figure was complete
and it was time to pull out
our little man, all 1.25’ of
him purchased from a train
hobby store. I carefully placed
him on the arm and got into
position with the camera
balanced carefully on a rocky
tripod, as my tripod would
not get me as low as I wanted
to go, only to notice my little
man was long gone. It turns
out there was a breeze on
the beach and it didn’t take
much to send a little piece of
plastic falling to the ground
and hiding in the litter of
rocks. This required a clever
solution and I just happened
to be chewing some gum at
the time, so the little man
stayed in his place thanks to a
small wad of gum. All images
were shot with a Canon 6D,
Rokinon 14mm F2.8, ISO
3200 for 30 seconds on a
tripod of beach stones.
“In astrophotography, one
always tries to focus on
infinity to get the stars as
crisp and clear as possible,
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