Thank You Ellie Kennard!

Thank You Ellie Kennard!

Hi everyone!  (Alex here)  We're so grateful to the fabulous mentors who have given their time in support of this photography community!  Today I want to thank Ellie Kennard, who has done so much in support of Camera Basics: Beyond Automatic in addition to helping with other programs.  Ellie has created the "Digital Footprints" extension to CB:BA, and has worked tirelessly to advise the participants, resolve technical challenges, and arrange free software and training resources for the group.  Please enjoy Ellie's tales of a Nova Scotia winter and other wonderful photography!
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Originally shared by Ellie Kennard

I Love it. And So Does She

I know it doesn't look like a lot of fun, when you are hunched against a bitter wind that is whipping your hair (or fur) around and ice is freezing your eyelashes. But you have to admit that there is something exciting about it as well. 

I thought that the other day on this walk with Joni. I had my scarf up over my nose and my colourful wool hat pulled down to my eyebrows, held firmly in place with the hood of my winter jacket. I was dressed in layers and layers of thin wool, then ski pants on top and warm thick woolly boot socks. I was trudging along on my snowshoes on top of the thick wind-sculpted drifts, only stopping long enough to pick up Joni's throw toy and send it off into the swirling snow so she could go racing after it. She absolutely loved the game and the walk and bounded over the deep snow in what looked like pure joy. And I looked around me across the white fields that were misted with blowing snow and I felt exhilarated at the sight and the conditions. I love it. And Joni loves it too. What you see in this picture is a happy dog. Photographed by a happy person.*

*If you have your camera out in conditions like this, make sure you bring it into a cool room to acclimatise before bringing it into the warm, to avoid condensation in the camera innards.

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