Photography is the documentation of life, once that shutter has clicked, the moment has passed and history is made. Some may be familiar with project 365, a simple concept, take a photograph everyday for 365 days. This blog is an extension of the project; the goal is to keep photographing every day, who knows how long? It is an excellent archive to look back on, see how things change. Change can be subtle, such as different coloured flowers being planted each year to a changing landscape with buildings being demolished and new ones built. This blog archives life’s diversity and my encounters.

Sunday, March 30, 2014

2014 Week 13 Photos

2014 Week 13 Photos 
By Corey Lablans Photography
(43rd Week Photographing Daily - 301 Photos)

2014 03 24 – Numerous students in the faculty of geological sciences and engineering gather in the undergraduate lounge for free pizza before the 2014-2015 Miller Club executive elections.  Next year’s executives are: President Eric Jaczkowski , Treasurer Olivia Park, VP ArtSci Jessica Andrew and VP ENG Frank Hung.
(Nikon D7000 w 28 f2.8 manual @28mm f4 1/60th I.S.O. 4000) 

2014 03 25 – Students wait in the Tim Hortons line at the John Deutsch University Centre; the newest of the three on campus, which opened in the summer of 2012. Today I won a drink on RRRoll Up The Rim To Win.
(Nikon D7000 w 28 f2.8 manual @28mm f4 1/200th I.S.O. 4000) 

2014 03 26 – A Queen’s University student walks alongside Bader Lane with Stirling Hall, Victoria Hall and the Grey House (Left to Right) in the background as the sun sets on this beautiful clear day. This might be the last day we see daytime temperatures below zero?
(Nikon D7000 w 28 f2.8 manual @28mm f8 1/30th I.S.O. 100) 

2014 03 27 – Queen’s TV Executive Producer Travis Rhee films the Orientation 2013 Flag Unveiling Ceremony in the John Deutsch University Centre. Nick Francis, Robert Thomson and Ali Zahid creatively thought up this new tradition where by students and leaders sign a flag that will hang in the JDUC.
(Nikon D7000 w 28 f2.8 manual f4 1/80th I.S.O. 800)   

2014 03 28 – A student heads to class while carrying a Queen’s Tricolour umbrella on this mild day. In 1884 the Alma Mater Society president, along with the captains of both soccer and football chose the gold, blue and red to be the school’s colours.
(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f4 1/800th I.S.O. 800) 

2014 03 29 – Shayne Godin of Buffalo Tree (guitar/vocals) performs at the Earth Hour - Kingston Unplugged concert at Springer Market Square. The other band members are Van Sheen (lead guitar), Matt Hewson (bass) and Dylan Carquez (drums). For more information on the bad check out their website: http://buffalotree.ca/
(Nikon D7000 w 70-200 f2.8 @70mm f3.2 1/125th I.S.O. 4000)

2014 03 30 – This beautiful euxenite crystal was collected from the Beryl Pit in Quadeville, Ontario this past summer. With a chemical formula (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6, euxenite is used for its rare earth elements.  (1.5cm x 2cm x 4cm)
(Nikon D7000 w 55 Macro f2.8 @55mm f5.6 1/60th I.S.O. 100)
THANK YOU
Corey Lablans
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

2014 Week 12 Photos

2014 Week 12 Photos
By Corey Lablans Photography
(42nd Week of Daily Photos)

ENJOY!!

2014 03 17 – The Miller (Geology) Club of Queen’s University cooks Green pancakes Saint Patrick’s Day morning, along with bacon and sausages. 
(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.8 1/160th I.S.O. 2000) 

2014 03 18 – A row of cumulus clouds line the sky above Queen’s campus.  These clouds look like cotton balls, the word comes from Cumulo meaning “heap” or “pile” in Latin.
(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f11 1/125th I.S.O. 100) 

2014 03 19 – A Starbucks coffee cup is held up by ice at its base as snow must of melted away from it. Warmer temperatures throughout the day led to it falling over.
(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.8 1/3200th I.S.O. 400)   

2014 03 20 – Garlic fingers with cheese from Godfatha’s 2 for 1 Pizza on Division Street, they taste amazing. The Godfatha’s located in the Bayridge Plaza became a Gino’s Pizza this summer.
(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.2 1/400th I.S.O. 200) 

2014 03 21 – The professor and students in GEOL333, Terrain Evaluation, examine air photos in preparation for next week’s lab exam. In the course we examine geological features through air photos and G.I.S.
(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f4 1/50th I.S.O. 2000)

2014 03 22 – Peeled tiger shrimp await cooking. They are an invasive species in the Gulf of Mexico.   
(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @ 50mm f4 1/500th I.S.O. 800)

2014 03 23 – Rosy lays pathetically on the chair in the kitchen, looking like the world is filled with so many woes.
(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2 1/80th I.S.O. 800) 
THANK YOU
Corey Lablans (1-613-217-4535) dailyphotos@coreylablans.com

2014 Week 11 Photos

2014 Week 11 Photos
By Corey Lablans Photography
(41st Week Photographing Daily) 

This week was a pretty wintery week, like most of the week’s this winter. With the second semester coming to an end many things are wrapping up, such as studying for final lab exams and switching over roles in clubs and jobs. Here are photos from this past week.

2014 03 10 – Queen’s geological sciences and engineering students examine air photos of a landslide area. GEOL/GEOE 333, Terrain Evaluation, examines terrain characteristic through air photo interpretation and geographical information systems (GIS). This is the first year GIS is incorporated into this course.
(Nikon D7000 w 28 f2.8 @28mm f2.8 1/320th I.S.O. 4000) 

2014 03 11 – Jeremy, the 2013-14 President of the Queen’s Climbing Club makes a speech to members during elections for the incoming executive at the Brew Pub.
(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f1.8 1/40th I.S.O. 2000) 

2014 03 12 – Students make their way along a pathway beside Miller Hall at Queen’s University during a blizzard. When the winds picked up it was sometimes impossible to see people walking 100 feet in front of you.
(Nikon D300 w 70-200 f2.8 @105 f2.8 1/1600th I.S.O. 400) 

2014 03 13 – The railing along a stairwell in the Bioscience Complex at Queen’s University casts a unique shadow on the ground. The main class that this stairwell leads to seats 450 students.
(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f4 1/1250th I.S.O. 125)

2014 03 14 – Winds coming from the south and a frozen Cataraqui Bay made for a perfect surface for snow to blow across, creating white out conditions along Front Road. A car drives westbound, as another car disappears heading east.
(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f7.1 1/400th I.S.O. 125) 

2014 03 15 – A cricket sits on top of an egg carton inside a freshly cleaned container. These crickets are for my leopard gecko, Lizzy. There are many folklores and myths associated with crickets; one such myth is that they can predict rain.
(Nikon D7000 w 55 f2.8 @55mm f4 1/30th I.S.O. 4000) 

2014 03 16 – A few people stand beside an ice yacht on Lake Ontario with Cedar Island in the background. The Kingston Ice Yacht Club formed in 1895.
(Nikon D7000 w 70-200 f2.8 @200mm f5.6 1/1250th I.S.O. 100) 
THANK YOU
Corey Lablans (1-613-217-4535) dailyphotos@coreylablans.com

Saturday, March 15, 2014

2014 Week 10 Photos

2014 Week 10 Photos
By Corey Lablans Photography
(40th Week Photographing) 

The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Conference in Toronto was the most exciting thing this week. It was fun, enjoyed the student luncheon and talked to various geologists with the Ontario Geological Survey. The remaining photos this week were nothing special, whatever I came across.
Sometimes the most exciting photos are unplanned such as the snowy owl. I hadn’t taken a photo for the day, so I wanted to go for a walk. Driving over the Lemoine Point Conservation Area the snowy was flying in the field. You never know what you’ll come across.

2014 03 03 – Ice and snow cover most of the river at Collins Bay as cold temperatures persist. Many of the news stations are saying this is the coldest winter in over two decades.
(Nikon D7000 w 70-200 f2.8 @95 f4 1/800th I.S.O. 100) 

2014 03 04 – Various members of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) make their way up and down levels at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The annual conference attracts thousands of people from all over the world.  
(Panasonic G1 w 14-45 3.5-5.6 @14mm f3.5 1/200th I.S.O. 1600) 

2014 03 05 – One of the shelves displaying minerals mostly collected last summer while working in Bancroft. The three upfront minerals are: Euxenite (Beryl Pit), Feldspar (Bear Lake Diggings) and Apatite (Schickler Fluorite).
(Nikon D300 w 17-35 f2.8 @17mm f6.3 1/50th I.S.O. 200)

2014 03 06 – Cold temperatures persists in Kingston, as ice is seen frozen to muffler of a car in the morning. Temperatures were around -20 degrees Celsius.
(Nikon D7000 w 55 macro f2.8 @55mm f4 1/3200th I.S.O. 200)

2014 03 07 – A peddle and a bit of a bike chain is seen through snow behind the John Deutsch University Centre at Queen’s University.
(Nikon D7000 w 55 macro f2.8 @55mm f2.8 1/5000th I.S.O. 400) 

214 03 08 – A cake sits on the counter that mom made for dinner to go along with our pot roast, called a “Sally’s Hot Milk Cake.” It was delicious, goes very well with ice cream.
(Nikon D7000 w 55 macro f2.8 @55mm f2.8 1/100th I.S.O. 2000) 

2014 03 09 – A snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) takes off from an evergreen at The Landings Golf Course off Bayridge Drive. The snowy owl is the official bird of Quebec.
(Nikon D7000 w 70-200 f2.8 @200mm f5 1/1250th I.S.O. 400)
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Corey Lablans Photography (1-613-217-4535) dailyphotos@coreylablans.com

Friday, March 7, 2014

2014 Week 09 Photos


2014 Week 09 Photos
By Corey Lablans Photography 
(39th Week Photographing Daily)

Nothing too special went on this past week until the end when the Kingston Climbing Competition occurred. Found some various things to photograph throughout the week. Somewhat learned how to play one of the Settlers of Catan expansion packs, definitely different. Hope you enjoy, maybe one of these weeks I’ll try a theme again.  

2014 02 24 – A student walks down the walkway in front of the Queen’s BioScience Complex off Arch Street. I have had numerous classes in BioSci from global development studies to chemistry.
(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f4 1/640th I.S.O. 200)

2014 02 25 – A RRRoll Up the Rim to Win Tim Hortons cup sits on top of a urinal at the John Deutsch University Centre. Prizes range from a Toyota Corolla to various food items.
(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f1.8 1/1000th I.S.O. 2000)

2014 02 26 – Explorers and Pirates is one of the four expansions you can play with the original Settlers of Catan. It adds harbours, crew, ships, gold, fish and spice bags. The game was invented by Klaus Teuber and was first introduced in 1995 in Germany.
(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f1.8 1/250th I.S.O. 800)

2014 02 27 – A chalk drawn forensic scene on a desk in Ellis Hall, Queen’s University. Chalk consists of millions of microscopic marine plankton (coccolithophores), composed mostly of calcite.
(Nikon D7000 w 28 f2.8 @28mm f2.8 1/500th I.S.O. 2000)

2014 02 28 – Frost clings to the car window this morning as temperatures houvered around -19 degrees Celsius (-26 with wind chill). This type of frost is known as fern frost or ice flowers.
(Nikon D7000 w 28 f2.8 @28mm f2.8 1/5000th I.S.O. 200)

2014 03 01 – A Carnaby Sweet Swiss milk chocolate hazelnut bar, a product of Switzerland. Carnaby Sweet is a new branding by Shopper Drug Mart that replaced the Life product line just before Valentines Day.
(Nikon D7000  w 55 f2.8 macro @ 55mm f4 1/50th I.S.O. 100 w SB800) 

2014 03 02 – Graham Tattersall concentrates on a hold while competing in the Boiler Room QCC Competition. Mark placed first in men’s open and Clarissy placed first in women’s. There were four categories: junior, beginner, intermediate and open.
(Nikon D7000 w 70-200 f2.8 @200mm f2.8 1/320th I.S.O. 4000)
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Corey Lablans / 1-613-217-4535 / dailyphotos@coreylablans.com

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