Recently I had the opportunity to attend a private 'photographers only' event at the Calgary Public Library. This was thanks to the Canon Creator Lab & Socality. This beautiful space is an absolute joy to photograph. In 2018 I had the same opportunity to create several architectural images, but this Sunday morning I was going to focus on abstract images.

I started the morning using a Lensbaby Sol45 lens on my camera.

Looking through the Veil

But it is the ceiling of the building that I love to capture.

A view looking west out the window Daydreaming

A few days ago as I was driving by my favorite camera store, an idea that I had been thinking about for the past year actually came to fruition.

If you haven't figured out by now that I am a sucker for colour, I'll just say it is absolutely true. Different brands of cameras have the ability to take images in different colour spaces also known as changing the white balance. Fuji makes a camera that has very different white balance abilities than my Canon and a used Fuji followed me home. That meant that I had to return to the library to see if the "sales pitch" of how different it would be from my Canon was true. I started with views out the window.

And then started to look up the walls towards the ceiling

And then came this----Which is the same light fixture as the image above that is oranges and yellows.

All of the above images are straight out of camera with minimal editing. I guess the "sales pitch" is true.

However, I needed to see some rusty orange.

Between Two Worlds

Someone in this house is wondering which camera is going to fit in my camera bag when we are traveling. I'm sure that I can make both fit.

If you are wondering what the Library actually looks like -

If anyone happens to be near NYC in May, please visit this gallery for another amazing exhibition. The website is now live.