My Hike to the Silver Islet Sea Lion in the Spring 2020

I've had the "Sea Lion in Winter" on my shot list for a while.  Having a free afternoon I took the opportunity to drive out to the Sleeping Giant Provincial Park and go for a short hike to one of the region's famous natural landmarks.

Music:
Inkling - SlenderBeats
III - Foster the People
All Will Be Okay - Tourist Bureau

Hiked to the top of The Sleeping Giant and it was Amazing! Landscape Photography Day Hike

I promised my cousin that next time she came to visit that we would hike the Sleeping Giant. As we got closer to the day I started looking into the trail maps as I haven't done this hike in a very very long time. I was shocked to see it was going to be 22 Kms!

We weren't biking in either. I was a wee bit apprehensive when the top of the trail was designated 'extreme'. What was I getting us into? We planned out which day to go based on the forecasts, packed some supplies and my camera gear and set off. This was an amazing experience and I would recommend this particular day hike to anyone who is in reasonable health. Most of the hike is pleasant and mostly even terrain.

The new trail the park has built to divert away from the boulder path is superb. The top part of the trail is a bit taxing as it's where you actually start trekking to the top. But don't worry - If I can do it - so can you! And it's so worth it!









Gear Used: Nikon D3100 Action Cam (gopro type camera) Samsung S8+ Cyberlink Power Director Video Editing Software Cyberlink Photo Director Picture Editing Software Special Thank You to Ontario Provincial Parks. We are lucky in Ontario to have stewards that maintain these special pieces of land. https://www.ontarioparks.com/park/sle...

Landscape Photography is Hard

What a challenge.  Getting up first thing in the morning to pack your gear and head out somewhere to get a shot of a sunrise.  All week I've been unlucky.  Even this morning - I was up early to go shoot a sunrise and what again was supposed to be 'expressive' was instead cloudy and moody.  Moody is good too, don't get me wrong.  I'm just bummed out that I've been trying all week to get a sunrise pic and figure out some ISO settings that have been plaguing me.

I made a video regardless after making the effort to go shoot something.  I bought some new video and photo editing software and my mission was two fold - sunrise and b roll footage.  I got a little from column B.  Tell me what you think below!

A Return to Silver Islet

The autumn leaves last only a short while in the Thunder Bay area.  I was very concerned I was going to miss my window to shoot some fall colours.   Thankfuly this Thanskgiving Weekend I was fortunate to assist my good friend in closing up his camp for the winter.  Not a huge undertaking so there was plenty of time for a quick walk about and photo snapping.