Fruit of the land

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Spring reflections

Spring reflections, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

Bullrushes near Fort Smith NWT, Canada

Cassette Rapids in Winter near Fort Smith

DSCF0010, originally uploaded by npallan.

Not mine... but I know where this photo was taken... next year...

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Stanley St, Montreal, Quebec

Stanley St, Montreal, Quebec, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

I used the Peel Metro Station a lot when I lived here...

Peel Metro 2

Peel Metro 2, originally uploaded by N1ghyom1.

One of my favorite metro stations!!!! Especially when I lived on Stanley Street

NYC Calling all cars: Photography still legal

FREEDOM OF PRESS
/Calling all cars: Photography still legal/
Source: National Press Photographers Association

New York City area photographers achieved a victory of sorts in March against
Metropolitan Transportation Authority police officers when the New York Civil
Liberties Union threatened a lawsuit against MTA if their officers continued to
try to stop photography on the subways, Long Island Railroad, and Metro North
trains. The threatened suit brought about a written concession from MTA's
general counsel that there is "no ban on photography," but not until after
several photographers were harassed and threatened with arrest.

Over the past couple of months there has been an increase in the number of
complaints from photographers, both press and civilian, alleging that police -
mostly MTA officers - were threatening to arrest them for taking pictures in
public places, telling photographers that "photography is illegal."

The NYCLU wrote to MTA following the string of complaints, to which MTA
responded by requesting that "any photo activities get their 'prior
approval.' "
NPPA Region 2 associate director Todd Maisel, who is also vice president of the
New York Press Photographers Association and a staff photographer at the New
York Daily News, responded to MTA officials by saying that he "would never seek
their approval to take photographs in a public place."

... Catherine Rinaldi, general counsel and deputy executive director for MTA,
conceded in a March letter to photographers that there is "no ban on
photography
in the Long Island Railroad or the Metro North Transit system." The concession
came after NYCLU attorneys wrote to MTA demanding that they explain why MTA
officers were threatening photographers with arrest for taking pictures in
public areas of the transit system.

Source: National Press Photographers Association
<http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2006/04/mta01.html>

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Muffaloose Button

Muffaloose Button, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

Pictures of the Wood Buffalo Frolics of 2006

Cutting Loose with the Muffaloose !

Wood Buffalo Frolics 2006
http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/72057594084294773/

View as slideshow
http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/72057594084294773/show/

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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." (Gandhi)
"We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are." (Max Depree)
"Try? There is not try. There is only do or not do." (Yoda)
"Life is fatal, but not serious" (Oscar Wilde)

High School kids on the land...

DSC00448, originally uploaded by Claude Doucette.

The Fort Smith PWK High School kids have some classes out on the land every year to learn the tradional ways of Canada's Boreal forest...

See more of their pictures at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70908966@N00/sets/72057594069356424/

Review of George Lessard's Bolivian Slide Show

I was asked to present my images of Bolivian at the Northern Life
Museum here in Fort Smith, This is a copy of the review of the show
that appeared in the Slave River Journal http://srj.ca , our local
newspaper.

A PSF of the story is available but it is also available th his URL (as a JPG)

Available online as a JPG file at
http://static.flickr.com/39/107240702_88bf00a470_o.jpg

or via

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/107240702/"
title="Photo Sharing"><img
src="http://static.flickr.com/39/107240702_88bf00a470_o.jpg"
width="1148" height="2200" alt="Review of George Lessard's Bolivian
Slide Show" /></a>

More of George's images of Bolivia are available at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/1072623/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/1510357/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/1510957/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/1456797/

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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." (Gandhi)
"We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are." (Max Depree)
"Try? There is not try. There is only do or not do." (Yoda)
"Life is fatal, but not serious" (Oscar Wilde)

Emergency for Professional and Creative Photographers

[Don't make the mistake of thinking that this will effect only US photogs... because it could happen to anyone's photographs someone finds in the US... including yours.]

Emergency for Professional and Creative Photographers

Folks, we have a very serious situation on our hands. Congress is right now rushing into law a bill to legalize the theft of YOUR original photographic work.

It's called the "Orphan Works" amendment to the copyright act. What it basically says is that if anybody comes across your professional or creative photography, any time, anywhere, and then attempts to locate the creator (you) but can't, then they can just take it. Take it and use it however they want to.

You forfeit your right to control your own work. This would be true even of photographs with registered copyright.... more below....

http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2006/02/emergency-for-professional-and.html

http://www.asmp.org/news/spec2006/orphan_faxcall.php

Image for a poster

Image for a poster, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

Poster for the 2004 "The Artists of the South Slave Society" festival

Pixel Counting Joins Film in Obsolete Bin

Pixel Counting Joins Film in Obsolete Bin

[excerpt]

With the collapse of the film camera market and the end of the
megapixel race, there are big changes in the photographic air.

First, there's the astonishing collapse of the film camera market. By
some tallies, 92 percent of all cameras sold are now digital.
Big-name camera companies are either exiting the film business (
Kodak, Nikon) or exiting the camera business altogether (Konica
Minolta). Film photography is rapidly becoming a special-interest
niche.

Next, there's the end of the megapixel race. "In compact cameras, I
think that the megapixel race is pretty much over," says Chuck
Westfall, director of media for Canon's camera marketing group.
"Seven- and eight-megapixel cameras seem to be more than adequate. We
can easily go up to a 13-by-19 print and see very, very clear detail."

That's a shocker. After 10 years of hearing how they need more, more,
more megapixels, are consumers really expected to believe that eight
megapixels will be the end of the line?

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/02/technology/circuits/02pogue.html?th&emc=th

Temple of the Sun ...

Temple of the Sun ..., originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

... with images of my trip from La Paz to Lake Titicaca

George's Bolivian Pictures

All my Bolivian Pictures

http://georgeinbolivia.notlong.com

or

http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/1072623/

La Paz Municipal Zoo Pictures

http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/1383286/

Wayna Tambo Community Centre, Radio Station and Music Producer

http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/1404505/

Radio ERBOL, a nation wide coop radio network

http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/1404386/

Radio Illimani

http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/1386400/

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"We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are." (Max Depree)
"Try? There is not try. There is only do or not do." (Yoda)
"Life is fatal, but not serious"  (Oscar Wilde)

CITIZEN JOURNALISM - Flickr, Buzznet expand citizens' role in visual journalism

CITIZEN JOURNALISM - Flickr, Buzznet expand citizens' role in visual journalism

Imagine if you were a photo editor at a major publication, and you
could view and search through every digital photo on every computer in
the world to put together a feature. Or if something spectacular
happened, and you could search photo tags to see what everyone at the
scene was seeing. This dream of a global photo album, compiled in real
time by amateur and professional shooters, hasn't quite materialized,
but photo-sharing services such as Flickr and Buzznet are giving us
glimpses into that future. New York Times Magazine columnist Rob
Walker is using Flickr to compile nationwide views of the various
Martin Luther King boulevards, while Boston Globe technology editor
D.C. Denison used Flickr photos to illustrate a story in the paper.
About 15 newspaper sites have created special Buzznet sites to
showcase citizen photos of current events or hyper-local happenings.
And the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle's Spotted citizen-photography section
even has an army of 20 interns who cover parades and high school
football. These are baby steps toward what might become a revolution
in visual journalism -- broadening the variety of images we see on
news sites and in print publications to include more than just
traditional photojournalism. With these photo-sharing communities
comes an inner view of the lives of the people in our neighborhoods --
and a way to connect folks who like snapping photos at celebrations,
who are fanatic about species of birds, or who can capture the mood on
the streets.

Source: Mark Glaser, Online Journalism Review

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/051115glaser/

Link: Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/

Link: Buzznet

http://www.buzznet.com/

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A evening panorama of La Paz...

A evening panorama of La Paz..., originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

... from my hotel window... but you have to be quick... because the mountains are so high... the sun disappears in a twinkle... no long sunsets here.... but then the sight of all the lights at night are great too... I will try to get some night shots if I can..

From my hotel window

From my hotel window, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

Not a perfect shot... the windows are a little dirty.. there is some reflection... but as this is what I saw the first time I looked out my windows... I thought that I should show you the view...

George's First images of La Paz, Bolivia

Well I arrived.. after a long day waiting for the plane to La Paz at the airport in Lima...in one piece and with all my baggage... Did not sleep much on the plane from Toronto to Lima.. so I spent most of Saturday trying not to fall asleep in the airport's food court (complete with McDonald's and an American donut chain)... Around 12:30Pm a couple of young lady students asked me if they could impose upon me to practice their English... Having been used to this in Beijing, I said sure.. and then had an enjoyable afternoon talking with them... It sure helped keep me awake....

The airport and customs in La Paz were no problem at all... and the folks from CESO Bolivia did find me right away as I left customs..

But what a drive to the hotel!

The road is quite wide.. four full size lanes... but the angle of descent... and I do mean  to use "angle of descent" to imply one must certainly have excellent breaks... because it would make an "expert level" ski slope if it has snow on it... Wow... I wish I could have take some pictures....! ! ! !

As you will see from the pictures from my hotel windows... I am on the 9th floor of an excellent apartment hotel within walking distance of downtown La Paz....

It is obvious that as Montreal's traffic must deal with the bridges... so to La Paz must deal with the mountains... it is surrounded by and part of the mountains... and they are mountains... not hills.. with cliffs and all... then add to that that the Bolivian driver drives as badly as the Indian driver (minus the cows)... one's drives are very interesting..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/1072623/

I will try and walk around and take some more images today.... as so far I am not suffering at all from the altitude... but I shall take at easy... the temperature is quite nice... like a nice cool sunny fall day in southern Canada...

I had a little bit of problem connecting to the internet.... but a reset of the router in the room seems to have taken care of the problem and the connection is quite fast... so uploading pictures should be no problem...

George..
In La Paz Bolivia

My musher friend's dogs...

IMG_0004myleaders, originally uploaded by kathynorthof60.

My friend Kathy has started posting her pictures of her dog team... take alook...