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Image Capture Ideas and Options

Updated: Jun 27, 2024

There are lots of photo shoot field trip options in Winnipeg and throughout southern Manitoba (and some of them apply to - just about anywhere on this planet). Below I have shared some ideas and related images from past outings of mine. The headings and samples are in an approximate annual/seasonal chronological order - from the start of January and onwards. At the end of this post is a listing of more ideas and options.


Post (significant) Snowfall: various - including Kildonan Park, and MANY places - when it happens

(Kildonan Park, Winnipeg)


Hoarfrost (and/vs. Rime Ice): various - including Kildonan Park, and MANY places - when it happens. (Link: Hoarfrost vs. Rime Ice: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/hoarfrost-rime-ice-difference-1.5456557)

(Cathedral Avenue, Winnipeg)


Portraits


The Leaf (at Assiniboine Park): Winnipeg (Note: including macro photography - flowers, plants, butterflies) (Link: https://www.assiniboinepark.ca/leaf/lifegrows)


Festival du Voyageur: Fort Gibraltar, Winnipeg (Festival Link: https://heho.ca/)




Legislative Buildings: various - including Manitoba Legislature, Winnipeg


Canadian Museum of Human Rights (CMHR): Winnipeg


Waterfalls, Water Wheels and Mills (using variety of shutter speeds - slow and fast to capture water): Grant's Mill, Winnipeg, and others

(Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park, Oliver Paipoonge, ON)


(Comeau Park Zoo, St. Paul, MN)


Sunrise/Sunsets

(Kempenfelt Bay, Barrie, ON)


Exchange/Theatre District: Winnipeg

(Indoors - which was formerly outdoors, Red River College, Princess Street Campus, Winnipeg)


(Red River College, Princess Street Campus, Winnipeg)


The Forks/Riel Esplanade/St. Boniface Cathedral: Winnipeg


Fort Whyte - Bison (daytime - warmer months?): Winnipeg

Lake Audy Bison Enclosure, Riding Mountain National Park - Lake Audy, MB


Wildlife

(water retention pond in Castlebury Meadows subdivision, Winnipeg)


Trains - tracks, bridges, trains and other: various

(Saskatchewan Avenue, Winnipeg)


Skateboarding/Skateboard Parks: The Forks, Winnipeg, and other

(The Plaza at The Forks Skateboard Park, Winnipeg)


Amusement park rides at night (i.e. using tripod - slow shutter speeds): Red River Exhibition Grounds, Winnipeg. (Link - Red River Ex: https://www.redriverex.com/events/red-river-ex/)

(Red River Exhibition, Winnipeg, MB)


Fireworks

(Niagara Falls, ON)


Wind Turbines: Letellier, Manitoba, and other


Canola Fields (and Flax and other): various

(St. Norbert, MB)


(Hwy. 1 [Trans Canada Highway], near Landmark, MB)



Sunflower fields: various

(Hwy. 75, near Letellier, MB)


Autumn (changing of the leaves)

(Sturgeon Creek Greenway Trail, Winnipeg)


City Skylines

(Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Riel Esplanade and Winnipeg skyline)


Grain Elevators: various

(Brunkild, MB)




Festive Lights - Christmas, Diwali, light displays and exhibitions, other


Other possibilities include (alphabetically):


ANY SEASON:

  • Astrophotography: (good locations include: your backyard, Oak Hammock Marsh, Red River Floodway - at Gunn Rd.

  • Bokeh (Link - What is Bokeh?: "The visual quality of the out-of-focus areas of a photographic image, especially as rendered by a particular lens." Link: https://photographylife.com/what-is-bokeh)

  • Bowling

  • Northern Lights/Aurora Borealis (geo-magnetic storms): ((good locations include: Oak Hammock Marsh, Red River Floodway - at Gunn Rd., other = ?)

  • Performances (i.e. musical concerts, other)

  • Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada: Richardson International Airport, Winnipeg

  • Sports

  • Timothy Easton statue (in upper front lobby/Skywalk - Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg)

  • Wildlife (birds/fowl, bison, pets, the Assiniboine Park Zoo, other)


WARMER MONTHS:

  • Barns

  • Bridges

  • Cemeteries

  • Churches

  • Fire

  • Flowers/Horticulture (Assiniboine Park: English Garden, Nature Playground, other)

  • Fog

  • Fort Whyte, Winnipeg

  • (Round) Haybales in fields

  • Leo Mol Sculpture Garden - Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg

  • Murals - throughout Winnipeg (Link: http://themuralsofwinnipeg.com/), and elsewhere

  • Oak Hammock Marsh

  • Pinawa Dam and Seven Sisters Falls

  • Pumpkin carving at Halloween

  • Red River Floodway (when in use to control spring flooding)

  • Steinbach Mennonite Heritage Village (Steinbach, MB)

  • Steeprock, MB

  • Sunrise/sunset at the cottage (over water?)

  • Travel photography (roads, roadside scenery, other)


WINTER MONTHS:

  • Skating Trail, The Forks, Winnipeg, MB



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