Calvin Binnema
jcbinnema.bsky.social
Calvin Binnema
@jcbinnema.bsky.social
YEG; cycling; grandpa; abstract/minimal photography (sometimes birds & landscapes too); gardening; travel; retired
Recently, award winning photographer
#ArtAdventCalendar day 17
An experimental image - I have my reasons for liking it, but it might not grab you. That's OK.
#artistsofbluesky #photography #urbanphotography
December 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 16

In May I was fortunate to witness this exchange between an adult American Coot and its young.

#birdphotography #birds #waterfowl
December 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 15
Taken in a downtown alley in Edmonton. The building on the left is about a block farther away than the one on the right.

#photography #BlueskyArtists #abstractphotography
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 14
A somewhat spooky image of pumpkins reflected in a dirty glass tabletop on my deck. I added my hand print before taking the picture. I softened the image thus giving it a more painterly look.
December 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
December 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 12. A shot taken from Rice Howard Way in Edmonton, Alberta.
#architecture #photography #yegdt #colours
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Day 11 of #ArtAdventCalendar. A rainbow created in the mist of Niagara Falls while gulls fly across it.
#birds #rainbow #NiagaraFalls
December 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 10. A common grackle sits in the reeds at Telford Lake, Alberta.
December 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I call this one The Dancer. It was taken in a auto salvage yard a couple of months ago. I loved how the perfectly placed scratch interacted with the immovable rusty plates screwed into the back of the vehicle.
#ArtAdventCalendar day 9 (day 2 for me)
December 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I've been slow to start on this #ArtAdventCalendar. I thought I'd start with this one. My photography is mostly focused on the formal aspects of a subject: shapes, lines, textures, colours or tonal variations. This one recently won an award in an Architectural Photography competition. Link below.
December 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I caught a fish! No, a pied-billed grebe caught a minnow and I caught it catching it. Well, OK, I got a before and after of a successful dive by a pied-billed grebe.
#grebe #birdphotography #fishing
July 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I was lucky to get such a good view of a common grackle at Telford Lake about a month ago.
#telfordlake #commongrackle #birdphotography
June 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
One rack crammed against the wall of a store and a nearly empty car parking lot
May 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
One from each day in Paris. Doesn’t do it justice, I know but I keep forgetting to post. Home on Sunday just in time to vote.
April 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Arrived in Paris.
April 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Happy Easter. Frolijke paasdag. Today a walk in sunny Haarlem and a visit to sunny Utrecht. Tallest church tower in the Netherlands. Canals with cafes below street level.
April 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Things I’ve done in the past 2 weeks: stood in the room where I was born, seen big churches, looked at lots of art, visited old windmills, rode bikes, ate apple pie with whipped cream, rode a fabulous public transit system, spoke some Dutch though it wasn’t necessary, and more…
April 20, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I have 3 images in the InFocus Photo exhibit at the Wild Skies Gallery in the Renaissance Hotel by the YEG international airport until Apr24. If you find yourself there, it’s located at the end of the pedway to your right when facing checkin terminals. #yegphotography #abstractart
March 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM