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thatarianagiroux.bsky.social
Ari
@thatarianagiroux.bsky.social
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"dragging people down, a business model." // 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️

award winning advocate & activist, musician, artist, photographer, and coffee lover.

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As I went for a walk yesterday, the ground was literally steaming. The rapid change in temperature from snowing the day before to a few degrees above celsius created a really neat effect. it was hard to capture, but this one turned out.

#streetphoto #disabledphotographer #photography
A black and white photo of a foggy day. The middle of the frame is filled with a number of cars in a parking lot. To the left of middle is a portion of a bank building. In the background are increasing layers of fog, differentiated by the layers of the parking lot.
March 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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I've been really sick for almost a week now, picked up some non-covid respiratory virus. So I haven't been able to put any energy into my photography.

Here's one of my favorite candid photos I've ever taken.

#streetphotography #photography #disabledphotographer
A person wearing a toque and a long dress casually considering a modern art piece. the photo is taken with a sepia tone.
March 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Just out here deadly as fuck, stuntin on em

Who up dying they cunt
A woman wearing a black jacket and black and white striped scarf smiles at the camera.
March 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Another #StreetPhoto from the other day in the mall. I'm still not confident in my compositional skills with street, but I still think there is a lovely character to this photo.

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM on EOS Rebel T3, f/2.8 @ 1/800 on ISO 800

#photography #disabledphotographer
a photo taken from the concourse of a local shopping mall. an older woman wearing a very warm and fuzzy hat is walking with her daughter or grandchild, while using hiking tools to stay stable. behind her, walking out of the frame, is another older woman striding confidently to her next purchase.
February 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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It's not literally dangerous to go outside because of the frigid temperature, so I went to the library and back. Snapped this photo in the mall. Trying to learn street photography kinda requires you be able to leave your house :/

#streetphoto #streetphotography #disabledphotographer
A man wearing a blue parka, blue jeans, and a blue toque walks past the camera at a brisk pace.
February 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Its still intensely cold outside, so instead im posting one of my favorite photos of my cat Spoopy!

#petphotography #catphotography #catphoto #cat #photography
a black and white cat with long fur is standing along the "horizon" line, which is being created by vibrant blades of glass. the cat stands in front of a brown fence, which obscures a blue tent behind it
February 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Cities in Saskatchewan have regularly scored as some of the coldest places on the planet. Because of this, I'm posting a photo I took while camping during the summer.

Canon EOS REBEL T5i EF50mm ƒ1.8 STM, 1/4000 @ ƒ4, ISO 100

#naturephoto #photography #disabledphotographer #photo
A simple scene where a deep blue sky rises to meet the golden horizon of wheat and other grains, which is somewhat obscured by overgrown grains, close to the camera. From just below the horizon and just behind the overgrown grains rises a long dead tree. The dead tree stands tall as a testament to it's story.
February 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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"Player at Piano"

Made with Canon EOS Rebel T5i and Canon EF-S 55-250m. 1/100 @ f5.6 on ISO 1600

#streetphotography #eventphotography #musicphotography #disabledphotographer
A brightly lit lamp illuminates sheet music and a stuffed cat resting on the headboard of a piano. The outline of the player is silhouetted by the light.
February 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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"Light on Suitcase"

Made with Canon EOS Rebel T3, and Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM. f/2.8 @ 1/800 on ISO 800

#streetphoto #disabledphotographer #photography
A light bloom on the edge of a textured suitcase
February 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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"Light Study"

Made with Canon PowerShot SX40 HS, 28mm equiv. f/2.8 @ 1/60 on ISO 1600.

#streetphoto #disabledphotographer #photography
A photo of a rainbow light ray on a stucco wall.
February 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Making a photo a day keeps the artistic obsession at bay

EOS Rebel T5i, EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM, f/9.0 @ 1/800 on ISO 800. Edited in darktable

#streetphotography #winterphotography #naturephotography #disabledphotographer
A close up shot of some pine cones
February 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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"See No Evil, Hear No Evil"

Canon EOS Rebel T5i, EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM, f/2.8 @ 1/250 on ISO 800 - Edited in Darktable

#streetphotography #photography #artphotography #canadianphotography #disabledphotographer
Two wooden carvings of gnomes are sat beside each other, enshrouded by darkness. The gnome on the left is covering his ears, and the gnome on the right is covering his eyes.
February 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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I've been in far too much pain and it's been far too cold out to go make photos, so instead I'm working on portrait skills with my cats. This time featuring my cat Sir Reginald Spooperton the Third, Esquire.

#catphotography #petphotography #petphoto #disabledphotographer
A black and white photo of a longhaired rag-doll cat. He is backlit by a bright window, which has created a stark contrast between his black fur and the bright light. A lens flare helps illuminate his face.
February 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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hot new cat photo just dropped, loving this new lens (this time with alt text)

#petphotography #catphotography #photography #disabledphotography
A black and white photo of a siamese/blue pointer cat with very long fur. he is sat on top of a black cloth of some kind, and back lit by a very bright light coming in through some curtains.
February 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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when you only have one mic for a conversation with multiple people
A screenshot of a number of audio plugins. the plugins cut away most of the detail, and absolutely fucking slams the recording into a compressor
February 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Here's a photo that I originally passed by in my selection because there wasn't really anything going on in the photo. but after taking it through "the darkroom", I think its kinda neat the way the light streaks interact.

#streetphoto #nightphoto #queerphotographer #disabledartist
A winter night-time scene of a downtown vista, from about chest-height. In the centre of the frame vertically are a number of light streaks that interact, coming from the lights of a building and the headlights of a car.
January 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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"Attack of the Gnomes"

#streetphotography #photography
a photo of a number of small gnomes arranged on a shelf.
January 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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"Toilet privacy in cells now"

#streetphoto #streetphotography #politicalphotography #winterphotography
A simple winter sidewalk scene in black and white. The scene is split into thirds vertically. In the left most third, an electrical box with modern art painted on the side stands prominently. There is a sticker pasted onto the electrical box that reads "toilet privacy in cells now". The centre third is left mostly empty, with a woman in the distance. The righthand frame is filled by a dark wall with specks of snow standing out against it.
January 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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I have a bit of an obsession with holiday lights in ordinary places after holiday season. It's just fun to try to capture the haze around lights that you get on a -50ºC nighttime walk.

#streetphotography #streetphoto #nightphotography #winterphotography
A light post is wrapped in colorful holiday lights, and stands to illuminate two public benches. There is a light haze around the lights caused by the frozen water in the air.
January 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Two of my favourite photos from the fundraiser for Carmichael Outreach in #YQR! The lighting conditions were shit, and somehow I managed to do the artists justice despite it!

#eventphotography #photography #musicphotography
A man with a greying beard plays the guitar and harmonica. The photos is framed at a significant dutch angle to ensure the entire length of the guitar is in the frame. The man is out of focus, and the focus draws our eyes to his fingers as he plays. A man and a woman are seen playing guitar. They are side lit by a combination of orange halogen lighting and neon purple.
January 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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I don't know how I feel about there needing to be security in the entrance to the public library, but I am glad I was able to make this photo out of it.

#streetphotography #streetphoto #photography
A photo of a security officer waiting within the entrance to a public library. The frame is divided in half vertically by the doors to the building. The security guard is sat in the very bottom left of the frame, made small by the size of the entryway. He sits in front of a vibrant green wall. The bold and industrial lines of security doors creates a number of leading lines
January 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Saskatchewan can be fucking gorgeous at night. There is this really neat transition from golden hour to sundown lighting where the light takes on this beautiful purple/orange hue. Utter magic.

#streetphotography #winterphotography #canadianphotography #photography
An evening scene on the streets during the winter. The scene is divided vertically in two by a post. On the lefthand side of this division can be seen a man walking into a store, directly underneath a "one way traffic and pedestrian traffic" sign. On the right side of the division is another man, travelling in the same direction as the first, into a different shop. The men travelling in the same direction would seem to be humans mirroring naturally the rule of the road, interpreting literally the pedestrian crossing and one way traffic sign as directive for pedestrians.
January 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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I got invited to go make some photos of a public drum circle last night by a new friend, Elye Brooks (pictured) - a 14y/o dancer, singer, drummer, and all round wonderful man. It was good to get some of the good medicine.

The kids are alright, eh?

#eventphotography #photography #reconciliation
Elye Brooks, traditional dancer from the Peepeekisis Cree First Nation, leading grand entry at a public drum circle to honour the young ones.
January 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Gotta be my baby boy Spoopers.
January 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Apparently the kids didn't get the notice. I'm glad I didn't find any tickets, because the cops around here are real bastards.

#streetphotography #photography #winterphotography #nightphotography
A small sled with a three skis, where the front ski can be steered, is sat on top of a snow drift that has partially buried a "No Parking, ANYTIME" sign.
January 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM