Swans in Portage Inlet. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 200 mm · 1/250 s · f/7 · ISO 400 Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 200 mm · 1/250 s · f/7 · ISO 400 Aw! =)
Dralion
Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion (rehearsal). Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM 146 mm · 1/100 s · f/2.8 · ISO 800 The amazing aerial hoop performer, Marie-Ève Bisson, stretches before rehearsing her act the afternoon of the first Victoria performance. Without full stage lighting, my photos of her in action didn’t really do her justice, but …
event ∙ Esquimalt Buccaneer Days
Buccaneer Days in Esquimalt. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 12 mm · 0.4 s · f/5 · ISO 100 · Variable ND filter: -5.75 stops Time of day: 9:36 pm You would not believe how many personal protein spills I had to step around to get these photos. Caught Saw one live. It wasn’t pretty. Distance-wise, …
event ∙ The Zone’s JumpShip
Sick tricks, as the kids say, from The Zone’s Dirt Jump Invitational JumpShip. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 10 mm · 1/800 s · f/8 · ISO 200 This here is Langley’s Mitch Chubey, flying between the ramps of what they call a ‘vert wall’ (I’m getting schooled up on all the lingo; when I was …
Disney Wonder Alaskan Cruise
Memories from our Alaskan cruise aboard the Disney Wonder. In September 2009, Meaghan and Matt and Nome and I decided that, yes, it would be totally worth it to scrimp and save for the next two years and book ourselves tickets aboard the inaugural Alaskan voyage of the Disney Wonder cruise ship. None of us ever having cruised before, we …
Kitara – year one
Two years of Kitara. Way too fast. Way too wonderful. Kitaraspeak between her first and second birthdays . . . Quoth Mama: Can you say ‘I love you, papa?’ Kitara: Lub. Quoth talking computer: Who’s your best friend? Kitara: Mama best friend! Quoth Kitara: (who has just sneezed) Bess you! Quoth Kitara: (taking my teacup, after she stole the last …
Victoria Day Parade 2011
My alma matter (whatever that means; I don’t speak French), Reynolds High School. Look at those lines! The perfect timing! The . . . blue and green tartans! Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 200 mm · 1/1600 s · f/2.8 · ISO 400 No, perhaps we weren’t the most fashionable school on the block but, if you …
Cory Monteith
Oh, Cory Monteith! *swoon!* Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM 110 mm · 1/250 s · f/4 · ISO 1600 Cory was in town last Friday — in the middle of four days off between finishing season filming for Glee (a shoot which apparently went ’til 5:30 am) and going on tour with the Glee cast …
portraits · Eves of Destruction · Victoria BC
The Eves of Destruction Roller Derby team. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 10 mm · 1/800 s · f/3.5 · ISO 100 Roller derby is alive and well. And, Victoria’s women’s flat track roller derby team is the Eves of Destruction. As part of their partnership with The Zone, I shoot a promo photo of them …
concert ∙ Tiësto 2011 · Victoria BC
DJ Tiësto melts faces at the SOFMC. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM 200 mm · 1/160 s · f/3.5 · ISO 1600 “First three from the pit. No flash.” Those are usually the guidelines given when shooting concerts. It’s pretty simple. I’m green in the concert photography scene, and I know this mantra by heart. …