Highlights from the Victoria Electronic Music Festival. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 11 mm · 1/13 s · f/4.5 · ISO 3200 Strobist: Sigma EF 500 DG Super, 1/16 power, on-camera Angie spins fabric fire as night one draws to a close. We now begin, on the gallery, a trip back in time to a crazy …
SPLASH!
Ah, the wonderful joys of summer when you’re two. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 10 mm · 1/200 s · f/16 · ISO 400 Strobist: Sigma EF 500 DG Super, 1/8 power, on-camera =)
wedding · Janai + Marcello · Malahat, BC
Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 83 mm · 1/250 s · f/3.5 · ISO 400 One of those moments when the world gets quieter and everything seems to gear down to slow motion, all focusing on the kiss. Of course, there I am in the background, all *clickclickclick*, but hey . . . Canon EOS 550D (T2i) …
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 …
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. …
Pacific Forestry Centre
The Pacific Forestry Centre on a day of Side Sun And Awesome Clouds™. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 10 mm · 1/1250 s · f/3.5 · ISO 100 The day of the pillow fight, was a weird one, weather-wise. From bright sun to torrential rain, whipping winds and, at one point, hail on the Malahat. However, …
PILLOW FIGHT!
The Bastion Square pillow fight. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 10 mm · 1/2000 s · f/3.5 · ISO 400 Thank you, Stephanie Broughton, and anyone else behind this, for a great time. It’s stuff like this among “grownups” — stuff which brings us back to our childhood — which is one of the great things …