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tattoo triptych – Allie · Victoria BC

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Allie, whose tattoo inspired this project, is my second tattoo triptych. Can you see it? The letters in Allie’s tattoo? They read air. Rotate it 90° to the right, however, and it’ll read earth. Flip it 180° from how it is now, and it reads water. And, if you haven’t guessed by now, one more 90° flip, and her tattoo …

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concert ∙ Marianas Trench 2012 · Victoria BC

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Marianas Trench at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM 130 mm · 1/250 s · f/3.5 · ISO 1600 Josh Ramsay — insert the sounds of a million teenage girls swooning here — is the lead singer in the band Marianas Trench, whose show I caught last Thursday. T’was quite the spectacle, …

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wedding · Sarah + Philip · Mill Bay BC

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Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM 150 mm · 1/320 s · f/2.8 · ISO 400 My last wedding of the year, and one of my more laughter-filled. These two were a hoot. Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. I’ll detail something old: Sarah’s granny’s bible. Being unable to travel from Alberta for the …

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festival ∙ the drummers of Rifflandia 5 · Victoria BC

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Closing out my photography of Rifflandia V is a showcase of drummers. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM 90 mm · 1/500 s · f/5.6 · ISO 400 Y’know what I love about outdoor festivals? LIGHT. It’s such a rarity in a bar/club/arena situation to have enough light to get a good shot of the drummer, …

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festival ∙ Rifflandia 5 2012 · Victoria BC

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The Flaming Lips’ opening moments at Rifflandia V. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Sigma 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM 10 mm · 1/320 s · f/3.5 · ISO 1600 We begin with my “shot of the festival” (to rival my AWOLNATION shot from R4) :: The Flaming Lips. Spectacle = Very Yes. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Sigma 10-20mm F3.5 …