Local music maestros and Tall Tree Music Festival founders Quoia. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 32 mm · 1/25 s · f/3.5 · ISO 1600 L-R: Mike (banjo, tuba, guitar), Mike (guitar, vocals, piccolo), Keith (percussion, pan flute), Alex (mandolin, violin), Jeff (bass guitar). See what I mean? Look at their instruments! Keith played a box drum …
Verve
Verve consigned fashions, taken on the tilting slope of lower Government street. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 47 mm · 1/60 s · f/2.8 · ISO 800 I’ve never been inside. I’m sure their clothes are awesome; I just liked their neon. =)
concert ∙ Sam Roberts 2011 · Victoria BC
Sam Roberts at the Royal Theatre. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 70 mm · 1/500 s · f/2.8 · ISO 1600 I was really happy how Sam came out crisp against the lighting, the details such as his stitching, pocket, hands and guitar, all brought out by the stripe of white from the spotlight behind him. =)
Zombie Walk 2011
Yet again, the city hosted the weird and wonderful zombie walk, where huge amounts of zombies walk, shuffle, limp and drag themselves through downtown streets, ending with a mass groaning at the Legislature. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 135 mm · 1/800 s · f/3.5 · ISO 400 I prefer to keep the photos on this gallery …
festival ∙ Rifflandia 4 · Victoria BC
AWOLNATION crowdsurfs in Victoria. No big deal. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 17 mm · 1/250 s · f/5 · ISO 200 I took almost 3,500 photos during this three-day festival of awesomeness centered mostly at Royal Athletic Park, but held over ten venues in total. It really says something that I, as a born and bred …
concert ∙ Michael Bublé 2011 · Victoria BC
Michael Bublé’s big finish. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 70 mm · 1/125 s · f/3.5 · ISO 800 And thus concludes your ride in the time machine through a week of photographic concert awesomeness where, in the space of seven days, I shot: – Progressive/house/breaks Saturday/Sunday – Industrial/thrash metal Tuesday – Big band/pop/jazz the next Saturday …
concert ∙ Rob Zombie 2011 · Victoria BC
All hail . . . Jesus Frankenstein! Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 22 mm · 1/160 s · f/4.5 · ISO 1600 And that, folks, was how Rob Zombie looked opening up his set. What I didn’t show due to unfriendly lighting was the fact that he emerged from a gigantic, flaming robot. Rob Zombie knows …
festival ∙ VEMF 2011 · Victoria BC
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 …
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 …