Jade, my guinea pig/rockstar, is my first tattoo triptych. Happy February, and welcome to the first entry in my main project for 2012. The idea surrounds tattoos and the people who have them. Before the somewhat cheesy alliterative name popped into my head, I always had the concept of three photos, the main focus being the one with the tattoo. …
breakwater tugs
Tugs at rest in the breakwater. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Sigma 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM 12 mm · 30 s · f/8 · ISO 200 I place this shot here as a sort of “before” photo. I’m not much for New Year’s resolutions, but January is indeed a good time to look down the road at things you’d …
Dasher + Dancer
Please welcome Dasher + Dancer. TWIN KITTEN POWER! Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Sigma 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM 10 mm · 1/15 s · f/3.5 · ISO 800 Strobist: Canon 430EX II, 1/8 power, 6′ above subject, ceiling bounced, remote triggered We’ve had kats most of our lives. When our boyo Shaolin passed away, his absence left a huge …
powersliding Kit Kat
Kit Kat’s recent slide adventures. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Tamron 60mm f/2.0 macro 60 mm · 1/640 s · f/4.5 · ISO 800 Nailing the focus on this photo was double-tough. It took quite a few tries. I had a spot down the slide picked out and, when I guessed her eyes would be level to it, I shot. …
concert ∙ Metric 2012 · Victoria BC
Metric, live at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 20 mm · 1/160 s · f/3.5 · ISO 1600 Emily. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF 70-200mm F/2.8L USM 200 mm · 1/125 s · f/3.5 · ISO 1600 James. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF 70-200mm F/2.8L USM 70 mm …
Caution: ninja turtles below
I thought they were all in New York. Apparently, I was wrong. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Tamron 60mm f/2.0 macro 60 mm · 1/2500 s · f/2.2 · ISO 200 There’s an Audi dealership on the corner of Yates and Cook. Apparently, while they were preparing it for opening, the construction guys covered and painted a disused lamp standard …
concert ∙ Marianas Trench 2012 · Victoria BC
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, …
Kit Kat kitty!
Happy Hallowe’en our little Kit Kat kitty, Kitara! Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Tamron 60mm f/2.0 macro 60 mm · 1/160 s · f/3.5 · ISO 800 On Hallowe’en, she’ll be wearing a necklace with a fiddle on it. Mama will have doggy ears and tail, and will be wearing a necklace with a plastic spoon hot-glued to a paper …
wedding · Sarah + Philip · Mill Bay BC
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 …
alley glow
Sidney. Sun. Sky. Alley. Bucket. Caution. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Tamron 60mm f/2.0 macro 60 mm · 1/320 s · f/2.2 · ISO 400 =)