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ladybug lovebug

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Kitara in her, surprisingly, one and only Hallowe’en costume for 2010. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 22 mm · 1/40 s · f/4.5 · ISO 800 I say “surprisingly” because last year — her first Hallowe’en ever — we had no less than SEVEN costumes to dress her up in. =)

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festival ∙ Rifflandia 3 · Victoria BC

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Highlights from the third annual made-in-Victoria Rifflandia Festival. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II 50 mm · 1/60 s · f/2.2 · ISO 800 Jocelyn Greenwood of Jets Overhead. Rifflandia was, by all accounts, turbo epic. 157 artists at 11 venues over four days, all accessible with one wristband. Due to “scheduling conflicts” (the classic concert-canceling …

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Super Shot

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YEEEAAAAAAAAA— Oh, wait. It’s over? Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 10 mm · 1/20 s · f/22 · ISO 100 The big draw at this year’s Saanich Fair was touted to be this beast: the Super Shot. Prepromotion of its awesomeness consisted of people describing how you’d be slingshot upwards, leaving your breakfast on the ground, …

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Blue Sky Guitar

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The Blue Sky Music Festival guitar, autographed by rockstars aplenty. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II 50 mm · 1/200 s · f/22 · ISO 100 Strobist: Sigma EF 500 DG Super, full power, 2′ guitar right, pointed forward, remote triggered; Sigma EF 530 DG Super, 1/4 power, 2′ below/left, slave triggered Signed by Tom Cochrane, …

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concert ∙ Finger Eleven 2010 · Victoria BC

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Scott, James and Rick from Finger Eleven play a surprise acoustic show in Victoria. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II 50 mm · 1/15 s · f/1.8 · ISO 400 Picture the set (as Dwight Myers said in 1989): buncha Zone listeners in a gym/studio, hanging out, munching pizza, drinkin’ pop, listening to tracks from an …

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theatre promo · The Cardboard Castle · Victoria BC

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Peter, Freddie, Suzie (l-r back) and Samantha (front left) spend time outside their cardboard castle. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 13 mm · 1/50 s · f/4.5 · ISO 400 Strobist: Sigma EF 530 DG Super, 1/4 power, 2′ above camera, pointed forward, remote triggered One day, I might actually have the courage to photograph some …

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portraits · Emily and Rozie · Victoria BC

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Sisters. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 18 mm · 1/50 s · f/4.5 · ISO 200 Strobist: Sigma EF 530 DG Super, 1/2 power, 4′ above camera, pointed forward, remote triggered My trend continues. I photograph people, they leave town. Rozie packed up and lifted off days after I took this. I haven’t scared Emily off. …