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Zombie Walk 2009

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Another Hallowe’en, another zombie walk in Victoria. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 10 mm · 1/200 s · f/3.5 · ISO 200 Strobist: Sigma EF 530 DG Super, 1/8 power, on-camera pointed forward, STO-FEN diffused Recently, the gallery has gone from cute to utterly terrifying, back to cute and then, with today’s photo, utterly terrifying once …

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Hallowe’en with Vincent

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Boo. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II 50 mm · 1/125 s · f/2.8 · ISO 200 Strobist: Sigma EF 530 DG Super, 1/128 power, 0.5′ below camera, STO-FEN diffused, remote triggered Thankfully, not quite as terrifying as Hallowe’en with Slipknot. While Hallowe’en is, traditionally, a favourite holiday of mine for going overboard, I’ve been somewhat …

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concert ∙ Slipknot 2009 · Victoria BC

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Some legitimate Hallowe’en fear. Slipknot at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 19 mm · 1/160 s · f/10 · ISO 1600 I feared for my safety last Friday. It started when I got out of my car and realized I could hear the opening band from the street. Quadra Street. Almost two …

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dead pixel

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R.I.P. dead pixel. Thanks to Tindy for the idea (“You should be a pixel!”), to Naomi for helping me mutilate said idea (” . . . a dead pixel!”), to Al and Joseph at Speedpro for putting it together, and to Phoenix at Speedpro for the dead emoticon brainwave. This has to be the most wonderfully silly, yet most appropriate …

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creepy candlelight

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A single candle casts a wonderfully spooky shadow on the wall. One of my very favourite occasions approaches: All Hallow’s Eve. Also known as Samhain, All Hallows (all the time) and, of course, Hallowe’en. It’s the first time since the summer months to get “in to” a feeling or mood. In this case, the spoooooky one. =) And, a damn …