I'm in love!... with a beauty dish :P

So a good friend of mine lent me a 17mm f/4L T/S lens and 22" Kacey beauty dish to play with over the next week. Needless to say, I was quick to test the new toys out at a birthday party last night. Surprisingly enough though, I was way more in love with the Kacey dish than the T/S lens. I'm sure the T/S lens will amaze me too, but considering the circumstances, the dish seemed a lot more practical to put to use at the party. Enough chit chat - below are a couple examples of the gorgeous light that comes from the dish with a 30 degree grid. Back to photoshop I go. More to come...! :)

First Commercial Gig!

Thanks to my buddy Steve and his girlfriend Melissa, I landed my first commercial gig for AI Industries, a well established structural and miscellaneous steel fabricator located in Surrey, BC. They provide the structural and miscellaneous steel for various projects in Canada and the United States, including British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Hawaii. I was hired to take photos of the facility as well as about a dozen headshots of their employees. The images can be seen at their website by clicking on the link below (Disclaimer: a few of the images on their site were not taken by me). Check it out! :)

http://www.ai-industries.com/

Fastest SRT-4 in BC!

..Seriously! My buddy Jason has put a whole lot of time, money and love into this insanely fast machine. He just got it back on Wednesday night after sending it off to have the engine completely rebuilt. What used to be a sub 300 HP 2.4L 4-banger is now boasting 450+ ponies (on the heart-break dyno). Real world translation? No one knows yet :P. Last time it was at the track it ran an 11.8 second quarter mile. We're hoping for 10's this time around - granted the wheels actually hook up ;). Stay tuned!

Operation: Cloverdale

An old friend of mine asked me to come up with about a dozen images of Cloverdale for his restaurant. I spent yesterday and most of today scouting out locations and shooting whenever I saw something worthwhile. Surprisingly, coming up with a dozen images of the town I spent 25+ years living in is actually harder than I had imagined! :P I still have a lot of work cut out for me but I'll share a teaser with you for the time being. Enjoy!

Celebration of Light: Spain

Like every other year, I religiously hit up the Celebration of Light again this year with my camera and tripod. Tonight I may have taken some of my best fireworks photos. The Vancouver Sun and Global BC TV must have felt the same way. I submitted these 2 images and they were both published online! :) 

http://www.vancouversun.com/Photos+Spanish+fireworks+sizzle/5202581/story.html