Monday, May 30, 2011 at 12:21PM This might not look like anything special but if you've ever tried to photograph glass, you probably know just how challenging it can be. Some say that if you can light glass, you can light anything. After reading this month's article about "black light" in Popular Photography, I decided to give it a shot myself and here's what I came up with:
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 3:59PM 1 month since my last post... yikes! I've done a lot of shooting in the past 30 days, perhaps too much. I'm mostly caught up on editing now and will share a mixed batch of photos. Be sure to always click on the 'PHOTOS' link at the top of the page though since I post the majority of my photos there.
The first photo I'm going to share with you was actually shot in April but I've really grown to fall in love with this one. I've re-edited it several times and finally came up with an edit I'm thoroughly happy with :). Just to tell you a bit about the photo, I went out for the day wanting to get a photo of this and only this: a long exposure image at an underground skytrain station. I chose Waterfront, one of the busier stations. I only managed to fire about 3 photos before translink security kindly asked me to take down my tripod as it is apparently a tripping hazard (makes sense!). Of the 3, thankfully one was exactly what I wanted.
Earlier this month I went out on a mission to shoot nothing but panoramic images and that's exactly what I did. Below is an example of one shot in Gastown but you can see more under photos > Urban & Cityscapes.
The 3rd photo was probably a pretty rare opportunity as I was at VanDusen with my girlfriend taking photos of plants and flowers when we happened to stumble across a pond on the outskirts of the gardens. Alongside the perimeter of the pond was some really tall grass riddled with baby dragonflies (aka: nymphs). Some were literally crawling out of their old carcass waiting on their wings to develop while others were almost ready for their first flight! Pretty awesome stuff nonetheless. Be sure to check out more of these guys under photos > Animals & Wildlife.
And last but not least, a teaser from the 2011 Cloverdale Rodeo. I don't normally go for the Rodeo though. I'm more of a rides and beer drinking kind of guy :P. This year I geared up tripod and all hoping to get some nice long exposures of the rides as the sun was setting. Enjoy!
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Sunday, April 24, 2011 at 7:54PM Yesterday was probably the nicest day of the year at nearly 20C. Emme and I happened to be house/dog sitting in North Vancouver and capitalized on the weather by going for a 3 hour dog walk / hike at South Seymour River. Here are a few photos from the day!
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Monday, April 11, 2011 at 10:52PM So today Emme & I went to VanDusen Gardens and bought annual passes so that we can take photos whenever we please. While we took tons of photos of flowers, there were two photos that really stood out from the rest. One of a humming bird that was nearly impossible to capture, and one of... er, well.. Emme`s bum, haha! Check out the rest of the photos under Nature & Landscapes.
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Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 9:33PM ...literally. :( I rushed to Waterfront Station and hopped on the seabus to Lonsdale Quay, hopped in Rob's car, got to our location and setup as quick as possible as I knew the rain was gonna hit us soon. Everything was going great! About 20 photos in I decided to add an umbrella to one of the lights because I was battling some reflections. Now here's the kicker... I thought to myself, "the wind could pick up and knock my light stand over - I better put my YongNuo speedlight on this one". Well, I was right. I should have asked Emme to hold it just incase but was too rushed to think to ask and the innevitable happened. SMASH!@# Seconds later it started to pour so I packed up and hopped in the car with only 15-20 photos :(. Surprisingly though, I got a couple keepers!
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