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evening shoot…
Posted by admin in HDR, photography on March 4th, 2010
and a new HDR photograph. This was taken at 7:40pm along the Middle Arm of the Fraser River in Richmond BC, on the Middle Arm Greenway. The structure in the photograph is the UBC Lecky Boathouse – a community and semi-private rowing facility along the Middle Arm.
This unique structure is a facility that provides training opportunities for the University of British Columbia [UBC] Rowing Team outside of Vancouver and community water/rowing programs for Richmond residents of all ages. Enjoy the eyecandy…
UBC Lecky Boathouse
My photography featured…
Posted by admin in Vancouver 2010, arty inspiration!, photography on February 18th, 2010
on reknown fiber artist Janet Echelman’s website!
I recently shot the Water Sky Garden public art environment for Janet Echelman before the Olympics began. I got permission to go behind the security perimeter at the Richmond Olympic Oval and took photos of the new lighting configuration for artwork over a 2 hour period from early sunset to dusk.
Some of the photos are spectacular if I do say so myself LOL… but really, it’s so cool having my photography out there on such a high profile artist’s site!
Her piece at the Oval is wonderful. It is kinetic [undulating gently in the wind and smallest breeze] and vibrant [the gradient netting is fabulous with it's vivid red colour palette], so it really is a joy to photograph. BUT, I have to confess… I do prefer shooting it at night when the nighttime lighting makes the piece come to life. The re-positioned lighting illuminates the curves of the structure and the texture / colour of the netting, enhancing the gentle curves of both the net armature/rings and the nets themselves. Wonderful!
Here is one of my favorites from the evening shoot…
Water Sky Garden at the Richmond Olympic Oval - East Side
Family Photo Shoot
Posted by admin in Where in the world am I?, photography on December 5th, 2009
Spent some time with a co-worker and friend’s family in Steveston taking family shots yesterday. GREAT weather… a little cold, but sunny and bright. Makes for challenging lighting conditions, but overall I think the shots of the kiddies turned out fun…
for more photos click here… Read the rest of this entry »
so busy…
Posted by admin in On the Block, Where in the world am I?, arty inspiration!, mixed media, photography on November 23rd, 2009
getting ready for Portobello West next weekend at Rocky Mountain Train Station!
This annual fashion+art market Christmas / Holiday gift giving show is a two-day affair on Saturday and Sunday November 28 and 29, from 12-6pm each day.Admission is cheap cheap at $2 and if you purchase something from me and mention this blog, I’ll refund your price of admission. Good deal in my opinion ;^)
I’ve been working on a number of new original pieces collage pieces, original hand-altered 8×10 photographs , some limited edition art cards, a few sets of limited edition prints and of course there will be limited edition canvasses and a couple of acrylic paintings as well! Here is a sneak peek at the art cards that will be available at the show this coming weekend… Check back later in the week for some more teasers…
Night shoot in Stanley Park
Posted by admin in arty inspiration!, photography on November 12th, 2009
Weather wasn’t as cooperative as I had hoped. It started raining about 20 minutes after we arrived. BUT I was able to get these…
ohmigod! I need more than 24hrs…
Posted by admin in Geekery, Where in the world am I?, photography on November 8th, 2009
I know, I know… I keep saying this BUT ohmigod! I cannot believe how busy I am these days! I need at least 6 more hours a day for the next 3 months…
Work is crazy busy with all kinds of stuff on my plate for the 2010 Winter Olympics. For example, 250+ signs to design for our celebration site and another 100 for the urban wayfinding system throughout the city from CanadaLine to the OZone and Olympic Oval, PLUS a new, special project for the City’s CAO and managers.
Add in there TWO Commercial Photography programs in the evening and Saturday mornings for another 4-6 weeks, plus shooting assignments for said courses. All of which I enjoy tremendously. I wish I had MORE shooting time, but that won’t happen until after the 2010 wrap-up.
THEN I’ve got two Portobello West shows in the next 6 weeks, trying to get some artwork done, printed gift card sets, a digital calendar series that is downloadable from my website to your desktop and the lists go on and on…
I am trying desperately to keep up on my sleep, watch my diet and take care of myself to prevent any flu-bugs from draggin’ me down. It’s a battle between what I WANT to do, and what I NEED to do. I’ll let you know who wins LOL ;^)
In the meantime, it’s time for some sharing…
Had TWO 3 hour photoshoots outdoors yesterday, including one focussed on natural light portraiture. LOVED this one… Had two great models to work with and I thoroughly enjoyed working with them. The natural light photo assignment goes towards my overall semester mark for my Digital Intermediate Photography and Workflow course and hopefully I’ll do as well with this assignment as I did last week [I got 87% - that's a A people!!!] In the meantime, I thought I would share some of my favorites from the 2+ hour shoot yesterday.
Click here for the online webgallery of images. Oh yeah, thanks for looking!
big update…
Posted by admin in Where in the world am I?, photography on November 1st, 2009
on my filmWERX Studio photography website… 4 NEW galleries up and the bloggy-blog-blog is now active again [for now] LOL!
new artwork using my photography!
Posted by admin in Random Bits, mixed media, photography on October 26th, 2009
I was lucky enough to have a great art workshop with Karen Michel this past week and below is some of the fruit from my class experience. Altered Photos! Love them… what a great way to art up my botanical photography and take them to a NEW artistic level.
These new botanical collage art pieces will be available at the Portobello West November show. In the meantime, enjoy the eye candy…
Evening shoot…
Posted by admin in Geekery, Random Bits, photography on October 8th, 2009
With Autumn upon us and the opportunity for ‘non-rainy’ evening photo shoots quickly coming to an end, I decided to head out at 7pm for a quick [well, not so quick - I was out for over an hour] photo shoot at the Richmond Olympic Oval [aka ROO].
ROO is one of the premier 2010 Winter Olympic Venues and it’s where I’ll be volunteering for VANOC for 2-3 weeks. It’s a beautiful building by day, but it’s really magical at night! Here are some photos from the evening and a link to an online gallery of my favorite shots. Enjoy!
The image above features a spectacular public art piece by Janet Echelman called Water Sky Garden.
This amazing art work was a significant part of the overall landscape design for the ROO building and has also been the inspiration for numerous editorial articles in very well known/respected landscape and architecture design publications.
All the photos were shot at ISO 100 using a 17-85mm lens, on tripod, with shutter-release cable at various exposure times from 1/4 sec to 25 secs.
Loving the tripod and shutter release…
Posted by admin in Geekery, Random Bits, Where in the world am I?, photography on October 5th, 2009
Had my first Landscape Photography ‘field trip’ this past Saturday and the weather was perfecto!
We went trail hiking through one of Vancouver’s environmental treasures – Pacific Spirit Park on the UBC Endowment Lands. Acres upon acres of lush forest in the middle of the City… It’s truly breathtaking. BUT, challenging for photography due to the filtered natural light and copious amounts of shade throughout the park and trails.
The subject of this field trip was working with available light and focussing on the quality of light.
In order for us to successfully take photos in these challenging lighting conditions it was necessary to use a tripod [which I usually don't use due to my subjects being MOVING children and adults most of the time - LOL!] and a shutter release to eliminate camera shake. I have to say that the investment in both accessories were worth their weight in gold. Some of the photos I was able to produce are pure magic and mystery!
