Spiderman Gives Good Photo

September 22, 2011 | Filed Under Photojournalism, Photos | Leave a Comment

The great thing about Spiderman is that as Peter Parker he makes a living as a news photographer so he knows what photographers need. A local radio dude strikes an action pose for photographer Jesse Hlady.

Vancouver Pre – Olympics

February 7, 2010 | Filed Under 2010 Winter Olympics, Photography, Photos | Leave a Comment

Vancouver Olympic Media Centre

Main press centre in Vancouver.

I picked up the last of my Olympic credentials on Saturday and so am officially official. Lots of Olympic workers and media, with special clothes and accreditation tags around their necks, and police in the downtown core but hard to see ‘Olympic fever’ among regular folks. Most of the Olympic signage you’re seeing is commercial but there are a few small signs of locals stepping up and adding to the real (as opposed to paid) spirit by decorating windows or hanging Canadian flags. Hopefully we’ll see more of that as the events progress.

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Royal Bank building on West Georgia Street.

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Home made decorations in the windows of a downtown office building.

Vancouver Bay Olympic Decoration

The Bay Store Olympic decor.

The Dishrags – More Images From Vancouver Punk’s Early Years

January 15, 2010 | Filed Under Music, Photography, Photos | Leave a Comment

Dishrags Scout 2 Tabata Film

Dishrags Scout

Dishrags Dale

Dishrags Jade

Jordan River Winter Surfing

January 2, 2010 | Filed Under Personal Project, Photography, Photos, Sports | 1 Comment

Just another Vancouver Island winter day with the surf kicking up along the coast. Lots of surfers and kayakers out on the water. Weather ranged from pouring rain to a light mist although the sun came out on the drive home (typical). Word was spreading about the waves as more and more surfers were turning up throughout the morning.

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Surfers head out

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Beautiful BC wheel cover and surf board

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Boarders and kayakers on the water

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Waiting for the right wave

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Catching a wave

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Stand up surfer paddles back out

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Surfers walk along highway

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Dog on the beach, surfer on a wave

Happy New Year 2010

January 1, 2010 | Filed Under Personal Project, Photography, Photos | Leave a Comment

Who knows what surprises the new year will bring?

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Photographers Are A Threat Apparently

July 31, 2009 | Filed Under Photography, Photos | Leave a Comment

Photo District News blog PDN Pulse has this report and link to the FOX video of the U. S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano asking people to report suspicious photographers. Here’s part of a quote from her : “One of the things that we ask people to do is when they see something unusual, if they see, for example, somebody continually taking photographs of a piece of critical infrastructure that doesn’t seem to make any sense, or a package left unattended on a bus platform, to report that to local law enforcement so it can be followed up on.”

And on that note, here’s a group you might want to join:

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This British based group Not-A-Crime wants photographers to take self-portraits holding a sign saying either “Not A Crime” or “I am Not A Terrorist”. You can see the results on Flickr. An example of a portrait below from Ravel/Javi Valero and an appropriate t-shirt beneath that..

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Ravel/ Javi Valero photo

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Or get the Fraxinus designed tshirt here.

Early Vancouver Punk Rock – Furies, DOA, Skulls, Dishrags, Subhumans and Rabid

July 15, 2009 | Filed Under Literary Photographer, Music, Photography, Photos, Portrait | 7 Comments

I came across a few prints and contact sheets I has tucked away in an envelope from the very early days of the Vancouver punk rock scene. Please send a note to correct me if I’m off on names etc. These were taken quite a while ago (1977ish? ) and I didn’t keep the notes I should have.

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The Furies at the Japanese hall. I believe this was the second local punk rock show in Vancouver. My first. Tom Harrison of the Georgia Straight used the photo. If memory serves me, the bass player is Malcolm Hasman, now Vancouver realtor to the famous.

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The Dishrags. I think they opened for The Furies although this photo was taken at a later date.

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Detail from a contact sheet of the Skulls playing the Easter Be-In in White Rock. I remember getting whacked by beer caps the unnappreciative crowd was flipping at the band. The Skulls metamorphed into DOA.

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Another details from the Skulls contact sheets. A number of stalwarts from later bands were in this group, Joe ‘Shithead’ Keithley, Brian Goble, Ken Montgomery, Brad Kent.

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