Shadows and patterns and a touch of red on the University of Victoria campus
A Touch Of Red
Perogy Cat Shoots Film
Another Perogy Cat stamp on a cup of coffee from Street Level Espresso.
Photograph of a Photographer Holding a Photograph of a Photographer (Inside a Giant Tree)
Photographer T. J. Watt holds one of his photographs, this one showing fellow photographer Byron Fry sitting inside the giant stump of a recently logged old growth tree on Vancouver Island. Watt is also one of the co-founders of the Ancient Forest Alliance. You can see more of his photographs at his site or the Ancient Forest site.
Pictures of the Year Feature Photo Win
I won second place, for the photo above, in the Feature category in the News Photographers Association of Canada’s Pictures of the Year competition. Results were announced Saturday in Toronto. You can see all the winners at the NPAC site . The photo shows a young ballet student making a face at herself while doing stretching exercises before a class. The girl at left is …
Grant Writing Workshop With Donald Weber
Spent Saturday learning about the ins and outs of the world of grants in another Luz Gallery sponsored workshop with Donald Weber. It was all interesting and it was a busy and intense day with a great deal of information being offered. The bottom line though, is that like most things in life, there’s a lot of work and time involved in the process. Anyone …
Drinking With Photographers
One of the downsides of living in a smaller place is that you have a tendency to feel isolated from the rest of the world. This week Don Weber was in town for a couple of workshops and it was a nice reminder of the wider world out there. Thursday night I met up with him and a couple of other local photographers at a …
Donald Weber – Workshop – Chernobyl, Russia and the VII Photo Agency
Last weekend I attended a two day workshop presented by Luz Gallery with Toronto photographer Don Weber, a member of the VII agency. We had a diverse group of twelve workshoppers (if that’s a word). There was the legally blind Anglican minister, the woman who’d had Ansel Adams drop by her house when she was a child and critique her photos, a philosophy professor who …
Creating Art Is More Than Just Technique
I mentioned a few posts back that I’d attended a show opening and artist’s talk with Thomas Bartlett at Luz Gallery. All the images posted here are from the show. Bartlett talked a bit about how he creates his images, he uses a digital camera and long exposures and focuses on common objects often in his house or in motel rooms when he travels. He …
Easter Sunday East Sooke Park Hike
I went out with Spencer and Nick for an Easter Sunday hike through East Sooke Park. It was the first time I’d hiked the park and it was a great way to build up an appetite for a big family turkey dinner. There were some pretty dark clouds hovering on the horizon but it stayed dry the whole time we were out which was a …
Good Friday Walk with the Cross
For more than a decade now I’ve been trying to get out on Good Friday and photograph the annual walks with a wooden cross that some churches do. It’s a project I call Weight of Faith. It’s an event that’s great for a photo project, visually the cross is an amazing symbol. It’s also a rare example of mainstream Christians showing off their faith in …
Thomas Bartlett – Transformations
The Luz Gallery had an artist’s talk and opening for the work of Saskatchewan photographer Thomas Bartlett tonight. Bartlett works with digital cameras creating his abstract images, images that he likens to colour field paintings.
Preston Is My Paris Photo Books
I’ve been enjoying the proliferation of independent photos books being produced by a variety of photographers and promoted by sites like The Independent Photo Book and Little Brown Mushroom. One series of books that I’ve been ordering and enjoying are those produced by Adam Murray and Robert Parkinson, the two English photographers behind Preston Is My Paris. I really like their idea that you need …
Wilf Schmidt and The Little Photo Shop – Photographers’ Work Spaces and Studios
The World’s Smallest Photography Supply Store
Photo Work Spaces – Jenna & Tristan and Stefan’s
Here’s a couple of photos of photographer’s work spaces. First up is Tristan and Jenna’s space in Victoria and then Stefan’s in Whistler. The calendar was bought with the idea that we would have a quick reference for checking the date. It’s a 2009 calendar which I maybe looked at twice. We like the illustrations so it keeps hanging. Other wise the entire space behind …
Cherry Blossoms and Residential Parking Only
Spring is here with cherry trees in full bloom and boats still parked in yards and not out on the water.
What Does Your Photo Space Look Like?
This quote, by Magnum photographer Josef Koudelka, is probably my favourite quote that relates to photography which is why I keep it taped to my computer at work. I should stick a copy to the back of my cameras so I’d see it everytime I went to take a photograph. And yes, I know Joseph is spelled wrong on the quote, but hey I just …
Looking At Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia 2010
The old and the new. I really need to get back to Vancouver and just spend a few days wandering around capturing images not just snapping pix on a quick stroll back to other work, although that was fun too.
Olys All Over
Arnold Lim, A. P. Hovasse and myself before the closing ceremonies at BC Place Stadium Well, it’s all over and it was quite a ride. The early bus rides and wet wet weather are fading memories and I’m left with a vague depression now that it’s all over. I’m sure a few others are feeling the same. The closing ceremonies were, I thought, pretty cool …
Final Day Of the 2010 Winter Olympics And It’s Off To The Closing Ceremonies
Hard to believe but it’s the final day of the 2010 Olys. Last weekend it seemed like they would never end and now it seems like the time has just sped by. Great help from Nick Didlick and all the photo staff at all the venues and from all the volunteers, known as Smurfs because fo their blue uniforms. A. P Hovasse, photo venue manager …
Cross Country Skiing Instead of Hockey
The Canada vs Russia hockey game is on, we were originally scheduled to cover that but late yesterday were shifted to the cross country relay ski event in Whistler so another early long bus ride. Back just in time to watch the final period in the media centre, and have lunch, at 6:30pm.. Cross country was yet another new sport in a new venue. Weather …
Another Day, Another Bus Ride (and Sport)
Best overheard conversation of the day. Visitor: How do I get to the Canadan Mint display? Olympic Volunteer: Walk two blocks until you come to the end of a lineup and stand there. As a fan the Canada vs USA match was a disapointment but next game, for sure. We can beat Germany, can’t we? Today I have aerials at Cypress at 6pm. That means …
Day, Well Frankly I’ve Lost Track
Photographers at the Skeleton track finish line. It’s been busy, riding buses, getting to venues early to hold your place, waiting for the event to start, shooting like crazy, rushing to file, back to the bus. Trying to maintain a somewhat normal eatinng and sleeping schedule and pretty much failing. One of the biggest challenges is shooting a different sport almost everyday, sometimes for the …
Day 7 Early
Photographers and skier at Whistler. I was having trouble last night double checking my schedule which is too bad as I could have gotten in another hour of sleep or so. We’re heading up to Cypress a little later today and we ae going to get wet again today. It is pouring rain out and it’s certainly not going to be dryer up on the …
Days 4/5/6
Yeah, it’s been a little hectic even though Sunday was a day off. But I’ll back up a little. Saturday we were supposed to go to Whistler for the Men’s Downhill. Got up very early and was at the main press centre by 6AM in plenty of time for the 7AM bus to Whistler. My phone rang and I was informed the event had been …
Day 3
Day 3 for me is the actual first day of the Oylmpics and the first day the Black Press crew were out and filing all day. You can follow what we are shooting and writing at http://www.bclocalnews.com/olympics/. Got a later start today, headed out from the main press centre before noon looking for people from the communities our papers represent who were out celebrating the …
Day 2
My pick for the item lost the most during these Olympics? It will be those red mittens with the white maple leaf on them. You’re starting to see people wearing them everywhere, men and women, even though it’s not cold in Vancouver. I passed a transit worker holding up a pair and saying to a co-worker”Look I found another pair” and last night spotted a …
Day 1 #2
Odd things observed on the Skytrain today. A man getting on with a two headed buskers torch. No one stops him. A man getting on with a four foot by three foot unfinished painting on a stretched canvas almost blocking the width of the car. A man carrying a gas powered weed eater tries to get on at the Waterfront Station in downtown, miles from …
Day 1 2010 Olympics, Photographers and …, Vancouver, British Columbia 2010
A travel day, my son Nick dropped me off for the 9am ferry, then bus to the Bridgeport Station and Skytrain downtown. A walk to the main media centre for what I thought was a 1pm photog’s press conference that turned out to have been moved to 10am. A wander through the press centre to get oriented and an opportunity to say hello to a …
Off Looking For Gold
Sharon Tiffin Photo The paper threw a little send off party for me yesterday morning, which, while a little embarrassing, was really thoughtful. Now the fun/hard part starts.
Vancouver Olympic Souvenirs?, Vancouver British Columbia 2010
Saw these heads for sale just down the street from the Main Olympic Press Centre and thought they’d make a way more memorable reminder of Vancouver for someone instead of a t-shirt! Forgot to write down the name of the shop though but it’s on Cordova just east of Richards.