As I was checking over my Twitter feeds (using Hootsuite of course) I noticed that George Moen of Blenz tweeted that the Blenz location on Denman was reopening today at 3pm. I snatched my camera and headed over to my favourite little coffee place to check out what was going on. You see, this particular Blenz location has been closed for a little bit as they renovated the inside, so … Continue Reading »
I can finally add my last night's photos online. It seems that during the earlier hours of the day, the sun likes to poke through into our living room making it hard to edit photos. I am using a laptop now as my main machine, but my RAID enclosure is eSATA so I need to be attached to it to edit any of my photos. Perhaps one day I'll look … Continue Reading »
The great thing about living in Vancouver is the close proximitry of Whistler. Even though it is like a second home to Robyn and I in the Winter, we do frequently visit it also in the Summer too. Yes, I only consider there to be two seasons in BC; Summer and Winter. This past Sunday Robyn, her mum and myself headed up to Whistler for a little bit of siteseeing. The … Continue Reading »
This past Saturday was Spain's turn at wowing the crowd around English Bay with their firework display for the 2010 Celebration of Light event. Yes, I do still like to call it Symphony of Fire, but Benson and Hedges was banned from being a sponsor (due to being a tobacco company). Robyn and I decided to have a quiet night and watch the fireworks unfold from out balcony. Here are a … Continue Reading »
I thought I would add a few more photos from the recent photoshoot that Bob did. So much magic goes into a photoshoot, it's pretty fun just to watch actually. Bob using his super-portible softbox which was triggered via a CyberSync. The softbox folded up smaller than I expected something like that would actually. Highly impressed with the photos that were the result of his work too. I'll just have to assume … Continue Reading »
The kick off to this year's Celebration of Light was Team USA. They seemed to have picked a lot of high-tempo jive/swing type music throughout the night and from what we saw, it alright. Granted being 16 floors up and further back, we didn't really get to see much of the action down near the barge itself. I do like photographing the fireworks show from a different view though. I have … Continue Reading »
While watching Hell's Kitchen last night, there was a moment where the chefs were having their food creations photographed. What I noticed was that the photographer was tethering his camera to a nearby laptop. This had me realize that Adobe Lightroom 3 has a tether capture feature! I had to try it out as I had to do some product shots for an upcoming camera review. I set up my Canon … Continue Reading »
It's been a while since I took this photo, but I finally was able to get some decent photos of the local Cedar Waxwings. I have always found them to be interesting to look at, especially their gradiant colouring. Their little black masks are pretty cool too. It seems there is a few of them that have been hanging around the western side of Beaver Lake in Stanley Park. They … Continue Reading »
Last night I tagged along with Bob (Tawcan) on a portrait shoot of a local actress by the name of April. Bob said I could bring my camera along, though I was just expecting to help him position his flash. While watching Bob do his thing, which is pretty fun and cool to watch, I took a few shots of April with the natural light that was available (ie the … Continue Reading »
When I do get the opportunity to watch Osprey, it makes me happy. Not that I am not happy, but I've always enjoyed watching Osprey do their thing. The best place (I find) to watch Osprey is in Pitt Polder, otherwise known as Grant Narrows Regional Park in Pitt Meadows. It's also the beginning of Pitt Lake. While walking along the dyke in the 30+ degree weather (at least there was … Continue Reading »