This morning I had a chance to be one of the first to ride the new Zipline that goes over Robson Street:
Needless to say, it was amazing!
Thanks to ZipTrek EcoTours for putting this on. It opens to the general public FOR FREE on Friday, February 12th. You can watch people ride it on their webcam.
I shot this with my Kodak Zx1 camera with the fisheye lens attachment. Seemed like a perfect day for a waterproof(ish) camera.
UPDATE: I felt confident enough to take my Nikon D90 out for a zipline spin too:
I ended up riding the zipline 4 times…it’s unlikely I’d ever get a chance to do that again (go again & again) so I made the most of it! They even said I could just leave the harness on between runs…except to get back to the launch tower, I had to walk up Howe Street and cross Robson on the sidewalk…yes, you get lots of looks when you are fully geared out with a harness and helmet. So much fun!
I stumbled across this sticker and figured it was the perfect addition to my car (along with my FSM badge):
It makes me smile everytime I see it…and judging from the smiles on people following behind me (and pointing), it was a good investment. Now if only I could get my car to make the ‘transformer’ sound via my key fob, it would be perfect.
There is a fun event in Vancouver coming up on December 2nd, called Flickn Awesome, hosted by VancouverisAwesome.com where they will showcase 99 local photographers…including yours truly.
I’m excited to be included as I believe this will be my first ‘official’ public showing…even if it is in a slideshow with 98 other awesome local photographers. My portion includes my favorite shot from the Fire on the Water shoot I did last month with Barbara Kozicki (who also just relaunched her site featuring photos from that shoot):
It shaping up to also be a meetup of sorts for the photogs as some of us have never met, just virtually via Flickr, Twitter, etc.
If you’re interested in coming out, get the details over at Vancouver Is Awesome.
Last summer, during the photoshoot at the morgue, I came up with the idea of doing another shoot with Charles & Barbara on the beach. They had mentioned while we were shooting that they spun fire and I thought that would be a pretty cool project for us to work on.
So after a few months of trying to get things to come together, the scheduling/location and weather gods smiled on us and we were able to get together this weekend at Ambleside Park for the shoot.
While we were waiting for just the right light, we also were able to shoot some portrait shots:
Here’s a short video of Barbara spinning:
I love the sound the fire makes as it spins around. It was quite a challenge to capture things just right with so many variables including the spinning fire, the darkness making it difficult to set focus, the incoming tide, and the cold & wind you get for being on the beach in October – once the sun went down, Barbara was wearing two coats between shots.
Thanks to Charles and Barbara for being such great sports, braving the cold to do this shoot and doing amazing stuff with fire. Also thanks to Matthew Schubert for doing hair for the shoot and being on location with us. You can view my full set of photos on Flickr…I’m still going through the shots so more should pop up soon.
Update: The shots that Scott and Peter took are all up on Flickr now too. I’ve also added about 30 more shots to my set as well:
As part of the ongoing “No Compacts Allowed” photowalk group on Facebook, this past Sunday was our latest walk which took us across and back over the Lions Gate Bridge. We hung around for the sunset and then some long exposure shots of the bridge from an overpass.
Setting up for the sunset:
This family waved at us the whole time they approached the bridge…I thought it was kind of a neat view of them zooming across the water too:
This was my favourite long exposure shot from the night too…handheld fisheye – yes, I have the hands of a surgeon:
Despite the title, we welcome anyone on our walks…you don’t have to have a DSLR to come out. Join our Facebook group and get notified of the next outing. We’re trying to do two a month…one at night and one during the day, usually on Sundays.
For a little extra fun, I put the heart shaped aperture disc into my Lensbaby Composer and shot this very brief clip of the bridge:
Great people, fresh air, sunshine, four hours of walking around in the great autumn weather…pretty great way to end the weekend. You can see the rest of my shots from the walk on Flickr.
