It’s been a little while since I posted anything…been busy with a number of things. Thought I’d post a few photos here to get you up to date. There’s been a few photowalks over the last month…both have sort of been shortened thanks to rain but I still managed to get a few shots. First…
The second photowalk in October for the No Compacts Allowed group was at Granville Island…at night. The original plan was to meet up and wander around the island taking shots. This time we had a nice diversion with a trio of models coming out and transforming our walk into an impromptu Strobist meetup. Here’s a…
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…
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…
This past weekend, I was invited to a corn maze tweetup as well, we were looking for a location for a photowalk as part of our No Compacts Allowed Facebook group. Seemed like a good idea to merge the two events and take a bunch of camera gear down to the Bose Corn Maze, deep…
My first trip on the newly opened Canada Line skytrain only took two minutes to go from downtown to the Airport: UPDATE: Here’s Part Two of the video – the return trip sped up a little bit faster:
Today, On1 Software updated their remote control app for the iPhone to support Nikon cameras. I’ve been waiting for this to be released ever since I first heard about it earlier this year when it was unveiled but only supported Canon cameras. Of course, I immediately downloaded it…I opted for the Pro version ($19.99) which…
Nearly every time I’m downtown, I like to stroll through Urban Outfitters as they tend to have an interesting, if overpriced, selection of weird camera gadgets and toys. My recent trip did not disappoint when I found something I’ve head about for probably years, just never saw in person: little plastic lens addons for your…
As a follow up post to my which camera should I buy post, I thought it might be a good idea to give some tips as to where to buy that camera, now that you’ve decided what you want to get. These are some simple tips that I use when I want to buy camera…
This past weekend, there was a photowalk along Powell Street. It was the first of hopefully many that a group on Facebook is organizing. My pal Scott is one of the admins. We hope to have these every couple of weeks so if you’re interested, make sure you join the group to keep in the…