Photography

Threw a bit of a writeup and some pics from the meetup I went to last weekend up on my photography blog.

Some friends and I went out to take pictures in downtown Vancouver a few weeks ago (when the fog was here)… got some nice ones and have them sitting in a ‘to process’ pile that I just haven’t managed to get my brain into getting to. Was doing some other stuff so I figured I’d

So I finally got around to throwing up some pics to Flickr of my “Stealth Camera Bag” which I raved about before. The inspiration came from this article (via lifehacker). The idea is simple, take a generic and boring looking messenger bag and fit it with foam and padding to protect a camera so you

Wow, it’s been a weird week of weather (or two weeks now) where pretty much the whole lower mainland has been foggy (think thick like pea soup) morning and evening. The following picture was passed on from someone from someone from email spam. Super-cool. This is apparently a view of Downtown Vancouver from Cypress Mountain

So thanks to a tip from a friend taking a course from him, I found out that The Joe McNally is in Vancouver and was doing a lecture downtown. Being that I’ve read and pimped his book before, and he’s done picture for oodles of places, including National Geographic, it was a pretty good idea

I’m starting to lust more and more after this camera. Great video highlighting some of the high points! They are showing up in stock in Vancouver as well, so watch out credit card! Update: Found a place in vancouver with $100 less than normal price, working on my local guys to match it….. trouble….. danger

Argh, just when I thought I could avoid my lust for new camera hardware, I did this search…. lots of lenses appearing in good condition and under cost, and local. ARGH!

Very cool video over at strobist on light painting and the creation of a very cool and imaginative shot. The video goes through how each element was photographed and then composited together.