Portraits: Cam & Carissa

Had the pleasure of shooting this lovely couple the other day on a glorious late afternoon around Clayburn Village. I am looking forward to their big day in June, as long as the weather repeats itself!!!

Portraits: Clayburn Dental Centre

  

I had the pleasure of shooting the staff images for the Clayburn Dental Centre website a short time ago. Located in Abbotsford just off of Immel Road in the Clayburn Shopping Centre.

Give me a Light!!!

So as most people are aware the Olympic Flame is headed through Canada on the longest path ever which happened to pass just down the road from me ( the runners name was Betty that I shot!). I wondered to my cleverly chosen location but alas it was delayed somehow and by the time it got to me I lost my decent shot...but the lattitude of the film I used was very forgiving (just a little pleasing grain)... Also helped out Jason Beattie on his brief assignment to shoot a gentleman (Charles from Paris) from a Major Sponsor of the games.... Quickest shoot ever and the most tiring!!! chasing down those runners isnt easy for an old man like me!

Portrait: Jayden

The third boy from one of my regulars. Jayden scooted round not to long ago whilst his brothers tormented my two girls.. or maybe it was the other way around!!! Anyways, I'm a little late updating, but better late than never!

A Personal Challenge: "Picture a Day "(365)

So I have decided to take on a new personal challenge. Several of my friends recently committed to a "Picture a Day" project ( for a year).... pretty much as it sounds. I am going to use my vast array of cameras and learned techniques to document things (scenes, events,people... etc..) within my ordinary and un-ordinary day to day life. I am going to be using Film ( yes Film) for this project so that I cannot manipulate the images. They will appear as I shot them so if I screw up an image then thats what I shall post and hopefully it will look creative!!!.
     I am going to use a variety of films and film cameras ranging from my Nikon F5 , Nikkormat FT ,to my dads Yashica-D twin lens. Being that its only one picture a day I will post the images at the start of the following month, so when my 31 ( depending on month of course) days are up I will wind out the film and process it and scan it so it can be uploaded! Obviously when I use the Yashica camera I will have a shorter time to wait as the exposures are only about 12 shots.....
  Why would I do this? Why not! Maybe I can revamp my creative juices, find interesting compositions within my everyday humdrum, without replicating anything within that year....I hope to, at the end of it all, produce a photobook with all the images in, being 365 images it will be more than likely smaller images montaged by month so I can fit it all in!!!
  So heres wishing me luck and yes I already took my first shot! February is Nikon F100 month!!! whoop, such an amazing camera to use!

Portraits: The girls!!!

I managed to break open the old studio equipment the other day and get some "School" type shots for the Grandparents and alike, also managed to sneak a fun shot of all the Grandkids!! heheheh!

Portraits : The Welsh Family

Some of my regulars came to visit again.....I managed to push aside all the kids toys in the kids toy room/ studio.... Daria was as smiley as she has ever been for me...Apparently she thinks that I am the only person who has a camera... awww!!!
 Previous Shoots 2008  2007  2006

Camera Choices for the Christmas season!

Hello all,
            Once again my annual picks for cool cameras that are current on the market. Firstly I will tell you about a few of the compact models.....
 Canon Powershot S90  Its a new Sleak, nearly 4x (starting at 28mm wide) optical with a beautiful build and some sweet looking image quality under lower light conditions... Not cheap but its a great investment!
Nikon Coolpix S640 Again a nice little build with some pretty rapid autofocus. This one has a 5x  (starting at 28mm wide) optical zoom and is pretty simple to use!!
Fuji Finepix F70 EXR  And why not.. seems as I am a current owner of one of there other models.... 10x optical (28mm wide angle). Smallest camera with the largest zoom and using there fabo EXR sensor it does a great job and currently is the cheapest out of the bunch!
Canon Powershot SD980is A cool little touch screen unit...5x optical (staring from 24mm wide).  HD video which is nice if your into video!

 now we move onto the Bigguns...
Nikon D5000 Great body with great low light performance and with HD video. Can come with two good starter Lenses with VR and will be around $999 i believe for the christmas period
Canon EOS 7D. Wow what an amazing body. A great reaction from Canon against the Nikon D300s. Has a sweet viewfinder and all the trimmings. MP's are a little high which has become a little unnecessary but thats what its got. Brilliant weather sealing and of course HD Video. Speed and wireless flash also make there appearance on this body.
Nikon D700  Still a massive favourite amongst SERIOUS enthusiasts and Pros... Performance and durability combined with superior low light performance with the 12MP full frame CMOS senosr.. Wowzers... would still love to take one of these home!!!

 Lastly I am putting some binoculars on my shopping list...
Nikon Sporter 8x42 EX Nice build for the price ($200approx). Bright and fast to focus and are fully waterproof.
Vortex Viper 8x42 Better than the previous but come with a price tag!!!!

 Again.... all products are available at Lens & Shutter. Ask for Duncan or mention my name if I am not there!

Pumpkin Patch..

I am finally getting around to a little more updating... heres some snaps from the little Fuji of a relatively recent visit to the wonderful Pumpkin Patch (Willow View Farm) here in Abbotsford with Lucy's Kindergarden class. It was windy and chilly but the rain held off.... afterward we carved some mean looking faces on our pumpkins!!