Merry Christmas to all - 2011

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and all the Best in 2012!

A few holiday video's to help get you in the festive season

Finally, Tyler has memorized "The Grinch"

Warning - this is the full version of the book

In the spirit of weddings, since Crystal and Darren are getting married today. I figured I'd throw up a few pictures from our wedding...


Photo technology has come a long way since our wedding... but I still like em!

Group shot - ALLL the wedding party.




Nothing beats a little smoocheroo picture!
Erin walking down the isle.
Us... in love. Happy ever after. Boy don't we look young!

Snowy Pictures

Some Wintery Pictures, playing with exposure time, moving the camera, aperture etc etc.

Held the camera initially to get the exposure, then moved it to add the effect. Not sure if I really like it but...













We called this one "argument Tree" because Erin and I were arguing over the orientation of the picture.












Fall vs Winter. A classic battle.














Much better nighttime shot of our house. Low angle creates a good effect and the houselights don't overexpose on this one.

Lots of snow...












The house in the morning. Icicles etc.

Some swimsuit pics...

First... to show you the situation the models face...













Now some pics... All taken with the Alpha, no corrections done.

Multiple Exposures Continued

Took up to 9 images, adjusted levels and opacity and came up with the following images.

The Wall splitting one I included one original.

Multiple Exposures

Using Sandwiching, some hue/saturation and levels adjustments... I was able to turn the normal subjects into something with a bit more jazz... the top two images are half of the normal images below... I didn't include the defocused images.

Early Alpha Pics

Some Pics with the Sony Alpha... Here's some downtown buildings, good dynamic range..
A blue Heron... out for a fish
The Ocean was glass this morning...
Good image with some rocks...

My boat pics

Just some pictures of my boat, Using Rule of Thirds and Depth of field to accentuate what I'd like.

One more, neighbourhood daredevil in action.

Studio setting

Working with a set-up under different lighting conditions. Objects were meant to tell a story. I don't like what I did...

Night Shooting Int Digital

Some pictures taken in downtown Vancouver at night. Playing with metering in low light situations.

Pic here - Metered one on the window, one on the sidewalk, chose a halfway point for the shot. So a bit of overexposure and underexposure but a nice enough image.






Needed a 7 second exposure, so put on bulb setting (unlimited time exposure) and put hand over the lens until a car went by to add more lights. Too many neon signs blew out the storefronts but it's a nice effect.






Two pictures, same scene, just exposing for different parts of the scene.

Adobe Work

Working with Adobe, removing colour information and using the history brush.













Black and White image, captured on RAW and then played with the contrast to get the image to really stick out.