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Show and Shine – cars
My final Show and Shine gallery, cars. Rather than attempt a full three-quarter view I decided to concentrate on capturing a range of front grilles. I didn't spend time removing reflections in the chrome in post, however I did apply a retro 'instamatic' style filter to give a different feeling to the series. The Show...Continue reading→
Show and Shine – Inside Story
The inside story of Show and Shine Continuing my Show and Shine series, I shot a set of interiors through the nearside window. The only post was minor tweaks of the jpeg as I'm not looking for perfection, simply the practice of returning to manual and thinking about what I'm doing. It's a very valuable...Continue reading→
Show and Shine People
It's all about practice, practice, practice. On a blisteringly hot, cloud free day there was a Show 'n' Shine car meet at a local casino. I wanted to take the opportunity to capture the occasion as a learning project. I'd only decided one thing before heading to the show, that I'd shoot manual apart from...Continue reading→
The secret behind the bag
I’m aiming to try far more photographic genres and am keen to explore street. This is a pleasing coffee shop moment from last weekend.
Hometown tourist – Vancouver Aquarium
I want to learn more about one of my new daily shooters, the Olympus OMD EM-5. Naturally, the best way to find out what the capabilities are is to get out and use the camera. Using the F2.8, 25mm prime (the 'nifty 50' equivalent) I shot these images whilst being a hometown tourist at the...Continue reading→
Sunny Seattle
AmeriVespa may have left town but Seattle is still close to my heart.
The AmeriVespa shots
It was my longest ride, the sun shone, I saw lots of scooters. I enjoy riding my Vespa, a GTS 300. It's great fun, powerful enough to keep up with traffic and comfortable enough to use as daily transport in good weather. This year, AmeriVespa was being held in Seattle and it seemed like a...Continue reading→
What's new from BC Brit
Editors at Richards
When I found out that Editors were playing Richards on Richards I decided that it had to be my first gig in Vancouver. Through John Bollwitt’s PodCast, RadioZoom I felt I knew Richards before even setting foot in the place. What I wasn’t prepared for was the somewhat different experience. First shock was ‘no minors’,...Continue reading→
Testing the healthcare service
We hadn’t intended to test the healthcare service until we were covered by BC Medical Services Plan (MSP), which has a 3 month from month of landing qualification period. Maybe we should have know better when the lads bought rollerblades within the first week of arrival. The short version is this. I ended up at...Continue reading→
Hotels and suitcases
Don’t live out of suitcases, particularly when there’s 7 cases to choose from. It’s as simple as that. The first few days after arrival were mentally and physically draining. After the best part of 16 years of stability in the same house, living out of suitcases across 2 hotels was a slog. Why 2 hotels?...Continue reading→
First thoughts
In her blog, Lesley neatly summarised the testing, first few hours of our departure from the UK, and it certainly was a test of how calm we could remain. Delays in Maidstone, delays on the M25 and a fire alarm at Gatwick were all thrown at us, but the feeling was that it would take...Continue reading→
