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Aug 06 2011

View of Fort St John from up top

I had the chance this past Friday to go up top of one of the hotels in Fort St John and take some pictures. I’m use to Yellowknife, where there are large 14 story building and getting to see the sky scape. I think seeing a city from a high up angle can give you a better appreciation of it, unfortunately Fort St John doesn’t have many of those building. The hotel I got to up actually only had 6 stories, which is not much at all

There is no real reason why I took these photos. I’m sure they will be used frequently in the future for various projects though. My view feature Fort St John busiest road in town, 100 Ave, which runs through the heart of town. The reason I went and took the photos on Friday because clouds were presented perfectly. Having nothing but blue sky is beautiful as well, but the clouds add a whole new dimension to the photos, which is what I wanted. I was shooting in RAW and for the most part in Aperture Priority mode with an f/stop of 11 and ISO of 100-325. Once on the computer I did Tone Map them to bring out shadows and colour.

Enjoy and leave your feedback.

Jul 19 2011

Sneak Peak of the South Peace

Got to go on a photo adventure this evening to gather some stock photos of the South Peace. Below are only a very few of all the photos I got this evening. I wouldn’t say they are the best, but they are neat nonetheless. I definitely think I need a telephoto lens of some sort for those far off barns, but I make due.

Drop me a line, let me know what you think.

Apr 07 2011

Photography Lesson Over There

Yesterday on the Motion Media Blog I wrote about Real Estate photography, which is something I have been doing a lot of lately. Oddly enough it is actually quite interesting. Every house I capture has something different to offer. Different colours, different challenges. I have to compensate a lot of lighting issues, for example the sun light coming in the windows.

I certainly haven’t master the trade, but I’m coming along. The more and more I do it, the more I understand. The houses I have done are all house for sale and ones that people are moving out of. I’m looking forward to the chance to capture some house that have been recently decorated and renovated. It will be nice to showcase someones hard work.

Anyways head on over to the Motion Media Blog and take a read on the mini tutorial I wrote about what to think about when doing Real Estate Photography.

Mar 19 2011

An Eye for photography

I have dabbled in photography for some time now, about four years. I definitely think I’ve gotten better over the years, but I’m still not the best I can be. I kind of understand a lot of the technical stuff, but again there is lots I can learn. The one thing I can’t grasp though is how to set up a good shot. I guess you could say that I don’t quite have that “Eye” for photography, that some do.

Just this morning I did a photo shoot with singer-songwriter Dayna Manning. Disclosure I also work with Dayna at Motion Media. We were doing the shoot because coming up in April, I believe about April 15(?), She will be doing a performance at the North Peace Cultural Centre here in Fort St. John, so this is some promotional material for her poster.

The one thing that I couldn’t wrap my mind around, was how to properly set her up with the surrounding. Her living room is very bright with lots of colors and it was a good set up, but I couldn’t see its. This is why I rely a lot on the subject explaining to me what it is that they want. I suppose this is why many photographers read books on photography, follow other photographers and take in what everyone else is doing, but I haven’t been able to do that lately.

I’m not completely satisfied with how I performed at the shoot, although it was very casual. I often think when people ask me to be a photographer, they expect me to know or at least have an idea of what I’m going to do. As I went through the some hundred photos that I took, I do think some of them actually did turn out well and was able to edit them down to about 39.

Practice will help me get better, so well the advice of others and research. As long as I continue to do it I can only really get better, for now it’s a good thing I’ve got a good editing program.

Dec 10 2010

My attempt at HDR Photography

It is something I have wanted to do for a long time, but never really put any effort into doing. Until the other day when for some reason I grabbed one of the tripods at the office and took it out to the front porch.

If you don’t know, HDR photos are actually a combination of at least 3 images all with different exposures. More common than not, the 3 photos have exposures of -3, 0, +3.

Then using a program like Photoshop or Photomatix you can combine those photo. You also have a lot you can change and play with to make the photos look the way you want.

I of course, though, used a preset and went with it. At first I like the way they look, but after staring at them, I begin to think they are a little over done.

I definitely want to try and play will these types of photos more. Some say they are over done, while I really like looking at them.