Mud Plane

Mud Plane, originally uploaded by John Irvine.

Went to the BC Cyclocross Championships this past weekend. After weeks of rain the sport surface was set up nicely for a very dirty race. Learned a ton. Ramped the ISO up a fair amout...probably too much but got some fun shots. Some made the rounds with the organizers press releases to the cycling blogs. Check them here, here, here and here.

Details on this shot are:
Nikon D300Nikon 80-200 F2.8 at 185mm
F2.81/500 sec.ISO 1250
Fill Flashed remotely with 2 strobes;
Camera left of rider on lightstand w/ sb900 with diffuser Dome on @+0 EV
Camara Right with SB 800 on Ground with Diffuser Dome on @ +0 EV
Rear Curtain Camera exposed @ -1.0 EV triggered with Su800

Aldergrove Cyclocross 2009

Aldergrove 2009 CX _Local Ride GuysLR, originally uploaded by John Irvine.

This week I drove out to Aldergrove to shoot the race. Left the bike behind for I have not been on it all week, given work has been fast these days. Love shootin with the colours. Here are some of the guys from Maple Ridge cruisin through the leaves.

Nikon D300
Nikon 80-200 F2.8 at 135mm
F3.3
1/180 sec.
ISO 640
Fill Flashed remotely with 2 strobes;
-Camera left of rider on lightstand w/ sb900 with diffuser Dome on @+0.7 EV
-Camara Right with SB 800 on Ground with Diffuser Dome on @ +0.7 EV

Rear Curtain
Camera exposed @ -1.0 EV
triggered with Su800

Nikon D300

Nikon 80-200 F2.8 at 112mm

F22 @ 1/250 sec. ISO 640

New Adventure Kayak Magazine

Got a shot published in the Photo Annual this fall. Psyched. Thanks to Tim Shuff for including it in his selection! Got up early one am on a trip to Clarke Island in the Broken Islands and got this sunrise shot. Clouds were rolling in preceeding a rain storm so I darkened them up with a Cokin Graduated Neutral Density Filter. Shot with the Nikon D300, 12-24 Nikon lens and Gitzo Mountaineer with off centre ball head.

The Broken Islands are amazing. Really fun and safe place to go. We went in with my 2 year old daughter this fall. For more info. on this place check out this link here.

Tour De White Rock 2009 Road Race

Dizzy_Tour De Whie Rock 20090719265, originally uploaded by John Irvine.

This is Nieves Carrasco, a three-time National Time Trial champion back home in Costa Rica. He escaped half way through the Tour De White Rock Road Race and solo'd in to win.

Nikon D300
Nikon 80-200 F2.8 at 180mm
F3.3
1/6000 sec.
ISO 200
Fill Flashed remotely;
Camera left of rider w/ sb900 zoommed to 17mm @ +2.3 EV
Rear Curtain
Camera exposed @ -0.5 EV
triggered with Su800

Tour De France Shots

No, no, no. Not mine...Im not worthy of the tour de france...maybe one day, but check out this guys shots of last years tour, 2008. Neat, light, gesture and characters. Brent Humphreys is his name.

http://www.projectletour.com/

Zoom - BC Bike Race Stage 6 in Squamish

Zoom, originally uploaded by John Irvine.

Whipped up to Squamish to get some shots of the BC Bike Race. Got into the burms at the bottom of Pseudo Pseuga. and set up two lights. One immediately left of the riders up close and on a tripod, and one down hlill and right of the riders on the ground on a gorilla pod. Panned the shots at a slow shuttler speed to get the blurring and had the flashes set to rear cutain so I could freeze the rider and get good detail of them as they passed. Details below.

Nikon D300
Nikon 12-24 F4 at 19mm
F4
1/30/sec.
ISO 250
Fill Flashed remotely;
Camera right of rider w/ sb800 @+1EV w? dome diffuser.
Camera Left w/ sb900 2+1EV
Rear Curtain
Camera exposed @ -0.5 EV
triggered with Su800
Panned rider

Yaletown Grand Prix 2009

Yaletown GP 2009 Pro Races200907012, originally uploaded by John Irvine.

Had the pleasure of going to the Yaletown Grand Prix and shooting the pros. n this shot I set up a Nikon sb900 to the right of the rider, on a gorilla pod, attacehd to the race fencing. It was at dround level. Sat on the ground at the back of this corner and shot as the racers came by. Details below.
Nikon D300
Nikon 80-200 F2.8 at 145mm
F2.8
1/6000/sec.
Fill Flashed remotely, camera right of rider
sb900 @ +1.3EV
Camera exposed @ 0 EV
triggered with Su800

Was a great race to watch. In the mens Race, long time Whistler local Will Routely left the group and lapped the field with about 3 laps to go. In the womens race, Alison Testorete dominated from within the pack, jumping during the primes and at the sprint to easily win the race. Its one of my favorite races to watch given the tricky corners and little climbs.

BC Bike Race comes to the North Shore

BC Bike Race_North Shore2009062829LR, originally uploaded by John Irvine.

Made my way up to Severed D. on Mount Seymour to shoot the 1st Stage of the BC Bike RAce. Got to a marshy spot and set up the lights. For this shot I used 2 Nikon SB800s (both set at 0EV) 1 camera left low on a tree, one camera right up high on a tree, attached them using using manfrotto superclamps. Set up an SB 900 (set at -1EV) on my tripod behind the tree on the right side of the frame. All these were triggered remotely with a nikon commander unit. Exposed the shot at -0.5 EV. Used a 50mm lens, f1.8 at 1/125.
To see more check my website at;

http://www.johnirvinephotography.com/BCBikerace_NorthShore/

Thanks for reading!

Squamish Rock Star

Squamish Rock Star 20090621_2425LR, originally uploaded by John Irvine.

Up in Squamish this past weekend. Test of Metal Weekend. Rode the race on Saturday and burned 1500 calories at least. Went to the Squamish Rock Star to get some photos on Sunday. Was a bit late, so I stopped at the first burm I found and snapped a few shots of the races at the bottom of the course. Speedy. Used my 80-200 f2.8 and set up a single SB-900 camera left of the riders. Got some fun shots. Click on the pic above and that will take you to my Flikr account where you can view more. Hope you like them.

Kootenay Mountain Culture Summer 09 Issue

The new Kootenay Mountain Culture Summer 09 Issue is out and Peter Moynes the publisher and photo editor was nice enough to select one of my images for the editors intor page. So psyched. Thanks Peter.

Callaghan Country and St. Anton Ski Touring

This winter I was lucky enough to be a part of two Research and Development Camps we did at ARC'TERYX Equipment. We organize these camps and I get to attend, run and photograph. We invite our key dealers from all over the world to spend time with us learning about our company and products, and we learn aout their buinsesses. The first Camp was done in St. Anton, Austria. And the second, here in our backyard, at Callaghan Country, near Whistler B.C. Note, that most of the images from the Callaghan Dealer Camp were taken by my colleague Angela Percival, a very talented photographer and graphic designer.

Enjoy!

http://www.arcteryx.com/backcountry/st-anton/

http://www.arcteryx.com/backcountry/europe/

Selkirk Lodge...The movie!

Paul Murray put this fun film together of our trip to Selkirk Lodge. Enjoy!

Stairmaster

Oh jeez. My bud Derek Thomas and I climbed up a tall couloir off the Spearhead Glacier yesterday. Its called Stairmaster...appropriate. Got high...up on Phalanx Peak. Then did this dreamy descent back to the bottom of the Spearhead Glacier. Shots taken with my Lumix LX2. 16:9 format. Sure like this camera.

Selkirk Lodge

Took a holiday - went to Selkirk Lodge with some mates. Was a hoot. Great snow. Strom came in, then blue, another storm, then more blue...etc. Could not have been better. Here are the shots.

The Surroundings

UP

Down - Callum Davidson

Recup. - Mike Blenkarn

Desiree - up on Krypton

Amazing Grace

Being Scottish and liking snowsports carnage.