St Anton Drop

St Anton Drop, originally uploaded by John Irvine.

After a 24 our marathon of sleeplessness I finally made it to St Anton yesterday.
Hanging with Conny Zamernik and Jacob Slot at their amazine pension called the Piltiquitron Skiers Lodge. So comfy. Come and check it out.

www.piltriquitron.com

This is a shot of Jacob makin it look easy.

Went for a lovely ski yesterday. As Conny says we got out to feed the soul.
Conditions are good here with 40 cm of fresh last night.

Nikon D300Nikon 24-120 f3.5-5.6 at 42mm

F11

1/3000 sec.

ISO 200

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