Pack your Camera Bags

Love beautiful landscapes and wish I could travel more to them. Here is some inspiration via a quote from Rachel Carson;

It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.

And some info. and images on unique and incredible places, gathered on a blog I like to read called The Year in Pictures by James Danzinger.

XC Bike racing in Squamish!

Sean Michelle in the Plunge

Squamish Gearjammer rolled through town last week. I was sad to have not ridden it for I am a tad slow right now…but I decided to take advantage of being slow and went to the race to take pictures instead. I wanted to try some time exposures again, to try to blur the riders but freeze them as the shutter close with a rear sync blast of light from two tandemed SB-800s. Here are some of the shots. Worked pretty well. I ned to work on getting better aim with the flashes and fine tune the amount of light, but I am pretty happy with the results given my experimenting in a dark forest. Enjoy.

Chris Clarke - speed of light (SB-800s i mean)

Always Smiling, Lauren Rosser threading thru the Trees

Galileo Coffee - Pictures on Display

My friends Cara and Lance, owners of Galileo Coffee (best coffee in North America by the way…great muffins too!) have graciously allowed me to show my photographs in the café. Next time you are rolling through Britannia Beach stop in, grab a cappuccino and take a look. Love to hear what you think!

Shot in Mountain Life Magazine

Psyched to get a shot in this months Mountain Life Magazine. Was a picture from a 2006 visit to Skookumchuk Narrows on the Sunshine Coast. There was about 10 paddlers on the wave that day and the tide was coming in high, forming the wave up big. Was a great oppurtunity to get lots of pictures. It is a great place to shoot as you can get up close to the paddlers and the light is always pretty good.