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.