Wednesday
Jun182008
My own photography
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 8:48AM
These are some of my own shots and the stories around them.
This is the Shed Cafe in Montreal. Steph and I went there for few days on vacation once. Fun times. I love the color in this one, it's actually a 1.3 sec exposure with the camera resting on the back of the bench.
Candles on Kevin's back porch. I try to shoot night shots without a flash wherever possible. Makes for better photos. The 1.8 setting on my 50mm lens makes this possible.
This is Snakey II and he is a Variable Bush Viper (Atheris squamiger) I kind of miss him. He was so cute and snappy. This shot during one of the brief moments he wasn't attempting to envenomate me. So adorable. I was using a flourescent aquarium light for the lighting and shooting with the lens poking through a cardboard screen to prevent from being bitten. Don't want to lose a finger and end up in the hospital for the sake of a photograph.
This is the Queen St. bridge over the DVP. I’m really happy with how this turned out (its better in large on black). I may go back to see if I can get a better angle, but it was about -15 Celsius at the time and I wasn’t eager to hang around without gloves or a toque.
The best of the very few B&W shots I've taken. It was at Labyrinth Lounge in the Annex. Left to right that's Steph, Kevin, and Sam. Great expressions on all of them. I miss my photography-happy days. There was a time when I was taking 1000 photos a week. Now I'm lucky if I take 50 a month.
This one is just about the content, no artistry here. This is Hans's hand after our trip to NYC. After watching Liam successfully open a beer with his Iron Ring, Hans tried it. The bottle exploded and because he was holding it so tight, and he mashed the pieces into his palm. 7 stitches later they left the hospital at 6am. Turns out you can't go back to Canada to hide from a hospital bill, they find you.
Came home and the power was out throughout the entire distillery district, and surrounding area. Then the fire alarm went off. They used this shot in a Torontoist article. I'm internet-famous.
Mill St. Brewery in the Distillery District (where I live... the Distillery, not the bar). Took a bunch of these shots on a walkabout of the district. All of them were shot from the ground with a little portable tripod.
This is from when Kevin, Tony, Sam, and I went to visit Steph during her Katimavik stay near Quebec City. Just a cool expression.
Just like the lighting and texture in this one. It's a fence near where I used to live in High Park.
My Dad was working on his Jaguar.
This one is just all about the subject matter. One of my baby Eyelash vipers eating a baby mouse. Tasty. It's pretty much the most popular shot on my Flickr account. I was so happy when I got these guys to eat, they're kinda finicky sometimes.
Liam, Hans, and I on a Subway platform in NYC (more shots here). That was a fun trip. I wasn't going to go originally, but it turned out to be probably the best $500 I've ever spent. 4 days in Manhattan and finish it off with a Rage/Wu-Tang concert. Doesn't get any better than that.
I have a few flower shots. I try to stay away from them because they are kinda cliche and there is no shortage of plant-related photography. But they just turn out so nice.
It makes me laugh ever time I look at it. Tony is actually looking at something beyond Stephanie's butt. Or so he says!
The sunset at a cottage near Dwight, Ontario. Definitely in my top five ever.
All of these and many more can be found if you sort through my Flickr account. What's really a shame is that I no longer have any of the originals for most of these, or almost any of the ones on Flickr. I lost almost everything in a hard drive crash, over 9000 photos gone. I had a backup system, but I found out after the crash that it hadn't been backing up.
The moral of this story is, always backup, and make sure your backup works.
This is the Shed Cafe in Montreal. Steph and I went there for few days on vacation once. Fun times. I love the color in this one, it's actually a 1.3 sec exposure with the camera resting on the back of the bench.
Candles on Kevin's back porch. I try to shoot night shots without a flash wherever possible. Makes for better photos. The 1.8 setting on my 50mm lens makes this possible.
This is Snakey II and he is a Variable Bush Viper (Atheris squamiger) I kind of miss him. He was so cute and snappy. This shot during one of the brief moments he wasn't attempting to envenomate me. So adorable. I was using a flourescent aquarium light for the lighting and shooting with the lens poking through a cardboard screen to prevent from being bitten. Don't want to lose a finger and end up in the hospital for the sake of a photograph.
This is the Queen St. bridge over the DVP. I’m really happy with how this turned out (its better in large on black). I may go back to see if I can get a better angle, but it was about -15 Celsius at the time and I wasn’t eager to hang around without gloves or a toque.
The best of the very few B&W shots I've taken. It was at Labyrinth Lounge in the Annex. Left to right that's Steph, Kevin, and Sam. Great expressions on all of them. I miss my photography-happy days. There was a time when I was taking 1000 photos a week. Now I'm lucky if I take 50 a month.
This one is just about the content, no artistry here. This is Hans's hand after our trip to NYC. After watching Liam successfully open a beer with his Iron Ring, Hans tried it. The bottle exploded and because he was holding it so tight, and he mashed the pieces into his palm. 7 stitches later they left the hospital at 6am. Turns out you can't go back to Canada to hide from a hospital bill, they find you.
Came home and the power was out throughout the entire distillery district, and surrounding area. Then the fire alarm went off. They used this shot in a Torontoist article. I'm internet-famous.
Mill St. Brewery in the Distillery District (where I live... the Distillery, not the bar). Took a bunch of these shots on a walkabout of the district. All of them were shot from the ground with a little portable tripod.
This is from when Kevin, Tony, Sam, and I went to visit Steph during her Katimavik stay near Quebec City. Just a cool expression.
Just like the lighting and texture in this one. It's a fence near where I used to live in High Park.
My Dad was working on his Jaguar.
This one is just all about the subject matter. One of my baby Eyelash vipers eating a baby mouse. Tasty. It's pretty much the most popular shot on my Flickr account. I was so happy when I got these guys to eat, they're kinda finicky sometimes.
Liam, Hans, and I on a Subway platform in NYC (more shots here). That was a fun trip. I wasn't going to go originally, but it turned out to be probably the best $500 I've ever spent. 4 days in Manhattan and finish it off with a Rage/Wu-Tang concert. Doesn't get any better than that.
I have a few flower shots. I try to stay away from them because they are kinda cliche and there is no shortage of plant-related photography. But they just turn out so nice.
It makes me laugh ever time I look at it. Tony is actually looking at something beyond Stephanie's butt. Or so he says!
The sunset at a cottage near Dwight, Ontario. Definitely in my top five ever.
All of these and many more can be found if you sort through my Flickr account. What's really a shame is that I no longer have any of the originals for most of these, or almost any of the ones on Flickr. I lost almost everything in a hard drive crash, over 9000 photos gone. I had a backup system, but I found out after the crash that it hadn't been backing up.
The moral of this story is, always backup, and make sure your backup works.
Reader Comments (4)
These are absolutely lovely.
And I'm picky with photography
Thanks man. You're lovely!
I'm going to start up a shot of the day I think.
Take a new one every day and post it here.
Love the photos, especially the squamigera. Great work.
Thanks Jim, I think that the Red and Yellow Eyelashes I had were actually offspring of yours at some point. At least that's what I was told.