British Columbia
2008 was the first time I was invited to fly up to Langara Island and photograph a wonderful charity fishing event called, Fishing For Kids, hosted by the West Coast Fishing Club.
Read MoreI had a wonderful time photographing Jody and Mikes Wedding day at the Black Rock Ocean Resort in Ucluelet, British Columbia.
The Black Rock like usual, was an amazing place to photograph their big day. Great service and not too shabby of a view as well! The day's weather was on and off again showers, but the Staff at the Black Rock had two ceremony locations ready and waiting. With the rain subsiding for all of about 30min, Jody and Mike where able to say their vows outside in front of the spectacular West Coast views!
So much congrats and I am truly happy that I could spend the day with Jody and Mike and all of their family and friends!!
Well its been around 2 straight weeks of fog sitting over the beautiful city of Vancouver, but today the sun finally came through and the fog dropped low enough to get some nice shots of Downtown Vancouver. The sun was setting and I headed out to start shooting. The shots where taken on a Nikon D800 with a 70-200 2.8 VR 2.
I stitched together a couple of Pano's using Autopano Pro. Super easy amazing program that doesn't make your computer churn as much as when trying to process large files in Photoshop.
Here are some of the shots that I got.
As the Sun set's behind Vancouver Island, you can just see the Lighthouse at Lighthouse Park clearing from underneath the fog.
City of downtown and finally be spotted after almost 2 straight weeks of Fog Cover.
West Vancouver's shore line has not seen the sun in weeks!
Landscape shot of the city
Sun setting behind Vancouver Island. The ships in the Straight of Georgia have been sounding their fog horns non-stop!
19 image Pano Stitch---Keep Scrolling to the right on the picture to see the whole Pano. Or click the image to enlarge it.
Last weekend I had the pleasure of sailing on an amazing 42ft Sailing boat with some of my closest friends for the Annual West Vancouver Yacht Club Ladies Cruise. We where a mixture of talented sailers and like myself slightly more novice sailers, all hoping to make our mark on the race. We started the race feeling rather confident in our abilities and after a short "Coffee & Muffin" break, we quickly realized that we had forgotten completely about the race and now where sitting in very last place. Unfortunately, the crew of the Eclipse were unable to recover from this relapse in judgment and our "Flat Bottom Girl" could not re-gain her place with the rest of the pack.
After losing our wind, we floated for what seemed like forever in the "Doldrums of Bowen Island", feeling slightly embarrassed as we watched a group of Kayakers pass us by. The crew of the Eclipse discussed various options (ei; starting up the engine...oh and starting up the engine), but the greater majority of us stayed confident in our wind luck changing (also, we had nothing else to do). So we bobbed about floating at around .01 knots, being pulled sideways with the current. We were very happy to not be stuck in the middle of the Ferry Traffic part of the channel and waited patiently for the wind to fill our sail's back up and push us towards the finish line.
Sure enough, after 4.5 hours of "intense" racing (eating and drinking), we crossed over the imaginary line. With no one there to cheer us on or watch us complete the race, we did what any enthusiastic sailor would do! We Blow our own air horn and cheered loudly!
Pulling up to the dock with our heads held high, we soon learned that the winner of the race was a very talented Solo Racer, who manhandled her 30+ racer by herself all the way to the finish line. Our last place finish was consoled by some fantastic food; cooked for by a couple of the Yacht Club men and we enjoyed the beautiful Centre Bay docks and facilities.
Here are some shots from the fantastic weekend and thanks to everyone for letting lose and having a good time!
Experienced Sailor Linds, fine tuning the jib. Gusting 25knots on our way home from Gambier.
Our Fearless Captain, Fiona steering us into the wind!
Linds pretending like she is working hard, just so I can take a picture of her.
Rule of thumb: "Always Look behind you when photographing, sometimes the best shots come from you just turning your head around!"
Emily balancing on a log. We had an incredible hike on Gambier. Mostly filled with caterpillars and very large ferns!
1 out of 2 boat dog mascots, Tikka enjoyed the wind in her hair!
Behind the scene's with Martina Hingis's film shoot by Alterna Films/ Tonic Clothing.
