Hit the Ground Running!

Hit the Ground Running! This past week and a half have proved to be a crazy work week.

I flew in 4 planes, 5 helicopters (1 with the doors off), Up and down to Langara Island in Haida Gwaii twice, photographed 3 Weddings, Spent hours in a boat shooting in the rain, photographed a Galla at one of the most amazing hotels in Downtown Vancouver, photographed a Canucks Kids Camp, Baby Portraits and managed to finish editing a Wedding in my spare time!

Instead of posting multiple individual posts, I have decided to post them all together!

Here is a sample of my work week!!!

 My OFFICE; A.M. and P.M. !

There is nothing else I would rather take pictures of then these amazing creatures!

Photographed the release of this little guy!

Started my morning off with a Doors Off Chopper Ride. Photographing the Shot Gun start for the Fishing For Kids Derby, West Coast Fishing Club in Haida Gwaii.

Just imagine the massive Chinook Salmon that could be just sitting in this Kelp!

Seriously obsessed with theses guys!

These big Sea Lions are super territorial and Smelly!

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Jenna and Sam's Harrison Wedding!

Jenna and Sam's Wonderful Harrison Hot Springs Wedding.

Loved the Sun Flowers!

Apparently this was some kind of street fighter gaming thing!

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Gary & Shannon's Vancouver Wedding Bash!

Gary and Shannon had a wonderful slightly rainy Vancouver Wedding.

The boys!

Downtown and cruising around!

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Shannon & Sean's Steveston Wedding

Shannon's Red HOT Dress!

We defiantly moved a "no entry" sign out of the way for this pic.

Nice FORM!

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Meet Sebastian!

Shot with my New Nikon D800!

"don't eat that stick!!"

Mama Robyn and Her wonderful Sabastian.

Well That is all. I am tired and Now its time to Rest! Thanks to everyone who helped to make my week busy!

Crankworx Endero

Crankworx Endero  I spent the day on "The Top of the World" On Whistler Mt. After 1 Gondola ride and a quick chair life up to the top, we were greeted with amazing views of the surrounding mountain ranges and some excellent talent on their bikes. Alterna Films was shooting some footage for GT Mountain Bikes and I tagged along to get some behind the scenes shots. Here are a couple of samples on the day! The Mountain Biking was extremely impressive and the lighting ended up being pretty amazing!

Octocopter doing some filming!

Beautiful Black Tusk Mountain.

Biking the Endero!

GT representing participant!

Heading up the chair lift!

Heading up the Gondola!

Black Tusk!

Hanging out on the Chair Lift!

Doing a little gear hiking!

Looking back up the peak!

Prime Time!

Prime Time! I decided to Walk the Streets of Casco Viejo, panama; using only a 50mm 1.8 Prime Lens and an 85mm 1.8 Prime Lens. Prime lens street photography is actually hard, because you have to get close to your subject. I got caught snapping a couple of times. Casco Viejo, is an incredible place where old Spanish/French influence some together to create some amazing architecture.  There is a mix between the very rich and the very poor. Some buildings should be condemned, but you will see families living out of these boarded up houses; living in anything that is available.

Here are some shots from my explorations today. I am used to hiding behind a 70-200 2.8 or a 24-70 2.8 Lens, but today, I decided to just try my primes out and get over that horrible awkward feeling of taking a strangers picture!

Its hard to get up to someone with a Prime 50mm Lens. I am no longer able to hide behind my Zoom!

I was Caught Red Handed!

I gave this guy some change, so I felt better about taking his picture!

And of course the Famous "Welcome to Panama Man" He is always singing and Playing!

"Flat Bottom Girl" WVYC Ladies Sailing !

"Flat Bottom Girl" WVYC Ladies Sailing!

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!

Alterna Film's Behind the Lens Shoot

Alterna Film's Behind the Lens Shoot

Last Friday I did some behind the scene's shooting for Alterna Films www.alternafilms.ca . They where on site doing work for Concord Pacific and Intergalactic Agency.

It was a long day, but I had a great time. Here are a copule of sample shots of the behind the scenes. To check out more of the shots, please visit the Alterna Film's Facebook Fan Page: ALTERNA FILM'S

Talon Helicopters and their amazing Cineflex Camera. Can't wait to see the footage off of this.

Byron Packing up the gear.

Walking the sea wall.

Talon helicopters and their amazing Camera.

The crew setting up in the Green Space.

Byron getting in some low angles.

False Creek Green Spaces.

Filming inside of the Amazing Tesla Car!

The crew getting ready to set up to film some Green Spaces.

Filming the Tesla from the truck. Amazing sunset and great way to end the day!