Outside my window: Troubador

 I'm enjoying the new neighborhood and the host of interesting individuals it is home to and attracts.

This month in Vancouver Magazine

I photographed Anthony von Mandl, of Turning Point Brewery, for the July 2010 issue of Vancouver Magazine

Catching up.

This is an assignment shot last year for the Funeral Service Association of British Columbia. Each of these individuals struck me as exceptionally sensitive and caring and profoundly invested in their jobs. It was a personally satisfying assignment that had me working with the wonderful and talented Matt and Lynn from Emdoubleyu Design.

I found a Mondrian

Three shots that made me smile when i found them.

My most beautiful photo this week. May 21st 2010

In class on assignment for the school. In this situation I am announced to the class and my presence explained. Then they are told to ignore me. I just maneuver as quietly as I can and shoot.

I'm attracted to the light, the color, the tones. The attentive look of the girl in focus and the glance of the boy in the back. It has the potential to be timeless.

Nikon 50mm f/1.8 Series E

Found this lens attached to an old FG among some boxes. I finally shot something with it.

This month in BC Business Magazine

This month in BC Business Magazine Minister Stockwell Day and the Purdy's Chocolates production line photographed by me!

This month in Vancouver Magazine...

This month in  Vancouver Magazine
Dave Curry, Tennis Pro at Shaughnessy Country Club.
Photographed for the "Best of the City" Issue, March/April 2010.

Recent Work: Vancouver Magazine

Ifny, co-founder of freegeekvancouver.org
Photographed for the March issue of  Vancouver Magazine.



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The End of Summer

The end of summer is here.
Working the games at the Pacific National Exhibition

Forage

Forage, originally uploaded by Paul Joseph Photographs.

The wasp that had coffee with me this morning.

Olivia and Naomi

I photographed these two lovely sisters this past Saturday.
The shoot is for use in promoting their personal fitness training business.
We shot it on my back deck and they laughed the whole time.
These are two of my favorite photographs from the shoot.
There will more to come from this as I get deeper into the edit.

Fragments from yesterday.

Yesterday I photographed at Collingwood School in West Vancouver. These are fragments of images that struck me.

From yesterday.

iPhone/CinemaFX

A day at the races.

Ok, I embellish a little. It was more like an hour and a half, and we were there to test my wife’s allergy to horses not bet the ponies. It was long enough to have a beer and a hotdog in the sun and catch the last two races. I left the camera at home and shot these on my iPhone.

Arthur Erickson

I was fortunate enough to be assigned to photograph Arthur Erickson for the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business magazine some 8 or 9 years ago. I remember he was dressed immaculately. He had agreed to 15 minutes for me to take his portrait. As we worked we talked between shots and eventually we wound up talking about photography. At the time I thought myself clever for having touched upon a subject that Mr Erickson found interesting and indeed seemed well versed in. In hindsight I think Arthur was just trying ease a young photographer’s nerves. In any event, he made a comment about believing the square format to be the perfect format to photograph in, because it is the truest approximation of our natural field of view. That stuck with me and every now again I stare off into space exploring my peripheral vision, examining it for edges and corners…

Anyway, he gave me 25 minutes and shook my hand as we said goodbye. I remember him as a gentleman and a warm conversationalist.

Fire Hydrant

This caught my eye the other day. I love the colour palette.
iPhone/ CinemaFX/ CoolFX/ Photoshop CS4

This month In BC Business magazine

This month in BC Business
Lights Out by Jim Sutherland

Today 05.21.2009

I gave a talk today at Cap College on what it is that I do. I think I evaded that question very effectively by focusing primarily on what it was that I have done. That was noon to 1:30 then I had a shoot scheduled at three but showed up at 2:15 so i could be set and ready for the subject. This went swimmingly and I was done by 3:30. Then I had a meeting with @bcbusiness a couple of blocks away so I did what any self respecting photographer would do. I left the $5000 camera body and the $2000 lens in the bag and shot on my iPhone.