Archive for March, 2010
More photos available for viewing
by admin on Mar.28, 2010, under Events, Photography, Projects
Now I have chosen to go with Photoshelter to host some of my galleries, I will be uploading more events that I have photographed. Now I have completed the Canadian League of Composers event that occurred at the Western Front back in January. See my progress on my Photoshelter homepage here.
Soon I will have other galleries hosted. I realized after I started this account that I could easily host this level of photo storage and slideshow view on my own site. So here is a slide show of the Canadian Composers I photographed in January. If you are pictured and you would like a copy, please contact me. You are welcome to copy the image off the site but please credit me if you use it professionally. Most of these photos are untouched and would benefit from an application of graphic design skills. I am willing to trade or accept an honourarium for the work.
I attended several events during the Vancouver 2010 Cultrual Olympiad and my friend Paul played with Phil Emerson and Tommy Babin in the trio, “String Stories”. The light was very tricky and I am still getting used to my new 50mm 1.8 lens. My Nikon D50 did the best it could in my hands and this is the result. I learned a lot from taking these photos, but they still preserve some great moments.
One of the other really cool shows was Umalali, a group I had connected with at the 2009 Folk Music Festival. I have yet to obtain permission to post images from this concert, but here are the pictorial examples of Olympic Security – Belize style.
Have to get back to music now.
Professional Photo Hosting
by admin on Mar.15, 2010, under Concerts, Events, Media, Photography
My photography has moved to the level where I am being paid for photos and several of my friends are interested in the documentation of their concerts and events. It is a lot of work to process RAW photos and develop them with a degree of individual care that they deserve if they are not going to be used. They should also be custom formatted for print or web publishing and there are a number of other considerations. Now I take a lot of photos, processing was becoming too time consuming. I had to find out what other photographers were doing to manage this situation.
Welcome to Photoshelter, a very cool photo host that is as professional as you want it to be. This is a custom search box to check if you are listed in a photo on the site. Here is my homepage – VIX.
Right now, I only have one gallery of Viviane Houle, Stefan Smulovitz and Dider Petit playing as a trio at the Light Gallery on Monday. I have posted a couple of the photos with their permission. In the top photo Didier was acting tired and critiquing Stefan’s laptop offerings (below). It was all in good fun and the concert was amusing.
Their intent was humorous, right from the start, as the first piece was an accompaniment to the performed text of the clause in the artist’s contract that restricts their right to criticize the Olympics, the sponsors or anything else about the “Big O”. The rendition was quite sardonic, but did not constitute a violation, as they were just reading the contract. There are some rumours that the Olympics have copyrighted our year, so that it is an infringement to use Vancouver 2010 in this sentence. I guess this is permitted use because I am talking about this concert that was held as part of the Cultural Olympiad.
I have to confess I did not watch the hockey game, but I love the Cultural Olympiad. There is more, yes, much more. HIVE3, one of my favourite theatre festivals is part of the fun and John Kosrud strikes again with the Ice Age March 20th in North Van. I have been busy this weekend with concerts by Paul Plimley and a new music group from Taiwan at Performance Works on Granville Island. I am getting into the action while I can because with the Arts cuts after the Olympics leave town, it is going to be a lot quieter than usual in Vancouver.
Victoria with Mud Bay Blues
by admin on Mar.13, 2010, under Concerts, Events, Music
The Waldorf Hotel pub is quite a nice venue and it was really fun to play with the Mud Bay Blues Band. This band has been around for many years and the players have a smooth familiarity with each others playing styles.
A friend of mine came down to enjoy the music and took a few photos – check them out here. It was very generous of him to document the event as he usually specializes in nature photos and not people. I guess we were down to earth enough for him to accept us as part of the scenery.
This Friday night was really fun, as I had the opportunity to play my original music that is closest to my Blues heritage. I hope I have another chance to play with this group and I will post future events in advance.
Tonight Paul is playing at Performance Works as part of the Cultural Olympiad.
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