Timeline Boutique Fashion Show at Pink Elephant Thai

I was at the Pink Elephant Thai for another fashion show hosted by LuvnGrace.  Actually, I was there for two, Smooch Boutique Swimwear and Timeline Boutique.  I missed the Element 7 Style show.

See the full set at Flickr!

Beauty Night Society Fundraiser

I was out at another event, a Variety show fundraiser for the Beauty Night Society held at the Fortune Sound Club.   If you would like to read a proper review of the event, please go to the other blog thesociables.ca where I do proper nightlife journalism.

See the full set at my flickr!

But still, nerd stuff below:

Trisko & Principals Year End Party

I was out shooting for The Sociables at the Trisko and Principals Year End Party: Heroes and Villains held at Fortune Sound Club.  A more comprehensive review can be found at thesociables.ca written by Elysia Rotaru.  I was just there to take photos.  Read further below to see how I took these photos.

See the full set at my FLICKR!

Nerd stuff below:

BUN 2012 Sesso Collection with Jennyfleur Loves & Rogue

These are photos from another of Vernard's events that I shot for "The Sociables" @ thesociables.ca.  It was the BUN Sesso 2012 Collection with Jennyfleur Loves & Rogue Fashion Shows.  The venue was Chinois in Yaletown.

See the full set at my FLICKR!

Carola Bun has all the pearls and gems.

Nerd stuff below

Vancouver Fashion Week 2012

I was called in at the last minute to provide coverage last day of Vancouver Fashion Week 2012 (Spring/Summer 2013 Collection).

I've shot at VFW a bunch of times before at the Empire Landmark Hotel, and I knew that venue inside and out.  I headed out thinking it was going to be more of the same.

But it seems things have changed in the last few seasons I missed.

The venue was the Chinese cultural center, a major improvement in my opinion, way more room and high ceilings make the whole operation feel like a bigger production.  Most importantly (for me) it had superior lighting that I'm sure many other shooter appreciated too.

These are some photos I took while getting footage of the various designers.  I got there in time to catch six of the shows: PINGHE, Daniela Villa, Farida Lalji, SODDI by Solon Diego, Y!D.N.A. by Andy Hoan Nguyen, and George Bezhanishivili.

See more photos at my FLICKR!

Nerd Stuff Below

2012 Vancouver Pride Parade

I was commissioned by QMG (queermediagroup.com) to cover the Pride Parade this year.  Last year we had the abstracted parade route due to various awkward problems, but it was much better this year, going most of the full length around downtown.

See the full set of the leftover pics at Flickr!

 Jenna Talackova

 This dude was super stoked.

This one didn't want to dress up.

This is what the festival looked like.

Nerd stuff below

The Verge: What is The Verge

The Verge is an independent web series being produced by James Choi.

Carole is a run of the mill, average girl living aimlessly in Terminal City.  When a mysterious stranger blackmails her in to committing murder, she finds out that she is naturally talented.  And that those she kill are more than human.


Production Detailz below

Animal Encounters: New Zealand Fur Seal

This is a short video about a New Zealand fur seal that I encountered in my work.  I was shooting a nature documentary and this was a solitary female New Zealand fur seal that was just sunbathing in a secluded cliff side beach.

New Zealand fur seals are a species of fur seals.  They have long flippers that lets them move very quickly on land, and are known to be quite aggressive to annoying humans.

When you encounter wildlife in nature, I recommend you leave them alone.  Approaching wild animals is quite intrusive and stressful (for them), and may be very dangerous if they decide to be aggressive.  The difference between a bro and me is that I have insurance coverage for dismemberment by wildlife.

See more photos of this fur seal at my FLICKR!

Technical info below-

Runway at "ELEGANCE" by EVA CHEN

It was another event by Vernard Goud from LUVNGRACE Entertainment, and I was invited to shoot at the event.  Vernard's events always have all sorts of things going on, and involves a fusion of a variety of elements of culture and art.  Featuring Eva Chen's "Elegance" collection, commercial photographer Erich Saide, Golden Brush Art: Bill Higginson + Richard Ma and Diane Reyes + Carole Lagimodiere, Make Up Artist Alysia Hamilton, and a bunch of other people and things going on.

I haven't done any fashion shows in a long time since I was busy on assignments shooting film.  I even missed Vancouver Fashion Week this year, so I was looking forward to coming out to this.

Eva Chen's been showing for her awesome style at various events, so if you follow fashion you probably seen some of these already.

Included are a few photos from the event.

See the full set at FLICKR here!

Nerd Stuff Below

Musket teaser trailer

Watch the teaser trailer for the film Musket, which I'll be shooting later this year.

This is a fan funded independent feature film, and depend on the viewers for contributions.

If you like what you saw, check out the campaign page, and contribute by sharing the link or giving a donation!

Join the Musket Campaign Here!

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2012 Cinematography Show Reel

This is my new cinematography show reel for 2012, and contains various works in narrative cinematography from 2011.  Enjoy!