We did a pretty cool shoot for Viatec last week. Viatec had their annual awards ceremony at the
Victoria Conference centre. What was cool about the shoot was that it was all reported in real time via social media sites like twitter, flickr and facebook.
So all the shots we took were edited on the spot, post processed and uploaded right away. This is of course normal for photojournalists, but for commercial photographers the thought of instantly uploading is rather daunting. Well it was a great experience and everything worked flawlessly so we were happy.

These guys did the social networking

http://www.plusroi.com/
http://www.wordspring.ca/

Viatec flickr stream http://www.flickr.com/photos/viatec/

On our travels we have acquired a vast library of images of the beautiful province of British Columbia. As it is a shame to just let them lie around for no one to see we pondered on solutions to get them out there. Well the solution is here http://bcoutside.com
We have teamed up with talented people to bring prose and photography related to being outside in BC. We are aiming for an audience of people that like to be outdoors, living an active lifestyle and to travel. We also decided to include activities with children, an area that seems often overlooked in this category. Another benefit is that the site will become an informal guide to places around British Columbia.

Check it out!

BCOUTSIDE

Labels: bcoutside, british columbia, canada, cycling, fishing, hiking, outdoors, outside, surfing, travel, vancouver island

And a new studio....





We're excited about our new Studio these days. We have moved to a new location 734 Aldebury St.
Now we have a big studio to accommodate any shoot that comes our way.



We also have a new page on the website it is information about renting the studio. Click here
We believe this is the only photography studio rental in Victoria BC.

Labels: location, photography, rental, studio

....and some reflections on 2008

The first year is in the bag, it is often stated that the first year in the life of a business is the hardest one. Our 1st year was hard but that is not the dominant feeling we get when we look back on 2008. Experience, fun, enlightening and learning are on the top of the list of thoughts for us when thinking of our 1st year in business.
We are also very thankful for a lot of things, we have met great people and worked for top clients who trusted us with their image. Here are some of our favourite images we did in 2008. Enjoy!


Client: Harbour Air


Client: Green Mountain Hammocks


Client: Harbour Air


Client: Family portrait session


Client: Guiding Owl Investments


Client: FQ Japan


Client: Stock


Client: Harbour Air


Client: BC Ferries

Some updates to the web, we have added some multimedia clips to the Media section, take a peek if interested in such things.
Our stock library keeps growing we have added some aerials of Vancouver to the mix.
We also want to promote our portrait package, perfect for the holidays, here is a link to the details.

Greg has started a cool site about fishing - check it out Fishing Chronicles

Cheers

Snorri

Labels: fishing, greg miller, media, portraits, stock

We have done some updates on the web site so check it out.
We have added a galleri with Studio Work.
We have added a price list for portrait work and studio rental.

We've been busy this fall with a new client Green Mountain Hammocks, and have been doing their Photography from scratch, more on that later.
Eco Furniture have some new products that we photographed, pretty cool company with high standards in their production.

Cheers

Snorri

Some assignments let you experiment more than others, which is really fun and help to advance your experience.
A recent one that III had was a shoot for Harbour Air. Not only were we shooting airplanes from a helicopter, which is always fun, but we got to attach a camera to the wing of one of the Otters. Thats not something that is done easily or on a whim. The guys at Harbour air were excited about this so we got a lot of support from them. The paperwork and the safety precautions were all handled by them perfectly. We handled the technical part of it and of course the shooting - the fun parts.





We used a Manfrotto ball-head to attach a Canon 1D Mark II, to the underside of the wing on the Otter. We used a Canon 17-40 with a polarizer and a pocket wizard with a remote cord. This was then packed in gaffer tape. Both to secure all the cables and to give some protection against wind and waves that are an essential part of a Seaplane take offs and landings.



The camera was on shutter priority so that we could have the shutter high enough all the time to negotiate the vibrations coming from the Otter. We set the ISO to 800 to have some leeway for the aperture, I find that higher ISO properly exposed is by far better than low ISO under exposed.


As we followed the Otter in the helicopter we used some of the time to use the remote, the hard part about this all, is the fact that its a trial and error process. We could not see the motif or the background as we were shooting so a lot of guesswork was in order as well as shooting as much as possible.