George Bowering

Read the full Article for the University of Victoria Torch Alumni magazine here

And here’s a few of my favorite outtakes:

I’ve been playing with video and editing and took this opportunity to get George in action.

Though George is a prolific Canadian novelist, poet, historian and biographer, his personality proves comedian. I have to admit that I was in a constant state of shock and disbelief just from listening to him talk… and then there’s the pictures to prove his lack of concern for my camera in front of his face.

You can go ahead and read his books, but here’s a little personal insight that you might never see.

  • Walking through his house was like perusing an art gallery.
  • He couldn’t get through Life of Pi which makes me feel much better for dropping it after chapter 3
  • He’s a bit of a bad-ass. Like I had to edit out a lot of stories that may have been slightly incriminating. I imagine that an evening of wine and scotch would be quite entertaining.

I love when Torch magazine calls me up.  They always send me to shoot inspirational, accomplished and entertaining subjects.

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Posted on October 25, 2011 in the FEATURED,PEOPLE album

Sunflower Hour Is Finally Here

Alright, so the time has finally come! It’s been almost two years but all the hard work has made AAron Houston and Aisla Webster’s Sunflower Hour a huge success. At the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival it snatched up an award for Independent Camera

It’s showed in Quebec city and Calgary and it’s finally here at the Vancouver International Film festival until October 14th!

There’s definitely lots of laughs and I even make a bit of a cameo.  I’ll buy a drink for the first person who can give a detailed description of what I was wearing. And yes, it’s excruciatingly embarrassing.

GO!! GO!! GO!!!

 

With a spectacular cast and lots of laughs, I was honoured to shoot stills during the filming.  Seven Deneault did a fabulous job compositing the stills into this poster.

(Canada, 2011, 85 mins, HDCam)

Directed By: Aaron Houston

PRODS: Aaron Houston, Aisla Webster
SCR: Aaron Houston
CAM: Steven Deneault
ED: Greg Ng
PROD DES: Daren Luc Sasges
CAST: Patrick Gilmore, Ben Cotton, Amitai Marmorstein, Kacey Rohl, Peter New
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Posted on September 30, 2011 in the FEATURED album

Goblin Market

Tonight is opening night for Goblin Market at the Vancouver Fringe Festival and I have to say that I’m pretty excited to see it. I had the pleasure of illustrating this for Director (and dear friend) Barbara Tomasic. For some reason I always get really nervous when I’m doing work for friends, but I think she’s pretty happy with the results. You can see my reflection in the cherry and that makes me happy.

The show stars Lauren Bowler and Tracey Powers–two incredibly in-demand, inspirational and talented ladies. Tracey’s an award winning playwright and Lauren just opened a trendy new tea shop in New West called Great Wall Tea Company.

I’ll be there tonight. Be sure to come and say hi!

You can buy tickets here:  http://www.vancouverfringe.com/

 

Directed by Barbara Tomasic, Starring Lauren Bowler and Tracey Power, Musical Direction by Steve Charles

September 8-18, 2011 
Show Times:
Thursday Sep 08 8:50pm
Friday, Sep 09      8:50pm
Sunday  Sep 11 8:45pm
Tuesday Sep 13 7:15pm
Wednesday, Sep 14 6:05pm
Thursday Sep 15 7:20pm
Friday, Sep 16   8:50pm
Saturday, Sep 17 3:00pm
Sunday Sep 18 3:00pm
on Granville Island, @ Circle Point

 

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Posted on September 8, 2011 in the FEATURED,OTHERS album

Boat Shoes

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Posted on August 9, 2011 in the FEATURED,NATURE album

Robin: feeding chicks

Happy summer everyone! I just got back from a fun filled family reunion in Alberta and a phenomenal week of sailing through the Gulf Islands with Miguel. Aside from an awesome tan, I’ve got tons of pics to share.

These little robins hatched while I was at my brother’s house in Sylvan Lake. They nested right outside the patio door; Sometimes I just can’t believe my luck. Watching them became my meditation/alone time.

It’s quite incredible how after standing there long enough the hunter Robin decided I wasn’t a threat. With beak full of scrumptious slithery worms and bugs, he sat on a near tree branch for almost 10 minutes before delivering to hungry chicks and mamma. (I’m assuming the gender–it’s very hard to tell a female from male and they seemed to have taken turns doing the protecting and hunting anyway).

WATCH THEM FEED HERE! This was the last day I was there and at the end of the video it looks like the little chick is going to push itmself right out of the nest with it’s wings.

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Posted on July 27, 2011 in the FEATURED,NATURE album

Washboard Abs & Fashion

You know when someone tells you that they’re a personal trainer and you can’t help but think… “That’s nice, but why would I train with someone who’s 20 lbs over weight? It’s like getting a haircut from someone with a mullet.” Well this obviously isn’t the case with Hannah. Trust me, this lady knows her stuff and if you’re willing to put the work in (she’s very good at kicking your butt) you might just get abs like hers. She smiles the whole time and, by the way, will look more hot/fashionable in her gym clothes than most people look on the street. She actually holds a degree in fashion and designed for Narcissist clothing for a few years.

While she has you doing burpees and lunges across the gym floor, she’ll be entertaining you with tales from Aerial silks class or hosting Japanese talk shows. She’s extremely passionate, committed and caring. If you happen to be looking for a trainer I highly recommend Hannah.  She does privates and also teaches like a million classes.

check her out here:
http://hannah-fitness.com/

 

Photography geek note:

Lately I’ve been having a little back issue, so I’ve taken to leaving the heavy studio lights and opting for my Quantum QFlash. For one thing, It’s a lot more compact and less wight to lug around. It also has a small soft box that I love. On this particular shoot, Hannah was standing in a hallway and I used the opposite wall as an enormous bounce; I love doing this. The first thing I do when I scout a location is evaluate the ambient light and surfaces like walls and ceilings that will make for great reflectors or diffusers.  This works best with neutral coloured walls, unless you’re getting creative. In the last image she’s standing at the top of a stairwell and balancing on the railings (seriously not recommended for the average model). I placed my quantum at the bottom of the stairs and back-lit the heck out of her. The wall behind me acted as a fill light and with proper exposure we get these results. There’s a lot of flare that I really like and seems to be in style now. If you wanted to set up a similar shoot but eliminate the flare, you could use fabrics, flags and Cinefoil (really expensive black aluminum foil) to flag off the light until you get the effect you want.

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Posted on June 10, 2011 in the ATHLETES,FEATURED,PEOPLE album

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