angles

angles, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

There are some interesting buildings here in the lower mainland. This is one of them.

more bubbles

more bubbles, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

You can get some interesting patterns when you put oil and water together.

silver tubes

silver tubes , originally uploaded by petetaylor.

Actually these are plastic staws, but the way it was lit and the black and white conversion makes it look as though it's a series of silver tubes.

pumpkins

pumpkins, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

Tis the season...

park bench

park bench , originally uploaded by petetaylor.

A wet fall day in Vancouver.

Kevin

Kevin, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

Nice casual pose here.

Fall Colour

Fall Colour, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

The entrance to the parking lot at Trout Lake in east Vancouver.

kids

kids , originally uploaded by petetaylor.

A shot from a family portrait series.

waiting on the corner

waiting on the corner , originally uploaded by petetaylor.

The buses are running on granville street and it makes for some interesting photography.

tower

tower, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

I experimented with gradients and 'mirroring' a smoke image.

Foggy Forest

Foggy Forest, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

A small fog bank rolled into the park and I thought the light was so beautiful that I had to take a picture.

kevin

kevin, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

Kevin volunteered to help me practice my lighting. Turned out well.

Benilda and Manny

Benilda and Manny, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

It's easy to see the affection the two of them have for each other.

Peter and Rona

Peter and Rona, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

I think this works. Late afternoon fall day, a bit crisp but lovely light.

Canada Goose

Canada Goose , originally uploaded by petetaylor.

Trying to capture fall colors here.

Kelly

Kelly, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

I thought the lighting on this one lent itself to a hi-key look. Enjoy!

alex fraser bridge

alex fraser bridge, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

Taken during the 'blue hour' just after sunset. I wish I had walked onto the west side deck as there was a spectacular sunset. The golden light spilled onto the Fraser river and it looked like a stream of molten gold.

Alex Fraser Bridge

support , originally uploaded by petetaylor.

The north end of the Alex Fraser Bridge. Taken just after sunset.

the kids

the kids, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

Milt and Dorothy

Milt and Dorothy, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

Milt and Dorothy will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary next month. Still goin' strong!

towers

towers , originally uploaded by petetaylor.

These are the towers that will eventually support the new roof on BC Place, a multipurpose stadium in downtown Vancouver. The red in the sky is due to the reflection of the city lights off the cloud cover. It was a fairly long exposure, 20 seconds but I wanted a smaller aperature in order to get all of the elements sharp.

fanta

fanta, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

High key product shot. Big softbox on the left, stripbox on top and reflector on the right.

A thought

It seems to me that the volume of condemnation of homosexuality and sexuality in general from assorted right-wing folk: preachers, pundits, politicians; take your pick, is proportional to the level of their own, hidden, fevered desires.

aaron

aaron, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

Trying a desaturated look here. Not quite black and white.

Aaron

Aaron, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

Just a casual shoot with Aaron experimenting with lighting.

Val

Val , originally uploaded by petetaylor.

Just experimenting with black and white here....

red

red, originally uploaded by petetaylor.

Just experimenting with smoke photography. It's almost like a snowflake as no one stream is like another. In this case the original photo was a single stream that was copied and 'mirrored' in post. I added colors on several layers and used a gradient on a layer mask in order to smooth out the colour transitions. The original photo was taken with a Nikon D80 fitted with a Nikkor 105 macro lens. I used a wireless flash trigger and the flash was located slightly below and behind the stream of smoke.

MIkeila, my photo of the day for October 4 ,2010

I was helping out a friend today, let him use the studio and work on his technique. He brought a couple of models including this beautiful woman:

Blue Smoke

Smoke paired:

Sythiesier Patel