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Screen with a view.
Sunday, January 9th, 2011Metric
Monday, November 15th, 2010I want to start with a great big thanks to Atomique for putting on such great shows and making the Victoria music scene what it is.
I went down to the Save-On Foods Memorial Centre last night to photograph the Metric show. It was great to finally see them live (well, the first three songs anyway). The difference between shooting musicians in the dawn of their career and those that are really well known is access (obviously). I adore shooting the smaller gigs as you have a lot of freedom to roam, time to get into the groove and, in my mind, capture truer images. With the larger shows it is typical to be ushered in just before the set starts, you shoot for the first three songs, and then you are ushered out. The amount of shoot time isn’t an issue for me (I shoot fast and a lot) but it is when it happens in the set that feels wrong to me. *I understand it isn’t all about the photographer, I’m trying to get over that. Haha ;) I’m sure the music industry has excellent reasons for making it the first three songs. * But let me explain where I’m coming from on this one. Music shows are like conversations. When it begins there is usually an air of tension as you try to read the other side while covering the standard rote questions “Where are you from? What do you do?”. It takes a bit of time before you can relax into discussing the stuff that actually matters. The stuff that is a truer representation of you. The stuff that will have you walking away thinking about how awesome the other one is. It takes time to warm up. To get deep. It is the same for shows. The end of the set is ALWAYS (o.k, I’m sure there are some notable exceptions) better, purer, rawer (is that a word?), richer than the start. It is THAT that I’m interested in capturing. THAT is the gold. Not the hello. Not the how are you. But the HEY, THIS IS WHAT I LIVE FOR! THIS IS WHY MY HEART BEATS.
So until I change the system, I give you a hello from Metric:
Devil’s Night
Saturday, November 6th, 2010Just after we bought our big old creaky heritage house, I was walking down the sidewalk behind two boys of about 7 and I heard one say to the other “there’s the haunted house” in reference to our dear old home. Every year since, I have wanted to REALLY hauntify it for Halloween but my hours were somehow always filled with other adventures. Well, this year that glorious dream was finally realized ;)
We decked it out from porch to roof with red lights, cobwebs, dismembered doll parts, vultures and dry ice in a witch’s cauldron. Since Halloween fell on a Sunday this year we invited our friend’s over on Saturday to help celebrate Devil’s Night. The costumes this year were fabulous so I set up a photobooth to capture everyone’s awesomeness. Photobooths are a great extra for parties as people love having something interactive and entertaining to do. Ask for details if you’d like a photobooth at your next party. Check out the fun below (scroll down for play-it may take a bit to load).
A shining soul creates new life.
Friday, October 22nd, 2010Some women glow when they are pregnant. Calico beams. Although I have it on good authority that it is not just when she is pregnant. Calico is one of those people that have you grinning and laughing and loving life. You can’t help it. Her joy just rubs off. Her energy was such a treat to shoot. Another treat was the sweet sweet light that happened upon us as we climbed the hill. Thanks Calico for such a fun evening. I am so excited about the shoot part deux when your little bambino arrives. xoxo
Rifflandia
Saturday, October 16th, 2010Rifflandia has done it once again ;)
What an incredible week of awesome shows. I am continually blown away by what a brilliant idea this festival is. 150 some bands, four nights, and one wristband. All for the love of music. Thanks to the organizers for masterminding this extravaganza. This year, I was asked to put together a crew of official photographers so that there would be a photographer stationed at each of the 10 venues every night. I couldn’t of asked for a better team. You can check out everyone’s photos in the gallery on the Rifflandia site here.
Here are some highlights seen through my lens:
Heartbreakers
Saturday, August 28th, 2010This was a really fun shoot. The old motorcycle that Graden is riding used to be ridden by his father 32 years ago. With that in mind I went with a a bit of a vintage look on a lot of the photos. Graden sure is a looker, especially with that little page boy cap. So cute! The last few frames are of his adorable cousin ;)
Eric & Melissa – Wedding Photo Gallery – Keri Coles Photography – Victoria, BC
Sunday, August 15th, 2010Eric and Melissa got married at the stunning Bear Mountain Resort. Getting married on a golf course held extra significance for the couple as Eric is a pro golfer and the two met on a golf course ;) The day went smooth as silk with tons of laughter and joy. They definitely win the best reception of the year award. Eric, Melissa and their wedding party surprised their guests with an AWESOME choreographed dance number. Eric also did some pretty impressive renditions of the worm and the robot. The love in the room was huge and beautiful. The cherry on top for us photographers…the bestman freestyling to us just before we left ;)
Thank you, Melissa and Eric, for including us in your extraordinary day to remember!
Ceremony: Bear Mountain Resort
Reception: Delta Ocean Point
Flowers: Fine Floral Designs by Jane
I just love this next series. Hilariousness ensued.
There was a lot of interest from the young ones during the garter getting ;)
and I can’t help but adore the sight of a kid that can’t keep their nose out of a book. I LOVE it!
Organic Islands Festival
Sunday, July 18th, 2010It was a fabulous weekend at Organic Islands Festival. There are always lots of great vendors that support and inspire sustainability. The reason I love the festival the most is the incredible speakers that come to share their wealth of knowledge.
Percy Schmeiser was the highlight for me at the Festival in 2008. His story is one to know. He is fighting a battle on our behalf. A battle that’s final outcome will not directly effect his life, but it will effect ours. He is devoting his time, money, life energy and integrity to protect our right to save seeds and our right to know whether we are consuming GMO or not. This may not sound like a pressing matter to many of our generation that purchase their groceries at the store and are disconnected from the growing process, but to people who have spent their lives growing and improving food (naturally) this is an issue second to none. It is a very polarized issue and which ever side of the fence you sit on it is impossible to not appreciate the courage, fortitude and strength of this exceptional man.
Sorry, that was a bit of a tangent. Let’s chat about the festival THIS year ;)
This year, the gold star went to Carolyn Herriot from The Garden Path. Carolyn is a local advocate for food self-sufficiency, seed saving, and organic gardening. At the festival, she was having a book launch for her new book, The Zero Mile Diet. She is such an inspirational speaker and another person that I feel has our back when we don’t even realize we need it.
Another sweet surprise for me was seeing The Malahat Revue for the first time. They were fabulous and, come on, how do you not love a band that tours by bike ;)
