It’s happened, on more than one occasion now, that a street performer in Vancouver has noticed my camera and decided to pose for me. These guys love all the attention that they can get and I’m happy to oblige! They are very interesting characters.
I didn’t catch his full act, or name, but the performer in the photos and video below managed to persuade me to use my camera in a crazy balancing act. The act itself wasn’t so crazy, but I was for letting him touch my camera. I made sure to put the camera on video mode so that I would have proof if something were to go horribly wrong. Thankfully, it turned out he really knew how to balance things on his chin well, *phew*.
He insisted this was a good pose.
He insisted this was even better.
Here is a video from when my camera was attached to his monopod. The aperture was around f4 so the crowd did not appear in focus from that distance, but it’s kind of interesting. Kind of.
I walked around downtown for a short while yesterday with my camera and decided to share a few random shots here.
A street performer singles me out of the crowd to pose for my camera. He then asks me to put the picture on Facebook.
A man skateboards around the city with his guitar. Vancouver is full of busking musicians and local bands.
Kids carry balloons left over from the Olympics. Vendors everywhere are frantically trying to get rid of extra Olympic stock.
I set my Blackberry Storm’s camera to black and white and experimented with taking some photos downtown. I like how they turned out for this area – very gritty and pixelated. I hope to add to this collection.
gastown sign
Gastown is an old area of Vancouver named after Capt. John ‘Gassy Jack’ Deighton, the first settler of the Vancouver area in 1867. Today it still keeps an old town feel with stone roads and brick buildings, and is a popular tourist area and place to live. I walked around and took photos of the area the other week.
Skulls on Halloween
I know Halloween is one of my favourite times of the year! If only we could dress up like ghouls and ghosts and slutty animals every day of the year. It’s fun for children and adults alike. It’s hard to believe that other places in the world do not celebrate it.
My mission this Halloween was to cover it like a photojournalism event, so I tried to fit in key items like Jack ‘o’ lanterns, children trick or treating, costumes and decorated houses. I asked permission from parents to shoot the children, something I don’t normally do, but these days you can never be too careful. Luckily, all the parents were more than happy to have pictures taken, which is how it should be!
Enjoy the gallery by clicking on the photo.