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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Inverse Billie Jean


Inverse Billie Jean, originally uploaded by @ThetaState.

I continue to find creepy shots on the deserted floor that I'm currently on in FCP. As I was exiting the office yesterday I looked up and thought: "this configuration of fluorescent light squares reminds me of MJs Billie Jean video light up sidewalk squares. But on the ceiling. The same, but, like, different.".

I then though: "I've had too much coffee, and I really need to get out more."

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

4 of 5


4 of 5, originally uploaded by @ThetaState.

Mmmmm.... fog!

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Pointedly - DSC_4610ED


Pointedly - DSC_4610ED, originally uploaded by @ThetaState.

Some people have asked me how I "know" what I like to photograph, and I've never really been able to give them a good answer.

Sometimes I say that it's the contrast, or the pattern, or the complexity, or the simplicity... sometimes it's just the mood I'm in.

And sometimes, it's just a gut feeling I get when I'm reviewing the photos from a session. This photo is a great example of that.

At the end of a 6 day trip to British Columbia, after taking about 1000+ shots of a wedding, and at least a couple hundred of amazingly beautiful sea, sky and forest, I came across a wonderful, minimal part of the Departure Bay B.C. Ferries Terminal in Nanaimo. I took this quick shot as we were heading back to the car to drive on to the ferry, and have just got through the rest of my pictures to process it.

After a couple of weeks of "nature" I, actually, got goosebumps when I saw this.

That's how I know what I love to shoot most.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Breaking Through - DSC_4706ED


Breaking Through - DSC_4706ED, originally uploaded by @ThetaState.

Returning on the ferry from Vancouver Island to the mainland, the sun broke through after a crossing full of showers and mist.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Black Box


Black Box, originally uploaded by @ThetaState.

Monday, November 02, 2009

No man is an...


No Man is an... - DSC_3282ED, originally uploaded by @ThetaState.

Smartypants got trapped on a rock as the tide came in. I have about a billion pictures of the sunset from this beach, it's just so beautiful.

Golden Sun - DSC_3259ED


Golden Sun - DSC_3259ED, originally uploaded by @ThetaState.

Some views are worth their weight in gold.

Sunday, November 01, 2009

Sunset - DSC_3247ED



Sunset - DSC_3247ED, originally uploaded by @ThetaState.
Tofino, B.C., provided a particularly spectacular sunset on the Friday night before the wedding took place. It was a gift to have been able to see it that evening.

It was an even greater gift to have been able to see the Milky Way that night on the beach. We are so deprived and disadvantaged in urban and sub-urban areas where light pollution denies us the ability to marvel at the beauty, and vastness, of our galaxy.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Snake Charmer - DSC_2831ED


Snake Charmer - DSC_2831ED, originally uploaded by @ThetaState.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Port at Night DSC_2853ED


Port at Night DSC_2853ED, originally uploaded by @ThetaState.