Photo Friday
March 5th, 2011
Its Friday, and I don’t have a post, so please enjoy a photo!
Crescent Beach, Surrey, BC.
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Think Tank Urban Disguise 50 Review
January 24th, 2011
If you are looking for a shoulder bag for a 15″ laptop and a lot of camera gear, look no further than the Thinktank Photo Urban disquise 50. The bag comfortably fits my 15″ Macbook Pro (spring 2010 model), two f2.8 zooms, two camera bodies, a flash, poceket wizards, and a ton of accessories. The best feature of the Urban Disguise 50 is all of the little pockets, and in my opinion, this is a major failing of other camera bags. Within a couple of days of getting the bag, I was on a plane off to Saskatchewan for a couple of days, and this bag handled my needs with ease. I was able to work out of the Urban Disguise 50 as if it was my portable office.
Random Photo Post
November 25th, 2010
Updates…
September 8th, 2010
Its been a long time since I have updated this site, and this is a post to let you know that there are a bunch of new posts coming in the next couple of weeks. Its been a busy few months, and as a result, you may notice some changes. First off, photography related posts here will mostly be about gear, posts with lots of nice pictures will be posted at my new website, for my new Metro Vancouver Wedding Photography Business. Please check out Chris Murray Photography and be sure to contact me if you need a photographer for your wedding or event!
Now back to this site. What kinds of posts do you want to see more of?
Vancouver 2010 Torch Relay, Day 103
February 11th, 2010
Here is a quick post with a few of my favorite pictures from the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic torch relay. The relay went through my neighbourhood, so it was nice to get out and take the family to see the torch go by.
The Torch arrives, and is passed to the next torch bearer.
A heavy Police presence to ensure safe passage of the flame.
The Olympic Flame
And its gone.
This is just a few of the vehicles involved in the convoy. The bus carries torch bearers along the route after their run.
Stay tuned for pics from Day 105 (Feb 11th) and my summary post on the torch relay. You can view more pictures from Day 103 in my flickr stream.
The end of an era
December 2nd, 2008
Last week, I finally sold off my darkroom. I have not had the time for something that I once enjoyed so much, so it was time for my Enlarger, and other accessories to find a loving home. When we purchased our home in 2005, I had expected to have time to setup a semi-permanent darkroom in a corner of the garage. Three years later, and I still haven’t done that, and now with our first child on the way, its time to let it go.
My new “darkroom” is now my Ubuntu desktop PC, and my mobile darkroom… my macbook equipped with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. I have really enjoyed my switch to digital, and being a techie, I am more inclined to sit in front of my computer and edit a few photos when I have spare time. So I feel this is a win-win for me.
If you are curious, here were the parts that I had in my darkroom.
- Saunders/LPL 6700 Dichroic Enlarger
- Rodenstock Rodagon 50mm F2.8 lens
- Saunders IC Enlarger timer
- Print trays
- Film Development tanks
- Boxes of paper
- misc. chemicals.
Next post in my photography series will be my review of the SMC Pentax DA* 50-135/F2.8 Lens.
My most used lens
November 21st, 2008
Recently, I was curious as to which lens I had been using the most. A Quick search of the metadata in my images in Adobe Lightroom yeilded that my SMC Pentax 50mm/f1.4 is hands down my most used lens.
In fact, it leads the number 2 lens by more than double the images. That’s an overwhelming win for this lens, and despite what dpreview recently said, this lens produces some of the most pleasing images, even wide open. I imaging my results are quite a bit different than theirs since I don’t photograph resolution charts 
This post is my attempt at a real world impression, not a review. Reviews photographing test charts, and other scientific measurements do nothing to show weather a lens will be considered good, or useful.
More after the jump…
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