Mysterious find in the Garden...

I spotted something odd the other day in the garden... managed to get a sneaky shot of it... I wonder what it can be?

The Turners return to Seattle!

The View from our Hotel (the Warwick) of the Brilliant RAINY night scene of Seattle
Neon tubes in front of the Paramount theatre... umm Art i guess!
Odd shaped car park.. very oddBusy Coffee Shop???
The Fabulous view accept less Fisheye this time!!!
Seattle has a cool underground bus system.... and its free for all the places we went. COOL!
We looked touristy! Look at that English tourist in the background.... Ug!
Oh.. it Rained!
Building Art!
Car Art!
Came across an excellent Pub/ Restaurant ( Gordon Biersch). Fabulous food, Company and Beer...
Did I mention that it rained..... and was bitterly cold! Ahhhhh and it was sooo nice the day we got back.. next time Seattle... next time! Oh and I finally had a Starbucks from the home of Starbucks!

Portraits: Rob & Vanessa

Shot this wonderful couple on a beautiful evening, actually a little to warm, after having spent all day in the fantastic Air-Conditioned Mall!!!! Was a fantastic light and we look forward to seeing you guys again, hoping the lightwill be as great for your wedding.

A HUGE thanks to the lovely girls who donated me a Tim Hortons Iced Capp in the park, May good Karma come your way!..... you saved my parched mouth!

Canon Powershot S960is Review

Recently I was handed one of the new Canon Powershot S960is models to play with. Overall a very pleasing little camera to use. Very simple Menu system and a surprising amount of settings available for the enthusiast or for someone a little more technical. It shows good speed and great colour right out of the camera. The rep was nice enough to loan me the HDMI chord( not supplied with camera at point of sale) to so I could playback the HD (720p) Video back on my HDTV. Wow!! Impressive good Video quality... I wont lie but video is not my thing but I am Mighty impressed...
Possibly one of the best features of thes new Canon Powershots is the AUTO scene modes.. It picks up and astonishing 18 different scene modes without the touch of a button... Point it at the subject and within no time its evaluated the scene and chosen the particular Scenario it feels is best for the shot your about to take... It is surprisingly accurate too!!!

Overall I give this camera a must Look for people who are needing an updated camera with a big heart and nice image quality with the added bonus of brilliant HD video. All images are as shot as normal just re-sized for the Blog for quicker Viewing.
The camera is available from Lens & Shutter as always in a few different colours. For full camera Specs click here. And if you need more info come visit me at the Abbotsford Shop for a quick run down on it and the few other models they have just released.

Very clean image, under lower light circumstances without flash and nice optical stabilizer too!

Superb Contrast Range for a little camera. It kept all the detail from the Exploded Daisies( i don't know there real flower name, sorry) and even left the detail in the dark soil

Crazy Macro ability

Great Wide Angle Viewing

Varying Metering Systems from Full evaluative to Spot Metering ( as this was shot)



More from the nice wide angle and great all round colour ( macro focusing on the Daisies)

The Classic Self portrait using the Auto Mode ( which is a very smart feature)

Wedding: Terry & Jen

Our first wedding of the year and what a blast! Looking forward to more like this one!!!!!!!

Nikon D90 Test Images and new Look Blog Test

Just a couple Images from the Nikon D90 and testing out the new BIG Picture look on my Blog.... Hopefully will post some Video etc from this marvelous camera soon!!!! Please note other than the "Laura's shoes" images all the rest will be "AS SHOT" so people can see right out of the camera results!

WWF Photo Winner

Congrats to one of my friends Brent Veitch for his Stunning shot of a very curious Black Bear. Brents photo was front page of the WWF Calender and quite deservedly too, lugging that equipment round is not an easy task!!!!!!!!! Especially at the risk of being eaten!!!

A Strobist's Night Out ( Wireless Flash Course)

In conjunction with Lens & Shutter , Booth Photographic is offering a Sweet 3 hour Strobist Course in Delta Burnaby Hotel directly following Lens & Shutters Digital Expo Weekend (April 18th only). The Course is $59 advanced or $79 at the door. Come and see DUNCAN (PLEASE) to get your Tickets from LENS & SHUTTER...... BUY THEM FROM DUNCAN.... if i am not in tell whomever DUNCAN told you about it. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

Visit Lens & Shutter for the Digital Expo Info..... April 18th & 19th, 2009

Portraits: Terry & Jennifer

Here are a few snippets from a freezing cold yet sunny afternoon in Abbotsford with the wonderful Jennifer & Terry! Looking forward to working at this wedding although I'm not sure about them closing the eyes so much!!! ):-(

England 2009

Here are some snipets from my recent visit to my homeland....Images are shot in the counties of Somerset, Hampshire and Berkshire

Did anyone see any Snow?

We it seems we are over the worst of that Christmas whiteout!!!!.... for now. I guess now we go back to the Rain Rain Rain....

Nikon D3X funny Video..

A friend of mine (a Canon shooter) sent me a rather funny Video clip regarding Nikons newest Camera the D3X. Sorry its a little bit camera geeky but I laughed... "Someone go get my F2!!" (hahahah LMAO)

Portraits: Chris & Dacia ( again)

Heres some more recent shots of Chris & Dacia...! Anyone would think these two were getting married or something.. but I am told the pics are just for a Christmas Card......

Potraits:The Turner Girls

Just a few "school" style photos for the grandparents... Hard to get them without there tongues sticking out!!!

Hot Camera's for Christmas..

Its that time of year again and we are all dipping a little into our pockets despite the Economic situation...
Here are a couple of the better bets for the compact camera market. For a couple of models that I have found to be quite good the first is the Nikon Coolpix S560

It sells for around $249 and is a sleek little unit with 5x optical zoom and electronic VR (Vibration Reduction or anti-shake). It comes in several colours for those fashionable people!!! It boasts a nice 2.7 inch screen and has 15 nice scene modes. One of which i just discovered thanks to the Nikon rep... It has an Auto Scene type mode where it evaluates the situation and changes scene setting accordingly which makes it very simple to use... it was pretty accurate too. Overall it handles nicely and is nice on the wallet and not too big in the hand. It is SD compatible and has some nice movie feature including Time Lapse... Also Nikon has there 2 year Canadian warrenty... which as long as you don't get it wet, drop it or drive over it is usually a useful warrenty to have.

The other model i like alot is the Canon Powershot SD 1100isA little less Zoom than the Nikon but it has just as much Heart. Its pretty much a competing model with excellent Optical IS ( anti-shake) and once again in some nifty colours. It also includes and Optical viewfinder for those bright days when its hard to see the screen. It has cool Colour Swap mode and also the Colour Accent mode. Kinda fun to play with sometimes... Its price is a little less than the Coolpix, but has less warrenty (one year) at around $200 and it also takes an SD card. Both units come with Lithium Batteries and Chargers and should be good for about 200 pics... depending on how much flash you use and fooling with the menus etc....

The last model which is a really Clever unit is the Olympus Stylus 850 SW.


Very much in its own league as its the only model that can handle being Dropped (5ft), Drowned (10ft) or Frozen to -10c I believe.... Quite the achievement. Once again in some funky colours, I like the black personally. Not the best camera for too much low light work but then none of these our exceptional at that just yet.... but none the less its on my short list due to the durability and ease of use. The price point is around $269 which makes it the most expensive but then when your down on the beach next time and it falls in the sand.. its the only one that will survive!!!! It uses The XD card which is no real downside and has a lithium battery and charger as always..

All these models in most colours are available at Lens & Shutter hopefully... They seem to sell pretty quickly! Anyways if anyone wants a tour of these little beast just swing by and give me a shout...!!!! Hopefully my voice will come back to me soon... There are plenty of other models to check out with some new ones from Canon coming in really soon which i haven't played with yet.... so maybe i will be adding more to this list and these are just my views... someone who plays with them when sales are slow... the list is also in no particular order!.

Fall Camping and Autumnal Colours...

Waiting for Cake......

Fish Shadows
Not so Wet at Allouette!!!!!





Grandma and all her Grandkidlets..
What a character!!!!!


Leslie watching the warm fire...

Wedding: Mark & Richelle

Our final wedding of this year... It was an extremely wet, windy and cold one... Fortunately we found shelter in Fish Trap Creek and the girls braved the Elements with the help of the guys jackets!!!

Portraits: The Welsh Family

I managed to squeeze in one of my favourite little ladies to shoot. Daria and her folks met me at my new super cool location, it was a wee bit chilly but Daria's enthusiasm warmed me up. All the beautiful fall colours at this location.. Rich Blue sky, Yellow, Red and gorgeous Green leaves... Hmmm!

A small reminder of Home

So after our recent Camping trip, I returned back to Lens & Shutter into my normal work mode and whilst checking the store to look for any new products which may have arrived during my absence, I notice, amongst some very well known names, a very "familiar" unknown name.
Being 1000's of miles away from my Home in England and in the small town of Abbotsford in my tiny little Camera shop, I moved closer to the "familiar" unknown name....
SOMERSET. Upon further inspection.. St Cuthberts Mill, Wells, Somerset. Having being a Taunton lad for so long I have had many visits to the nearby City of Wells..
So here I am... A small reminder from the smallest British City, in the County of Somerset, of which I am so fond of and the place where my Turner family roots are firmly based, is in the small Camera store I now work in, here in the Western coast of Canada.
Isnt it a small world!

Camping, Green Lake

All the kids...

Ellie sailed away
Lucy on the table in our campsite...... on the table!!!!!!!!!!!!

Connor & Lucy enjoying the sunset
Playing on the beach

Fishing time
Stormy sky




Heres a few snaps from our last camping trip at Green Lake.... As was out last trip there it was mixed in weather conditions.... Didnt matte how wet it got though as i have my super dooper Nikonos-V underwater camera to hand.... All shots were done with film incase anyone is wondering!!!!!

Wedding: Jeremy & Jennifer

This was an excellent wedding with a really fun bunch to shoot. The day was perfect and I got some killer shots... Congrats to you both.

My Hot Camera best bets!!!

Theres many cameras being introduced so quickly these days.... fortunately I happen to be in good position to be able to play with each and everyone of them and have selected a few of my favourites that I feel are best value/ quality.. please note I do favour Quality over price!!!!!

My favourite Compact Cameras in no particular order...

Fuji (F40, F50 or F100). Great for speed, ease of use and great image quality.
Canon SD1100. Same reasons as above but with a Nice Stabilization system.
Nikon Coolpix S600, P6000 (yet to arrive). All of the above but both have a wider angle lens and the P6000 has more advanced setting for total control (SLR style)

My favourite Digital SLR's..
Nikon D60, D90 ( yet to arrive) and D300. Impressive DSLR lineup they have now. Brilliant image quality backed by big choice of Lens's.... excellent warrenty system and best of all very Low Noise ( Noise Sucks by the way).
Canon 40D, Rebel XSi. Both have nice features and the 40D is a killer camera for the price.. best deal in its price range for the build of camera with a really great lens....

For the Advanced Photographer....

Nikon D3 or D700.... Stella performance with all the bells....
Canon 1ds III, 1d III. Speed, build and unbelievable lens performance.....

theres so many to choose from... these are my fav's... there is more but I cant list them all... With all of them I recommend choosing a good memory card such as Lexar or Sandisk. Other off brands are lower in quality and can have issues resulting in loss or data... which nobody wants...

All these are available at Lens & Shutter Cameras ( except those we are still waiting for to arrive of course). Come visit me there and i can show you more about them.....

Wedding: Chris & Devon

This was a Humid and Rainy one in Harrison... Lucky though it rained right after the Ceremony... Phew!!!!!!!!!

Offload Studios: Offload Man Kidnapping!!!

It would appear that DLT has kidnapped "Offload Man". Is there any Superheroes able to find him??? Keep watching this Blog.....

Wedding: James & Amanda

This was a baking hot day with a fantastic couple.

Another new team member...

Heres my latest avenue in photography....DLT is now fully waterproof!!!!! Nikonos-V

Offload Studios

Incase you've all been wondering where I have been..... well this is what DLT has been up to recently. Offload Studios

Random: Fathers Day in Abbotsford

Some pics of the kids running around on my restful day off!!!!

Wedding: Tim & Heather

A stunning day for photography. Perfect light + perfect location + adorable couple= perfectable.

Congrats to you guys.. thanks for the M&M's... my kids ate most of them!

Wedding: Amber & Kris

A "SCORCHING" hot day in May of all months was the setting for this wedding affair. We all toasted ourselves at Whonnock Lake and boy did i ever want to jump in...!!