Portraits: The girls!!!

I managed to break open the old studio equipment the other day and get some "School" type shots for the Grandparents and alike, also managed to sneak a fun shot of all the Grandkids!! heheheh!

Portraits : The Welsh Family

Some of my regulars came to visit again.....I managed to push aside all the kids toys in the kids toy room/ studio.... Daria was as smiley as she has ever been for me...Apparently she thinks that I am the only person who has a camera... awww!!!
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Camera Choices for the Christmas season!

Hello all,
            Once again my annual picks for cool cameras that are current on the market. Firstly I will tell you about a few of the compact models.....
 Canon Powershot S90  Its a new Sleak, nearly 4x (starting at 28mm wide) optical with a beautiful build and some sweet looking image quality under lower light conditions... Not cheap but its a great investment!
Nikon Coolpix S640 Again a nice little build with some pretty rapid autofocus. This one has a 5x  (starting at 28mm wide) optical zoom and is pretty simple to use!!
Fuji Finepix F70 EXR  And why not.. seems as I am a current owner of one of there other models.... 10x optical (28mm wide angle). Smallest camera with the largest zoom and using there fabo EXR sensor it does a great job and currently is the cheapest out of the bunch!
Canon Powershot SD980is A cool little touch screen unit...5x optical (staring from 24mm wide).  HD video which is nice if your into video!

 now we move onto the Bigguns...
Nikon D5000 Great body with great low light performance and with HD video. Can come with two good starter Lenses with VR and will be around $999 i believe for the christmas period
Canon EOS 7D. Wow what an amazing body. A great reaction from Canon against the Nikon D300s. Has a sweet viewfinder and all the trimmings. MP's are a little high which has become a little unnecessary but thats what its got. Brilliant weather sealing and of course HD Video. Speed and wireless flash also make there appearance on this body.
Nikon D700  Still a massive favourite amongst SERIOUS enthusiasts and Pros... Performance and durability combined with superior low light performance with the 12MP full frame CMOS senosr.. Wowzers... would still love to take one of these home!!!

 Lastly I am putting some binoculars on my shopping list...
Nikon Sporter 8x42 EX Nice build for the price ($200approx). Bright and fast to focus and are fully waterproof.
Vortex Viper 8x42 Better than the previous but come with a price tag!!!!

 Again.... all products are available at Lens & Shutter. Ask for Duncan or mention my name if I am not there!

Pumpkin Patch..

I am finally getting around to a little more updating... heres some snaps from the little Fuji of a relatively recent visit to the wonderful Pumpkin Patch (Willow View Farm) here in Abbotsford with Lucy's Kindergarden class. It was windy and chilly but the rain held off.... afterward we carved some mean looking faces on our pumpkins!!

Wedding: Rob & Vanessa

Our last wedding of the year in and it was a real cracker. A fabulous October day which could have quite easily been rained out but it wasnt .. Whoop!  Thanks to Brent & Mikaela for the assistance. Two assistants...! how lucky am I?

Wedding:Rajpaul & Monsie

 Here is finally some shots from a recent wedding that saw me start out in Harrison and end in Abbotsford. Was a very blustery/ almost rainy day but despite the wind and the ever changing light conditions we still managed to get some killer shots of the very happy couple. Congrats to you!

Nice view... Thanks Video man! Perhaps I could sell you a BIGGER tripod!

Somerset Hero....

Congrats to a fellow Somerset Lad., Jenson Button on his terrific accomplishment at winning the Formula 1 World title for this year.... You really put Frome on the Map... hahahhaha!

Shopping with Ellie

Today's uneventful Save-On shopping trip with Ellie and my little Fuji Camera!! All used without Flash on there EXR mode... and none of them edited at all, except to add the logo on!!!!  Not bad really.. for a little compact!!! and i am not talking about the little compact shopper!

is it the Best Buy??

New Best Buy "Open Now"! Actually they are not. SIGN Failure! As the little hand written note on the door says... "Sorry for the inconvenience we are not actually open yet".

New Blog: Duncan Turner

Duncan Turner
I have now added a 2nd PhotoBlog to my Arsenal ( go Arsenal heheheh). It features scenic and artsy photos that are sadly wasting space on my computer or on Negative hiding in my Cupboard. So rather than waste these images, that I consider beautiful, I have decided to start posting them so others can hopefully enjoy and if anyone wants to Buy one then thats even better!!! I can print and mount in multiple formats or the Digital image can be provided for Commercial applications!!

Fuji Finepix F200 EXR Review

Here are some Random shots from my new Fuji Finepix F200 EXR camera. Possibly the best Point & Shoot style camera I have seen to date and now with more EXR models coming Fuji is going to be quite successful.... Here are some shots from my camera!

Using the DR mode i was able to catch tremendous Dynamic Range... the Sun is directly behind Lucy making here face and body in shade.. see how it captured wonderful detail!!!
A self portrait with Lucy....on the Auto EXR mode.
Mr Beattie's cat, "Jasper". Such fine detail on the fur. Sorry these low rez images dont let you see what i see!!

A sweet shot at a recent wedding!!
Walking through Willband Creek! Impressive wide angle for creativity


High Dynamic range

An Interesting skyline....

So overall this Camera has tremendous features for a little compact. My highlights are the quick response time, the ease of use in the EXR Auto mode and the nifty 5x optical zoom (28mm-140mm) starting at the creative wide angle end! Also i havent tapped into the HD stills yet.. still i have so much to explore with it... It has a surprising amounts of features!!! I imagine most wont get into the different metering systems and custom white balances but i have touched on them and when used correctly can improve ones images greatly... All these images on this review were unedited, shot mostly on the Auto EXR, but only resized for my blog and my logo added of course!!!

It fell out!!!

Well Lucy's 1st tooth came out.. after much playing with and complaining about. She finally was able to leave her tooth for the tooth fairy! It was terribly small so I attempted to use Leslie's Little Camera as a size reference! Congrats Lucy and if you run into her I am sure the first thing she will show you will be the gap she has now!

Portrait: Rashpaul & Monsie

Heres a few snipets from a recent engagement shoot here in Abbotsford! Cant wait to shoot there big day!! Hopefully my new apprentice photographer will be in a good mood that day!!!!

Wedding: Rob & Miranda

Here are a few sneaks from a recent Wedding I assisted with my good friend Jason Beattie, waaaaaay away in Kamloops!!. It was a beautiful Day at the Rivershore Golf Course and a Fabulous Couple... I even got to drive a Golf Buggy!!!! Sweeeeeeeeeeet!

Brad & Sarah: Wedding

Here are some sneaks from one of my favourite Weddings this decade... I have to be bias as Sarah is technically my cousin of some sort!!! hahahha. Beautifully hot and windy day in Osoyoos (40 degrees). So much fun and finally nice to be a guest at a wedding and not the photographer.... I still snapped a few candids of course!!!! They put on an amazing first dance show..... which is to be expected as Sarah owns Capella Dance Academy. Congrats to you twooooo!

Green Lake 2009

Really the only wildlife I saw.... Mosquito's!! UG!

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I Spotted a Dangerous Lion prowling the campground!!!!!!!!

My Avid Photographer



Our recent trip to one of our favourite Campgrounds up by 70 Mile house called Green Lake. Beautifully warm and extremely quiet! Although the only Rumble to be heard was that of my Nikon F5 film camera that shot these beautiful images!

Wedding: Tim & Amanda

Thanks to Filmlessphoto as ever for coming along






A beautiful day with a terrific couple.... not as many squirrels as one would have liked!!! hahahah! A super fun wedding and hope to do many more like that!

Randomness

At the Zoo... finally saw the Artic Wolves standing up!!

Lunchtime at the Zoo with Taylin
The Bird Show
Lucy with her pre-school teacher


Picking Berries at Granpa's


Pikcing more Berries with Connor

Eating Berries

The girls walking the ZooA few Sunsets i gathered on various rolls of film.... Very happy with Kodaks NEW Ektar 35mm film... wow.. super fine grain!

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)