DLT Photographic

Iconic Images and the People behind them: dltphoto

2012-01-20T12:58:00.000-08:00

I just saw a cool Website from a famous photographer regarding a series of images of Famous Photographers and the Iconic Images that that person is known for.

I wonder if I have an Iconic Image I will be remembered for? Maybe I haven't taken it yet or maybe I never will.

December 2011, Favourite Shot: dltphoto

2012-01-13T15:55:00.000-08:00

Here is my December effort. A long and busy December, very glad to see it done.

This has several cool elements for me, I love the back lighting with the light reflecting into the steam that was pouring off the wet wood. Also I like the fact the pattern within the deck fencing resembles beer bottles!
Shot with my Samsung Galaxy S, and added effect applied through mytubo.

Fuji F200 EXR :dltphoto

2012-01-11T18:27:00.000-08:00

Recently I have revisited a camera I won on a contest a little while ago, since Fuji put out a little update for it and I figured I would start to use it again. I wouldnt want it to feel left out.
I really enjoy the EXR sensor that Fuji created. So much so I would love to have one of there newer Fuji X10's but that isn't going to happen right now, which is too bad as it looks so nice!
Shop the Fuji X10 here.

Anyways, here are a few images shot straight out of the camera!

Photoclub Submissions, January 2012:dltphoto

2012-01-09T21:30:00.000-08:00

Something new for this months submissions, since the club is having a Judge from outside of the CAPA circle...Although, I imagine after tonight they may rethink that choice. Personally, I considered the judge to be as worldly as myself. Someone who has been around photography for the better portion of there lives.

Well, let me tell you I was mistaken. I actually left early from the meeting since I couldn't bare it anymore. How embarrassing that someone whom I thought would have a clever photographic brain blew it soooo badly. I was embarrassed for the Judge and he embarrassed me as someone who is within his profession. I would name the accredited local artistic professional portrait photographer for 30 years, but I am too embarrassed.
Anyways, enough with my rant.

The First I chose was a classic portrait shot of myself, shot by myself as featured in a previous post (Me). Its just a wacky shot and figured it might get a bit of a chuckle and one of the other club members suggested I put it in. I scored a 6

Me by Me

The second Image is one I shot of a leaf imprint on the sidewalk, with my phone, then edited using "littlephoto" app on my phone. This scored a 7.

Latent Leaf

Lastly I though would enter into the assigned catagory since I had a fun shot I thought fit the catagory quite well ( which was "Street Photography"), it was posted before on a previous entry but here its is again. I didnt expect to score high with it but I like it, it just has a nice feel to it. This scored a combined 21/30 ( 7 avg)

Street Photographer

11 years ago.... :dltphoto

2012-01-09T15:39:00.000-08:00

Look who got married 11 years ago today!!

"Backlit Macro Pro" you say....: dltphoto

2011-12-28T12:38:00.000-08:00

Recently a friend of mine watched an upload on the mytubo site and instantly reported the image as being mine since he noticed it as being my style, which I later found out to be "backlit macro pro"... hahahahah
"my Style?"... I dont see it! I think he's mad!

Happy Christmas:dltphoto

2011-12-25T01:00:00.000-08:00

Happy Christmas to everyone.
Feel free to download this as your desktop. its sized to 1920x1080.
Enjoy the BNL's Green Chritsmas

Mushrooms: dltphoto

2011-12-18T17:15:00.000-08:00

Just Mushrooms. That's all. Carry on please.

November 2011, favourite shot: dltphoto

2011-12-18T04:00:00.000-08:00

I have decided to post my one, and only one, favourite shot for each month. Its going to be tricky... here is my November 2011 pick.

its 1024x rez incase anyone wants to steal it for a desktop...

Serious Fog,dltfogo: dltphoto

2011-12-15T22:00:00.000-08:00

Pretty wicked fog hung over Abbotsford a short time ago. Not quite the same view as normal!

Hard for the phone to focus!!!

Testing 123..Nikon Coolpix AW100: dltphoto: duncan turner

2011-12-12T21:00:00.000-08:00

Some would say I am fairly fortunate since I am able to play with cameras old and new. Currently I have had the opportunity to use the new Nikon Coolpix AW100...

Below is a cropped version of the above image.... just so you can see the detail I see.

This shot below is a cropped version of the one above... just so you can see some of the wicked detail!!

Here was a surprise.. Abbbotsford Heat goalie Danny Taylor from Plymouth, England... a south westerner!!

Here are a few links showing some video, yes I said Video, that I shot with it to.

Seattle Images ( part 3) Samsung Galaxy S: dltphoto

2011-12-12T02:00:00.000-08:00

Here are the last of my fav's from the recent Seattle trip from my Samsung Phone

Camera vs Phone Camera: dltphoto

2011-12-10T13:00:00.000-08:00

not really too much to compare against and not that anyone really cares...even I will admit that the phone does well, considering its a phone and sometimes its all I have on me!!

Seattle Images, part 2 ( Digital, Sigma DP1s) : dltphoto

2011-12-08T07:00:00.000-08:00

Here are some shots from my stunningly slow Sigma DP1s, did I mention it was slow? Now considering renaming it to "sloth" instead of "the stigma".Its really too bad as the image quality and design of the camera is quite nice. If it wasn't as slow as the first digital camera that was ever made it would for sure be one of my favourites...

Seattle Images (film, Nikon F100): dltphoto

2011-12-07T01:00:00.000-08:00

This trip was all about me getting to watch, for the first time live in an official regular season game, my Washington Redskins playing against the somewhat local Seattle Seahawks. Oddly, this weekend had so much going on... such as the CFL Grey Cup which featured our unbelievable BC Lions (eventual winners) playing against a decent Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Black Friday ( America's Biggest shopping day of the year), American Thanksgiving, Seattle Marathon, Seattle Tree Lighting ceremony and a bunch of other minor happenings! Wow... we never expected all of that!
Anyways I finally caught a break in Seattle and had some pretty decent weather to get out and shoot a little. I had a brief run-in with the Seattle Police Dept which saw me sitting on the front of a Police car whilst they checked me out....ooooop's but I had done nothing wrong, I just happened to be taking pics outside of the police dept ( unknown to me), they were just being overly cautious!
Anyways, enough with the waffling... picture time!

These were all shot with the Nikon F100 with either the Nikon AF 50mm 1.8, Nikon 85mm 1.8 or the Sigma AF 24mm 2.8 with varying, well outdated, Fuji films....
Here are a Few Additional images shot with Ilfords outrageous Delta 3200 ISO black and white

Photoclub Submissions, December 2011: dltphoto

2011-12-06T20:30:00.000-08:00

For this months submissions I chose to enter two actual prints instead of the digital file, since I work in Lens & Shutter and I have all these printing capabilities.
My first print into the Film Category was a sweet little shot I did on my Agfa Isolette 1 ( 1952 camera), using a Kodak E100VS slide film cross-processed in colour development for more interesting contrast and colouration. I happened to catch a scene just up on the top of my street. Since the camera has no metering system I winged the exposure and pretty much nailed what I wanted!

"hands down"

I thought it an interesting composition although originally it is a square format since the Agfa uses 120 (medium format) film.... I cropped it to a more workable 11x14 for the more common 11x14 mattes that I have. I was expecting this to score poorly but apparently I got a middle of the road 7.

My second printed image was a autumn shot I just snapped with my Nikon D200 and my 70-200 2.8 VR on my drive home one day. The trees on the street were wild with colours. I cant pass up an opportunity like that. Usually people would tend to shoot the tree from a distance with a wider lens, this time I wondered under the trees looking upward hoping to catch some more unique angles and colours from a different direction.... clearly this was my downfall!!!

"Autumnal Rainbow"

Now I haven't quite gotten used to naming my images yet....and I dont think I ever will. Apparently it makes a big difference for scoring with the Judges or at least it can do. Maybe I titled this one poorly since I only got a lowly 6 ( which your pretty much guaranteed to get for just turning up). Since I couldn't be at the club that evening due to parenting responsibilities I didn't get the chance to find out why it scored so poorly. I thought it one of my better submissions so far!

So what I have learned so far about submitting prints for a competition? Not a heck of alot. So far my best scored image has been a shot right out of the camera, time invested workmanship hasn't gained me a lot extra and the technical ability of being able to use a 1952 camera successfully hasn't really paid off either. Back to the drawing board for me.

As I suggested before, don't ever be discouraged by what another person thinks of your images, after all they no nothing about the story behind the image or maybe they lack the artistic ability to understand the shot you have created. I personally really like both shots, composition of both for me are great and both have eye-catching points within the image. I thought the colour popping of the autumn shot would have been more well received.

Next months submissions should be interesting!!

Circles all around us: dltphoto

2011-11-30T21:08:00.001-08:00

Recently I had a somewhat puzzling moment.Why are all camera lenses round and yet all photographs are square/ rectangular?..... Shouldn't Lenses be rectangular?

Anyways...Circles are all around us, even when camping!

The ones that don't make the cut...:dltphoto

2011-11-20T12:21:00.001-08:00

As professionals it is just assumed that we nail all our shots all the time, everytime. Funny thing is when we are trying so hard to "get" that shot it often this leads to epic failures, which then visit the "delete" button. Oh how we love you delete button...
This little post is a "Raise Your Glasses" to you whom were scheduled to be deleted for whatever reason or are sitting in the recycle bin clinging to lifes last moments. For being a bad exposure, flash didnt fire, out of focus or just simply the shot didnt work.
Heres to you, Failures!
Cheers ( raises glass)

editing , good or bad? : dltphoto

2011-11-18T23:00:00.000-08:00

Many people have been drawn into this amazing world of editing since it has become soooo easy using multiple software's now that are free and quite spectacular. Does over editing take away from the original image that the person captured, clearly when the original shot was taken the person unlikely "envisioned" the shot after editing at that time! We are all guilty of slapping a fancy filter or dramatic effect onto images. What would the original pioneers of photography thought of this capability? does this wreck the moment? after all that isn't what was in front of you.... hmmmm!
Many of the film pioneers where masters in the darkroom, that is where all the magic happened with dodging/ burning with filters for different contrast techniques ( an old skool photoshop in essence)...clearly the importance of getting the information on the film was paramount but many of the greats found ways to enhance their film format to create masterpieces...
Here are a few of my recent shots, the before and the after editing... did they need editing? maybe not but the Image has been changed dramatically to create a different mood... maybe that's good or maybe not... waffle waffle waffle

On a side note these are shot and edited on my phone. How lame am I? Just to let you know I am breaking out my Nikon F100 for some sweet film shots... hold your breath people, they will be epics!

Photoclub Submissions APAC: November 2011: dltphoto

2011-11-09T12:28:00.000-08:00

So I recently signed up for the local Photoclub (APAC) to try my hand at some competitions, see how other people would judge my images. Clearly most professionals think their images are wonderful and perfect, obviously others have different opinions. Judging someone elses images is incredibly awkward. Everyone has there own tastes, some people like landscapes, some like portraits and some like experimental. So I submit my images fully expecting to get scores/ results that I don't expect would be favourable, but some other days who knows what they might score....
Here are the first images I submitted and here are the surprising results, at least surprising to me!
My best score this month was a 9/10 for a images shot right out of an Olympus E-PL2 with the 14-42 lens. I used the fun ART filters ( dramatic tone) they have built in to the camera for easy effect. I was able to shoot this shot with the original Raw file and the edited Jpeg at the same time. Here are the two images below so you can see how effective the filter really was.

"weathered"

Here is the un-edited " as Shot" version which has a terribly uneven exposure due to the dark land and bright clouds... a graduated neutral density filter here would have been ideal....

Score #1 for the $699 mirrorless Pen Camera with no editing or computer ability needed!!

The second image was a sweet little Mushroom shot I found whilst on my last camping trip in the mossy, damp low-light confines of Alouette Lake, BC. The little guy was perched all alone on the side of a fallen tree. I was on all fours in the wet moss with a couple of wireless flashes set off by my Nikon D200 with Nikon AF-S 60mm 2.8 Macro. After experimenting with the flashes and using different flash location I ended up with this result straight out of the camera, again no editing required.

"on the edge"

This image scored a lowly 7/10. Hard work and effort didnt pay off this particular time!!.. A loss for the digital SLR... boooo! However, after talking to others I may have put it into the wrong category, I assumed it would have been deemed a macro shot but the rules for macro suggest I would have to have filled the frame with the mushroom a lot more, but for this shot had I have cropped it down to the mushroom you wouldn't have seen the mushrooms situation.... you live and learn!

Lastly for the assigned category for that month was "glass". I happened to shoot a little glass scene in a junk store with my little Sigma DP-1s, it was low light and tough lighting I nailed a decent shot with those tough circumstances with only the fixed 28mm f4 and lousy high ISO but the detail of the shot was pretty magnificent due to the wonderful Foveon Sensor. Minimal editing was done and I was really pleased with the final outcome.

"Empties"

I believe it scored a combined aggregate of 19 which means three people scored it 6.3-ish each.... Not very good, but they are not notified what camera was used, etc... and its also competing against other peoples images...But try, try again... don't ever be discouraged about when someone else judges your own art, art is subjective. As long as you are happy with your product and that you fulfilled your creative expression within your chosen media, sleep well!

Overall I am enjoying the process and I look forward to my next batch of images to be uploaded.

The Heartbreak of Johnny Canuck : dltphoto

2011-11-05T01:00:00.000-07:00

This is brilliant and painful....so so painful!

Golden Oldie: dltphoto

2011-11-04T22:22:00.000-07:00

I was going over some old pics from quite a few years ago, 2005, and came across one classic image which I dubbed at the time "the Batman Shot".

after 6 years and would I have processed the images any differently??
Inititially I went black and white again but after playing I came out with a slightly aged effect...

When its what you have on you at that time!: dltphoto

2011-11-03T14:30:00.000-07:00

As some of you may or may not know I have been anti cell phones for many years now but finally I got with the times and have a fancy Android smart phone... sadly the thing i use it for the least is ringing people. Actually I find myself shooting pictures with it almost emphatically.. here is a few from the amazing fall season we have been having, and remember these are straight out of a phone!

Somersets Finest, Cotleighs Beer: dltphoto

2011-11-02T20:57:00.000-07:00

Recently, a very good friend of mine, from here in Abbotsford, frequented my home county of Somerset, where he used to live once upon a time. Needless to say that he picked up a little teasing treat for me whilst he was there. Some of the many things Somerset is known for is its fine Ale, Cider and Cricket ( I'm sure theirs alot more things but that'll do for now!)

The Ale is the hot topic for this Blog post! Cotleighs is a very well known Somerset treasure along with the world Famous Taunton Cider .

As mentioned before the teasing gift I received was a "Beers of Prey" combo with a Tawny and a Golden Seahawk

A popular past time of Somerset folk is to travel from pub to pub sampling many of the different Ale's and Beers brewed and made in the west Country, its purely for educational purposes!
I can only suggest that you all visit Somerset one day and try the Ale first hand.... just knocking down the Tawny as we speak.... fantastic.

My Robot Nation: dltphoto

2011-10-31T16:38:00.000-07:00

A little project I was working on for Offload Studios, visit My Robot Nation and do what all the other cool kids are doing. "make it real".

Here are some of the teaser images I was working on....

Visit My Robot Nation and see how they are made

Fall/ Autumn Colours : dltphoto

2011-10-31T10:24:00.000-07:00

I was able to get out of the Mall and enjoy an afternoon in the Sun, which usually means grabbing a camera ( Nikon) and heading out for a few shots. I found the most perfect tree for the primary colours.

Mytubo App: Android Phone: dltphoto

2011-10-13T17:33:00.000-07:00

So a friend and I have embarked on a voyage into the unknown... the new super world of Phone Photography. Mr Koopmans and I are swimming against the iPhone tide, with our Android phones and our Mytubo photo App, iPhone'rs are using the ever popular "insta'gram" app and this mytubo is our equivalent.
What is most appealing is the square format nature of the App which for me as a rectangle shooter for all these years is unique. The two of us have dedicated ourselves to use only our phones for this project... since others are clearly uploading images from their real cameras which is removing the instant creativity from the user with the phone and giving them a clear unfair advantage into image quality and compostion.
Its not really a social networking place, more a place where you can "like" images and leave comments, not nearly as involved personally as your common garden variety Facebook is.
Here are a random assortment of images I have used from my phone.. but if you want to see them all folks you'll have to get yourself an android and download the app and search me out!!!

Scott Kelby Photowalk 2011 (part 2): dltphoto

2011-10-13T11:25:00.000-07:00

As promised here are a few of my nasty expired Fuji 800 ISO film shots done only with the Lensbaby 2.0 and the wonderful Nikon F5 shots in poor lighting....

Someone muscled my camera from me...

The grain on this 800 is pretty outrageous... maybe it was a little under exposed!!! Must get more practice with Lensbaby!!

Scott Kelby Photowalk 2011: dltphoto

2011-10-03T11:27:00.000-07:00

This years Scott Kelby Photowalk as arranged by Mr Duane Bradley on a closed movie set location just inside Langley. Sweet location and a sweet turnout this year... here are a few of my pics, will just have to wait a little bit for the film shots....

A shot of Vicky

Boots

Mr Jason Brown (revival arts studio) setting up what I am sure will be an epic image... that or he is on his iPhone!!

Played with a little flash shadow

and lastly I figured I would go to New York to complete the shoot!!

Self Portraits....Its all about ME!: dltphoto

2011-10-02T11:19:00.000-07:00

Recently I borrowed so new lighting equipment from Booth Photographic and figured out I would test it out on some willing Subjects.... but alas they tend to sleep when I am ready for picture time so I did some stunning pictures of the best looking guy in my house...and the only guy in this house!!!

Anyways.... They were shot with an Aurora Firefly beauty dish, Cameron Translite 2.0 Flash and varying Nikon speedlights with varying Mini-Max Diffusers etc....

Best Photo-Blog ever!!!: Wallace Koopmans: dltphoto

2011-09-17T18:37:00.000-07:00

OK, so I just thought I would post this BLOG I have been following for some-time. This guy creates art with cameras old and new and he makes me laugh! Please check out the talented Mr Koopmans!

Wallace Koopmans Artblog

Ah.... I'm Back! Sort of...

2011-09-05T21:53:00.000-07:00

As I posted in one of my last posts I have been working on a Camera Blog for my Day Job at Lens & Shutter Camera's, I have also been promoted to the Store Manager which has not allowed me anytime to be thinking about poor DLT... anyways, its time to rectify that a little. I have just gathered up a bunch of images from this year for you guys to enjoy. I am working on new posts so please be patient!

MY NAME IS JOHNNY CANUCK

2011-06-11T12:45:00.000-07:00

Camera Blog for Lens & Shutter: dltphoto

2011-03-26T11:03:00.000-07:00

From now on I am going to be adding alot of Camera style content to a New Blog I have started for Lens & Shutter Cameras, reviews news etc will be posted as often as time permits!! Eventually it will be intergrated into the Lens & Shutter main site as well... but for the meantime I'll post content here!!!

Seattle Seahawks Trip, Canon Canada: Lens and Shutter

2011-02-27T18:43:00.000-08:00

I had an amazing NFL trip courtesy of Canon Canada, through Lens and Shutter a while ago. Not only did I get to see my first American Football Game in the US, but I also got to play with there New ( at the time) Canon EOS 60D for the entire day! Sadly, I wasn't going to Watch the Redskins in Seattle, but I have now adopted Seattle as my secondary team as they are clearly the closer team to me!!!
Anyways here are some of the shots I got finally from that day. I messed around with it a bunch and I really liked it, I couldn't really find any fault with it. Nice feel, Fast, easy navigation... all around a pretty spectacular camera. A great Serious enthusiast camera and definitely a Camera someone wont necessarily out-grow! The only part I wasn't thrilled with was the fact they gave me the Canon EFS 18-135IS.... Not the best lens in there range for sure, my preference for anyone getting this camera would be with the Canon EFS 15-85 IS. fantastically sharp and nice build. A real decent lens you wont out-grow and hate the performance of!!!!
You can find all the specs on it on the Canon Canada Link posted above....

These two were both shot with different cameras.... one with the 60D and the other my Fuji F200EXR

This one also.. one shot with Fuji F200EXR and the other the Canon 60D....
Well hopefully this will entice some people into the 60D... like I said.. great performance and actually not a bad price....

Happy Christmas!

2010-12-24T11:24:00.000-08:00

dltphoto: Remember-Triptych, (as i see it, through her eyes)

2010-11-22T13:10:00.000-08:00

Here is the last installment for a while... which is great as I cant keep up with these younguns. Sadly once again I didnt get the memo about the direction... well thats my excuse!

Anyways... I assume we'll restart it after the busy Christmas period! so long kiddo's!
Lisa & Monica

dltphoto: Triptych-Shadow, (as i see it, through her eyes)

2010-11-11T13:49:00.000-08:00

This weeks word, chosen by me was "Shadow". Not much needed to be said. I happened to catch a huge wall on my drive to work completely caked in tree shadows... there was my shot!

Lisa's Post and Monica's Post

dltphoto: Triptych-Melody; (as i seeit, through her eyes)

2010-11-04T09:41:00.000-07:00

Here is this weeks installment.... A very challenging word, Melody! How does one capture sound within a Photograph??? Hmmmm anyways, as always we had our Criptic brains on!! Mine was a light set with a speaker on it.... very random!

I really nice looking set of images if I do say so myself. Lisa's & Monica's.
Sorry I was late ladies....I'll try to pick it up for next week!!!

dltphoto: Triptych-Silent. (as i see it, through her eyes)

2010-10-28T19:16:00.000-07:00

Ooooops, Guess who's image is the wrong way!!! guess I got the wrong memo, or at least I read the memo wrong!!! This weeks challenge was Silent!
My shot is quite self explanatory!!! I am a little worries about Lisa's though!! she seems kinda messed up a little. Monica's is hauntingly quiet....She must live somewhere way out in the boonies for a park to be vacant!!

Lisa's and Monica's

dltphoto: Triptych-Time (as i see it, through her eyes photography)

2010-10-21T19:35:00.000-07:00

Here is this weeks installment. The week seems to go so quickly!!! Not sure if us old boys can keep up with the younguns pace!
This weeks word was "time'.... but as to be expected we all made it criptic.... thinking of re-naming the project "Criptych" heheh.

Anyways....here are the girls posts... Lisa & Monica

dltphoto: Triptych-Thanksgiving (as i see it, through her eyes photography)

2010-10-19T10:14:00.000-07:00

Ok... so after my extremely busy week I am finally posting my Thanksgiving Triptych.

Mine is of the underside of our extremely wet BBQ.... and why would i shoot that... well we went camping for this years Thanksgiving and did it ever rain for the first little while!!! anyways... thats my story!
See Lisa's post and Monica's Post . For this weeks I selected the word "Time".... if only I had more of it!!!!

dltphoto: Triptych- Autumn (as i see it, through her eyes photography)

2010-10-07T08:14:00.000-07:00

Here is this weeks effort from the three of us. Title was Autumn.... some of us are having a good one and some of us (Lisa) starting it with a bad one!
For this weeks I used my little Fuji F200 EXR as its pretty smashing with its sweet dynamic range and wicked little macro, Perfect for autumnal shots!!! although the new Fuji F300 EXR looks pretty wicked too!
"My name is Duncan and I have a Camera Problem".
A nice little collaboration again. It seems we are all getting into the swing of things!

Here are the ladies posts, Lisa( through her eyes photography) and Monica (as i see it).
Next weeks is "thanksgiving" which is tricky for an Englishman, as we dont celebrate that in good "ol blighty"!

dltphoto:Triptych (Vessels): A photo collaboration ( through her eyes, as i see it)

2010-09-30T08:11:00.000-07:00

Ok.. so here is this weeks Triptych collection. The assigned topic was Vessels, chosen by me! Fortunately we all got our act together and shot them all the same direction this time.
I was going for the mystery look of the obvious Vessels I had in my Fridge... I had to drink all that first, surprised I could even pick up the camera... heheheheh
Anyways I used a single wireless flash for this experiment. I am quite pleased with it. It would have been nice to have some wilder coloured bottles but you cant have everything!

You can see Lisa's (through her eyes photography and design) post and Monica's (as i see it) post.
I believe the next topic is Autumn ( vertical pic).... which is a co-incidence as its Autumn time!!!

Wedding, Kamloops: Jason Beattie Photography

2010-09-28T22:52:00.000-07:00

Well, they are not always going to be 25 degrees with beautiful rich blue skies and pillowy white clouds but that doesnt mean the bride and groom wont look stunning and totally enjoy there day no matter what comes there way...!
Here are a few snaps that I managed to grab whilst assisting the Man, Mr Jason Beattie way out in the middle of nowhere in Chase, BC on a very rainy and chilly day. Checkout his great shots on his blog ( Jason Beattie Photography)

Triptych ( Obsession): A photo Collaboration (Through Her Eyes Photography)

2010-09-22T19:04:00.000-07:00

Here is the first post from a fun little project I decided I would participate in with a couple other photographers. The idea is basically with an assigned topic/word we all provide one image each which we feel is relevant to the word or theme etc...
Currently I have joined Lisa (through her eyes photography and design) & Monica for this Triptych project!. The first entry I just missed out on titled "School" and now the second title was "Obsession"

So here are the three Shots for this weeks word.

Clearly we all have Obsessions, some of which I am sure we dont want to share but these are what we are all willing to show you!!! I guess the obvious Obsession for me would have been my crazy vast collection of Cameras and equipment but alas I chose another! I opted to go for creative lighting using some Coloured Gels on my Wireless Flashes, one of which was outside the window creating the "Sunrise" effect! and the other for a light fill to show the mug etc! I got to choose the next word for the next Triptych!!! Ha....!

Images from the Summer!

2010-09-12T22:24:00.000-07:00

Just a collection of little things I have grabbed from random films or Memory Cards from this summer....

The World of DLT's

2010-09-11T13:45:00.000-07:00

Here are some Logo's I happened to come across... Just wondering how many other DLT companies were out there and how there logo's look!!!

Who has the best-est Logo????

Something Odd?

2010-09-09T09:34:00.000-07:00

Here are two pictures I took in the last day or two!!! Something a little different about them!

Now I see it... Both are Wearing Backpacks..... What could this mean?????

The long forgotten!!!

2010-09-06T20:26:00.000-07:00

I accidently stumbled upon Two sweeeeet images I must have shot last year and had filed away in a folder in the deepest darkest part of my hard drive. I took an instant liking to these images.... I am now thinking large prints for my wall.. Certainly of the first one. There once was a photographer who said something like all images should be taken and then left for a year or so as only then do you find the full potential of the original image and better understand why you took it.. or to that effect!!!!

Anyways... Soooo pleased..I just thought I would share! (thanks Jeff B)

Image Title " Under-Kneeth"

dltphoto: Portrait:,Raphael

2010-08-01T20:47:00.000-07:00

Just a few Snaps during my England visit of my newest cousin, second cousin or whatever my cousins son happens to be.... gets too complicated for my head! Anyways it was just an impromptu shoot at the wonderful Mill House and he had a real good laugh at his mother and my favourite cousin making a fool of herself dancing around on the garden!!!

England Holiday 2010

2010-07-29T16:16:00.000-07:00

Chichester Cathedral

Chichester and Portsmouth Armoury

In the town of Chicheter

Lucy's new Mouse shoes

At the Krspy Kreme factory store

Kilve Beach, Somerset

Watchet, Somerset

Wide Road in Watchet

Ellie

St Nicholas Church in Newbury
, Berkshire

Ellie looking "fancy"

Gun Wharf, Portsmouth

Peacock mid-flight!

Lizard thing....

Defender!

Burrowbridge, Somerset

Bishops Lydeard Railway Station and Henry the Tank Engine we believe!

The Mill House, my mothers house!

A more professional way of saying "Fag Butts"

Peacock!
Here are some of my quick picks from our recent trip to my home in Somerset and also some of Portsmuth/ Havant and Newbury! Hopefully I will get to add some more when I get chance to get through them all!

Scott Kelby Photowalk in Abbotsford, BC

2010-07-28T21:07:00.000-07:00

Had some real fun the other evening with a bunch of avid photogs here in Abbotsford. Scott Kelby announced the 3rd Annual Photowalk. Thanks to Duane Bradley for arranging it all in my absence to the UK. These are a few of my faves from the fun Old Downtown Abbotsford. There are more from the group on Duane's Flickr Group I think there was about 15 of us. Maybe next year we can double that!

dltphoto: Wedding I Cam & Carissa

2010-06-29T19:44:00.000-07:00

About one of the most amazing weddings to date, except for my unfortunate dirty trousers incident, my terrible choice in facial sun-tan lotion and the fact that we got a little lost in the largest and oddest golf course ever. Cam & Carissa were an amazing couple and tons of fun and Cam was a hero despite suffering from allergies. Massive thanks to Laura Henderson again as ever for coming along with me and to laugh at my misfortunes and also for surviving her own allergies!

Fathers Day Card!!!

2010-06-28T18:55:00.000-07:00

Lucy gave me something very sweet for fathers day. She made a little book through her teachers and I guess they prompted her to pick things she knows about me!! Very sweet and looks like a talented artist too, maybe! Those lefties I hear are more creative, maybe a future photographer??

Random Holiday Snaps

2010-06-22T23:47:00.000-07:00

Just a few of my favourite shots from two recent camping expeditions.... Some close to home at Alouette Lake and some a bit further away in Tulameen, Nr Princeton. All shot with film and varying filters and funky Lens's.Also some shot at nearby Otter Lake and Coalmont.

Portrait: Rob & Dawn

2010-06-16T21:07:00.000-07:00

Some Photographers do it in the rain!!!!

A dreary, rainy evening couldn't stop me from shooting these two. Rob & Dawn are getting married next year and with any luck the weather wont be anything like this. Props to my amazing assistant Jennifer (sister of Dawn) who didn't complain once about the weather under her umbrella!

Portrait: The Snow Family

2010-06-14T20:57:00.000-07:00

A particulary challenging late afternoon for me and my cold! I managed to win the attention of one wriggly little guy and snatched a few winning shots from the Snow's around Auguston, under the unknown, to me, watchful eye of Red Wagon Lara!!!!! Sneaky girl! hahahahah. No more Colds or sickness for me. Its makes for tough working conditions!

DLT Published: Exodyssey via Offload Studios.

2010-06-13T19:29:00.000-07:00

Exodyssey

After a little hard work quite often comes a little surprise. Some recent work for my chums at Offload Studios ended up in a publication for Steambot Studios. Artwork was by David Giraud. Book available here
I had a copy of the book briefly and snapped a few shots from it! Cool, Super Cool.

Time for a break?

2010-06-01T22:53:00.000-07:00

Terrifically bad at updating....Here are some personal shots from Easter time @ Bethel Reformed Church

Portraits; The Tochers

2010-06-01T13:33:00.000-07:00

Kind of a Maternity/ Portrait/ Experimental type shoot with one of my favourite families. We ventured out in the early evening with some pretty menacing looking clouds, and me with a sniffly nose! All in all it worked out pretty good. Had some fun with different lighting ideas!

Portrait: McKone & Norwex

2010-05-05T20:38:00.000-07:00

My neighbours took the long flight over from their house, two doors down, the other day for a few family pics and some head shots for Tracey's Norwex website. After much eye closing and funny faces I managed to sneak a few goodies out of the bunch!

Wedding: Chad & Nicole

2010-04-27T10:24:00.000-07:00

Congrats to Chad & Nicole on there big day in April. The weather was perfect and the light was brilliant! Looking forward to shooting more family fun stuff like that!!! Also I hope that wasn't my last shoot at the Abbey, as I hear some photog's came in the day after and didn't abide by the rules!!!

Another Lucky Find!!!

2010-04-11T19:53:00.000-07:00

Once again I located some forgotten Images I had left on a Roll of film from one of my trusty Film cameras!!! It was a slide film, but not remembering exactly what I shot on it, and knowing the type of film it was I assumed I would have intended that film to be good for Cross-Processing...... Anyways, here is a few of the real winners from the roll. I guess i should get with the times and shoot only digital, right?? hahahahaha

"The Decisive Moment"- Henri Cartier-Bresson ( Photographer)

2010-03-20T18:54:00.000-07:00

Just thought I would add this little snippet about one of the amazing photographers that I once studied back in the good old days. A friend of mines Blog is titled "The Decisive Moment". It just inspired to add a little entry about him and a few of his pics which can be seen here @ Magnum Photos

This is his definitive Quote:

"The simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organization of forms which gives that event its proper expression... . In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little human detail can become a leitmotif." — Henri Cartier-Bresson

His first Camera, was nothing like as convenient as the currrent cameras we are all lucky enough to be using. He did it all in a manual capacity and with such accuracy.

"Cartier-Bresson exclusively used Leica 35 mm rangefinder cameras equipped with normal 50 mm lenses or occasionally a wide-angle for landscapes. He often wrapped black tape around the camera's chrome body to make it less conspicuous. With fast black and white films and sharp lenses, he was able to photograph almost by stealth to capture the events".

Anyways you can read his Biography if you like!

Random images lying around on Random Memory Cards

2010-03-16T10:54:00.000-07:00

So I was checking through a stack of my Compact Flash Memory Cards and came across a bunch of recent and ancient images... just thought I would post some of the nice finds! Looks like some were back in the fall and some are from our recent Vancouver Aquarium visit for Ellie's birthday! Probably going to find some more but this will do for now!

"Photo a day": February 2010

2010-03-06T18:59:00.000-08:00

So here is my first month of this long project! Click on the link to see the images!

Duncan Turner Blog

Website Updating!!

2010-03-05T19:44:00.000-08:00

Currently I am just changing a few things on my Website, for the better, so I apologise for any oddness with the images... It wont be long!! Whooooop!

Portraits: Chad & Nicole

2010-03-02T12:01:00.000-08:00

Another shoot for me...its been a very busy month! This great couple let me try out a new location I have been busting to use, the morning sunlight was a little harsh but at least it wasn't snowing and -20 like it can be in February!! Looking forward to their big day in the very near future!

Canada Wins record Gold Medals!

2010-03-01T18:47:00.000-08:00

So... Incase anyone in the world doesn't know, Canada Re-Claimed there Gold medal in the Men's & Women's Ice Hockey. Along with a whole horde of Gold medals and numerous Silvers and Bronzes too! I was able to sneak out of work to shoot a little of the Bedlam out on South Fraser Way in Abbotsford. People drove up and down honking horns, flying Flags on hockey sticks and whatever else they had in support of there fellow Canadians who fought a great battle with the Americans to bring home the last gold of the games. I also ran into the Abbotsford Heat Mascot, Mr Hawkey. He was high-5'ing the crowd and celebrating like every great canadian mascot would!

Portraits: Oleg Lutso ( Realtor)

2010-02-22T11:00:00.000-08:00

My good buddy Oleg Lutso dropped by a little while ago for a few shots for updating his website etc... I have run into Oleg a few times at some of his friends Weddings and now he is the guest of honour in front of my camera!!! Anyone looking to Buy or Sell there house can contact him through his website http://www.oleglutso.com or through Homelife Realty.

Portraits: Cam & Carissa

2010-02-21T20:00:00.000-08:00

Had the pleasure of shooting this lovely couple the other day on a glorious late afternoon around Clayburn Village. I am looking forward to their big day in June, as long as the weather repeats itself!!!

Portraits: Clayburn Dental Centre

2010-02-10T20:52:00.000-08:00

I had the pleasure of shooting the staff images for the Clayburn Dental Centre website a short time ago. Located in Abbotsford just off of Immel Road in the Clayburn Shopping Centre.

Give me a Light!!!

2010-02-09T16:42:00.000-08:00

So as most people are aware the Olympic Flame is headed through Canada on the longest path ever which happened to pass just down the road from me ( the runners name was Betty that I shot!). I wondered to my cleverly chosen location but alas it was delayed somehow and by the time it got to me I lost my decent shot...but the lattitude of the film I used was very forgiving (just a little pleasing grain)... Also helped out Jason Beattie on his brief assignment to shoot a gentleman (Charles from Paris) from a Major Sponsor of the games.... Quickest shoot ever and the most tiring!!! chasing down those runners isnt easy for an old man like me!

Portrait: Jayden

2010-02-09T16:19:00.000-08:00

The third boy from one of my regulars. Jayden scooted round not to long ago whilst his brothers tormented my two girls.. or maybe it was the other way around!!! Anyways, I'm a little late updating, but better late than never!

A Personal Challenge: "Picture a Day "(365)

2010-02-02T09:57:00.000-08:00

So I have decided to take on a new personal challenge. Several of my friends recently committed to a "Picture a Day" project ( for a year).... pretty much as it sounds. I am going to use my vast array of cameras and learned techniques to document things (scenes, events,people... etc..) within my ordinary and un-ordinary day to day life. I am going to be using Film ( yes Film) for this project so that I cannot manipulate the images. They will appear as I shot them so if I screw up an image then thats what I shall post and hopefully it will look creative!!!.
I am going to use a variety of films and film cameras ranging from my Nikon F5 , Nikkormat FT ,to my dads Yashica-D twin lens. Being that its only one picture a day I will post the images at the start of the following month, so when my 31 ( depending on month of course) days are up I will wind out the film and process it and scan it so it can be uploaded! Obviously when I use the Yashica camera I will have a shorter time to wait as the exposures are only about 12 shots.....
Why would I do this? Why not! Maybe I can revamp my creative juices, find interesting compositions within my everyday humdrum, without replicating anything within that year....I hope to, at the end of it all, produce a photobook with all the images in, being 365 images it will be more than likely smaller images montaged by month so I can fit it all in!!!
So heres wishing me luck and yes I already took my first shot! February is Nikon F100 month!!! whoop, such an amazing camera to use!

Portraits: The girls!!!

2009-12-08T13:03:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-02T16:53:00.000-08:00

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!!!
Previous Shoots 2008 2007 2006

Camera Choices for the Christmas season!

2009-11-28T14:00:00.000-08:00

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..

2009-11-23T17:14:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-13T22:13:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-10T22:18:00.000-08:00

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....

2009-10-19T12:39:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-22T16:37:00.000-07:00

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??

2009-09-18T07:54:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-09T08:33:00.000-07:00

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: Lens and Shutter

2009-09-01T15:24:00.001-07:00

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!!!

2009-09-01T14:44:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-28T18:57:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-24T20:29:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-10T08:24:00.000-07:00

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

2009-07-18T22:36:00.001-07:00

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

2009-07-06T19:27:00.000-07:00

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

2009-07-06T19:14:00.000-07:00

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 Zoo A 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...

2009-06-04T10:38:00.001-07:00

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!

2009-06-01T22:12:00.000-07:00

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

2009-06-01T21:31:00.000-07:00

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

2009-05-26T11:06:00.001-07:00

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)