Andrew Strain Photography

I'd be willing to bet the crew of that barge are a bunch of leprechauns...

Pentax K10D / DA 50-200
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Yeah, its my cat. I need to get out more. All my fancy new gear, and I've barely gotten out of the house to shoot with it...

Nikon D200 / AF 50mm 1.4D / SB800
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Happy holidays to my 500 or so regular readers, and the thousands of others that have found their way to this blog since I started it 8 months ago. I hope Santa was kind to all, and if he forgot anything, that you find it for 80% off tomorrow...

Happy shooting, happy shredding, and happy shopping to all!

Oh - you might notice that my kit looks a little different now; lets just call it a little christmas present to myself! I'll explain later... Full Post and Comments

Just got the mail, and I have to say its a great feeling to see one of your images on the front of a magazine, waiting there in the mailbox for you! Hopefully, its the first of many...



And another, same issue, 55 pages in:
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Last night's sunset over the Vancouver skyline, as seen from the Kitsilano side of English Bay.

Taken with my Pentax K10D / DA 10-17 Fisheye @ 13mm, "defished" with photoshop's lens correction tool.



The distortion is still fairly high, but coming from a fisheye shot I'm rather impressed. Comparing to some photos with the DA 18-55 @ 18mm, this is a similar amount of distortion, but with a ~14mm FOV.

For those looking for more longboat photos, they're up on flickr now. Full Post and Comments

I know, I know, Longboat was in September.

For those that don't know, Day of the Longboat is one of the University of British Columbia's signature intramural events. Below is a description of the race, taken from UBC REC:

Day of the Longboat is a ten-man voyager canoe race along the waters of Jericho Beach. Teams race East from the Jericho Sailing Center to a point on Jericho beach where one person leaps from the boat, collects a baton from the beach, and then hops back into the boat. The boats then return to Jericho Sailing Center and this same person gets out of the boat and rings a gong, signaling the completion of the race. Semi-finals and finals follow the heats with awards given out in a ceremony on the beach.

Naturally, because it's against the laws of nature for me to borrow a $2000 lens in good weather (see my previous post), race day brought torrential rain and high winds to the lower mainland, which led to many a capsized canoe.

Photos taken with the Nikon D70s / 70-200 2.8 VR belonging to the man in the yellow lifejacket:





This photo ended up on the pages of the UBC student newspaper, the Ubyssey. You can read the article here: Longboat: a day on the stormy sea



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-- Photos of day two (the finals) are now up on flickr. -- Full Post and Comments

All three North Shore mountains opened this weekend, with Mount Seymour hosting the Rome Snowboards Premature Jibulation park session/contest. Shredders of all ages made their way to the mountain to take part in the early season jibfest to compete for some Rome gear and, more importantly, shake off some of the rust that built up during the off season.

I probably looked a little out of place, shooting such a low key event with a Nikon 70-200 2.8 VR (big thanks to Kellan for letting me run around in the snow with his baby), but photographers get rusty in the off season too. This event was a great way to get "back in shape" for a season of shooting snowsports; the conditions may not have been ideal for photography (who am I kidding... they were downright brutal) but I had a blast regardless, and I'm sure everyone else that came out did, too.

Photos taken with a Nikon D70s / 70-200 2.8 VR




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This guy took everyone by surprise (including me... I couldn't get a decent photo) when he started busting out backflips over the barrel bonk.



At the end of the session, the winners were awarded comically large cheques with no monetary value...
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