Olympics 2010

Didn’t even know it!

by Eydis on 09/01/2010 0

I used to shop at Calumet Photographic when I lived in NY but now I just receive their mailing list every week. What I like about their mailing list is that they have great product information and features like the Photographers Spotlight and Photo of the Week
Photo of the Week started in October of 2006, but I didn’t catch on until Jan of 2007 when I sent in my first image and it got selected! Since then I have submitted 8 images all together, 3 making the cut. However I just stumbled up on my submission from last year…and not only did the image get chosen as the Photo of the Week, but was also feature on their blog a few weeks later…
and I didn’t even know it!
What I didn’t realize is that they have a UK site, and for some reason this last image ended up there….So now it’s 4 out of 8…not bad!

Tags: Calumet Photographics, character, Olympics 2010, personality, photo of the week, studio photography

Vancouver Olympics 2010

by Eydis on 02/15/2010 0

In my last post I mentioned that I was going downtown Friday the 12th. Opening Ceremony day and last day of Torch Relay. I caught three Torchbearers in a crazy crowd as it worked its way towards the last cauldron before the Opening Ceremony at BC Place.

The images below show CTV News Anchors Collen Christie and Mike Killeen broadcasting live from Robson Street. Tourchbearers and people cheering them on along with the Vancouver Police guiding the way through the crowd. Robson Squares Zip line – where people fly over head after waiting up to 6 hours! Plus some abstracts of pedestrians in their colourful outfits.

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Tags: abstract, crowd, news anchors, Olympics 2010, people, police, torch relay, torchbearers, Vancouver Olympics, zip line

Olympic Invasion

by Eydis on 02/10/2010 0

The Olympics are knocking at our door in just a few days, and I’m feeling a bit strange about the whole thing. In the past I have watched the games without even a thought of what goes on in the cities that host them. It’s different this time around.. there is no hiding from them if you live in the lower mainland, especially downtown. We feel the impact it has on our City on so many different levels, both good and bad, just depends on your opinion of the whole thing. I’m not going to voice my opinion here… rather I would like to share with you these images that I have taken over the past 2 months – the change in the cityscape - it’s how I see it….

I intentionally photographed most of these images with long exposure to “remove” people from the scenes (exept a few workers)- opposite of what the actual Games will have…lots and lots of people.

This Friday, Opening Ceremony day I will be heading downtown again, this time to photograph the people that are celebrating or not!

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