Velodrome

A friend of mine and I recently went to the burnaby velodrome to check out an event they had there. I was pleasantly surprised at how amazing these riders are. I really enjoyed how talented both the men and the women are. Here's a picture of the elite women's final race (wich was amazing by the way). I decided that i would just use a hand held flash and drag the shutter. I know the flash is a bit hot but i enjoy the composition and the extreme angle.

-j

Family photos

Its not a normality for me to shoot traditional portraits but lately I've been doing a few things that are outside of my realm of expertise (thats ironic because i don't really consider myself an expert at anything.............yet). I know its said that we as artists or photographers should specialize and not be jacks of all trades, but there's something to be said about learning in the early stages of our career. Learning could be us figuring out that we don't like to do some things or don't have the desire to, or it could be a lightbulb moment after we do a shoot that we wouldn't necessarily take if we had a choice. 

To tell you the truth, I don't think its a bad thing to take work thats outside of your realm of understanding. I read somewhere that Joe Mcnally jumps at jobs that he's not confident with, why can't you or I think like that? This isn't a rant to tell people to not specialize, more to not turn down opportunities early on in your career. You never know, you might turn out to like it or if anything you might learn something for what you do intend on doing. 

Learn learn learn.

Anyways here's a couple shots from a family shoot i did where I shot both the whole family as well as independent shots. 

-j

Been a whole hot minute since I posted but i just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and all that. Its a great time of year, not for skateboarding, but hockey is in full swing and I'm down with the nucks. Here's a shot of my friend and fellow photographer Matt Neumann (http://phrozenphoto.com) enjoying some juice whilst watching our favorite team kick some but. Wich begs the question: Are you drinking the Canucks cool aid?

little lighting diagram.

-j

cody's kickflip

I've been pretty busy lately but was able to squeeze a few minutes in to process this photo I took last week. Here you go cody, lets get out again soon.

-j

Color magazine issue 8.5

Here's an image of mine that ran in the new color magazine. I want to say that its no biggie for me to get this image run but in actuality its a pretty big deal for me. Its my first skate image thats been in print to date and i am really excited! Thanks to Dylan Doubt for using it and I can't wait to get many more in the near future. Also thanks to Rob Rickaby for putting up with me bugging him to get this done (oh yah and shredding this spot up).

The printed version.

This is the image before print. 

-j

old but new

I just got to go back to school and scan some film ive been holding on to for a bit. I've been shooting a bit of film lately and hope to get some more developed soon. Enjoy?

Ferry dock

Derek Epp just after a good fall.

   Chess board near my house

Scott J's lower half.

My wifes legs, too hot.

A little test with my 87c filter and some old tmax 100

vlad at strath

-jay

Leeside Halloween shoot for sbc magazine

Just this last weekend SBC magazine asked me to shoot a halloween event down at leeside. The pics are up on their website now. All the shots were takin with one flash just off camera. I had to keep moving so i had no chance to really set anything up. It was crazy busy and lots of fireworks. Thanks for lookin.

-j

http://www.sbcskateboard.com/