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An occasional photo: Katerina Topazi

Mark — Sat, 29 May 2010 16:44:24 +0000

Singer Katerina Topazi was showered with carnation petals during her performance for the Vancouver Greek community Friday, May 28, 2010. Throwing carnations at musicians is a Greek tradition.

Audio slideshow: Ederlezi in Vancouver

Mark — Sun, 09 May 2010 04:58:41 +0000

Three brass bands and belly dancers brought the southeastern European spring festival Ederlezi to Vancouver Friday night, giving me chance to do some shooting. This was in the way of a test of both a new 55-250 Canon lens and my newish Canon T2i. Photos were shot RAW, using the P mode, and are untouched other the default conversion settings in Aperture 3. I’m really happy with Canon’s lowlight abilities: at 6400 ISO, the results are great for web publication, and I was able to shoot, in rather dismal light, at 1/30-1/60 of a second.

A note about the audio: I forgot to take my recorder along and wound up grabbing the sound on my iPhone, which is why it is a little less than stellar.

An occasional photo: Mall merry-go-round

Mark — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:29:07 +0000

Horses await their riders at a merry-go-rounds set up in a local mall. iPhone photo; Helga effect in CameraBag; sharpened in Photoshop.

An occasional photo: Sleepy commute

Mark — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:31:37 +0000

The afternoon commute, on-board the #33 between Main and Fraser in Vancouver. iPhone photo; sharpened in Photoshop.

Olympic photo amble 2

Mark — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:55:57 +0000

Canadian flag decal in Yaletown.

On Granville Street, people watchers catch the sun on the edges of a pub patio.

Capturing a band performance on the steps of Vancouver Art Gallery.

A dash through the crowd, with a Canadian flag flying. Granville Street.

Exuberant fans outside a Vancouver fast food joint, Granville Street.

Trading pins, at the corner of Robson and Howe Street.

All photos shot with Canon G10; converted to grayscale in Aperture.