UVic Siege Week 2013

by | Jun 19, 2013 | Campus, Events, News

UVic engineers are holding the annual Siege Week event from June 17 to 21, between 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. outside the Student Union Building. Passersby are invited to donate $5 for three shots on the engineering students’ siege weapons, with proceeds going to...
Why quality photos matter more than ever

Why quality photos matter more than ever

by | Jun 13, 2013 | Opinions

On May 30th, the Chicago Sun-Times, home of Roger Ebert’s columns for many decades, laid off their 28 full-time photographers, including Pulitzer Prize-winner John H. White, in favour of shifting the photography burden to reporters and freelancers. As expected, there...
Different focal lengths, different perspectives

Different focal lengths, different perspectives

by | May 24, 2013 | Features

Every modern photographer has used a zoom lens on a camera before. They help “crop in camera” so there’s nothing extraneous in the frame. While the different focal lengths afforded by zoom lenses (or a series of primes) can alter your field of view like a crop tool,...
Truth and fiction in photography

Truth and fiction in photography

by | May 18, 2013 | Features

Recently, I watched Adrian Grenier’s documentary Teenage Paparazzo to see how much my own role as a general assignment photographer lines up with that of the paparazzi, a job I’ve never really respected. I had been called a paparazzo in jest in the past, which really...
An illuminating lesson in simplicity

An illuminating lesson in simplicity

by | May 10, 2013 | Features

Most of my concept images are of objects rather than people, but when I was asked to come up with a photo to accompany an article about watching horror movies, I grew excited with the prospect and immediately had an idea, which is almost never the case. I wanted to...