once i was a camera

Dustin Koch

syx — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:54:04 +0000

Jewelery Maker, in his studio for a lighting workshop.
Vancouver Photo Workshops

HDR class @vpwtweets, the rain held off!

syx — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:50:55 +0000

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Next show later, now, intermission

syx — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:51:41 +0000

Mobileography

syx — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:08:11 +0000

This is a test sample of an image for Mobileography, a photo show hosted by PhotoHaus Gallery dedicated to mobile phone photography.
The show opens this Friday at 7pm. A panel discussion will take place one hour before the show.

Via Flickr:
Photo o the week
Photo o the week

what are you looking at

syx — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:55:23 +0000

As a photographer I ask myself this question a lot. Sometimes the subject is obscured and that obscurity is often created by my own lack of vision.

My minimal Mt Pleasant

syx — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:20:24 +0000

This is a vew that I see everyday. Hanna and I draw on these windows all the time. Today a light bulb went off. I had done some photos earlier last week of hearts Hanna and I had drawn on the window. It was the sketch that later lead to this photograph. I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s more refined, but I would say that it has better intention and bit of playfulness.

illumination & reflection

syx — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 23:16:20 +0000

I had the great opportunity to see Freeman Patterson lecture yesterday. One thing that he said rang true with what I tell my students, “it’s not about how you shoot something, it’s why you photograph it.”

This photograph was taken at sunrise this morning. I really enjoy sunrises and very rarely shoot them. I’m not interested in producing these images, however, in the past few months I’ve really been drawn to shadows & reflections. Parts of this interest are not new, but my perspective is different.

Taryn

syx — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:00:09 +0000

This is the last picture of my wife taken the first year we were married. Friday the 13th August 2010.

enlightenment

syx — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:13:50 +0000

This is a photo of the Vancouver Library on a summer evening. I like the light that filters through the windows and casts long sweeping shadows over the curved architecture. I shot this in colour and decided to finish it as a B&W. There seems to be more drama in the light and the photograph as a whole in B&W. Maybe one day I’ll revisit the colour one and think otherwise.

In my hand

syx — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:33:18 +0000

I walk down this alley almost every day. It is my route to an from Vancouver Photo Workshops & the Photo Haus Gallery where I work and teach. This morning Hanna and I were out for and early walk to enjoy the nice day. They must be doing work in the alley because I seemed to notice this paint only today. I was trying to make a nice composition but there was no way to avoid having our shadows in the frame, so I went with it.