Through The Looking Glass

Auroch @ Fadermaster Studios

Fadermaster Studios in East Van recorded us for an incredible price with a really great budding engineer, Paul Boechler. Their studio is utterly gorgeous inside - although swelteringly hot. Really nice lighting. These guys have recorded some excellent local Vancouver talent and their engineer roster includes some veterans of the legendary Mushroom Studios on 4th avenue.

Fall in Archaea, The Fallacy, Storyteller and Apparatus Theory

A community centre metalcore show in Victoria featuring local headliners Fall in Archaea and two other excellent east coast groups touring far away from home. There were a lot of other photographers at this tiny little venue, but I think I scored some pretty good shots. All the band members were really affable guys and were delighted to be photographed.

Hats Off Gentlemen, June 7, Casa Del Artista

Vancouver's best classic emotive hardcore band (pre-Kane Ocean). This was one of my earliest photo shoots with my camera. Many thanks to Ed Gumuchian for use of his flash and for imparting his experience and knowledge.

Life Soundtrack Project

One of my best introductions to real photography was my ART 141 class this term; I owe a big debt of gratitude to Michael McLean for teaching me a lot of the history of the trade. He assigned three very interesting assignments, one of which was to produce 5 11x7" prints connected to a short playlist of songs. The inspiration behind this project for me was the fact that I am almost always wearing my iPod and listening to music that represents my mood wherever I am, and these photos were an attempt to describe the link between my surroundings and the musical atmospheres I engage in. Music to look at these photos by includes Earth, 65daysofstatic, Kinski, Crystal Castles, and Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson.