Vancouver BC Canada - (Photographic) Opportunities!

[Sirius Glass]

With the rain, the sky can have interesting clouds. Bring your yellow filters, orange filters, red filters and polarizing filter. Maybe green and yellow green filters.

 

[markjwyatt]

What needs to work out?

I hope it is a good move for you.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Enjoy your adventure and new opportunities.

 

[DMJ]

With the rain, the sky can have interesting clouds. Bring your yellow filters, orange filters, red filters and polarizing filter. Maybe green and yellow green filters.

Like.
Call me crazy but one thing I dislike about SoCal is the weather, I live close to the ocean and is always windy, blue skies...

 

[Sirius Glass]

Like.
Call me crazy but one thing I dislike about SoCal is the weather, I live close to the ocean and is always windy, blue skies...

I know perfectly clear weather blue skies pleasant weather. It is just so predictable and pleasant with fog when the weather goes from hot to cold or cold to hot for those who want the foggy atmosphere. Never too hot. Never too cold. Tough life but someone has to live it.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

One of my boys will most likely being going to university up there in a couple years -- a reason to visit again! The only other time was in the late 80s to pick up (now ex) wife's Green Card. A quick trip -- all I remember is some good Chinese food.

Enjoy it up there! I envy the rain.

Wait a minute... were you not up here giving a carbon workshop, maybe ten years ago??

 

[DMJ]

@MattKing Can I request a change on the title of the thread to "Photography opportunities in Vancouver" or something alike ?

 

[DMJ]

One of my boys will most likely being going to university up there in a couple years -- a reason to visit again! The only other time was in the late 80s to pick up (now ex) wife's Green Card. A quick trip -- all I remember is some good Chinese food.

Enjoy it up there! I envy the rain.

Thank you!
Does he know already which school he wants to attend?

 

[MattKing]

@MattKing Can I request a change on the title of the thread to "Photography opportunities in Vancouver" or something alike ?

I'll change this to "Vancouver BC Canada - (Photographic) Opportunities!"

 

[Arthurwg]

I lived there for two years back in the day. When the sun comes out it's truly astounding. Green and gold. As for the rain, you get used to it quickly. I road my motorcycle through all kinds of weather. Loved it.

 

[Vaughn]

Thank you!
Does he know already which school he wants to attend?

UBC as a grad student. In the program he has been accepted into, he'll do a year in university getting a masters in Wales starting this coming Fall, then transfer to UBC and get a second masters there. International Forestry.
He is working in forestry right now here in California...and getting the experience, etc. needed to become a Professional Forester. He got a double BS from Berkeley a couple years ago and had a AmeriCorps Fellowship position for a year and turned that into the full-time job he has now.

PS -- my other son is working in Tokyo. Good excuses to travel overseas for me!

 

[Vaughn]

Wait a minute... were you not up here giving a carbon workshop, maybe ten years ago??

Oh, yeah -- forgot about that. Arrived. Gave the workshop and headed back south. All I did was give the workshop and slept. Crazy time. After, I was suppose to give a talk/demo at a university, but no one got back to me that it was definitely on. I was so completely wiped out from the workshop that I just headed south ASAP. I was photographing in Central Washington (Dry Falls) when I finally got a call..."What time are you arriving for your talk tonight?" Have always felt bad about that.

Turns out that I had not eaten for the three days of the workshop (sleeping in my van in a participants driveway)....I had a scone, I believe at one point. Now I give very direct instructions during workshops to assistants and/or orgainzers to make sure I eat. I get sort of wrapped up in teaching.

 

[Rob Skeoch]

"Revolver Coffee Shop"
https://revolvercoffee.ca/
Although they do make the best coffee in town, the side room is a hangout for many of the top photojournalists working in the city. Wire service photographers and shooters from the area papers go shoot their assignments then head over to Revolver to file their photos. I'm not from the area but put on a number of workshops in Vancouver and we based them out of the coffee shop. We would bring in Magnum Photo shooters like Eli Reed to facilitate the workshops.
The owner of the store is a Leica film shooter and a few of the staff also shoot rangefinders.
It's worth checking out since you're in town.

 

[DMJ]

International Forestry.

Thanks for sharing. Wow! I didn't know such a program existed; sounds very cool. What I've heard from UBC is that it has one of the top medical schools in the world.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Oh, yeah -- forgot about that. Arrived. Gave the workshop and headed back south. All I did was give the workshop and slept. Crazy time. After, I was suppose to give a talk/demo at a university, but no one got back to me that it was definitely on. I was so completely wiped out from the workshop that I just headed south ASAP. I was photographing in Central Washington (Dry Falls) when I finally got a call..."What time are you arriving for your talk tonight?" Have always felt bad about that.

Turns out that I had not eaten for the three days of the workshop (sleeping in my van in a participants driveway)....I had a scone, I believe at one point. Now I give very direct instructions during workshops to assistants and/or orgainzers to make sure I eat. I get sort of wrapped up in teaching.

I was quite ill (in hospital for three days), so I couldn't participate. I would not have allowed that! Sleeping in your van. I have a couple of spare rooms...and you would have been well fed. Sorry about that! Also, insist on brown only M&M's in your instructions!

 

[Vaughn]

Bummer about the hospital visit.
It is strange -- it is like there is no other room in my head for anything but the students and the teaching, tho I am a little bit better about it now. I've taught up to 10 people -- keeping their needs, images, and their progress with the process as a priority in the center of my mind for even two days is a intense experience.

I have a full workshop in Yosemite in April. Fortunately I limit it to 6 people. That will be 4 non-stop dawn to mid-night+ days. (I'll be up late evenings developing participants' 8x10 film and prepping for the next day -- the students are done by 5pm). I want participants to make their images with the process...not just learn the process. Really looking forward to it -- Covid had cancelled that last two years' workshops in Yosemite. I have a great co-instructor, and two assistants to keep an eye on me! Both great cooks!

Okay...I am excited and off-topic (again.) Yosemite Valley in April -- beautiful!