Thursday, February 14, 2008

Streets of Edmonton



So last night I went to Whyte Ave with Anna to shoot a critique that was based on life on the streets. My original idea was to shoot a photo from the median in the middle of the road at a really slow shutter speed showing cars going by, but in the end I wasn't really liking the shots too much. So as I was walking away dejected and disappointed, I found this shopping cart by a bus stop. The light on Anna's hair is actually light from a street lamp that, through careful framing, doesn't actually appear in the photograph. I was pretty happy with the outcome of this photo, actually.

Anna is a real trooper, too! She stays still for my long exposures--I think only two or three of the 20 photos I took of this scene had any motion blur.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008


©2008 Codie McLachlan / Edmonton Journal

... And lastly, a hockey fight image from the Oilers vs. Flames game on Monday. Poor Moreau...

©2008 Codie McLachlan / Edmonton Journal

This was a group shot of some actors from the play While We're Young surrounding the playwright, Don Hannah. The play is premiering at the Timms Centre this week.

©2008 Codie McLachlan / Edmonton Journal

Remember the miracle baby a couple years ago? Voila! My first front page!

Sunday, February 3, 2008






©2008 - Codie McLachlan / Edmonton Journal

On Friday night, I shot the Edmonton Oilers vs. the Dallas Stars game at Rexall Place. What a night! Out of the games I've shot, this one seemed to go remarkably fast with a lot less timeouts than I'm used to.

It was also fun running back to the media room in between every period--the room being on the exact opposite side of the building. But I managed, and during the third period I left the concourse to shoot some action from ice level.