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.

©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!

©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.

Doug Hoyer Album Cover

I took this photo a couple of weeks ago for my friend Doug Hoyer, who is a singer/songwriter based out of Edmonton. The original shots are for his album cover, but I was also really satisfied with this crop, so I thought I would put it up.

Musicians are some of my favorite people to photograph, especially in a promotional setting. You should check out Doug's music at http://www.myspace.com/doughoyer . His stuff is definitely worth a listen.

I should also mention we travelled to Germany together in the summer of 2006; he was playing keyboards for my own band, the Blazing Violets.

Light

Here is my critique submission for this week. I had to centre around the theme of "light."

"Life's a Bitch"

Really. Don't pick up the soap.
Special thanks to Ian Vaydik and Mendel Perkins for posing for this.
I won't mention who is who.

Women's Provincial Curling Finals in Wainwright

Photos by Codie McLachlan / Edmonton Journal

I spent my Sunday in Wainwright shooting the women's provincial finals in curling. The weather was hellish, and the drive back was horrifying!

It begins.

So I have decided to start keeping a blog. I tried this once before, and I must admit, I was quite successful at keeping it maintained for a while... but I eventually forgot about it and stopped posting.

I intend to try keep this one updated at least fairly frequently. The idea behind it is to show photos that I've taken that I am particularly proud of (I am a photographer, in case you haven't read the "About Me" part at the top of the page), but I'll probably go off on rants and such occasionally.

You have been warned.