
11am beach walk on north Salt Spring
photo info: Leica M, ISO 200, f/4.0, 8 sec, 50mm, 10 stop neutral density filter
Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron

11am beach walk on north Salt Spring
photo info: Leica M, ISO 200, f/4.0, 8 sec, 50mm, 10 stop neutral density filter

Stopped in to a new JJ Bean store at Bidwell and Davie while on a day trip to Vancouver. Clever mix of vintage and modern—inside and out at this café.

Salt Spring Photos is escaping on a road trip this week so there will most likely be a short program interruption. Regular programming is scheduled to resume March 16.

The improvisors were at it for the last time this school year. At ArtSpring. The kids had a great time. And the audience had a great time. FUN show SD64!
Here while improvising a scene, the students were engaged in a steal-the-hat game.

People ask for tech info on the photos from time to time; I sometimes add this information if the situation is unusual.
In the fast moving yet low light of theatre, a camera/lens combination that can focus very quickly at a high ISO (film speed or ASA in the old days) and still produce a clean image is essential to capture movement. As always it comes down to ISO, aperture, and shutter speed right. In this case I needed to stop horizontal and unpredictable motion so 1/500 sec for the shutter speed. A couple of feet of depth of focus needed, so f/2.0 and that required an ISO of 3200.
photo info: Canon 1DX, ISO 3200, f/2.0, 1/500 sec, 35mm (no noise reduction applied to the images)

Forgotten on the roadside. Here for a good time, not a long time.
Photographs of Salt Spring Island and areas reachable by ferry and road (and sometimes off-road).