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First Performer Portrait

First Performer Portrait

It’s been a great two days of portrait shooting. Here’s the first finished GISPA performer image. The portraits will be printed and on display in the ArtSpring Theatre lobby at this year’s show. (April 19, 20, 21)

Performing Arts, including GISPA (the Gulf Islands School of Performing Arts) at Gulf Islands Secondary School is my business cause.

Salt Spring Springboard Stump

Springboard Stump

This massive Cedar stump (about 10 feet high) is evidence of the early days of logging on Salt Spring Island. In order to reduce the amount of cutting (by hand) and make possible the cutting of a tree on a steep slope, the loggers cut notches to accommodate ‘springboards’. They would then stand on the springboards and cut the tree above the much wider butt. This would not only reduce the amount of work but would make transporting the log possible. Or so I’ve read…

For me it was a beautiful moment with exquisite light and colours—and a glimpse into the past.

Leap Day

Leap Year Day

Every four years our calendar has a leap year because the Earth orbits the Sun in 365.242 days. 2016 is a leap year with 366 days so today—February 29th—is a leap day. But wait there’s more as that doesn’t add up:

Just adding a day doesn’t quite tweak the calendar; it’s still off by a few minutes. So, “leap years occur in years divisible by four, except for those divisible by 100 and not divisible by 400. Confusing enough for you? In effect, that means that 97 out of every 400 years are leap years, including the century years 1600 and 2000 but NOT 1700, 1800 and 1900.”*

The image above is from a grade twelve student portrait set I did with Aina.**

You can see selected images from the shoot at johncameron.ca here.

* thanks for the math, history.com
* thanks for the leap, Aina

Photos by John Cameron

Photographs of Salt Spring Island and areas reachable by ferry and road (and sometimes off-road).

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