Victoria Canning Photography

2011-09-29T16:55:00.000-07:00

Autumn begins. Promo shots with musician, Patrick Kelly.

(http://patrickkellymusic.com/)

2011-09-25T15:15:00.000-07:00

An aside...

William Eggleston is one of my favoruite photographers, in particular I have always been fascinated by his photo of a tricycle on a suburban street in the 50s.

I came across an abandoned trike on a walk today and tried once again (because this isn't the first) to recreate that same picture.

William Eggleston - Tricycle

Victoria Canning 2011.

2011-09-25T15:08:00.000-07:00

Autumn has begun. My feet are wet.

2011-09-11T21:33:00.000-07:00

Ma Petite with Matt Kelly at Fadermaster Studios.

2011-09-11T21:23:00.000-07:00

Terminal and Main. Market place.

2011-08-21T16:20:00.000-07:00

Indiana Avent Presents: Ma Petite @ Mushroom Studios, 2011.

2011-07-22T13:27:00.000-07:00

First time filming and putting together a promo video/ first day of recording blog! Stressful, scary...kinda cool.

2011-07-22T13:17:00.000-07:00

My friend and talented musician, Indiana Avent (Ma Petite) asked me to photo document the recording of her debut album, "The Road that lead me to Fall." Here are a few images from her "first" and second day recording at Tall Poppy Studios in North Vancouver.

2011-07-07T13:17:00.000-07:00

Canada Day 2011. Fairground, Corn dogs and Peak Performers.

2011-06-25T17:17:00.000-07:00

Lynn Valley, Vancouver.

2011-06-14T21:19:00.000-07:00

Project 365
I've wanted to do a project like this for a long time, a photo every day for a year, documenting 365 days of your life. If it serves no other purpose than as a reminder for me a year down the line then great! I'll try to make it interesting.

June 14th. 2011. Day One.

The Fabric Of The Cosmos. Working through this book has been incredible to say the least, for someone with no background in physics but a love of science, it's been tough reading and just mind blowing. A little taster before school next year.

June 15th. 2011. Day Two

Canucks lose to Bruins in game 7. Vancouver falls apart.

June 16th. 2011. Day Three.

First ride on the Water bus. I hit my head on the roof.

June 17th. 2011. Day Four.

Am Shenanigans. I also took the polaroid.

June 18th. 2011

Day 5. Starting to draw again after a long time.

June 19th. 2011.

Day 6. "I'm not drinking again until I hear about my visa"

June 20th. 2011.

Day 7. Summer son of anarchy.

June 21st. 2011.

Day 8. Lynn Valley. Extension bridges. Trekking through the forest. Wading in icy water. Jennas last day in Vancouver.

June 23rd. 2011

I failed. No photo yesterday. I can't even tell you what I did yesterday...something involving..? Anyway, I've wanted to see The Tree Of Life for a long long time, still undecided as to my verdict. Also, took this with an iphone as I forgot my camera.

Not that that makes a difference.

June 27th. 2011.

Previous days pictures appear to be missing from my folders so I

had to jump to the 27th.

June 28th. 2011.

Trolling back alleys with Indiana and camera.

June 29th. 2011

Shot gunning beers on the balcony like bosses.

July 1st. 2011

Canada Day. First corn dog of the year/ life. They're quite fantastic.

July 2nd. 2011.

Chillin'.

July 3rd. 2011.

Chillin' Pt. 2

July 5th. 2011.

BBQ. Thanks to Paul for his patience with me using diptic. #tootiredtofunction.

July 6th. 2011.

Waiting at the docks after a long and superbly awesome day on Bowen Is.

July 8th. 2011.

Walked to Deer Lake as it didn't rain. Got lost coming home. 10 Km round trip, thats 6 miles to those of you back home. Not too shabby.

July 9th. 2011.
Getting ready.

July 10th. 2011.

Summer festivals.

July 11th. 2011.

Photo shoot with the beautiful Indiana Avent.(Ma Petit)

July 12th.2011.

Treelines busting a move at the Electric Owl for Hair-e-Oke.

2011-05-14T14:21:00.000-07:00

2011-04-29T15:01:00.001-07:00

2011-04-22T19:40:00.000-07:00

Brighton.

2011-02-18T15:57:00.000-08:00

Last few days in Vancouver for a while.

2011-01-31T17:43:00.000-08:00

Main and Pacific Central.

2011-01-28T19:57:00.000-08:00

Beach Day, part 2.

2011-01-25T20:23:00.000-08:00

Field Trip.

Paul had a day off...somewhat. It was damp out and though every urge pointed towards staying inside in front of the tv, we decided to go ahead with our plan of going to the beach. It was the first time in a while and turned out to be the first time I saw a starfish in the wild. I was excited.

2011-01-15T21:43:00.000-08:00

I love Vancouver.

2011-01-15T17:26:00.000-08:00

Messy Birthdays.
Just another party at our house for the lovely Heather Mcdonald's birthday.

It's taken me a while to go through these but I found some inspiration playing around in Lightroom again. Personally, I like seeing film grain on photos, especially if they're in black and white and aren't really so perfect. I think it really enhances the candidness behind each shot.
(I know this can seem like a huge cop out to many professional photographers who believe monotone photography is an easy way to hide poor focus/ quality etc, but it's something I like to play about with.)

2011-01-11T14:57:00.000-08:00

Coffee and early morning walks.

Vancouver is making me feel especially nostalgic. It seemed like the first morning of spring today, a hint of sunlight and an icy icy wind. My hands are just regaining what little sensation they have left. Came home and started playing around with Lightroom 3 - I think I'm in love.

2011-01-07T03:15:00.000-08:00

FaderMaster Studios.

I was asked to take a few photos at FaderMaster Studios (www.fadermaster.com) in Vancouver; it just so happens that Jamison Troy was in there finishing up tracking on his new record with producer/ engineer/ friend, Paul Boechler.

2011-01-01T23:12:00.000-08:00

Alberta.

A third Christmas in Canada, my second in Alberta. I love the Prairies. Life seems more wholesome there and the landscape seemed to play up to my camera. I was torn between looking at things through a lens and looking at them with my own eyes. We drove to Banff on Boxing Day where it snowed and my toes were struck heavy like Lead from the cold.

Photo by Paul Boechler

2010-12-22T23:36:00.000-08:00

Karma Athletics.

A few days before Christmas, I got the chance to work with the amazing Leigh Righton (www.madmannequin.com/) on her photo shoot with Karma Athletics. This was the second time I had the chance to work on session and still can't believe how much fun I had and how much I learned. Here the photos from behind the scenes.

2010-12-09T18:06:00.001-08:00

Fall.

All I can remember as a child and thinking about Canada were the colours of Autumn; the reds and golds and browns. These past few months have been mesmerizing and simply days I'll never ever forget. I hope I'll see these colours again someday and another someday after that.

2010-11-20T00:04:00.000-08:00

Chantel.

Chantel was one of the first people I met when I came to Vancouver in 2008. I worked on many of her recording sessions at Mushroom Studios; when I had left audio, she asked me to shoot the recording of her new album and of course I said yes! Being in the control room of a recording studio for different purposes other than to record felt odd, but it was a familiar odd.

2010-11-14T17:10:00.000-08:00

Vancouver Aquarium.

I recently stubbled across the works of Malia James (www.maliajames.com) who had recently photographed an aquarium in Los Angeles. I liked the way she had captured the day to day life of the water world, especially the colours and degrees of emotion in her human subjects. It was a difficult day, the aquarium in Vancouver was full and spending any time in front of a tank proved difficult. Here are a few photos I took.

2010-11-12T20:33:00.000-08:00

Searching for the Quiet.

Jamison Troy (www.myspace.com/jamisontroy)is Vancouver based singer/ songwriter... he's also a friend. I was lucky enough to be able to document the recording of his new album, Searching for the Quiet. I love my life.

2010-11-09T01:36:00.000-08:00

Treelines.

Another shoot, another studio. This time at Blue Wave with Treelines (www.myspace.com/treelines). Amazing guys, fantastic room mates. Offered some time to record, they tracked a new song and a cover of Little Drummer Boy. It was a late late night, but charged on coffee everyone pulled through.

2010-10-28T20:41:00.000-07:00

Hip City Production.

A good friend of mine works as a music promoter and asked me to shoot for the first show of is new company, Hip City Music. The show also saw the release of Nadia Von Haans new album, featuring warm up acts Chantel UPshaw, City of Glass and 41st and Home.

2010-09-24T20:24:00.000-07:00

Coffee for two.

Paul and I like going for coffee, I spend too much on it though.

2010-09-14T02:25:00.000-07:00

Destination: Alberta.

My second christmas in Canada, my friend Sarah invited me to spend the holidays in Edson.

2010-09-14T01:54:00.000-07:00

Mushroom Studios.

A day tracking double bass.

2010-09-09T18:24:00.000-07:00

Brighton.

"England is my country, Vancouver is my home town." I had to go home for a while, the first time in over a year. It was weird for me, I felt like I was in a dream and that I was in on this secret, a secret life, that no one else could see. Seeing my family was great, but I missed home.

2010-09-09T18:08:00.000-07:00

A brief brush with film.

2010-09-09T18:05:00.000-07:00

Cairo.

Cairo (now "Boss") are a Vancouver based band that recorded at Mushroom Studios. I'm finding myself back at this place a lot more than I thought I'd be.

2010-09-09T17:13:00.000-07:00

Music.

I've had the chance to shoot many great shows, by far my favourite was standing in a crowd as Black Rebel Motorcycle Club stood on stage in front of me.

2010-09-09T15:48:00.000-07:00

Montreal.

My love of a band and their music took me to Montreal.

2010-09-09T14:57:00.000-07:00

France.

Every year I make the journey to a region of France called La Charente. My aunt and uncle and their 18 dogs live on a stretch of 5 acres; she rescues abandoned animals and he watches cricket. The days are filled with a burning sun and puppy kisses and long walks across open fields. It's beauty.