My first time at Mission Raceway.
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Under the Overpass
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Hi Guys,
I've been fortunate enough over the last year or two that I've been very busy as a commercial photographer. I love it, I've been meeting so many people and working with a ton of different companies. Sometimes though it seems like the only time I get my camera out is for work or when my wife Linda and I travel. So one of the things I've been trying to be more conscious of is to work at creating more art. Going forward I'm looking into selling more prints as I would love to share my art with more people. This blog entry is about a series of images I created and how they came to be.
It all started a couple of summers ago. My family and I were going to a Night Market here in the Vancouver. If you haven't been or know of it, It is a good sized outdoor market with lots of food and little knick knacks that one can buy. The night market is located near a junction Skytrain station. So we parked underneath this Junction, this overpass of Skytrain rails and as we were walking away it had caught my eye. To me, the three separate rails just had a very intriguing silhouette.
This picture was from that that first night. I think I had wrote in my Instagram account when posting the photo that I would be back to shoot this with my dslr camera one day.
So not exactly how much longer it took me to get back and take the photos but it happened late last summer. And I'm glad I did. There is just something about this large infrastructure. The design, the swinging shapes and the raw concrete texture that I just needed to capture.
Here is the set of images that I came up with. I think with the blues and the contrast in the concrete anyone of these would be fantastic print.
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Thanks very much for checking out my Blog. I hope you enjoyed my art. Hopefully one day coming up I can get these all printed out nice and big.
If you aren't already doing so you can use the small icons on the bottom of the page to see my Instagram account. I try to add new images often.
-Broda
-Lone Austin-Healey enjoying the shade
British Indulgence
It's been some time since I can remember not quickly turning my neck every time I hear the roar of a passing car. One of my greatest passions are cars and anything that has a motor. I've been engulfed in my love of cars from a very young age. I used to draw nothing but scores of trucks and cars. My family will attest, I always wanted to be a Dump Truck when I grew up. I used to only care about the best of the best. Zero to sixty times and top speeds. As I've matured I have started to understand the beauty in classic cars. Nothing used to compare to the Jaguar XJ220 or the Mclaren F1. But now seeing a stunning well kept Austin Healey, MG or Morgan 3 wheeler can really turn my crank(pun intended).
The All British Classic Car show at the stunning VanDusen Botanical Garden is a perfect place to nourish my love of cars and now automotive photography. With so many some gorgeous little sports cars there was much for my lens to capture.
-Beautifully hand crafted MG steering wheel
I've found over the last couple years attending a handful of these car shows that getting a shot of a single car can be tricky. Luckily I think I got a few decent photos in this set. Like this stitched together shot of this older Aston Martin Vanquish. Everyone could use a little James Bond in their lives.
-Aston Martin Vanquish.
The other thing that I have noticed. The garden always seems to be teaming with wild life. Must be a picnic somewhere nearby.
-Teddy riding shotgun
These moving works of art have captured my heart. I hope to be able to drive at least a few of these in my life time. Have a look at the rest of my gallery and let me know what you think? Maybe one of your favorites is in here too?
- Broda
