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Summer

Snorri Gunnarsson — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:25:44 +0000

Lightning storm over Juan de Fuca Strait and the Olympic Mountains

Summer is sweet, busy but sweet. I have done some interesting assignments this summer but all of them are still in post production, have not yet been published or used. So I cant either.
I moved out to the country last month, 30km from Victoria to the beautiful Metchosin. Enjoying it thoroughly and doing a lot of personal stuff.
BCoutside is busy as always check it out for some fresh stories and photography, lot of new stuff will be there in the next couple of weeks.
I have begun Twittering, follow me on Twitter if you Tweet, it´s fun. http://twitter.com/SnorriGunnarsso

Isabella and Oluna, Metchosin BC

The daily dose

Snorri Gunnarsson — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:23:22 +0000

Funny, and photography related – this guy runs a feature on the worst realestate photos on Vancouver Island

http://642blog.ca/

A Photoeditor with 2 interesting quotes

Talented Photographers are 99% a pain in the ass to work with
Without promotion something terrible happens

Doug Menuez - on Film vs Digital

Reality vs Illustration

Snorri Gunnarsson — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:15:13 +0000

Photoshop and post-production of images is such a hot topic. The newest example is from Denmark where a series of images from Haiti by Klavs Bo Christensen were deemed as too post processed. The judges in the The Danish Union of Press Photographers – Picture of The Year competition ruled Klavs photos out of the competition after comparing them with their RAW counterparts. The images are certainly not flat, dull or colour-less and some of them verge on that line between reality and illustration, a good or a bad thing depending on ones taste. Still I think it is unbelievably unfair to judge them by the RAW files, converted without any enhancements what so ever.
A RAW file is just that – raw. If one shoots in jpg, the camera will enhance the photo by sharpening, increasing the contrast and so on. Often people have parameters set that govern how it looks. The purpose of RAW is to keep all the info, so that later the photographer can develop it. Once it was done in the darkroom, today it is Lightroom, Aperture or Photoshop – the digital darkrooms.
Klavs Bo Christensen makes a good point when he says that from now on he´s only submitting B&W photos for competitions. For some reason the heavy Dodge and Burn look is accepted in B&W images, even celebrated.

See the story here

On PDN

Aurora.is

The Lost Valley – Tahsish-Kwois Regional Park

snorrigunnarsson — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:42:55 +0000

Vancouver Island holds many treasures; some are among the most popular outdoor places in Canada, like the West Coast Trail. Others are just as magnificent but hidden because of difficult access. The result is often a pristine place, where everything is undisturbed, peaceful but strangely mysterious, Tahsish-Kwois is one of those places, like a lost Valley in the deepest inlet of Kyoqout Sound.
It is no mean feat to get to Tahsish-Kwois, first there are logging roads with their potholes and winding hairpins, 80km from Woss to the Artlish River. The only reasonable way into the park is by water and the easiest access to the water is by an abindoned logging camp near the Artlish river mouth. Read the whole story on BCoutside.com

International Independent Imaging Inc.

snorrigunnarsson — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:21:45 +0000

Just a quick announcement. Me and two former classmates at Western Academy of Photography, Greg Miller and Matt Kelley, just started a business. As would be expected it is a photography business but with a twist. We want to offer a whole package so to speak a whole Image, hence the Imaging in our name.

So if you are interested please take a look at www.iii-imaging.com

Photography Lust

snorrigunnarsson — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:52:13 +0000

My “new” Konica Hexanon Mark III

I am a geek, have always been and always will be and I am proud of it! Photography is very geek friendly, new products everyday and videos and write-ups galore about things and gadgets. The biggest newest gadget is the Canon EOS 1DS Mark III. Its been a while since it was anounced but reviews are filtering out on the web these days. The stats for this thing are astounding and the price tag is also kind of mind boggling, for mere mortals at least.

I think this blows every DSLR out of the water and probably some of the older Medium Formats with Digital Backs.
This camera will definitely go on my Christmas wish list, my wife will probably get me a sweater though.

Gear Galore:

Videos every day how to light Strobist
1DS MII test at the Luminous Landscape
A hands on with the 1DS MII from Northlight Images
Chase Jarvis shows how to pack your gear – A reader at Strobist actually put all his gear through BH Photo and came up with a number $116,457,

The 12 Commandments

snorrigunnarsson — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:44:31 +0000

I’ve decided to weigh in on the 12 most important issues and debates in photography. I´ll keep it short and clear.

Nikon vs Canon
A year ago, Canon= Full frame. Today? Does not matter. Whatever floats your boat. Get an old Leica.

Apple vs Microsoft
Since Bootcamp I do not see the need for anything else but Apple. Our Steve thou art in heaven…

Photoshop
A guru? Use it – Dont know anything? Stop whining.

Lightroom vs Aperture
Got a mac pro with 8 gigs of ram? Use Aperture, for everyone else its Lightroom.

Amateurs vs Pro´s
Who ever gets the job is the Pro.

Microstock
Do you think your photo is worth 20 cents? Go for Microstock.

Criticism
Cant handle it? Stop showing your work.

Film vs Digital
Who cares.

Trade or Art
What do you think?

Ethics in Photojournalism
If it wasn’t in the frame, leave it out.

Web 2.0
Do not embrace Web 2.0 if you loathe Flickr, zoomr etc. Web 2.0 would not exist without these things.

The meaning of life.
There is none.

The Internet

snorrigunnarsson — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:48:45 +0000

Fisgard Lighthouse, Victoria BC

The Internet is fun, like a gigantic library full of info, humour and things related to photography. Here are some things and pages I am consuming these days.

This guy wants to get paid, I sympathize – who doesn’t
Chase Jarvis is a pretty cool cat and has a fun blog
A Canadian Comic turned Photog, David DuChemin
A Photoeditor, funny, sharp, sometimes an a$$ but always entertaining
The new Photoshelter Collection – Stock with a different feel, more on them later.