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trusty world-travelled Konica Hexar meet new sidekick Olympus Pen E-P2. i’ve had the Olympus E-P2 for just under a month now and am learning all of the ins and outs of the camera. for this quickly growing new class of digital-rangefinder, it does a really good job. compared to my Hexar, it’s nice to be able to have a full range of ISO at your finger tips, visible auto-focus, interchangeable lenses, image stabilization, and of course HD video. the E-P2 is smaller and lighter, and being able to review pictures right away is always a plus.

on the other hand, the Hexar’s auto-focus is much much faster and uses an infrared auto-focus system that allows the camera to focus in complete darkness. the Konica 35mm f/2 lens is sharper, and produces more contrast & saturation. it’s program mode allows the user to set a specific f-stop to bias to and will only change if the proper shutter speed can not be accomplished. the biggest down-side to the Hexar is it’s top shutter speed, 1/250 (which is why i keep a 2-stop ND filter in my bag).

between the two cameras, you’ve got everything one may want in a camera. i’m excited to travel with both in my bag.

i also couldn’t just leave my Pen looking like a regular camera. found a fantastic leather working company out of S. Korea called JNK Customizing Analog. they specializing in leather customizations and make an almost perfect fitting leather wrap for the Pen. black texture leather wrap and matching leather hand strap. looks pretty stellar to me.

a while back i posted a short film produced for i-D Magazine called The Corner. lately i’ve been coming across a few more amazing shorts films. thought i’d share them.

Devendra Banhart at the Rainbow House

Karl X Johan – Flames

Intel Visual Life – The Sartorialist

Data Romance – Little Drummer Boy

i’ve started to carry around my new Olympus Pen everywhere. i’ve never really been a street shooter, more because the thought of carrying a full-size camera is a bit ridiculous to me. but a small rangefinder style camera works for me. i’ve really enjoyed having it around, shooting whatever comes my way (or that i chase down). the images that i’ve been taking are seemingly random and to post them here would be in similar fashion. so i’ve decided to launch a new blog, shehstar.tumblr.com. as the images are bit more personal, it felt appropriate to name it shehstar. i’m going to try to figure out a way to have a link to the most recent image on the side bar here. so if you’re in the mood for random images check it out.

this ad has been circulating around Vancouver for a while now, but i was finally able to get my hands on it. the illustrator did an amazing job!

back in September i was hired by Mercedes-Benz to shoot an exclusive AMG Mastering Performance driving event. Roberto Luongo, Vancouver Canucks goalie, was the guest of honor as were a pair of SLS sport cars. Mercedes-Benz was also interested in creating custom coffee-table books for each client who attended. it was really fun being around a track with some of the fastest cars Mercedes-Benz makes. i ended up riding in the back of one of the cars for a few lapse, and i tell ya, shooting backwards going that fast around a track brings on motion sickness real fast.

Montecristo Magazine picked up one of the images for an article are running in their winter issue on Mercedes-Benz.

Here are a few pages from the book and the Montecristo article.