Kerr Photography - Victoria, BC, Professional Photographer

Music, Photography, Art, People

Matthew — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:05:23 +0000

On Saturday, February 20th, Dab Studio will be hosting another Dab Acoustic Night. This is a night that features local musicians and artists brought together for an all round good time. I encourage anyone who is interested in anything artistic to come by Dab, located at 602 Esquimalt Road around 8:00pm. I’ll be hanging some work there and enjoying the music that night. The night is a by donation entrance, so donate what you can and enjoy some of Victoria’s talent. Some of the artists that will be attending are (in no particular order):

Cole Grifter
Serina Zapf
Rachael Cardiello
Solace Sylum
Lucas & Co.
Sirens
and many more…

If you would like some more information on who will be there or time/place etc., visit the Facebook event page and click on attending. Here’s a sneak preview of some stuff that I’ll be putting up.

If you’d like a free copy of my book, head on over to the comp and find out how you can win one!

Yield

Matthew — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:26:07 +0000

A couple of days ago, I happened upon a blog writer named Russel. He writes two blogs, one is the reviews of upcoming and past movies and the other is a review of customer service in Victoria, British Columbia. I sat up one night, browsing through all of the movie trailers that he had posted on his blog and came across the trailer to One Week. This movie is one one that I wanted to see when I first heard about it. Never had the opportunity to sit down with it though. That is, until last night.

I’ve seen previews for this film. I’ve watched interviews with George Strombolopolous and Joshua Jackson. Nothing compares to sitting down, either by yourself or with a loved one, and watching this movie. If you are Canadian, watch this movie. If you’re not Canadian, it doesn’t matter. This film, is about inspiration. This film is about love and this film is not about a man dying of cancer. (If I’ve already convinced you of watching this movie, be warned, there may be a spoiler or two in this post. Nothing serious, but just to warn you.)
Recently, I’ve been feeling like inspiration is something that you shouldn’t wait for. It’s not running around in this world looking for you. Just so that you can take a picture of it and slap it in a magazine. You can’t step in to your backyard and expect to find brilliance. Well, maybe you can, but you still have to go outside and look for it. To quote the narrator of the film:

What would you do if you knew you only had one day, or one week, or one month to live. What life boat would you grab on to? What secret would you tell? What band would you see? What person would you declare your love to? What wish would you fulfil? What exotic locale would you fly to for coffee? What book would you write?

Would you go out and look for your inspiration? The thing that makes you tick? This movie made me want to buy a motorcycle (and travel east) but it also made me want to do so much more. Life is for living in the now. What better way to live it then to do what you love? This isn’t a movie review, although I do rate it highly. This is a statement that everyone, regardless of age or occupation, should see their goals completed, their dreams fulfilled, and grab their life boat. One more thing to wrap this up, one last quote from this movie:

To strive, to seek, to find,

and not to yield.

Canon and Vimeo – Film Contest

Matthew — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:30:38 +0000

I use Vimeo, (I’ve been told not to) and I also use Nikon (and I’ve been told not to) but when it comes to something as cool as this, I had to share. Canon Inc. and Vimeo are coming together to put on a Film Contest with Vincent Laforet. You’ve probably heard me talk about him before. I am really interested in this upcoming video contest.

The idea is that there will be seven chapters to work on. In other words, 6 chances to win. The first chapter is shot by Vincent on his Canon 7D (seen above). That chapter ends with a still image. That still image is what you have to create your short video about. Interpret that still and make it your own, whatever that may be. The winner of the second chapter (who has a still frame at the end of their movie) is then the inspiration for the third chapter. And it goes like this for 7 chapters (Laforet + 6 winners). I’m really excited to see what comes out of this and I’ll try to keep everyone here updated on it as it happens.

Unfortunately, due to some strict rules, the contest is only open to age of majority in the United States of America. Sorry Canada/The rest of the world, you’re out of luck on this one. Perhaps they’ll open it up later in the game.

Like I said, I’ll try and keep posting on this with new entries and the winners of the chapters. And finally, a little plug at the end here, if you have 5 minutes, head on over to fill out my quick survey on web search, what you search for and how much you’ll pay for it. Once you’re done, if you could pass it on I would greatly appreciate it. Don’t forget to send in your submission to win a copy of my book (I’m not asking for your soul, just a cool picture that you’ve seen).

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Host City – Time Lapse

Matthew — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:15:25 +0000

Alright. I turned on my computer this morning thinking that I was only going to post once today and leave it at that. However, when I opened up Google Reader, I found this link to Rob Galbraith’s post. It’s about Vancouver and the 2010 Olympic Games. It’s a Time Lapse Video and it’s really cool. Seriously. Watch it. Full screen.

Right? Cool. That’s it.

Graduation Photos, Wedding Packages, Photobooks!

Matthew — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:54:44 +0000

As some of you may know, I am giving away a book. I’ve already given one away to Adriana and I have one more to give away. More details on that later in the post.

On another note, this year Kerr Photography will be booking for grad photos, prom photos or family portraits for anybody interested in capturing this very special time. Prices will be subject to when/how long the shoot is and how many prints you would like to get. Please contact me to get a quote on your grad photos or prom photos. For other special events (wedding photographer, anniversary photos, engagement pictures, etc.) please also contact to make sure that that date of yours is free. Remember, just because you’re not getting married, or graduating, doesn’t mean you can’t pass this message along.

Back to the book. By now (depending on screen resolution, you might have to scroll down a bit farther down the page) you should be scrolled down the page far enough to see in the sidebar that there is a link to “Buy the Book”. If you go to this site you will be able to preview the book you could win. As in free, no money, you do not pay a cent! Here’s the details:

Find a photographer or a picture that you enjoy
Copy the address of the website
Paste it in an email to comp@kerrphotography.ca
Pass it on. Just send a note on Facebook, or twitter saying “Hey Check this cool competition out!” or something like that
Stay Tuned to my twitter feed or my Facebook Page to see who wins. It could be you

Nikon Festival – Chicken Vs. Penguin

Matthew — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:03:23 +0000

Marko Slavnik was the winner of Nikon Festival’s grand prize of $100,000 during the Your Day in 140 Seconds competition. The competition was judged by Chase Jarvis, Rainn Wilson (The Office) and Justine Ezarik (iJustine). Head on over to Nikon Festival’s website to check out other videos that were submitted to the competition and the winner of the audience choice, New York State of Mind.

If you want to win my book, all you have to do is send me an email with your favourite picture/photographer and you’ll be entered to win. More details on the post Photobook Give-away II.

Photobook Give-away II

Matthew — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:52:48 +0000

And the winner is…

Adriana Durian

Even though no one who entered the contest followed all of my rules, I’m a forgiving person. Adriana was the first to hop on the bandwagon with a photographer and although he may not be my favourite guy out there, His work is inspiring.

I’ll be giving away one of my books to Adriana and I have one more to give away! (That’s why it says Give-away II…)

This time, I’ll ask you to send an email to comp@kerrphotography.ca and I’ll take your submission of favourite photographer/picture and post it to twitter and facebook for all of the followers to see. If you’d like to re-enter an image or photographer, go ahead, I’m not going to say “no”. The contest for the second give-away of Kerr Photography begins right now and will end sometime around February 14th.

In the meanwhile, please keep coming back to check on posts and subscribe to my twitter feed so you can keep track of all the entries!

Quail having a snack.

Listen up.

Matthew — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:59:52 +0000

We can all do without some things in life. So, if you’re going the movie theater this weekend, or perhaps out to a fancy dinner, skip on the desert, or the popcorn and pop. Use that $5, $10 or $15 dollars and donate it to something. Perhaps, the disaster relief in Haiti. Because if one earthquake isn’t enough, they have now had a second (6.0) earthquake that has rocked them again!

If you’re in Canada, and on Rogers, Fido or Bell, text “haiti” (without the quotes) to 45678. Then respond with “yes” and $5 will automatically be donated to the Salvation Army for help in Haiti. Let’s send an aftershock of donations.

Thanks for bearing with me.

–UPDATE–
Apparently it wasn’t a 6.0 quake. It was a 6.1. And for more donation options try this:

The American Red Cross is accepting donations by phone. You can text “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross’s efforts, or call 1-800-Redcross or 1-800-257-7575. Visit their Web site to find out more.
Interaction, the largest coalition of U.S.-based NGOs focused on the world’s poor, has set up a Haiti relief donation page, listing several participating organizations where you can donate.
UNICEF is also accepting donations for the relief efforts in Haiti and the Caribbean region. Visit their Web site or call 1-800-4UNICEF to donate.

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Incentive

Matthew — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:34:36 +0000

Since not a lot of people are entering This competition of mine, I thought I would provide some incentive to win. Here are a couple of quick snaps I took of the book.

Here’s how to win:

Visit this post here
Comment with a photographer/picture that you like and why
Come back and comment on a post that someone else commented on
Keep coming back to keep commenting!

Simple. Right?

Mag+

Matthew — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:08:47 +0000

This is a really cool concept on the new wave of magazines. Instead of putting video or “moving stills” in to your magazine (Harry Potter style), put your magazine in a large touch screen display. It would be great if all the magazines used this device and you could sync with your computer to download certain subscriptions of magazines. Like a podcast, that you pay for.

Be sure to enter to win a coffee table book from me to you! See the details at blog.kerrphotography.ca!