Nikon Archive

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    Shooting Wakestock 2010 in Collingwood

    This weekend I got back up to Collingwood, my second home, to shoot Wakestock 2010. I have wanted to shoot this event for quite some time and this year I made sure not to miss it. I got up to the venue on Friday to...

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    Shooting The Inaugural East Coast Open at Blue Mountain

    This weekend I was lucky enough to shoot the inaugural East Coast Open at Blue Mountain. Sirbikealot Racing and Blue Mountain teamed up to put on this incredible event. They built an amazing race track and offered up Canada’s largest DH race prize purse. I...

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    Shooting Wade Simmons’ Camp at Blue Mountain

    On Friday afternoon I headed north to beautiful Blue Mountain to shoot the Wade Simmons mountain bike camp for the second year in a row. I got up to Blue late in the afternoon and met up with Graeme to arrange my park pass and...

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  • Shooting The Ontario Cup Downhill #3 At Kelso

    Shooting The Ontario Cup Downhill #3 At Kelso

    This weekend I got out to shoot the third Ontario Cup downhill race which was held at Kelso. This is the same location where the first race I shot in May took place but on a different course. I decided to shoot both Saturday and...

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    Shooting The Ontario Cup XC At Mountain View

    This weekend was the fourth installment of the Ontario Cup XC series, which was held at Mountain View ski hill in Midland.  The race was organized by the fine folks at Chico Racing who did a fab job as per usual.  The forecast was calling...

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    Little Bonus for Customers Who Ordered Prints From My Online Store.

    This is just one small way for me to say thank you to the customers who have purchased prints from my online store.  I have been trying to upgrade customers when I can and this is just a little bonus I thought would be nice. ...

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    Shooting The Ontario Cup Downhill At Horseshoe Resort

    This weekend was round two on the Ontario Cup DH circuit.  The race was held at Horseshoe Resort which is just North-West of Barrie.  Horseshoe has been a staple in the Ontario Cup race series in one form or another for quite a few years...

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    Shooting with Cove rider Brian Serneels

    Brian Serneels is another one the talented riders from Ontario who has migrated west. It’s the natural order here it seems.  If they’re good enough, they’re gone.  Makes it challenging for me as a photographer, but I also like the idea of working with these...

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    Shooting The Ontario Cup XC At Albion Hills

    Even though I primarily shoot DH and DJ, my roots are in XC.  More trail riding really, but I like the idea of earning my descents. You’d be hard pressed to find an epic DH in Ontario but I ride a pile of epic trail...

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    Shooting Brett’s New Jump

    Earlier this week, Brett Rheeder contacted me about shooting a new jump line he had built near his place in Mount Albert. I was of course down to come shoot it and shuffled some other work around to make it happen. Brett took the time...

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    TELUS Triple Challenge at Blue Mountain

    Over the past few days I have had the pleasure of shooting the TELUS Triple Challenge for Blue Mountain in beautiful Collingwood Ontario.   The festival is one of Canada’s largest and showcases some of the best riding in the world alongside great music, nightlife and...

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  • Joyride_150_02-11-10-00144-1

    Shooting at Joyride 150 – Part Deux

    Anton Urtan, a local rider, asked me to shoot with a friend of his at Joyride 150.  The rider was Matthew Macduff,  a talented young rider who rides for Dobermann bikes.  I also invited Brett Rheeder to shoot with us.  I contacted Mark Summers, one...

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  • Rockstar_Ski_Cross_Grand_Prix_01-19-10-00658-1

    Rockstar Ski Cross Grand Prix

    This week I had the pleasure of shooting the Rockstar Ski Cross Grand Prix hosted at Blue Mountain Resort.  The race is part of the FIS Freestyle World Cup and showcases the world’s best ski cross racers – including Canadian World Cup and World Championship...

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    Magic Carpet Ride – New 70-200mm VR II Test Session.

    Yesterday I got news from Ben Reasbeck that Collingwood had got a light dusting of snow and that it would likely stick around long enough for me to get up there and shoot. I just picked up my new AF-S NIKKOR 70-200MM F/2.8G ED VR...

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    Nikon Canada To The Rescue

    Even though my sensor cleaning endeavors went well, I was still having focus issues with my D3.  I noticed it on a few shoots and had been troubled with it ever since.  The autofocus would struggle/rack even with more than adequate light and contrast.   Even...

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    Sensor Cleaning Time

    After a wet and muddy summer of shooting it’s time to clean the sensor in my D3.  Dust and dirt on your sensor is never as obvious when shooting sports, but when you start shooting a model against a perfect seamless the sensor dirt becomes...

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