Congratulations to you all on your graduation and best wishes for your next adventure!
Recently, I had an afternoon photo session with some amazing students, and their families, before they left for their high school's grad dinner and dance.
Congratulations to you all on your graduation and best wishes for your next adventure!
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During the 2015 fall season, Vancouver’s first fully immersive haunted house, Fearmongers, took us through the horrors and monsters of Greek Mythology. Located in Richmond, with 12,000 square feet of obstacle-course-meets-haunted-house, this haunt did not dissappoint.
The creators, Josh and Alice, have been avid haunt enthusiasts for years. They have been going from haunted house to haunted house all over the world indulging their love of everything scary. After being to so many, they finally got together and decided to make one of their own, and put their expertise to the test. Alice has worked in the monster effects industry for years and Josh is a haunt connoisseur, so they felt they had the right ingredients for an awesome haunt. The ancient gods were finished with mankind so guests must travel through fourteen mythology themed rooms with traps, monsters, obstacles, and more than an hour of haunting in order to evade their wrath. This interactive haunt tested every limit by uncovering one's most visceral fears. But don’t worry, if things end up too intense for your liking, there is a safe word that will end your experience and get you escorted out to the real world. There was even a VIP lounge sponsored by Granville Island Brewing to enjoy refreshments afterwards. I was asked to come in and take promotional photos while they were open and I even got to test it out myself. It was very well-designed with both physical and cerebral challenges and solid scares. I wasn't able to post photos earlier as we had to keep it all a secret for the guests but now that the haunt is over, and Fearmongers have given me the green light, I can now share the promo photos I took. For the 2016 season, the theme will be based off of classic story books, for example: Hansel & Gretal. They had a preview room from the witch's gingerbread house available with the VIP tickets. Be sure to check them out next season! The annual Festival of Lights at Van Dusen Gardens, Vancouver, BC. The garden is a beautiful place to enjoy some of BC's botanicals, but it's even more beautiful when you add over a million lights to it.
The cast and crew of ABC's hit show, Once Upon A Time, is back in town filming their 100th episode!
SPOILER ALERT! Well, not really since it was out in public space and the peeps there said it was all good. I could not resist taking some pics of the chaos and new shops in Steveston/Storybrooke. Click on thumbnails to view full-size images VCON - Vancouver's premier sci-fi, fantasy, and gaming convention - recently had their 40th convention, held at theSheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel in Richmond, BC. This year's theme was "time travel" and I was honored to be invited by VCON to join in the fun for four days and be their photographer for the weekend. With so much to see and do, I got a lot of opportunity to take in and capture many events like: cosplay; gaming; speakers/panels; workshops; dances; contests; and so much more to keep you in geek nirvana.
Here are some highlights from the last two days (October 3rd and 4th) at VCON40. You can also check out the images from Day 1 & 2 here: http://www.leahthomphotography.com/blog/vcon40-day-1-and-2 Click on the thumbnails to see full-size images VCON - Vancouver's premier sci-fi, fantasy, and gaming convention - recently had their 40th convention, held at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel in Richmond, BC. This year's theme was "time travel" and I was honored to be invited by VCON to join in the fun for four days and be their photographer for the weekend. With so much to see and do, I got a lot of opportunity to take in and capture many events like: cosplay; gaming; speakers/panels; workshops; dances; contests; and so much more to keep you in geek nirvana. On the second night, there was even a live "Fandom Feud" game show. Hilarity ensued.
Here are some highlights from the first two days (October 1st and 2nd) at VCON40. Stay tuned for the upcoming blog post featuring day 3 and 4! Click on thumbnails to view full-size images
"Hey you! You've been around for a while..."
Sloan is a great Canadian rock/power pop band from the east and have been around since the early 90's. The band is known for their sharing of songwriting from each member of the group and their unaltered line-up throughout their career. It was a treat to see them perform at the PNE in Vancouver last week and they still sound just as good live as they do in the studio. I included some video below, although I apologize for the shakes. I'm not a videographer. Plus, they made us stand up (and rightly so). :) Click on thumbnails to view full-size images The moon looked just as amazing tonight!
Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to shoot the full "blue moon" last night, but when I went outside about an hour ago, it looked like this and I immediately grabbed my camera and tripod. We had an amazing orange sunset earlier this evening and at midnight the moon was orange. Normally, I only see this shade during moonrise and moonset, but there was some serious refraction tonight. No colour edits were made - what you see is what it looked like in the sky. Richmond, BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Canon 70D f/5.6 - 1/40s ISO 400 75-300@300mm One of my favorite annual conventions here in Vancouver is Fan Expo. A glorious three-day event where comic, anime/manga, and sci-fi fans congregate with creators, artists, experts, and guest stars. At this geeky shangri-la you'll find; lots of great photo ops, opportunities to meet and greet some awesome celebrities, many panels and workshops to attend, shopping, parties, and one of my favorite parts; cosplay. What is cosplay? It's a portmanteau of the words "costume play", and is a performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Most of all, it's fun. Although I didn't cosplay myself when I went the last couple years (aside from wearing my Soft Kitty hoodie), but I did get to meet Stan Lee in 2013 and thanked him for the Marvel Universe. Bucket List: CHECK! This year, Fan Expo is during the Easter long weekend (April 3 - 5) so I will only be able to attend one day this year instead of the usual three, but I'd like to share some highlights from the last two conventions until then. |
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