Inception at The PNE
It was the 100 anniversary for the Pacific National Exhibition, aka PNE. It was a nice summer day and definitely a fun day for tons of families and friends, I know I had tons of fun with my mom and sister. This was the first time I got to photograph a fair, which are fun events to photograph, tons of things to capture and shoot. I have come to a realization that I really like taking pictures of crowded events. You may wonder why I am calling this article the “Inception at The PNE” if you scroll down to the very last picture, this just proves how crowded it was at the PNE and if you look at a bigger version of that picture it just feels as if the people are still moving and are about to tip over. Anyways like I said had tons of fun at the PNE eating, watching live entertainment, check out art work and riding 60 year old roller coaster! If you wanna see some more pictures go check out my flickr account here.
Matix: Lord of the Lines
Here are some pictures I took at the Matix Lord of the Lines Skate competition. During this event I really wanted to play with the 10mm Sigma on the Canon 5D, its such a crazy effect I find cause the 10mm Sigma Fisheye was made for APS-c cameras, but the 5D is a full frame camera. It gives an effect that I haven’t seen yet. Anyways check them out and see what you think.
Whistler – 7D
This is a short little piece I put together of the footage I shot during my trip up to Whistler and back to Vancouver. Whistler is definitely one of the best places to go and the drive up there is very beautiful. It was a little difficult filming while riding in the car for me, it was a little bumpy, but luckily the 60fps cures that a bit.
Most of the footage was shot with the 50mm 1.8 lens, but there are a few shots that you’ll see were shot with the Sigma 10mm fisheye lens, which is a lot of fun to use, and the kit lens 18-135mm, I find this lens to be pretty good as far as a kit lens.Hope you guys enjoy the vid, let me know what you guys think.
Check out the links to my see some pictures.
flickr.com/photos/mattlawless82/sets/72157624584046304/
flickr.com/photos/mattlawless82/sets/72157624518079803/
Mahalo’s
August 1st
Some pictures of the Pride Parade
Red Bull Truck
Plenty people come for see
Crazy costumes!
Dog’s celebrated too!
Mar Emery’s Wife
The Mounties (is that how you spell it?)
Peacockin’ it!
These last two are my fav’s of the crowds.
WEC Closing Reception
Here’s an event called the World Education Congress. This was a convention made up of business members coming from different parts of Canada to learn from industry experts and the best thought-leaders in the business. This was the closing reception for this even, had a handful of musicians, dancers, cars and dj’s attending this event. Motorcycles and nice cars were supplied by AZZKIKR.ca. Here are some pictures and hopefully I’ll be able to get some video up on there. Oh and a big thanks to Mark Smith for getting me in this event!
Miss Miami: Hand Made or Digital
Here’s a piece that I had created today in Experimental 2D Graphics Class. We were supposed to make textures but I really wanted to create a piece that I could use as a portfolio piece. Just a few things that I wish I could fix about it is that it was digital so that I could fix one of the ink drops. But the cool thing about this is that I created this by hand. I really like the type of effects that turned out, will try doing something like this again.
Summertime in Whistler
Whistler, definitely one of my favorite places to be! I just don’t know how it gets to me but it is one of the best places to be on a summer day. Really enjoyed the family time, drove there, eat nachos at the longhorn, went for a bike ride to the lost lake, took a dip, got a drink back at the village, and drove back home at sunset. Here are the pictures, I do have to say this is my best pictures yet, really like how they turned out. Concentrated on being quick with settings especially when sitting in the car trying to take pictures of moving objects on a windy road. Pushed the depth of field and tried to throw in some portrait shots, great models 
Well I hope you guys like them tell me what you think. Mahalo’s!
Introducing State Of Mind Productions
Here are the videos I have done for my final project. Let me know what you guys think, here’s a link to my case study if you wanna know more. Read about the behind the scenes! Case Study
State Of Mind Waves from Matthew Lawless on Vimeo.
State of Mind Presents: The State of Mind Isle from Matthew Lawless on Vimeo.
State Of Mind Presents Derek Cuevas from Matthew Lawless on Vimeo.
Summer Time
So it finally feels like summer in VanCity, lots have been going on lately. Been keeping myself busy working on my final and side projects but also been able to enjoy the sunshine and sometime with my girlfriend, even though it was only for a day but still enjoyed my time with her.
