Mororcycles in Duncan
Yesterday (Sunday, July 15), I went up to Duncan to spend the day with my daughter. Driving around, debating what to do, we noticed the main road was closed off. Then we noticed a bunch of tents and motorcycles hanging around. Apparently we had stumbled onto the first SuperMoto street race[1] in Duncan. In fact, this event was unique in Canada.
Lucky I had my camera along, so I took some photos:
There are more photos here…
My Daughter, the protege
I took my kids to Goldstream today, in part because my daughter needed a “colourful picture” for school. Since she forgot her camera I let her use my DSLR. She apparently has been watching, because she knew how to hold it properly. She also learned about shutter speed and its relationship to motion, and at the same time, how shutter speed effects aperture to get a correct exposure. Of course she then started asking about all the buttons on the camera.
On a serious note, it is a real fine line encouraging your children. For the longest time neither of my kids wanted much to do with photography, on either side of the camera. I have managed to convince them (rarely) to pose for pictures, but until today, I have not really seen any interest in taking “art” pictures, even though they both have strong creative streaks. I guess I am just in Thanksgiving / Proud Pappa mode…
Here is one of the images we experimented with. I am honestly now sure which one of us took the initial exposure. I did tweak it a bit in post production.
This one I know I took…