New Blog

I will occasionally blog here, but I started up a new photography blog. Look forward to seeing you there!  http://samrosephotography.wordpress.com/

Back to Landscapes

This seems to be a recurring theme in my work, but once again I am working with landscapes. This time though, I have a beautiful wide angle lens to accompany my Nikon. Again I am exploring my Beautiful British Columbia's landscapes. It seems that I switch between shooting people and landscapes, and this time of my life is dedicated to capturing natures beauty.


The other day I was out with my Aunt shooting in Sooke, and happened upon a lovely fall foggy day.

 My Aunt shooting on the docks in Sooke.

From Whiffen Spit in Sooke looking out at the incoming fog.

And the fog rolls in...

Couple on a bench at the end of Whiffen Spit.

All these photos are straight off the camera and have not been edited in photoshop. I love my polarizing filter and the effects it gives to an image. I have a new found love in landscapes, and especially BC. Keep checking back for more soon!

Middle of the Bed

This video is awesome and cute, and it needs more hits. I also filmed it, which makes it pretty cool. Chelsea-Lyne is a talented singer and I just felt the need to share this wee gem :)

Love it, Like it, Share it.

Dubstep Violin - Lindsey Stirling

Just found this wicked violinist on youtube. I watched many of her videos and fell in love with her talent and sound. Check out her work!

luvin this song

Laugh at me if you like, but really into this song right now! Just too damn catchy!!

Video Work

I did my first filming job for my roommate (Chelsea-Lyne Music) a few weeks ago. Here's the video.

Its a pretty awesome cover and I felt very special to be asked to film it for her. :)
Watch it. Like it. Share it! and go check out some other fun tunes on her youtube page.

No words available..

.. for how awesome these pictures are!! These are from a photographer who travelled with the BBC to shoot Human Planet. Man I would love to do some sort of travel photography like this one day!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12618167

Time to celebrate!

Well this is highly exciting. My blog has been up and running for a year now and I just got over 1,000 page views! Yay me! I guess someone finds my blog interesting at times which is awesome.
This makes me really happy, and hopefully I can continue to write, post and share fun/artistic things with all of you!

Also... Easter is coming and guess what that means? Easter candy in the stores!! MMMmmm... Why do all the holidays want to give us chocolate and make us fat? Its so hard to stick to a diet with a different holiday every month geared to selling chocolate and candy! Not that I'm really complaining too much..

Found this fun blog via my roommate: http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/
Its great for finding crafts, recipies, fashions and beauty tips! I haven't tried out anything from the site yet, but I think my first crafty thing will be: http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/02/geometric-photo-art-project.html. Probably once school is over though.

Speaking of university.. only about 5 weeks left!! Then I'll be left on my own with an expensive piece of paper in my hand and trying to find a way to make it big in the real world and become a famous photographer. I know I can do it. ;) But I'll appreciate any luck you send my way!

Just for fun, here's a picture I took recently on my way to Vancouver on the BC Ferries. I love that beautiful British Columbia scenery :)

My Drunk Kitchen

Recently I have fallen in love with My Drunk Kitchen. She is utterly hilarious. Check out her videos and they are guaranteed to make you laugh!!

Moleskine

Well today I bought my first Moleskine notebook. I feel like a real artist now. Its so exciting. Now I have a nice sketchbook to keep all my artistic ideas and thoughts rather than the one I bought for 2 pounds in Scotland that is becoming rather worn looking.

Recent photographical endeavors include back in December doing a photoshoot with my lovely roommate and local musician Chelsea-Lyne. Last week I got the opportunity to do headshots with another very popular Victoria band called Rocky Mountain Rebel Music. Will post when my photos are ready, but will have my images on their website and various posters. Very excited to be getting my foot in the door of photographing the music scene in Victoria. To other bands out there.. I am available for hire for headshots/group shots at a very reasonable price!

Check out Chelsea-Lyne's website to see some of the fun shots from our creative shoot! http://www.chelsealyne.com/

Edited some more travel photos from Norway and the UK.. so check these out!

 This one is of Bergen. Click on it to see the image fully!

Bergen, Norway

 London, England

Scotland, take me back!

Well its days like today, when I will be glad to be done this whole school thing in a couple of months. I am getting so tired of it, want to have my final project completed and be done with this!! I feel myself getting stuck again, and very very soon it'll be time to dig myself out of this rut and get outta here again. Last year at this time I had just arrived in Abedeen, Scotland and was getting myself out of a different rut. What I would love again is to be in Scotland right now, away from this small town and exploring new places and meeting new people and immersing myself into the vibrant and fun Scottish Culture.

I apologize, just needed a wee rant. But below is an image of where I would rather at this very moment.

Rousay Island, Orkney Islands, Scotland

Happy 2012!

Happy New Years! I had the most relaxed new years ever, but it was really nice. Had some quality catch-up time with myself.
Looking forward to good things for 2012. After all it'll be the year I graduate university! Last year will be a pretty hard year to beat in terms of awesomeness with my exchange over to Aberdeen, Scotland, and meeting so many amazing people and seeing lots of beautiful places, but I am going to try my best to make it another fantastic year filled with fun times, hard work, amazing images and good times with good friends.
Thank you everyone who made my 2011 year so special over in Aberdeen, and to all my friends at home who are making my last year of University so much fun and filled with so many memories.
I can't believe it was almost a year ago that I left to go explore an unknown city with the expectations of having plenty of adventures and seeing so many new places. Its amazing how 6 months can fly by, but I feel that I accomplished a lot in that amount of time, and a lot of which was learning things about myself and seeing how I grew personally throughout the year. Those 6 months abroad were definitely some of the best of my life, and I cant wait to get out there and go back and visit and make many more amazing memories with the great friends that I made. 

Good luck to everyone and wishing you all the best with accomplishing everything you set out to complete in the new year (and maybe sticking to those resolutions at least for a little while).

Here are a couple highlight images from my travels that I would love to share. 

 Galway, Ireland

 Lillehammer, Norway

 Bergen, Norway

 Isle of Arran, Scotland

Holy Isle, Scotland

Once I have actually finished going through all my images from my travels and editing the best ones (one of my new years resolutions along with organizing my whole harddrive and external harddrive) I will share more memories of the year with you.