DAVID ELLINGSEN PHOTOGRAPHY

Some out-takes from a recent shoot…more to come…

Some of the work I photographed for BC Place Stadium last year has been included in the updated website for the new renovations…

We wrapped another portrait shoot for the ongoing series for BC Hydro’s Team Powersmart campaign. The subjects this time around were Matt Hill and Stephanie Tait who run an organization called Run for One Planet. These two are a pretty cool duo, and talk about inspiring. They ran one marathon per day for a whole year and all in the name of promoting environmental action. I asked Matt if that really meant they ran 365 days in a row and he mentioned they usually took a day or two off each week…your body simply couldn’t take that much action with no recovery time.

Now that’s pretty amazing, but my favorite thing about their website was a blog posting called “Where Does Your Garbage Go?“, a fascinating article about an organization down in Seattle, headed by MIT, called Trash Track. They electronically tag items in the trash and track their journey to their ultimate destination, wherever that may be. Kind of like the other end of the 100 Mile Diet…

“Imagine a future where immense amounts of trash didn’t pile up on the peripheries of our cities: a future where we understand the ‘removal-chain’ as we do the ‘supply-chain’, and where we can use this knowledge to not only build more efficient and sustainable infrastructures but to promote behavioral change.”

Nice.

Hot off the press.

I photographed Mike Dennison a while back for his new “Runner’s Yoga” DVD which has now just been released. Mike has been teaching yoga and running for years now and quickly saw the benefits of combining the two into a complete training program. Now you can too!

Get going….

A feature article from Photo District News online, Photoserve, was published today about the installation in BC Place Stadium. I was interviewed about the project in relation to the renovations for the 2010 Winter Olympics and beyond. The resulting write-up, sent out by email newsletter to 15,000 Creatives, is an in-depth story on the shoot itself, the production behind it and working with DDB Canada/Karacters here in Vancouver.

I always check out these newsletters for industry info, updates and interesting articles from one of the original online sources for the photography industry. If you’re interested you can sign up for future newsletters of the Photoserve News here.

Here’s how the article looks:

…and the newsletter itself…

Back at Sugar Studios today with Nathan from the UBC Thunderbirds football team.

Had a great time on this shoot…Lisa was certainly the right choice…

“Come celebrate the spirit of the 2010 Winter Games at the Power Smart Village, a family-friendly exploration of sustainability, BC Hydro history and more. Create an inspirational message on the digital expression wall, tour our “future is now” home exhibit, or cheer on our athletes while you watch competitors live on a big screen. You can even create electricity by dancing on our sustainable dance floor. It’ll be great fun, and by sharing your energy, you may even win tickets to the Games.”

My work is featured in the Photo District News’ Photoserve lightbox sent out this week to almost 15,000 Creatives. Quoting PDN sales rep Jeanne Brei, “Our editors featured images from photographers who “capture action and adventure with a nod to the upcoming Winter Olympics” this month.” It’s nice to be included in this dynamic group…much appreciated.

Had an exciting time shooting Steph Roorda recently. Steph and her team (Laura Brown and Tara Whitten) are just back from the UCI World Cup races in Colombia where they won the gold medal for Canada in the track team pursuit category. According to the Canadian Cycling Association “The team rode close to perfect technique and had the fastest qualifying time and a new Canadian record of 3:27.659″. This is a brand new category which has just been added to the Olympics so the team will be preparing for that for the next while.
We were out at the Velodrome in Burnaby…an older track but with one of the steepest inclines around…you’ve got to keep a minimum speed of 30km or you’ll slide off the track!