Kurtis Stewart

The Teaching Equation #teaching #telos #instructionaldesign #failure #equations

Alright,

Some context before we dive in.

I recently finished a two-part Advanced Teaching Seminar at Langara College.

This was a big picture workshop, not the typical “5 ways to make your slides more engaging” lecture I’d attended in the past. Each part was held at the end of consecutive semesters to give us time to process and apply the information in our own teachings.

The first part was held…

Equipment - New 50mm F/1.8 #50mm #canoncanada

Alright,

My tried and tested 50mm finally died 😦

<a moment of silence>

I initially bought the lens back ~2007 off a coworker that had two because he loved it so much. It’s been my go-to lens for travel, portraiture, and anything not sports for the last umpteen years. I think everyone should learn on / have at least one prime in their bag. This lens is a sharp workhorse that’s always helped me get…

Creative - Tofino #tofino

Alright,

Starting is hard.

Especially, when you’re out of practice.

So this is me.

Starting.

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When I’m not cranking out client work from my laptop, or biking around town, I’m probably playing Ultimate (Frisbee, …not Fighting Championship).

I’ve been playing Ultimate since 2003. I started in Highschool, then played for UBC-B, and then a Men’s competitive touring team. After that, I moved on to coaching Provincial Junior Teams and Highschools. Most recently, I’ve been volunteering my time…

Teaching - Langara Professional Photography Program #photography

Alright,

I finally did it.

This semester, I was hired to teach for Langara’s Professional Photography Program (the daytime program). Specifically, I’ve been teaching Technical Photography 1 and Photographic Industry Topics.

I’ve been teaching for the Langara Continuing Studies Department(evening classes) for a couple years but this new position involves teaching for the photography program I…

Portrait Session with @kristileaspeaks #portrait #vancouver #yvr

Alright,

In case you didn’t know, everyone’s got to have a go to Graphic Designer. Mine is Kristi-Lea Abramson, the founder of Conceptually Speaking. There’s not been a design problem I’ve sent her that she can’t solve. In addition to her Design hat, she runs a paper goods company that pops up around Vancouver at places like Portobello West and Got Craft?.

Kristi-Lea and I finally found some time…

#vancouverengagementphotographer #vancouverweddingphotographer #whistlerengagementphotographer #whistlerweddingphotographer

Alright,

I met Matt and Kris up in Whistler to spend a little time together before their August Wedding. They were fantastic hosts and have the best backyard I could possibly imagine!

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Family Portrait - Comuzzi Family #portrait #vancouver #family

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I met Laura Comuzzi (pretty white floral print dress) at a Photography Workshop I taught earlier this year. I was brought in to teach the BC Nurses’ Union Marketing team how they can excel at Photographing the many events they hold.

After the class was finished Laura and I got to chatting about a Family Portrait session with her boisterous Italian Family. We planned and schemed (mostly…

#portrait #model #scotland

Alright,

You know when you’re trying to organize a shoot for fun while you’re traveling across Europe, line up someone you met on a forum, then show up to the shoot and it turns out that they’re an ex-model and currently working on their Masters in Photography…

No?

…well that’s what happened when I met Scottish based Artist and Photographer Nadia Gabriel. Like my past shoots with Alex Theran and

#portrait #musician #yeg #yvr

Alright,

I had the pleasure of meeting Ariana Brophy years ago while she was on one of her many table tennis-esque journeys across Canada. Ariana is an Edmonton based multi disciplinary musician who has toured all over Canada. When she’s not touring she’s probably organizing some amazing grass roots community music event or drinking copious amounts of tea.

Recently we found ourselves in the same…

Personal – Walking the Great Glen Way

Alright,

Starting to chip away at my images from my recent trip to Scotland and Iceland. Thought I’d start off with a Timelapse of the 127km walk I did with my Dad all the way across Scotland. Don’t worry, it’s less than 2 minutes.

Stay tuned for more images!

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Personal - Fogcouver #vancouver #fog #walk #personalwork #pnw #canon

Alright,

I’m going to walk across Scotland with my Dad in April so… in a bout of temporary insanity/inspiration from the recent foggy weather I decided walking around Vancouver would be a good idea… now you’re probably thinking… yes, yes I walk around Vancouver too… well that dear reader is where you are wrong.

I started my walk in Railtown and then walked over both the Second Narrows and Lions…

Alright,

…that’s how I usually start these things, right? It’s been a while internet. I’ve been working on a lot of projects recently but I wanted to share with you some portraits I did recently for some new additions to Hop Studios. It was really nice to get to know Stela Lazic the new Project Manager and Aled Carver an additional Developer as we walked through sprinkly Gastown. Keep your eyes…