Peak Performance Project Finale!

There are few words that I can say about the Peak Performance Project finale...it was a spectacular night and I'm very happy for my friends.

Check the photos on Vancouver Is Awesome.

DJ C-Mac

I got the chance to work with one of my favourite (former) publications Granville Magazine and shoot some photos for their online magazine.

The article is about how radio isn't dead and they interviewed several of Vancouver's DJs. Which means I got to spend some time with a few of my favourites in some amazing spots around the city...

Here is a LINK to the article, as well as a screen shot, and the images themselves as well.

Meet the Meat

I got an invite to attend the Peak Performance Project Top 20 Meet and Greet at the Biltmore last Saturday so I rushed over after returning from the first real beach day of the season (and my first trip to Wreck Beach ever).

I know about half of the artists in the Top 20, so it was basically just a big celebratory party at the Biltmore, which was followed by performances by some of last years Top 20 including the winners We Are The City.

The early show ended around 10:30 and everyone rushed off to Guilt & Company (which will be covered in my next post).

Spotted: My Photos On The Internet

So I have a few shots that have made their way into internet land, and I might as well highlight them here:

First up is one of my Kate shots that accompanied a Science Fiction website's "2009’s Sexiest Geeks". Gotta love that:




Some of the Peak Performance Project finale photos ended up on Melissa Lai's blog: http://hellolissa.com/ (I can't find the exact link anymore, but here's a screen shot):


I found one of my 101 To Eat shots, of the homemade marshmallows, on the GuestLife website:


And lastly, I have a photo on The Racoons' Wikipedia Page! And while there is a liscening thing that says basically the world can use it however they want (not really true at all) the Metadata on the photo shows up! Which has my copyright on it:

And The Winner Is....

WE ARE THE CITY!

My favourite part of watching WATC win $150,000, was watching their girlfriends freak out...and then seeing the boys in shock on stage.

The three of them are so genuinely nice, and insanely talented, that you couldn't help but smile the entire time.

Oh yah...Bend Sinister picked up $50K, The Left got $75K and there was a giant concert that happened too:
(To see all of the photos, go here: www.mcavoy.ca/peakfinale )

Take a Peak at This

(that pun's for you Dan)

Day two of being on the Dan Mangan Publicity Tour :)
I went with Dan to the Peak (100.5 FM here in Vancouver) to take a few shots during his interview with Peter and Carmen. He also played a cover of The Smith's There Is A Light That Never Goes Out which brought me back to one of the first times I heard Dan play live.

Here are some shots; the first is from 8th and Hemlock where I found Dan restringing his guitar.