Jamil Rhajiak Photography

Snowy Owl II

Jamil — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:35:51 +0000

A Snowy Owl looking thoughtful while perched on a log at Boundary Bay in Delta, BC.

Snowy Owl I

Jamil — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:23:42 +0000

My first trip out to Boundary Bay to shoot some Snowy Owls was entirely worth it. I’ll have to visit again on a sunny day and hope that the owls are sitting a little closer to the trails.

Take Off

Jamil — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:07:53 +0000

I caught this little bird taking off from a sign at Boundary Bay in Delta, BC. It’s not the sharpest shot, but I think the action makes it worth the post. It was also getting dark and I was hand-holding my lens at 400mm, so the ISO jumped way up…nonetheless, I’m still very happy with it.

Boundary Bay Birding

Jamil — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:10:39 +0000

I headed out to Boundary Bay to see if I could catch some birds with my new telephoto lens…I was quite surprised how many birds there were. It was refreshing to see birds other than crows and seagulls.

Abandon Ship

Jamil — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:45:58 +0000

Half sunken ship in the Fraser River. You can see it if you drive along River Road in Richmond, BC.

You can even see it on Google Maps:

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Favourite Photo News/Resources | December 2012

Jamil — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 06:44:56 +0000

I haven’t done this type of post in over a year, so I thought I should add to the list of resources that I like to check out on a regular basis.

Canon Rumors & Canon Watch
- As the names imply, they both have to do with being up-to-date on the latest news and releases from Canon. I shoot Canon, I’m really into camera gear, and I’m always looking for the latest news, so it all comes together nicely with these websites.
- Good For: Equipment Rumours, Product News, Canon Related Work.
Petapixel
- This is another photography news site that almost always has new content when I visit it (except for when I visit it multiple times per hour as a result of my website browsing routine). Articles are to the point and easy to consume. There’s also just a lot of variety in the cool and interesting photography content that they share.
- Good For: Photography News, Opinion Articles, Inspiring Work
Digital Photography School
- A fantastic resource for learning some of the basics of photography. They do a great job at making complicated concepts really easy to understand. With a great community behind it, it’s a fantastic place to start exploring if you’ve just gotten your first DSLR.
- Good For: Learning, Community of Support.
The Digital Picture
- A massive collection of very thorough and easy to understand equipment reviews. They are all done by the same person so there’s a great deal of consistency in the work and I find that the assessments are fair and accurate with my own equipment.
- Good For: Equipment Reviews

Hello Kitty

Jamil — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 06:55:09 +0000

Okay, so it’s not really “wild” life, but this leopard was staring me down while on a trip to the Oregon Zoo. His name is Borris and he’s an Amur Leopard.

Grey Whale Tail

Jamil — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 04:21:52 +0000

We were enjoying breakfast on the patio at Black Rock when off in the distance we saw something breaking through the water, turns out it was a grey whale! I promptly whipped out the zoom lens and managed to capture the tail of the breaching whale. We watched it for a bit, but it never fully jumped out of the water. Even at 400mm I had to crop the image quite a bit to get the whale to be a decent size in the picture. Either way…I’ve just totally justified the purchase of this lens.

Big Beach Panorama

Jamil — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 03:40:44 +0000

Sunset panorama from Big Beach, Ucluelet, BC. To the right you can see the main lodge of Black Rock Resort (where we stayed) and to the left you can see the silhouettes of three people enjoying the sunset.

Lennard Island Lighthouse

Jamil — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 03:26:59 +0000

Lennard Island sits in the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of Tofino, BC. I captured this with my telephoto lens zoomed in to 400mm from Chesterman Beach. I love the compression that a telephoto landscape has, it’s a great way to exaggerate the layers in a scene.

Here’s a documentary on Lennard Island by the National Film Board of Canada:

Beautiful Lennard Island by Beverly Shaffer, National Film Board of Canada