Dear reader,
It has been five years since I last overhauled the design of this website, and a lot has changed over that time! Not only has the focus of my photography and writing clarified, but so has the way we consume online content. To my eye, it was time to overhaul www.davidquiring.com from the ground up to utilize some of the new web features out there, so as to make the viewing experience even better.
“Who is this speaking all this tech-talk?” some of you may ask. Well,…
The power of a musical album that succeeds at evoking something deep within is a beautiful thing, yet a raw live performance has a living power to it that can’t be recorded. A show is not a one way thing, but rather a lively conversation between an artist and a crowd that has potential to go in beautifully unpredictable directions. Even on stage, fellow musicians listen, speak, and encourage each other with subtle glances, smiles, and intimacy that can only come through…
A while back, the good folks over at local multimedia company Build Films asked me to write a piece for them about the power of photography. This is the published article, crossposted here to my own website for your own reading:
Here at base camp, the waterfalls are running thinner than I’ve ever seen them; the glaciers above that feed them are returning to their frozen state. The unseasonably warm sun of a few days previous has relinquished control to winter’s…
On February 23rd, 2017, I will be speaking at Pecha Kucha Winnipeg – an event organized by the Manitoba chapter of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada. Amidst simply trying to conquer my stage fright, I will be centering my talk around the subject of “Contemplating Contemplation”; weaving in stories and insights garnered from the several months of traveling around remote parts of western Canada by bicycle on my Pedal Powered to the West bike tour.
If you’re…
Happy holidays to you and yours!
Wherever you find yourself today, I wish you warmth, peace, and safety. We are snowed in at home right now and our original plans for the day have been scrapped in the name of safety, but I am grateful to be able to say that these three things are still checked off today: we are warm, we are peaceful, and we are safe. My wish is the same for you, your loved ones, and every single person out there.…
A few weeks ago, I was approached by Feature Shoot to do an interview. The topic of interest: making images in frigid temperatures – one of the more difficult environments to shoot in, and something I have a lifetime of experience with.
Appropriately, now that the temperature has plummeted, the article has been published! Check out the stories and photographic tips I have shared here.…