Christine McAvoy Photography

HAIR-E-OKE!

2011-07-06T17:51:00.000-07:00

I've still been neglecting this blog (I'm busyyyyy!) but I have a pretty cool update:

I'm cutting my hair off for cancer and organized an event where the door ($5 cover) goes to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Treelines is playing a set, Weekend Leisure is running karaoke, Phillips is giving away beer for the first 50 people, I'm also running a photobooth!

I'm pretty excited. If you're in Vancouver, you should come.

Megaphone Magazine & Rain City Chronicles Love!

2011-05-18T12:46:00.000-07:00

A few of the photos that I took at a Rain City Chronicles event made their way into Megaphone Magazine, a magazine sold on the streets of Vancouver by homeless and low-income vendors here in Vancouver.

Honored to be a part of it and proud of the girls and how much RCC is growing and evolving.

Check out the images below!

Nominated! (Again!)

2011-05-14T09:41:00.000-07:00

Big news!

I was nominated for Best Photographer in Vancouver in the Urban Culture Conference & Awards. Even if I don't win this, I am thrilled to be recognized. This Monday May 16th, I will have lived in Vancouver for 3 years. THREE! I guess time flies when you're working to be one of the best photographers in Vancouver...

I could not have got here without the support and encouragement of so many people...including MANY who are nominated for awards as well...
So here is what you do:

Go to: http://urbancultureconference.com

Click on ARTS
Click on Photographer
Vote for me.

That's it! You only vote once, super simple.

If you want to go through the other categories. Vancouver is Awesome is up for 4 BLOG awards including: Lifestyle, Sports, Events and MUSIC (which is me, so definitely give that one love).

Also under ARTS, vote for Sueme for Street Art, and Colin Moore for Fine Arts

Thanks so much. This week coming up isn't super busy so I'll be posting some photo updates!

Update!

2011-04-05T19:53:00.000-07:00

So here is a quick update.

CMP didn't move on in the Searchlight comp (but thanks for the nom), but VIAindie made it to the TOP TWENTY!

I went on tour with some spectacular boys in March and you can see all of the photos on that tour blog over here. (I probably should have mentioned that before I left).

I'm back in Vancouver and I'm working very very hard.

I'm going to be updating my website, pushing my wedding website live and I will promise to catch up on some retro blogs and keep you more up to date.

I'm not sure to whom I'm speaking, but thanks for stopping by!

Searchlight!

2011-02-03T11:50:00.000-08:00

Oh hello there!

If by some miracle you've arrived here via the CBC Radio 3 Searchlight contest...

Thanks for coming!

I've been quite busy with the OTHER blog of mine that is also nominated (VancouverIsAwesome.com Indie)... but I promise I'll do some updates soon!

If you feel the need to vote for me you can DO SO HERE. Although, I'd suggest voting for VIA Indie...because that is 10x more nerdy.

Much love to whomever put my name in the hat for either!

Gassy Jack

2010-12-06T22:22:00.000-08:00

A photo of mine appeared in the October issue of MORE Magazine...here it is!

Making Waves

2010-12-05T21:54:00.000-08:00

Another day, another great concert at Waves on Howe. This one featuring Bob Kemmis, Behind Sapphire, Steph Macpherson and Rolla Olak:

I Don't Need My Friends To Tell Me Who My Friends Are

2010-12-04T21:45:00.000-08:00

CBC Open House 2010

2010-12-04T21:38:00.000-08:00

The CBC held it's second annual Open House on the 3rd and I spent what felt an entire day there and had a BLAST.

If you want to see a ton of photos from the day, click here to check out the post on VIA!

Below is a shot of me competing against Tyler from Said The Whale in a trivia contest on Lana Gay's show on Radio 3:

(Thanks to Matt Kelly for the photo)

Girls Girls Girls!

2010-12-03T21:21:00.000-08:00

What the title says!

November Concerts!

2010-11-30T20:21:00.000-08:00

Once again I'm going to squish all of the concerts that happened in November into one post...if you'd like to see more images from each of them you can click HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE to see my column on Vancouver Is Awesome.

Men of Movember

2010-11-30T20:14:00.000-08:00

I was asked to be the official Before-And-After photographer of the Mo' Off at the Biltmore to mark the end of Movember.

It was pretty epic to see the results of a month of facial hair growth, shaved and gone in a few seconds.

Below are some of my favourite Mo Bros and if you CLICK HERE you can see all 21 guys!

Karen and Luca

2010-11-24T20:11:00.000-08:00

I am forever grateful to Karen for letting me dress her dog in this way. Wait til you see the end result.

Luca, you're a patient model.

Rain City Chronicles

2010-11-23T19:53:00.000-08:00

Basically jam a room full of my favourite people and new friends and have them tell stories and play music and that is what Rain City Chronicles is: pure awesome.

CLICK HERE TO VISIT THEIR WEBSITE and scroll down to see my photos...they look kinda like this:

Peak Performance Project Finale!

2010-11-18T20:01:00.000-08:00

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.

Happy Birthday to ME!

2010-11-07T19:49:00.000-08:00

I pretty much spend my birthday in the best way, with the best people I know. I am grateful for all my friends here in Vancouver, you make my life amazing.

Remixology 3

2010-11-06T19:45:00.000-07:00

Post-Media Democracy Day there was Remixology #3 with Steve Pratt of CBC Radio 3 and moderated by the lovely Karen Pinchin.

Savannah Leigh: A Short

2010-11-05T19:43:00.000-07:00

While in Kelowna, I photographed the Music BC VIP reception at Summerhill Winery. They have a pyramid, the acoustics are amazing, so Savannah sang a song and I filmed it.

A Dog and a Double Rainbow

2010-11-05T19:38:00.000-07:00

Break Out West

2010-10-25T19:31:00.000-07:00

I was looking forward to going to Break Out West for a long time and it did NOT disappoint. It was my first trip to Kelowna and with 4 days of parties and music, you couldn't go wrong. I had an amazing time, and met many wonderful new people. Hopefully I'll get back to Kelowna again and maybe to THIS next year.

Now, I took about 2000 photos, so I suggest you look at the four posts I did on Vancouver Is Awesome:

Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Western Canadian Music Awards

Speaking of Al Gore...

2010-10-15T19:28:00.000-07:00

...I love my life.

We Day 2010

2010-10-15T19:15:00.000-07:00

For the second year in a row I volunteered my time to Free The Children and photographed We Day 2010. You get chills hearing 1000's of screaming kids in one place, not to mention when Al Gore is talking. (Or Jesse Jackson, Martin Sheen, Philippe Cousteau, Jr.!)

Yes, Yes Nice...

2010-10-14T19:08:00.000-07:00

The night of the Media Democracy Day fundraiser, I made some pretty great friends...whom somehow managed to convince me to take some promo shots for them after the show... at 1am til 3am...before I had to get up at 6am. They were pretty awesome though.

Adventures In Solitude

2010-10-07T19:01:00.000-07:00

The wonderful Grant Lawrence finally launched his book Adventures In Solitude on October 7th at the Museum of Vancouver.
I managed to sneak some video as well of Grant reading, and Jill Barber/Said The Whale playing...check them out below.

October Concerts

2010-10-02T18:21:00.000-07:00

Okay, I'm determined to catch up on the blog...so first thing is first...concerts from October in Vancouver! Here are some shot below and you can see more HERE, HERE and HERE!