Galleries

Mostly Twigs : Welcome to Mostly Twigs! 
Almost all of these pictures were taken in the wild or semi wild, parks and such. Birds that were going about their business and occasionally being curious about what the hell I was doing on their patch. 
Because these shots are taken in the wild and my shooting style is one of hiking, stalking etc. it's sometimes difficult (but fun) to get set up for that perfect shot. Of course serendipity comes into play and is one of the big attractions of this kind of shooting. 
I will sort things into sub galleries as soon as I figure out how to do that. In the mean time I will continue to add photos and text.
Enjoy.

Cheers
Bryan

Mostly Twigs

Welcome to Mostly Twigs! Almost all of these pictures were taken in ...

Updated: Jun 04, 2009 6:02pm PST

Pop up photo : This gallery is devoted to random colour and black and white art shots, few are planned, most presented them selves uninvited. I was thankfully ready when they did.

Bryan Pollock

Pop up photo

This gallery is devoted to random colour and black and white art shots ...

Updated: Jun 01, 2009 6:04pm PST

North light : This set of photographs are samples of my inquiry and fascination with the space between objects. The unassuming importance, if you will, of negative shapes. Although, for me,it is not the only driving force in making a photograph,it will always underline the topic. 

Bryan Pollock

North light

This set of photographs are samples of my inquiry and fascination with ...

Updated: Jun 30, 2009 7:22pm PST

Costa Rica Trip Report4/07 : Bird and wildlife Photography trip to Costa Rica

Costa Rica Trip Report4/07

Bird and wildlife Photography trip to Costa Rica

Updated: Jun 28, 2007 10:02pm PST

Theatre Set Design : A small selection of some of my set designs from the past few years. 
cheers,
Bryan
Please note these images as well as the set designs themselves are copyrighted and can not be used without the express permission of Bryan Pollock If you wish to use the set designs for a specific show permission must be granted by Bryan Pollock before you proceed. 
Of course if you do proceed without my permission you will make my lawyers very happy.
If you wish to contact me you can click on my signature at the bottom of my bio. on my home page or type in, bryan_pollock@telus.net

Theatre Set Design

A small selection of some of my set designs from the past few years. ...

Updated: Oct 18, 2008 11:04am PST

Drawing and studies : studies for various projects etc.

Drawing and studies

studies for various projects etc.

Updated: May 01, 2008 9:10pm PST

Your Bio

Hi! My name is Bryan Pollock and I can't stop taking pictures. I've tried everything and nothing works. So I've learned not to fight it. Shown here are a few of those pictures.
I have a nutty career as a set designer for theatre here in Vancouver B.C. It can be a lot of fun. certainly creative. I like designing for theatre cause I get to design really big and wacky things with other peoples money. I kind of view them as giant sculptures that people walk around on while pretending they're someone else.
I studied classical drawing and painting for ten years. During that time it never occurred to me that it would become a useful skill to have. Hence the slide into set design. A good fit.
When I was doing all this obsessing about line, form, anatomy etc. I was also fooling around with Black and White photography. It seemed like such a logical extension of the drawing.
I think, for me, the drawing was more of a help to the photography than the photography was to the drawing. Drawing the human form is such a wonderful discipline for really learning how to see.
Photography slipped away when I moved onto a sailboat. Its tough to keep a darkroom in such a confined space.
Coincidentally set design and the digital image converged in a very Marshal Mc'clluan sort of way. I needed to document the work and at the same time I saw these big sculptural environments that I could stick people and things in and take pictures of.
Of course it didn't stop there and the picture taking spilled out into the real world. Which brings me back to my earlier confession.
..... thats all, it just brings me to my confession. I'm O.K. with it.
I'll probably add more stuff to this as I remember things. Thanks for looking and if you feel like it, drop me a comment.
Oh yeah! Almost forgot, I like birds, a lot, always have!

Bryan

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All images and designs on this site are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced by any means without the express permission of Bryan Pollock.

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