Hassan Arshad, Vancouver photojournalist and multimedia photographer

Gone Fishin’ at Burrard Inlet

Hassan Arshad — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:38:37 +0000

These photos also explain why I tote my camera with me every time I leave my house. What I loved about each photo was how much fun each man was having, whether it was in enjoying a secluded section of the beach or chatting it up with friends as you fish. A lazy, sunny, Vancouver morning is the perfect time to go fish or to do what most couples would, go to the beach.

Robyn’s Birtday

Hassan Arshad — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 03:40:39 +0000

A couple of weeks ago we celebrated a good friends birthday. We went Transylvania Flavours a European restaurant in Vancouver. The evening was filled with people I truly appreciate in my life and with lot’s of laughs. I’ll let the photos do the talking.

Thanks everyone for an amazing time.

Storm The Wall

Hassan Arshad — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:15:13 +0000

Today I got a chance to take photos of some amazing people at St. John’s College going through a great deal of physical might. I’ll write a bit more later but now I have to head out. Enjoy the photos for the moment!

Hassan

Jon Bon Jovi in Vancouver!

Hassan Arshad — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 06:50:00 +0000

Today I had an amazing opportunity to shoot a Jon Bon Jovi concert from the press pit. This is my first time shooting such an event and I had a blast. I was getting depressed seeing my 70-200mm lens sitting at home these days, so it was nice to take it out for a change. Anyway, it’s been a very long day so I’m just going to post the photos for now and I’ll come back and add more later. I have a more photos to add as well but I’ll put those up in a second post.

Enjoy for now.

Vancouver “First Half” Half-Marathon

Hassan Arshad — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:43:17 +0000

This Sunday my friend Matt was running in the 22nd “First Half” Half Marathon and since I hadn’t really gotten to many images of actual races I decided this would be a great opportunity for me to catch runners in their element. Plus I wanted to get a few photos of Matt, since he helped a good bit over the past year. So I woke up at six, prepared by grabbing both cameras and headed down to Homer St.

Unlike almost every other time I have driven to downtown Vancouver, I was actually able to find parking and it only cost me $2.50. Okay so back to the race. It was a beautiful morning with a few bouts of ominous clouds making their way over the city. But mostly it was beautiful, a little chilly but mostly perfect running weather.

Matt is currently training for the Boston Marathon but he will also be running Vancouver’s annual Sun Run. His motivation for running is to raise money for Parkinson’s research with the help of TEAMFOX.

I am really glad I went. It was amazing for me to hear that Matt finished 15 minutes faster than he did the last time he ran a half marathon and that his email to me the night before said he would be done in 1:30 and he finished at 1:30:14. It was also wonderful to see how many spectators showed up to this. There were a lot of families and the kids seemed to be having a lot of fun just watching and playing at the park near by. Many climbed on top of monkey bars just to get a higher vantage point to see the runners.

Anyway, I’ll let the photos tell the rest. Oh and the people who ran this were amazing. It is hard to put such dedication into words and that is why I love pictures. :D

I loved how their bodies almost seem in sync.

The start of the race

A young girl waits close to the finish line

The kid looked right at me as people sped passed him.

The home stretch, right before the last turn

Matt pushing it at the very end of the race

The finish line

Matt after he finished the run

A woman rings a cowbell at the finish line to motivate those who are close to the end

Tunisia Protest at Vancouver Public Library

Hassan Arshad — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:11:49 +0000

Last week, during my lunch hour I went down to the Vancouver Public Library to shoot photos of a protest organized to show solidarity with the Tunisian people and their struggle for democracy. Protestors included a lot of children and dozens of people while I was there but it seemed to keep growing.

I got a lot of great photos. I particularly loved the black and white photos. No surprise of course.

Enjoy.

Vancouver Public Library Egypt protest

Hassan Arshad — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 07:31:09 +0000

There was a protest today outside the Vancouver Public Library. The purpose of the protest was to show solidarity with the people of Egypt and Tunisia. There were protestors from several countries but they all had one unifying theme, to bring democracy to Egypt by getting rid of the authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak.

Despite the dark clouds and subsequent rain the crowd piled in the centre of the VPL square. Holding signs and flags the protestors chanted about the current Egyptian president and his 30 grasp of power. Some of the chantings were in English and then there were several in Arabic. The crowd swelled even though it started raining harder as the protest went on.

Several people in the crowd huddled under a blue canopy set up by the organizers to help get children and anyone seeking cover from the rain a place to stand.

North Vancouver and Lions Gate Bridge

Hassan Arshad — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 05:03:05 +0000

Last night I had the photobug big time. I sought out my friends at the graduate residence at St. John’s College and asked them to join me in finding a great Vancouver skyline photo. That didn’t work out too well, mostly because we were just trying to find a few accessible locations on very short notice, but I digress. Instead of getting shots of the Vancouver skyline we slightly trailed and I was able to shoot some images of North Vancouver and the Lions Gate Bridge, which is officially known as First Narrows Bridge. But it has Lions at the entrance of the bridge so we are going to stick to Lions Gate Bridge.

Still trying to get a shot of the skyline we decided our efforts would be better focused if we gained some elevation and so we went to Prospect Point at Stanley Park, which is the highest elevation at the park. While we weren’t able to see the skyline we did have an amazing view of the Lions Gate Bridge.

Special thanks goes out to Pearl and Arun for helping me find great locations to shoot.

Hassan

A long exposure shot of Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver.

I love the colors in this shot. The oranges, blues, greens and yellows really made this image for me.

A view of north vancouver from the mainland

CBC and Me

Hassan Arshad — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:35:04 +0000

Around three weeks ago Kathryn Gretsinger, my UBC prof. and a CBC morning news host, took us on a day trip to the CBC Vancouver headquarters. There were around 20 of us from the UBC School of Journalism. It was a rainy day with bouts of dry spells but mostly a treacherous downpour. That didn’t keep me from enjoying a brief look into the CBC headquarters. It was interesting to see how the office was set up including where I get my morning news from and how the people who put it together get it to radio.

It was an great experience for me to see the hard work involved in bringing news to people 24 hours a day.

So I’m going to share some pictures from the trip.

-Hassan

Autumn in Vancouver

Hassan Arshad — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:53:35 +0000

Lately I’ve been admiring the vibrant autumn colors, which was quite a relief considering we didn’t have this season last year in Fort McMurray, Alberta. I will be adding more to this post later in the day. I am currently in class today and we are discussing photojournalism. :)