Matthew Archer - Absconded Light Photography

Portfolio — 19 photographs

People and Portraits

Grads, friends, afternoon light, and the occasional self-portrait taken because nobody else was standing there.

A black long-haired dog sitting among magenta wildflowers, looking straight into the camera
120mm · f/2.8 · 1/40s · ISO 100
A black long-haired dog sitting in a meadow of pink and white wildflowers, panting, spruce forest behind
82mm · f/2.8 · 1/40s · ISO 100
A man in a green toque and sunglasses at the wheel of a truck at night, framed by the open window and lit in yellow and green
50mm · f/1.8 · 1/4s · ISO 400
Close profile portrait of a bearded man in a green toque and sunglasses, lit by warm yellow light and drifting smoke
50mm · f/1.8 · 1/15s · ISO 800
Matthew Archer sitting at the lip of a waterfall in the Northwest Territories, the falling water blurred smooth by a long exposure
15mm · f/16 · 1/1s · ISO 100
A golden retriever and a husky sitting together in matching plaid coats on a leaf-covered path beside a wooden bridge
85mm · f/2 · 1/250s · ISO 100
Three graduates in green, red and lilac gowns seated together on rock beside a rapids, spruce forest behind
20mm · f/2.8 · 1/640s · ISO 100
A graduate in a bright blue suit crouched on rock beside fast water, smiling at the camera
50mm · f/2.2 · 1/5000s · ISO 100
A graduate in a green gown laughing as orange smoke drifts across the frame behind her
35mm · f/2.8 · 1/400s · ISO 100
A red-haired graduate in a green off-shoulder gown looking down and smiling, whitewater rapids behind her
50mm · f/2.8 · 1/2500s · ISO 100
Black and white photograph of a lone figure walking a rain-slick fishing dock between moored boats
185mm · f/2.8 · 1/160s · ISO 100
A young woman lying on cobblestones with her chin on her hands, the street behind her thrown out of focus
120mm · f/2.8 · 1/100s · ISO 500
Night portrait of a young woman lit blue by city lights in Montreal, bokeh scattered behind her
70mm · f/2.8 · 1/200s · ISO 6400
A young woman standing against a wall of coloured LED lights, the rainbow glow washing across her
47mm · f/2.8 · 1/200s · ISO 6400
A young woman in a brightly patterned jacket standing in tall grass with pink smoke drifting behind her
70mm · f/2.8 · 1/640s · ISO 500
A woman smiling through the bars of a red and yellow railing, leaning her head against the post
50mm · f/2.8 · 1/2500s · ISO 250
Sepia-toned photograph of a man in a straw fedora playing an acoustic guitar outdoors
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/60s · ISO 1600
Matthew Archer sitting on a clifftop above a rocky coastline, surf breaking in the inlet below
35mm · f/3.5 · 1/20s · ISO 100
A surfer in a wetsuit carrying a board across wet sand in heavy fog, reflected in the shallow water
190mm · f/2.8 · 1/5000s · ISO 100