This series of 556 images was taken from the balcony of an apartment in Chinatown in Vancouver BC. The camera was running on a tripod for the course of approximately 12 hours in August 2010. The shutter was released by movement within the image frame. The focus of the motion detection software running on the camera was on a spire used frequently by seagulls as a perch, but other objects and radical changes in the sky (clouds moving quickly, for e.g) could trigger a shot. Often the image is empty of an obvious trigger, as the birds that would cause a shutter release have left the frame by the time the picture was taken. On occasion the composition and technique appears immaculate, other times the image reminds of accidental snaps while cleaning the lens. As a whole, it builds a unique portrait of a working day in the life of a Vancouver seagull and the sky around it.

Presentation is on a digital picture frame, ideally wall-mounted, showing the images looped sequentially with a 5 second interval and dissolve transitions. The result is the impression of a single still photograph that subtly changes over approximately 45 minutes, as the framing is completely static throughout all 556 images.

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Running on a 8" digital picture frame