Media Kit
Duane Storey is a Vancouver-based writer and photographer. His website, duanestorey.com, started as a simple site showcasing his photography several years ago. Since then, it has grown to focus on various aspects of technology, photography, and environmental sustainability, and currently receives around 250,000 page views a year. Duane also is a contributor on several other community blogs, including Urban Vancouver, BraveNewCode and matthewgood.org, the home of Canadian Musician and human rights’ advocate, Matthew Good.
Duane enjoys all aspects of photography, and has photographed everything from weddings to the 2008 Canadian Juno Awards in Calgary. His high dynamic range photographs of Vancouver have become well known, and he has been invited to speak on the subject at several photography conferences.
Duane’s thoughts and ramblings are often quoted in local publications, and are detailed further in the press publications section below. In addition, Duane is often invited to speak at local technology and photography events — more information about those events can be found in the speaking engagements section below.
If you are a prospective company or individual that is interested in having Duane cover an event, or speak at an engagement, please contact media@duanestorey.com. For commercial licenses of photos or additional information about photography services, please visit the photography page.
Media Portfolio
The following are various photographs that Duane has taken during media events:
Additional photos can be found on Duane’s Flickr or on his professional SmugMug account.
Notable Publications
Duane recently had several photos published in Air Transat’s in-flight magazine, Atmosphere. In addition, he also recently completed a photoshoot for Canadian soccer player Martina Franko for Puma, the sports company. The photos from the shoot ended up in several publications and websites. Several of his photographs of Canadian musician Matthew Good were also used by various publications across Canada and on the internet during Matthew’s last cross-country tour. Photographs he took of Lindsay Ell at the 2008 Junos Awards are currently in use on her MySpace page and will be also be incorporated into her upcoming website soon to be relaunched.
Many websites on the internet also utilize some of his photography, including Kitsilano.ca and LaunchPartyHq.com.
Previous Coverage
Photojournalist and Attendee
WordCamp San Francisco
Duane covered WordCamp San Francisco, one of the largest gatherings of WordPress users and beer enthusiasts.
Photojournalist for b5media
British Columbia Festival 150
Duane attended BC Festival 150 as a representative for the media on assignment from b5media. The main performances were by Jessie Farrell, Colin James, Burton Cummings, Sarah McLachlan and Leslie Feist.
Photojournalist
New Music West
Duane attended the New Music West festival in Vancouver as a member of the press. Local favourites such as Jessie Farrell performed.
Photojournalist for Urban Vancouver
2008 Canadian Juno Awards
Duane attended the 2008 Canadian Juno Awards in Calgary, Alberta on assignment from Urban Vancouver. He covered the Juno Cup, the Juno Fan Fare, the Saturday night awards ceremony, and the televised Juno Ceremony hosted by Russell Peters.
Photojournalist
Vancouver Fashion Week Opening Gala
Duane attended Vancouver Fashion week’s opening gala at the Opus hotel in Yaletown, and also wrote several internet articles summarizing the event [1], [2].
Photojournalist and Attendee
Northern Voice Blogging Conference
Duane attended and photographed the annual Northern Voice blogging conference at the University of British Columbia [1].
Photojournalist and Attendee
Launch Party Vancouver III
Launch Party Vancouver is one of the largest technology socials in Western Canada. Duane was commissioned as one of the official photographers. The event was held at the Lamplighter in Vancouver’s Gastown District.
Photojournalist and Attendee
Launch Party Vancouver II
Duane covered the second incarnation of Launch Party Vancouver. This event was put in conjunction with Strutta in Vancouver. It was also covered by Shira Lazar from Los Angeles.
Photojournalist For Urban Vancouver
Vancouver Fashion Week
Duane attended Vancouver Fashion Week as a photojournalist for Urban Vancouver. He covered several of the runway sessions at the Chapel in East Vancouver, the opening Gala at the Opus hotel in Yaletown, and the social at the Republic.
Photojournalist
Vancouver Car Show
Duane attended and covered the annual Car Show at BC Place stadium in Vancouver.
Press Publications
Duane has recently had either written or photographic material included in the following publications.
- 24 Hours Article Regarding New Vancouver Apple Store
- 24 Hours Article Regarding The iPhone
- Air Transat’s In-Flight Magazine
Speaking Engagements
Duane is involved in the local technology and photography scene, and often speaks to help give knowledge back to the community. The following is a list of some of the speaking engagements he has had recently.
- WordCamp, September 2008 (Co-organizer)
- WordCamp Vancouver (WPtouch iPhone Plugin For WordPress)
- Northern Voice PhotoCamp, February 2008 (Selling photos with SmugMug)
- BarCamp Photo Unconference, Late 2007 (High Dynamic Range Imagery)
- University Of British Columbia Graduate Session (Improving H.264)
- Canadian Conference Of Electrical Engineering, Niagara Falls 2005 (Combining MPEG2 with H.264)





