By Nordica Photography

Sadly, the games have ended. But our lasting images from the spectacular Olympics will definitely be the wonderful and safe partying that dominated Robson Street. These are a few of our favourites from Robson Street a few hours after the Canadian mens ice hockey won the gold medal.

Nordica Photography is the combined efforts of photographers Allan Cole Roberts and Jakob Granqvist. Nordica Photography are Vancouver Wedding Photographers.
Learn More about Nordica Photography here or follow Nordica on Twitter, @nordicaphoto.

This post is a part of a photography project we at Nordica Photography are doing throughout the Games. It's called Faces of the Games, and essentially we are taking pictures of various people everyday that have a connection to the Olympics. Everyday we pick a different theme, so there's quite an eclectic collection of faces starting to build! You can read more about the project here.

This post is a part of a photography project we at Nordica Photography are doing throughout the Games. It's called Faces of the Games, and essentially we are taking pictures of various people everyday that have a connection to the Olympics. Everyday we pick a different theme, so there's quite an eclectic collection of faces starting to build! You can read more about the project here.

Peaceful protesters, peaceful party-goers – It’s all good in our books. So for today’s theme, we’re throwing on our diplomacy hat and giving them equal exposure on our Faces of the Games site.

The masked man on the left was out front of the Vancouver Art Gallery during a anti-Games protest last week. It was a raucous affair indeed! One tip that a little bird whispered in our ear though somewhere along the line is that un-masked protesters are apparently more respected then masked ones. Go figure.

The lovely girl on the right was part of an equally raucous – yet fun-lovin’ – in Yaletown right before opening ceremonies. They were waving the kind of ‘fun flag’ that is blowing over the entire city!

By Nordica Photography

Ever heard of Flash mob? Basically it’s this fun little event that people do where a whole wack of people gather in one space and do something special. Pillow fights, water wars, or whatever else floats their boats.

Dancing is probably the most popular Flash mob activity though, and there are some real beauties out there on the ol’Youtube if you dig around. Today in Vancouver, Robson Street between Thurlow and Bute were shut down as Vancouver gave the Flash mob thing a crack. And this was the result:

Nordica Photography is the combined efforts of photographers Allan Cole Roberts and Jakob Granqvist. Nordica Photography are Vancouver Wedding Photographers.

Learn more about Nordica photography here or follow Nordica on Twitter, @nordicaphoto.

This post is a part of a photography project we at Nordica Photography are doing throughout the Games. It's called Faces of the Games, and essentially we are taking pictures of various people everyday that have a connection to the Olympics. Everyday we pick a different theme, so there's quite an eclectic collection of faces starting to build! You can read more about the project here.

This man was standing on the corner of Main and Hastings during the Torch Relay that cruised through on the opening day of the Olympics. While some people at the event had a lot of (negative) things to say in that area, this man was pretty darn jovial about the whole thing.

He is a painter and told us that recently, a short documentary styled movie had been made about his paintings by a company in Toronto! We asked him to pop his paint brush in his mouth for a picture, and boom he did it! Pretty cool stuff!

Thank you for letting us take your picture and good luck with your future paintings.

This was another gentleman that we bumped into on the corner of Main and Hastings while the torch relay was shaking down. This man seemed super spiritual to us for some reason.

We say that because behind him you can see the red tents and those tents were the symbol that a lot of the protesters were using to voice their argument. While they were doing their chants, waving their signs and hoisting this red tent, this man was more or less meandering in front of them and doing somesinging of his own. The singing sounded very traditional for the aboroginal people of the West Coast, and it was really neat to listen to him do this while the sounds of the protesters were in the background.

He was a very kind man though, very friendly and we appreciate him letting us take his picture!

Nordica Photography is the combined efforts of photographers Allan Cole Roberts andJakob Granqvist. Nordica Photography are Vancouver Wedding Photographers.

Learn More about Nordica Photography here or follow Nordica on Twitter, @nordicaphoto.

By Nordica Photography

This was certainly something special and Goddamn emotional if you want to get right down to it: The Olympic Torch being ran through the Musqueam Reserve.

The Musqueams are one of four First Nations hosts for the Games, and what a special group of people. We've never really experienced seeing such a sense of community before, and likely never will again.

Here are some photos from the rainy evening with a brief description of what's going on in each picture.

This flag is the flag of the Musqueam Reserve. It's gorgeous and the teal colour is rad (also their official colour!)

This is Larissa and her sign says something along the lines of "My Mother's a Star!". She's beautiful, eh?

These young fellas were taking in the special evening and waving the Musqueam flag with pride!

The best part about this whole experience was probably the fact that it truly was a family-orientated evening. How adorable is this beautiful young girl eh!

Yep, the police were everywhere. That goes without saying these days in Vancouver!

The look in this mans face as he gazed at the torch was pretty cool. Definitely a proud man, and even prouder perhaps of the contributions of the Musqueams!

The torch stayed lit even though it was raining! This women struck the most emotions with people it seemed as people went ballistic with applause when she started her run!

This was quite an adorable look on the ladies face. This was just before it was her turn with the torch, and you could see the excitement in her face!

This is a band member of the Musqueams giving a riveting speech about the contributions made by aboriginals to the Games. He spoke in his native tongue as well as in English!

The looks now turned to the man with the torch, as he looked at the women as though to say, "This is what we've been waiting for! Are you ready!"

And, the flame has been exchanged. Pretty special moment. And in case you didn't recognize him, the man in the red Hockey Jersey is Vancouver's Mayor, Gregor Robertson.

This is the same lady at the end of her run as she passed the flame along to her relative. They were both very emotional about this, and it was pretty darn special.

This man was all smiles about the whole affair, as were most. His toque and jacket were very, very stylish we might add!

This really says it all, eh? The Musqueam band really showed how intense and tight a community the are with the crowds and enthusiasm that surrounded the Torch relay. It was incredible to witness the emotions of all who gathered, and to think that the Olympics are only just starting! What an exciting month to come!

Nordica Photography is the combined efforts of photographers Allan Cole Roberts and Jakob Granqvist. Nordica Photography are Vancouver Wedding Photographers.
Learn More about Nordica Photography here or follow Nordica on Twitter, @nordicaphoto.

If you read Shane Gibson’s earlier Metro-Blenz News Squad post, you probably learned that the Irish House’s soft opening was an absolutely fantastic evening. It was a loud, fun-filled and jam packed Irish House, and we managed to capture a few photos from the night.

Nordica Photography is the combined efforts of photographers Allan Cole Roberts and Jakob Granqvist. Nordica focuses on capturing images of people, which allows them to do wedding photography, event photography, portrait shoots, and head-shots.
Learn More about Nordica Photography here or follow Nordica on Twitter, @nordicaphoto.