Blue skies and happy days.
01/09/08 16:30 Filed in: Life
Sooo...
Sorry about that last rant. Things were a little dark at that point. In the old days that might have sent me off on a week long bender but now I just blog, shrug, and move on.
Here are some photos to look at and think about all things non-governmental.
-d
happy clouds
happy forest
Sorry about that last rant. Things were a little dark at that point. In the old days that might have sent me off on a week long bender but now I just blog, shrug, and move on.
Here are some photos to look at and think about all things non-governmental.
-d
happy clouds
happy forest
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Back to the good stuff
25/08/08 11:32 Filed in: Photography
My good friend Alex Warburton got married on the
weekend in Victoria. The weather held out for him
on Saturday and it was spectacular. Sunday morning
brought the rains and on the ferry ride home I got
lost in all the great colours and textures of the
boat. It felt like a really good time for a little
photo essay. One of these photos is my favourite.
Can you guess which one?
rainforest
pull this lever
lifeboat icon
rainy windows
boat. wake.
Bc feels like this more often than not. Arriving back in Tsawwassen.
from one boat to another
rainforest
pull this lever
lifeboat icon
rainy windows
boat. wake.
Bc feels like this more often than not. Arriving back in Tsawwassen.
from one boat to another
weak week
21/08/08 23:32 Filed in: Life
I was just sitting here getting ready to close the
book on a pretty terrible day when it occurred to
me that I have been neglecting my blog this week,
which is a shame. The blog serves a weird purpose
in my life. I started to blog on a regular basis
for work. When we started Future Snowboarding
Magazine we were encouraged by the big
bosses to embrace all kinds of web shit that
would help benefit the traffic to the magazine. I've always
written, and I had some pretty good updates on
Snowboard.com way back at
the turn of the century, so this was just
another one of those things.
Pretty soon though my words were more on Myspace than anywhere related to the magazine, and when I launched my website last fall I moved over a few of the posts but mostly started from scratch. Folks who are much smarter than I am write interesting articles that tell me that blogging is a good way to keep your name high on search engines. Sometimes that comes into account, but mostly it doesn't.
Mostly I guess I just have an urge to put photos up that maybe would never have a home, and to say words that aren't that interesting to anyone who I come in daily contact with. Maybe I'm just having a Pump up the Volume fantasy and think that tons of people are paying attention (actually, thanks to google analytics I know exactly how many people are reading and when that number hits triple digits I consider it a success.) (also, thanks to my subscribers)
In the end, I get some really interesting emails from strangers, and some people tell me that they really look forward to them. On a crap day like today, knowing that someone else is stoked on something I've done is reason enough.
This is my (soon to be) brother-in-law Paul wake surfing with Willamina while T coaches. Family time. We had a really fun weekend and I met some good people.
-d
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Pretty soon though my words were more on Myspace than anywhere related to the magazine, and when I launched my website last fall I moved over a few of the posts but mostly started from scratch. Folks who are much smarter than I am write interesting articles that tell me that blogging is a good way to keep your name high on search engines. Sometimes that comes into account, but mostly it doesn't.
Mostly I guess I just have an urge to put photos up that maybe would never have a home, and to say words that aren't that interesting to anyone who I come in daily contact with. Maybe I'm just having a Pump up the Volume fantasy and think that tons of people are paying attention (actually, thanks to google analytics I know exactly how many people are reading and when that number hits triple digits I consider it a success.) (also, thanks to my subscribers)
In the end, I get some really interesting emails from strangers, and some people tell me that they really look forward to them. On a crap day like today, knowing that someone else is stoked on something I've done is reason enough.
This is my (soon to be) brother-in-law Paul wake surfing with Willamina while T coaches. Family time. We had a really fun weekend and I met some good people.
-d
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fireworks
01/08/08 10:19 Filed in: Photography
Well
after the
Pemberton Festival last week took a day away from
work, I have been running around like a chicken
with cutoffs on his head trying to catch up. Adding
to my is complications is a giant sized
rockslide that has closed the road to
Whistler and made it very difficult to do a
shoot there this weekend. Luckily the clients
have pushed back the dates to next week, but it
still appears that this monster slide won't be
cleared in time and I'll most likely have to
fly. Not the worst thing in the world except for
the weight restrictions on helicopters and small
planes and the fact that I need to travel with a
whole bunch of gear. Luckily I have lots of
photographer friends in Whistler and have been
sourcing gear from them.
In the middle of all this, there were fireworks on Wednesday so T and Willie and I went for a little walk to watch things that go boom.
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In the middle of all this, there were fireworks on Wednesday so T and Willie and I went for a little walk to watch things that go boom.
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Pemberton Festival Madness - super post, lots of photos.
Pemberton Festival photos, band photos, and so on.
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Dog days of summer
19/07/08 23:02 Filed in: Photography
More shots from the hood.
Not to much to say about these. Folks have told me they like the photo updates so they will keep coming. I like the fact that I am shooting things that have no home and no expectation of sales. My entire career I've been making pictures with the exclusive purpose of sales, but with my group of "walking around town" shots, I never think, never try to make something commercial, just click away at things that look cool to me for whatever reason, and that's all I need. They're probably the most honest pictures I take. They aren't challenging or groundbreaking, but if you look long enough, you'll learn everything there is to know about me.
I think you will notice a theme
trash chute and construction
great f'n shapes, reflections, and light
that balloon is so crooked
bald dude taking a morning break.
Not to much to say about these. Folks have told me they like the photo updates so they will keep coming. I like the fact that I am shooting things that have no home and no expectation of sales. My entire career I've been making pictures with the exclusive purpose of sales, but with my group of "walking around town" shots, I never think, never try to make something commercial, just click away at things that look cool to me for whatever reason, and that's all I need. They're probably the most honest pictures I take. They aren't challenging or groundbreaking, but if you look long enough, you'll learn everything there is to know about me.
I think you will notice a theme
trash chute and construction
great f'n shapes, reflections, and light
that balloon is so crooked
bald dude taking a morning break.
What do salad dressing and feminism have in common?
08/07/08 16:31 Filed in: Photography
The other day I was walking to a meeting in Gastown
when I passed an interesting little shrine on a
bench.
Feminist author Marilyn French's three volume tome "From Eve to Dawn" took over 15 years to write, but has been criticized for playing fast and loose with the facts in its 1700 pages.
Kraft's Calorie Wise Thousand Island dressing hits you with just 20 Calories per serving and is versatile and delicious.
But what are they doing sitting together on a bench watching soccer practice?
Feminist author Marilyn French's three volume tome "From Eve to Dawn" took over 15 years to write, but has been criticized for playing fast and loose with the facts in its 1700 pages.
Kraft's Calorie Wise Thousand Island dressing hits you with just 20 Calories per serving and is versatile and delicious.
But what are they doing sitting together on a bench watching soccer practice?
More shots from the hood
06/07/08 16:40 Filed in: Photography
This week I have a couple of shooting gigs, which
will be a nice change from what I've been doing.
Lately I've been up to my eyes with the book
project and with selling shots from the winter, and
while both of those things are going really well,
it's just not the same as shooting photos. In fact,
the only time I'm shooting at all these past weeks
is walking the dog around the hood.
I still love my Canon g9 for this kind of thing, it's so small and portable and durable too.
Here are some shots of my hood:
Cirque du soleil is across the street all summer
One of those cool buildings that gets really thin and one end. This one is called Hotel Europe.
Lone dude on the soccer field. Looks like the turf needs some work
Taking a break.
Sailing is hard
I love what old glass does.
The dominion building and victory square.
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I still love my Canon g9 for this kind of thing, it's so small and portable and durable too.
Here are some shots of my hood:
Cirque du soleil is across the street all summer
One of those cool buildings that gets really thin and one end. This one is called Hotel Europe.
Lone dude on the soccer field. Looks like the turf needs some work
Taking a break.
Sailing is hard
I love what old glass does.
The dominion building and victory square.
stock photography, vancouver city photography, vancouver street photography, buildings in vancouver, whistler photographer, snowboard photos
The summer. It is come.
03/07/08 15:29 Filed in: Photography
As the summer finally hits in all its glory, I am
swamped with work. I am convinced though, that I
live in the best place in the world. My fascination
with Vancouver's old buildings continues, while new
ones pop up all over the place.
Here are some shots of the world around me. More coming soon. I love the Canon g9 more every day.
She casts a long shadow for a short dawg.
Pixelated clouds
Nuclear.
Lunch.
these colours were making my eyes hurt.
evening glow
nice new shapes
Here are some shots of the world around me. More coming soon. I love the Canon g9 more every day.
She casts a long shadow for a short dawg.
Pixelated clouds
Nuclear.
Lunch.
these colours were making my eyes hurt.
evening glow
nice new shapes
spring days
30/05/08 16:47 Filed in: Life
So my girl is away working in Roatan right now. I'm
missing her and working away. Sold a shot
today to a clothing manufacturer and magazines
have been making their selects and I've been
shipping them out. Life is good, but a big
part of me wants to be in the warm water with
my girl, 80 feet down and looking at
fishes. There have been both Manta Rays and
Hammerheads on the dives in the last week.
Here is a pic of T walking the dog a few days
before she left.
from the hood
06/05/08 16:45 Filed in: Photography
Just trucking away on submissions around here.
Getting a budget and business plan in place for the
summer project. Hope to get the green light by the
end of the week so I can break the silence and get
to work.
I still find time for walks around the neighbourhood. It has finally become spring around here and we've been loving the warm weather. Here are some shots from the last few days. The last one is HIGH-larious.
waiting for mommy.
traffic pattern change. ain't that the truth.
t said that this looks a little like our wallpaper.
boots on the ground
juckstah-poe-zishun
such a cliche, but so rad. shaka!
the title of the washed up book is "How to Start a Home-Based Photography Business". Timely Visual Metaphors are epic.
I still find time for walks around the neighbourhood. It has finally become spring around here and we've been loving the warm weather. Here are some shots from the last few days. The last one is HIGH-larious.
waiting for mommy.
traffic pattern change. ain't that the truth.
t said that this looks a little like our wallpaper.
boots on the ground
juckstah-poe-zishun
such a cliche, but so rad. shaka!
the title of the washed up book is "How to Start a Home-Based Photography Business". Timely Visual Metaphors are epic.
crash
11/04/08 10:14 Filed in: Backcountry
Waiting in the sun = never fun.
30/03/08 10:44 Filed in: Work
My crew for today did a pretty monster drive to get
here and shoot in the sun. Unfortunately they
didn't make it all the way. It's not a perfect day
out there, but it's pretty nice, and I'm waiting.
At least it gives me a little time to work on this
last minute job that came up for this week. There
is quite a bit to get organized in a short period
of time so I'm doing a little scrambling. Well, to
keep you occupied until then, here are some more G9
shots from around the hood last week.
Tinsletown. Watch your step.
The hood. Pretty stoked that I live here.Except that I'm in Whistler.
Flags and cranes around the Olympic village site.
Tinsletown. Watch your step.
The hood. Pretty stoked that I live here.Except that I'm in Whistler.
Flags and cranes around the Olympic village site.
g9 stuff
18/03/08 09:11 Filed in: Photography
my g9 weighs a ton
20/02/08 00:19 Filed in: cameras
So I was in the park at Blackcomb this week, taking
care of some contract shots, and in the process had
a little time to mess around. Everyone knows I'm a
Nikon guy, but my point and shoot is a Canon g9.
It's a great little camera and you can read all
about it here or wherever you like
to get your online info. So in between laps of
my riders, I had my g9 out, you can set it all
manually so it's a really flexible tool. So
much so that I decided to see how it would
hold up against the dSLR and 70-200VR glass.
Is this photo from the Nikon or the G9?
Well of course it's from the point and shoot. But it's pretty amazing that a 500 dollar camera can match angle and composition with a 7 thousand dollar rig and not really be that far off. I'm still getting used to the g9 but I have no doubt that I will have lots of photos published from it in the next 12 months...maybe even some action.
Dano
Is this photo from the Nikon or the G9?
Well of course it's from the point and shoot. But it's pretty amazing that a 500 dollar camera can match angle and composition with a 7 thousand dollar rig and not really be that far off. I'm still getting used to the g9 but I have no doubt that I will have lots of photos published from it in the next 12 months...maybe even some action.
Dano