BW + polaroid

RAD

saw this on defgrip
so good.

Knitting Factory

Photo of Planes Mistaken for Stars at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood.

california

dt_la

This is downtown LA from the Holga

Goodbye Vancouver

Vancouver

I am back in Vancouver. I'm over it.
I have been scanning slides for the past 3 days in preparation for my grad review.
Images soon. Tomorrow I take the bus to Calgary.
I lived the life in California.

min

I probably looked like this about a month ago.

t-minus

with only two weeks until I go back to Canada, I am finding there are not enough hours in the day. I raced a 12 hour MTB race a few weekends ago in Temecula, CA. I was riding the sunset lap for my team. It was surreal. I was able to shoot some photos for a potential story in the next volume for BIKE. Not too sure if the story will get picked up, but I was happy with how the images turned out.

Last weekend I was in San Francisco again for American Thanksgiving. Love that city. I have nothing but good things to say about it. I could live there in a heart beat. Seeing how steep some of those streets are, and then realizing your gonna bomb down them on your BMX with your buddy who rides brakeless was one for the books for sure.

This weekend I am at camp Woodward for a bike event. I plan on shooting enough film to make me broke.

check the day 19 blog. Lots of good photos.

ICER Air _ take 2

Just got some film back from the Icer Air event I shot in San Francisco a few weeks ago. I shot the whole thing on B/W.

hockey

Saw the Kings play the Ducks tonight at the staples center. So good to see a hockey game again. The whole arena booed Pronger every time he touched the puck.... he deserves it for abandoning Edmonton. From my position in the upper deck I tried to envision a young Kelly Hrudey guarding the net, but then reality sunk in, no Hrudey, and the Kings lost.

Jeff Harris

Toronto-based photographer Jeff Harris is engaged in an ongoing project: he's had his picture taken - either as a self-portrait or by a friend - every day since January 1, 1999.



I think this project is really amazing. I was introduced to the project in a class at art school almost three years ago. Its still going strong. It makes me wonder what will constitute the end of this project. Perhaps death.

Be sure to read the journal section on the site. People coment about something that they did, or were thinking about that day. It is displayed next to the corrisponding Jeff Harris photo from that day. The coments are incredibly candid.

Joshua Tree

On the weekend I was in Joshua Tree National Park. The landscape there is epic with massive rocks just appearing out of nowhere the moment you enter the park. It is completely awe inspiring. All the campsites near the most popular climbing spots were full and we had to drive 50 miles past the gates to find a camping spot that was open. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise because we ended up driving through the entire park over the two days. Even within the boundaries of the park the landscape changes dramatically. I shot almost exclusively on my Bronica 6x6 camera, but I did manage to get a few digital shots during the trip.

Zack Canepari

Found this link on Fecal Face for a portrait series by Zack Canepari

not homeless

This used to be mine. I traded it for a place to stay.

land of the free

Convenience Store
Haight St., San Francisco, CA.
11/01/07

Point and Shoot

San Fran part 2

There was a poolside party in downtown San Francisco the night before the event. All the media and athleates were there. Somehow we scored the best parking spot outside the bar and were able to show off Joaqiun. Again, we got after it, late into the night.

Going Skiing in San Fran

On November 1st, after a long night out for Halloween, I got a call at 8:45 from work asking if I would be down for a trip to SF in about an hour. In my hung over state I quickly agreed. We were driving up to a ski event at Giants Stadium in our company car. A few years back POWDER mag bought a mid 90's, retired highway patroll vehicle, with ski adventures accross the country in mind. Over the years Joaquin, the car, has gotten quite the makeover. skis screwed into the hood, spray paint and stickers all over the body, spinners (which have long since fallen off) and ground controll for the southern hemisphere, and a comprehensive record of everymajor powder day he has encountered scribbled in permanent ink throughout the interior. its definatly entertaining driving this car.

D-Structure

We arrived in San Francisco after a long drive just in time for a ski movie premeir at a local gallery/store called D-Structure. It started to fill up fast and quickly turned into an epic night thanks to the open bar.

broken social scene

Tonight Broken Social Scene played at the Orpheum theater in downtown LA. This venue is incredible. The architecture and detail in the decor was so amazing to see first hand. I have seen this venue so many times in pictures and on telavision without realizing it. As soon as I entered the space It seemed so familiar. Having the opportunity to see group like Broken Social Scene there was a real treat. The sound that this venue was able to produce captured me from the first note.

The band was relatively small tonight compared to how many members I have seen in performances before. There were 6 - 8 musicians on stage for the majority of the show, switching instruments, changing vocalists, and even adding a horn section for a few songs. Emily Haines from Metric sang a few songs in the middle of the set, the guitarist from the same band played the whole show along with the trumpet on occasion. I love going to a show where I am so blown away by the musicianship of the band; this was one of those shows. It was inspiring.

at random

critical mass

On friday there was a critical mass ride in Costa Mesa. There was an great turnout and it turned out to be an amazing ride. We rode just over 20 miles through Costa Mesa and Newport Beach. There were a few crashes, some frustrated police, and a whole lot of pissed off drivers. Everything one of these rides should be.

forget the fire, go to the beach

Today was the first day were i felt as though the fires were under control. My good friend Ryan and I decided, enough is enough, time to get on the fixed gear bikes and do our best to make it into the SC sheriffs blotter.

As we rode at full speed the wrong way down a one way street, Ryan kept getting closser to aproaching headlights. You may think this is no big deal for an expirienced brakeless BMX rider. Keep in mind we each had 2 bean and cheese burritos and a 40 once of budwiser in our hands, and Ryan runs his fixie brakeless. Skid town. Strong words.

Well, after a near death expirience here are some photo's from another night in the SC.


anyone who had been to ACAD knows what a steller education they got in foose ball. Ryan kills it. no joke.

anyone who knows me knows how much I love pool.... this is heavan. They have a painting of a shark on the wall. It doesn't get any better than this.

Ryan in I in deep conversation trying to solve the riddle of how people in california can be so diconected.

In SC about to get harrased by a military man about our bikes and his home town?

california fires take 2

I am pretty sure no one reads this ... especially my instructors. (tell me if you do, anyone can coment), but I am alive. Amidst the worst fires in California history I have managed to escape with out any damage besides a runny nose, and some crazy alergies to smoke and ash. It has been crazy here. A few nights ago I watched the SC hills glow with fire not even 10 miles from my house. Most of the editorial staff at the magazine live south, and were under evacuation orders. It was a tense time in the office. About half the staff were missing, while the remaining spent thier hours at the office on the phone to friends and family making sure all is well.

Rather than posting posting pictures of the raging fires (which I couldn't get close too) I though I should post some of the amazing landscapes the smoke produced.


this is from my balcony the day after the fires started to subsided. It was the smokiest day we have had thus far. All day was like the first light on a winter morning. It produced the most incredible orange light. It was undescribable, like noon as dark as midnight.


This is from the peir just blocks from my house. I was sent home early from work and after a short nap on the couch I woke to the most incredible sky I have ever seen. This picture can not do it justice.

It looks like the fires are under controll ... I have a feeling that this place will have a different atmosphere from now on.

california fires

This morning we woke up too a layer of ash in the house because of the wildfires buring in southern california. The ash crept in through the open windows, outside the cars and streets had a think layer. The sky is brown and there is no visability. We are only a few blocks from the beach and I couldn't even see the water this morning. The winds are the highest I have seen since I have been here. It definatly made for a misserable ride into the office today.

Lucero, Little Joy, and lots of coffee

Last night we saw Lucero play at the El Rey theater in LA. it was a great show. Later in the evening we went to a great dive bar called Little Joy followed by about 10 cups of coffee at 3 in the morning at bright spot. Had a great sunday morning filled with more coffee and lots of laughs.