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Nov 11

Movember 2011

As some of you may know, Movember is the month formally known as November. The name was changed in in 2003 in Melbourne, Australia when a couple of “Bros” took it upon themselves to change the face of men’s health. That year there were 30 participants. Justin Guthrie, MovemberSince then there has been over 1.1 Million registrants at Movember.com and over $176 million raised globally.

The goal is to change established habits and attitudes men have about their health. Through education about the health risks they face, getting them to act on that knowledge thereby increasing their chances of early detection, diagnosis and treatment. In 2010, nearly 119,000 Canadian Mo Bros and Mo Sistas got on board, raising $22.3 million CAD. This year, I will join them and I would love for you to assist me.

Over the next month, I will be growing, no, cultivating a mustache in support of prostate cancer and men’s health. I’ll be updating my status on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ as much as possible so you can follow along in awe. If you would like to support the cause, head on over to my donation page and drop some coin.

For more information about Movember go here or here. Pictured above is Justin Guthrie, Movember veteran (no that’s not his real ‘stache).

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Jun 11

Summer Wedding

I had the pleasure of going to my cousin’s wedding early June in Parksville. It was a very beautiful day and the Jonathan and Kathryn couldn’t have looked happier. Since I wasn’t the photographer at the wedding, I decided to shoot an old Minolta srT200 with a 50mm f/1.7 Minolta lens on some very expired Kodak Gold 200 film. The result was fantastic and I really enjoyed being so restricted by my focal length and speed.

Joy

I have talked before about not having the luxury of zoom lenses or digital ISO settings. You tend to focus more on the creativity, because, that’s all you can change.

First kiss

All of the pictures were scanned on my Canon flatbed and then cropped and edited in Photoshop. Only a few minor colour corrections and the contrast was punched up a bit. I wanted to preserve the film “look”.

Kathryn and the Cake

The happy colour changes were a complete surprise with the expired film.

First Dance

As you can see, I left some dust on the negative.

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May 11

Fashion for Cancer

A colleague of mine decided a couple of months ago that she was going to cut off and donate her hair for the Cops for Cancer cause. A very noble thing to do. She asked me if I would take some pictures of her before she lopped it off, so she could remember what it was like. I was happy to oblige.
Cops for cancer
To view a couple more from the shoot, go to my photostream. The link is in the side bar. If you’d like to make a donation, please visit any bc cancer website or click here.

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Feb 11

Tasty Tuesday #18

EveHere it is folks. Another edition of Tasty Tuesday. This is another shot from my portfolio selection while I was in school that didn’t make the cut. This is the same model that is in the Editorial Photography post from January, Eve is her name.

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Feb 11

Bouldering

Reese on the Jardines BouldersOne thing that I enjoy doing in my spare time is to go climbing. When I was in New Zealand, my girlfriend and I stayed with some friends who were really in to climbing. Almost every evening they would head out to the Jardines Boulders (just below The Remarkables mountains) for a couple of hours. The boulders were rocks that had fallen off the adjacent mountains and rolled in to a sheep paddock. You really had to watch your step while walking around. The sheep were everywhere.
Reese (pictured left) was working on this for quite a while. The crux being the third move, he’s pictured in the starting position and his first move is to reach up to the crack seen at the bottom of the picture. The second move is to get his legs out and the third is to get his other arm over. He did eventually send the route after a few attempts. If you climb, let me know. I’d love to hear your stories.

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Feb 11

Tasty Tuesday #17

RobinShot in Victoria, BC, this was a runner up for my school portfolio. I worked with this couple all over Bastion Square and along the waterfront. It didn’t make the final cut because it didn’t flow with the rest of the images. What do you think of this one or my other Tasty Tuesday’s?
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