In any case, I’ve starting taking some classes that a friend of mine has been going to for years. It’s at Fierce Studio where they do Brazillian Jiu Jitsu, Japanese Jiu Jitsu, 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu, Kick Boxing, Yoga and a bunch of others. The image below is from there old location where during a BJJ class you “roll” with a partner to try out your new moves that you learned.
The guy on the bottom here is Alan, my friend who is also featured here on my flickr photostream.
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Jun 11
Is it Jujitsu or Jujutsu or Jiu Jitsu?
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Jun 11
Expiration
So, I was over in Vancouver a couple weeks ago (not for a hockey game) and was able to spend the morning with my lady and a friend of her family-friend who oddly enough went to the same photography school as I did. We wandered down to Granville Island and had some lunch in the market and then cruised on over the bridge. I, for the first time (just before the wedding) took my Minolta out to play. These are two of my favourite shots from that trip.
We didn’t just go over for Granville Island market food, we actually went over to see the musical Wicked. If you ever, ever get a chance to see it, I recommend it with the highest of all recommendations.
I like this. Thoughts? Post them in the comments box!
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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.
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.
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”.
The happy colour changes were a complete surprise with the expired film.
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.
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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May 11
New Zealand
I started watching The Lord of the Rings the other day and I remembered when I rode a horse through what was, Rohan. Yes, I am a nerd.
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Mar 11
Tasty Tuesday #20
A little late on this weeks Tasty Tuesday. I just got a new coffee grinder for my Espresso machine on my birthday and remembered when I did some shooting at a local coffee shop.
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