Swan Mountain

So Eliot and I were walking around on this trail yesterday and, because shredding is pretty much our paradigm for life, we kept on looking at the vistas like "that would make a sick snowboarding shot!" I had to get to work so we put it off until today. This morning we woke up and it was fully overcast so we didn't think we'd make much of the day. BUT, around 10:30 a.m. the sun came out to play. Eliot was slow to start cause we were amped up pretty late lastnight, but a couple of Danish butter cookies out a Christmas tin brought out the cookie monster in him and got the funball rolling.
We got up to Swan Mountain midday and within 100 yards of the car we were setting up for the half-circle shot. We were just so amazed at how nice the day became that I don't think we could have done wrong with a picture.
Being that it's early season, I hit a bunch of undergarbage while Eliot shot. But in between lurkers there was an amazing softness to the snow. It was kinda like pure cane sugar de-molassesed. Pretty sure that's not a word but anyways, I remember the silent shout of the snow as I threw on the brakes after jumping over the hiking trail.
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Our goal when we set out was to get a shot of board-slapping the piles of snow on top of these picnic benches with a crazytime beautiful view of the lake behind them. The snow was too light to build a bumper with, so we didn't get that done, but we still had a great time. Bluebird day, huge views, and truly great company. I had a great day. I think the neatest part of this shoot is that there isn't really enough snow right now to do much off-piste and we still went out there and had fun.

written by Luke G.

Canadian Thanksgiving

I had the most fufilling thanksgiving of my life this year during Canadian thaksgiving. I attended two delicious dinners on Saltspring island at my friend Marika's place and the other in Vancouver at Jenn's apartment. These dinners defintely helped me get through 72 hours of no eating or drinking in a Denever hospital when I got a lacerated spleen during American thanksgiving. Random story but I ended up taking this photograph before dinner off of the balcony of Jenn's apartment. The view is from Kitsilano looking towards downtown Vancouver.

Mount Seymour session - winter 07'

I shought these photographs in 35mm after filming the Forum Young Bloodz competition for www.rip.tv. They had a tree stall as the last feature in the contest. The two snowboarders in these pictures are Will King (willisking.com) and Andreas Morel; they got progressively higher up the tree as the sun was setting. Enjoy.

Headshots for Amanda Scheller

Amanda was in the same boat as Andreas, she needed photos for her snowboard sponsors. Fall in East Vancouver is a beautiful time of year, with the changing colors covering the streets and porches of character homes. Andreas, Amanda and I took a stroll as the sun was setting and got some good photographs along the way. Life is good, check it out.

Headshots for Andreas Morel

My good friend Andreas was in need of headshots for his snowboarding sponsors. I had just bought my new Cannon 40D a few weeks prior and I was stoked to help him out. We shot photographs in Kitsilano and East Vancouver, British Columbia. Enjoy

Rahzel concert, Copper Mountain

Rahzel has got soul. His beat boxing is phenominal, the sounds he produces you would never think came from a humans vocal cords but its all organic. Rahzel had a down to earth presence on stage and promoted peace in Hip Hop/Rap. The show ended with a singing along to some Al Green classics while Rahzel handed out roses to the ladies in the crowd.

Steamboat

My next door neighbour Luke put together a little road trip down to Steamboat, CO. Our original idea was to visit the hotsprings but the plans changed quickly as had we had a van full of enthusiatic friends with wandering minds. The highlight for me was our findings just off the road on our journey down south, here are a few of the photos.