What an awesome video!

Coldplay, “Life in Technicolour II”

I remember, love, and miss you for various reasons.

…for listening.
…for teaching me how to play golf.
…for playing the role of the companion on my various adventures.
…for never taking advantage of naivety or bliss.
…for knowing when something is bothering me, before I acknowledge it.
…for all the times you have cooked for me.
…for having faith in my ability to take photos on the most important day of your life.
…for showing me how to cook, and sparking a lifelong obsession with food.
…for teaching me how to listen.
…for taking care of me when I have been sick.
…for teaching me how to be a better friend/lover/man.
…for re-introducing me to sushi after a miserable first experience. I love sushi because of you.
…for never making me feel like second best. For making me feel important.
…for taking a real interest in my 99 hobbies and bragging about them.
…for boosting my confidence, and mounting my photos on your walls.
…for the warm.
…for forgiving me when I didn’t call back.
…for loving red wine and the wonderful conversations.
…for being patient with me over the years.
…for constantly asking me to update my blog. You’re reading, I’ll listen, ill write, I promise.
…for never giving up.

Friendships are often put to the test because of physical distance, work, hobbies, relationships, and sometimes the simplest melodrama. I’ve found that a few friendships have withered away as a result.

I hate resolutions, but I need to make one. To rekindle lost friendships, and to make new ones. Life is empty without friends.
My secondary resolution is to keep this blog more active. 2009 will be different, promise.

“Never shall I forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.”
- Ludwig van Beethoven

November it seems, is always a very busy month for me. For a number of reasons. November is the true beginning of fall, so the city sees a wide variety of indoor events taking place. So this means a lot of running around, photographing and writing…. Read the rest of this entry »

I tend to stay clear of political debates, but for this particular election, it has been very difficult to do so. It’s been very difficult because this U.S. election has become very emotional for many people. The last few months have shown us that patriotism can be a good thing.

Who knows what will happen tomorrow, a lot of us are keeping our fingers crossed, even here, north of the border.

I was driving around a few days ago and was listening to some Rage on the radio. I thought the music would piece together with some Obama photos I’ve seen the last few weeks. So I tested it, and to my surprise it actually blended quite well. Enjoy,

Tomorrow will be both exciting and nerve-racking..

If you are eligible, vote.

I didn’t take any of the photos, credits are:

Reuters
Upperplaygroundstore
Flickr
Time magazine
Callie Shell
Digitaljournalist
Carlos Miller
LAtimes
Francine Orr
Rollingstone
AFP
Getty Images
Wikipedia.org
Senate.gov

I saw some photos, I added some music, and this is the video. Not for commercial use,  just experimenting.

Hermes’ Fall Winter 2008 - 2009 collection is heavily Indian with elephant motives all over the place. I want one…

I’ve spent a lot of time recently contemplating the effectiveness of this site and its layout. Its something I personally investigate every year, and once again I feel like I am at the cross roads.

I get a wealth of requests from people who would like to see more content published on this blog/site and in general just more updates and photos from time to time. Considering that 99% of my photography business is referral based, I rarely found the need to update the blog with my random musings. Spotlight takes time, then there are various events, photography, friends….. well, life.
I’m too busy living.

This is a photography site right? No one wants to see me rant on about my various, and most often tangent sparking tirades. But yet people do. They want more pictures and more rants. So I’m starting to take the emails and comments seriously.

I polled a few to see what they thought about the current site’s layout and what they’d like to see.  Yes I still want to write and post my photos, but I want a layout and interface that’s a bit more organic. Easier to read, and inspiring for me to update.

So some changes are coming the next few months to update this site with all the web 3.0 and 4.0 and 10.whatever goodies. Yes the business side of things will come out, but I promise it will be transparent.

I’ll write as often as I can, and that’s about as much as I can promise.

If you really do want to subject yourself to my content, you know where to get the good stuff.

Had an amazing time shooting Kofi and Amanda Sereboe’s wedding on Saturday. In between festivities, we found a skate park for some colourful backgrounds. Many more images to come, but first I need to let my fingers rest from a weekend of heavy clicking.

Anyone that is into…
1. Street Photography
2. Fashion
……………will know about the Sartorialist. A wonderful photo blog run by Scott Schuman - the former director of men’s fashion at Bergdoff goodman. He travels, taking pictures of people on the streets that caught his eyes. The blog is a colourful look at street fashion in New York, Paris, Milan. It has also influenced designers and magazines over the last few years. Anyway, this photo was the cause of one of those “Hello beautiful” moments.