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There are many aspects to being a photographer that the viewer will be unable to see. For example, when taking photos for years on end, it’s difficult to makensure you’re staying organized. In short, this post is going to introduce everyone to the general idea surrounding a new disorder that I recently discovered.
If your like me, staying true to your newyears resolutions and/or your desired level of productivity in work is pretty hard. What I’ve come up with is a disorder called L.M.D (List Making Disorder). L.M.D. is defined as the ongoing obsession of making lists for everything, and keeping those said lists for ever. Think about it? Do you have L.M.D? Read more
Shooting snowboarding for a living is an exciting job. People always think that it’s the “coolest Job” and yes, it’s pretty cool at times, but it is a major pain in the ass other times and feels like hard work just like any other job out there. There’s a lot of driving to locations, unloading snowmobiles, and taking trails to the promised land of the wide open backcountry where you and the riders look at the features trying to collectively create a mix of action and art. Read more
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After some deliberation, I found myself a convert to using smaller cameras. As a result of switching to smaller cameras, I had my trusted Canon g9 with me at all times. What I still hadn’t figured out though, was what I wanted to take pictures of. This is still part of a long process that continues to this day. The first step in figuring out what to shoot was to document my steps…….. Read more
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It’s no secret. I love film. I shoot film all the time. For me it’s a style choice for a lot of my personal work but I still push for it with clients when the time is right. But more and more, when push comes to shove, film gets sand thrown in it’s face in favour of digital. However, I know many other photographers that feel the same way I do and want to use film whenever possible. For some time now, I have wanted to put together a series of interviews about the use of film in our digital world. Bneeth has presented me with the opportunity to get down to the heart of this pressing matter.
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Doing what I do, regretfully I need to be careful about the things I say because, well… publishing ain’t what it used to be and unfortunately magazines aren’t the invincible, insuperable powers theyonce were. So in the spirit of ‘treading lightly’, let me distinguish for the readers of this Time Capsule, that Shake Junt is (was) a phenomenon that is (was) happening (in the early 10s) sweeping a generation of skateboarders with fun antics and positive messages of drinking 40s, smoking weed, eating fried chicken—and celebrating it with a good ol’ fashioned booty shaking contest. It’s the type of brand any fourteen year-old would make if given the opportunity; Tacky, over the top, rude, and totally awesome.
Photo by Matt Fimio
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‘Keys to reality’ written by Canadian legend Ken Achenbach and published in Transworld Snowboarding in 1992 is probably the most read piece of snowboard related fiction ever written. It was also Craig Kelly’s favorite. Below is my modernized version updated with today’s distractions, inspired and bitten directly from Ken’s original words, which you should read here first.
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Sometimes some of the best photo’s are in no way planned. It’s like you just happen to be in the right place at the right time with your camera in hand. Here are a few such images that I’ve taken, or rather been lucky enough to capture by being in the right place at the right time. Read more
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The one thing I knew for sure when I stopped shooting photos of action sports was that I wasn’t going to stop taking photos. I simply couldn’t. As much as the creative life is like a cruel pendulum sometimes, with swings of deep dissatisfaction and swings that feel like brilliance, the one thing I knew for sure was that taking photos was no longer something that I had the option to do. I had grown to the point where if I went any length of time without shooting something good, a part of me started to feel off. It was akin to going a long time without sex. It doesn’t kill you, but it grinds away at your soul until you finally have to scratch that itch.
Documenting urban snowboarding has come a long way in the past decade, not only from a riding perspective (progression), but the tools to help get the job done. The early years saw the advent of the ‘drop in ramp,’ a device that provided enough speed for handrail maneuvers (gap-outs excluded), built inexpensively out of wood or metal (if you had a bit more money budgeted). Of course there was always a couple of friends to ‘pull you in,’ but that gets old quickly. If you were really lucky, you’d locate a spot that provided ‘natural speed,’ everybody’s dream scenario, even to this day.
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“Dude! Where’s your camera??………..you’re BLOWING IT! I hear this all the time. Fortunately its mostly good natured “let’s annoy the photographer” stuff. Many times though, I find myself out and about with no camera in hand and get the feeling like I’m missing the shot. I guess you could call it Photographers remorse. During my daily internet trolling, I been coming across a selection of interviews with photographers who seem to suffer from the exact same ailment. The only difference is that they’ve seen the light and are now ready to begin spreading the gospel.