Today was a long day of editing, but it was worth it! I had 500 shots of Shylo, and about 3% of them weren't keepers!!! It was very tough to choose my favourites.
Thanks so much to Shylo for being an incredible model. Be sure to check out her FB page and get the word out about her!
Check out the full gallery here.
Today was one of those incredible days where everything just works! (unlike yesterday where I almost tossed my 5D MKII into a river!)
First off, Justin Carlson just shows up unannounced from White Rock with a 70-200L and a 14mm L lens in response to my offhand FB remark for me to shoot with! These are not your father's lenses... unless you're... Justin's kids.
Then, Shylo and I head off to Fort Langley, the weather network couldn't have been more off, it's a perfect day for shooting!
My gear is working beautifully, and we find ourselves in the old Fort shooting some of my favourite shots. It was definitely a day to note as one where I feel like I am on the right path!
Anyhow, tomorrow is editing day, but I will give you a sneak preview of what is to come. In the meantime, check out Shylo's music page, this girl is going to go supernova very soon!!
After wrestling with my camera, I abandoned self portrait day and dove into macro photography. All of these photos were shot and processed today. I hope you enjoy them!
Tell me your favourites and I'll upload versions to use as wallpaper for your computer.
Go to the photography page to see all of them.
Today I knew my good friends at creativeLIVE were hosting Jasmine Star for a 3 day workshop, so I decided to follow up on a project I thought about a few weeks ago when I was watching her on Youtube... She had this incredible video where she basically rapped a motivational speech for a big crowd. It was so moving and I knew I had to play around with it.
So for PDS Day 10, I decided to create some music, and edit her vocals to fit into a "song". It was a lot of fun, and I had the workshop on in the background so it was a little surreal!
Check out creativeLIVE this weekend, Jasmine has done workshops before, and they are SO worth watching, her energy and passion is like no one I've seen before. She really empowers people with the way she talks!
If you haven't seen creativeLIVE before, check it out now! They are basically giving information away for free, and then packing that info up for purchase for anyone that wants it down the road. Again, it's like nothing I've seen before, such a great service they are providing for creative folk like me!
Today was a fun day, editing through the footage I shot 2 days ago for the band "Two or Three". This is the first draft of the video.
Andrew Harback was the Director and Writer, Olivia Stephen was the girl in the white dress, and Andrew, Joey and Fraser were the painted dudes. It was tough shooting in the rain, but it gave a great vibe for the video.
Andrew recorded the song in my recording class this last semester, and it's extremely good!
Today was an amazing day for PDS. I got to go to a WWII veteran's home, and film him/ hang out for the day! His name is Boyd Affleck, and he fought for Canada in the last few years of the war. He shared some incredible stories. He shared details of a war and a situation that I (we) can not even fathom. The things this man has been through would definitely bring the strongest of our generation to their knees. I feel so indebted to these people, and I hope that I can inspire others to remember these guys, especially since there are so few left with us.
I'm very grateful for the time I spent there today, and I may post portions of the interview online, but I will leave that up to Boyd once he sees the footage. This may just be a Project that only gets seen by his family, but it was a really great experience.
Here is an email that was sent to Boyd from some of his friends in Holland, that were related to those that were protected and set free by Boyd and so many others in the Canadian military:
In Holland they never forget the price that was paid for their freedom:
"We think of you a lot, especially today. Harlingen celebrates and remembers the day we were set free. Carmen is in her last year of the Elementary School and the class went to the cemetery. Very impressive that was, at all ages, though. We think of you with fond memories of your visits, first with your dear, dear wife Ruth and later with your ever so kind daughter Eileen. But when it is April 17, we always think of this young man from Canada, fighting for justice and peace and we are so grateful. So, dear friend from the other side of the ocean: thank you again."
Incredibly powerful words. You are an amazing man Boyd!
Today was a very intense shoot for Andrew Harback's band "Two or Three". We shot outside in the rain for most of the day! It stars Olivia Stephen, one of my illustrious Composition/ Digital Recording students, she did a great job! Thanks to Tessa and family for letting us shoot at their gorgeous house.
I'll post the video in a couple days, one of my PDS days will be to edit this video.
Tomorrow I'm off to film a WWII veteran, I can't wait to meet him.
Thanks for checking in, and I hope you are also getting inspired to do some stuf!
