Monday, September 30, 2013

Family Portraits Exhibit at The Forks

Now this is happening...


The Graffiti Gallery has selected six photos from my ongoing "Family Portraits" series to put up on display at the gallery at The Forks Plaza. They won't be up forever, so get down there and check them out now!


What's the inspiration for these portraits? Read on...


Public Service Announcement: We all know (I hope) that it's bad to paint graffiti all over the park. Why? Instead of putting money aside for things that cost money like lights and upkeep, the Forks spends loads of money on graffiti removal every year. The same goes for the Graffiti Gallery display boxes. The Graffiti Gallery spends time, effort and money to maintain these boxes so they can showcase local talent. Unfortunately after all of the sticker and graffiti removal on the plexiglass covers, the end result isn't as brilliant as it's intended to be.


Next time you're just itching to put a decal or tag up on the plexiglass or spray paint "all hail Satan" in the bowl...take a moment to read the one message that came with the park "Respect this place and each other".


That's that!

Saturday, September 28, 2013

A sequence of events

I said to the family "we're heading out; destination to be announced". Number One Son asked "can I take my iPod with me to take photos?" I reluctantly replied "yes". Why reluctantly? The first reason is because we have a rule... If the protective case isn't on, it doesn't leave the house. The protective case was not on. The second reason is based on his responsibility level. Where is it at? I wasn't sure. I dropped the over protective parent bit and went with the flow.

When we left the house. No one besides me was sure where we were going. When we arrived at The Forks, Number One Son saw some geese and executed his plan to "take photos" with his iPod Touch.


I'd like to think that we're a spontaneous family, so no big deal to me that taking photos quickly turned to running around the park... just because. My wife even caught the running around in action with her own i-device via Instagram video. You'll notice in this video still that the iPod Touch mentioned previously is not in one of the four pockets of Number One Son's pants, but sitting on this ledge instead.


I was already one foot out of the park, when I turned around to capture this photo thinking all was business as usual...


...but it wasn't. The iPod Touch was still sitting on the ledge on top of the bank in the middle of the skate park when we left for dinner!

Of course we didn't realize this until closer to 9:00pm when we were back at home. The first thing we did was check "find my iPhone" via Apple's iCloud. Unfortunately, his isn't a great tool for the iPod Touch device if it's not currently on a wifi network.

The next move was posting about the iPod via social networking, because our social network is largely composed of skateboarders that frequent The Plaza at The Forks. Then we hopped in the car armed with a flashlight and headed down to the park based on a hope and a prayer that it would amazingly be sitting right where we realized it was left when we viewed the video to retrace our steps. No such luck.

We dropped by the security office, but no one had turned it in. They asked us if the pass code lock was activated which it was. They gave us hope by telling us that iPods and iPhones that are locked are often handed in to lost and found. A couple of days later and still, no such luck.

Now I've heard about people losing or having their phones stolen and I am always the first to say "should have had your pass code lock on, should have been registered with "find my iPhone". Now of course with all things ironic with the amount of idevices I have set up for family and friends, this one didn't have photo and video being back up to iCloud by the looks of it. So my son is not just out one 4th Gen 32GB iPod Touch, he's missing all of the memories that are stored on it as well.

It's not like he "lost" it as much as he "left" it. Which is probably the same reason local skateboarder Kenny Doerksen and his friends responded to one of the posts in search of the phone indicating that him and his friends saw it on the ledge two hours after it was "left" there. I'm assuming they thought it belonged to someone skateboarding the park and never picked it up. If anyone knows anyone who WAS at The Plaza this past Thursday, September 26th, 2013...please ask them if they maybe picked it up in error? Like I wrote already; it was not lost, but left and just needs to be returned. Hand it in to security/lost and found at The Forks or drop us a line. We'd even compensate you for your troubles. Thanks! Thanks to all of those who helped get the word out so far and thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to pass this on.

We try so hard in life to appreciate what we DO have and not dwell on losing an object. This one is not about being without the object and it has very little to do with its monetary value. It's just about being bummed out that we've lost what's on it and we've rather have it back than not.

Monday, September 23, 2013

Know your history

It's been a while since we've dipped in to the archives. We do like to submit some photos once in awhile to the Winnipeg's Skatboarding History page, like this shot of our old friend Paul doing a street plant on the cul-de-sac circa 1988?.


Friday, September 20, 2013

On a Roll - Sample # 6

The sixth and final sampling from the last roll that ran through the FM2. That's all you get!


That's that!

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Monday, September 16, 2013

Sunday, September 15, 2013

On a roll

First sampling from the last roll that ran through the FM2


Saturday, September 14, 2013

Get on it!

I was stoked to run in to Will Power the other day during and after the Flip demo at The Plaza.


Stoked and super excited to see his latest tattoo up close and personal! Yes he gave this one to himself!


Then he decides to show me that he couldn't wait any longer for us to go out and make some fine head wear...he took the bull by the horns and took care of business himself. DIY!


Love it! We may just have to finally get on that!

Friday, September 13, 2013

Side note - Part II

The other day I mentioned being the recipient of my very first rangefinder to call my own. It's a Konica Auto S2 35mm. It worked flawlessly up until about frame number 17, which at that point it sounded hungry and started eating film while I was using the winder. I am hoping this was just a one time thing. I think the film canister has too much room to jump around or something like that, so the holes in the film came out of alignment with the film advance sprocket thingy?

When I introduced the new camera, I also promised to share some results. I had the rangefinder with me while hanging out with Number One Son and shooting my friend Waylon and his family for a project. The rangefinder came out and I'm digging the results... a lot!





I am already eager to try the next roll! That's that!

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Flip Demo - Winnipeg

Back row...


...Human Rights Museum.


...front row!


Something big must be happening, even Lance Mountain is in attendance!


Ready, aim, fire!


Flip Demo!


Louie Lopez killing it on the hubba.




Matt Berger threw down some crazy tricks...


...all over the park!


Curren Caples blew people's minds on the "carpet"!


Number One Son barges at will! Oops!


Camera envy!


No paparazzi for this guy. Exit stage right!


Mandatory close up shot (Ryan Martin).


Who's that?


Lance Mountain!


Lance and the Flip crew put on an extraordinary demo! We hoped to see Lance rip up the bowl, but unfortunately that didn't happen. Not a big deal at all, cause these guys held nothing back and entertained to the fullest. They were all great with the kids (young and old) before and after the demo. Thanks for stopping off in Winnipeg!

Faces in the crowd...


Alec and Kyra


Catrin's back in town!


Dead serious!


That's that!

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Dedication

This submission for the P/S Submit Page was a jaw dropper to say the least!


Will Power. Dedicated! We thank you for that!

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Straight ahead!

Shot this the other day after finishing up a project. I've posted a different shot of this tattoo in the past and I'm posting it again! A reminder to keep it on the straight path!


Sunday, September 8, 2013

4v4

In local news... WSEU (Winnipeg South End United), held their inaugural 4v4 Tournament this weekend.


Number One Son joined up with "The Wild Boyz" and they took first place with pride!


A job well done!

Saturday, September 7, 2013

F.T.W.

Food Truck Wars!


Just like The Food Network, but in real life.


That's what's up!


Unfortunately, if you'd like a little taste or even a full meal at a truck like this...


this...


...or that (or others not shown).


You'll have to be patient for this...


this...


...or that!


We were far too hungry. We stayed in a line that didn't budge for 20 minutes. While I was in line, I wondered if they operated at lunch hours at a snails pace as well. It'd be hard to make a living if such were the case! I digress...

We ventured off through Winnipeg's central neighborhood. Stuck at a traffic light at the local beer vendor and witnessed a tussle.


Finally arrived at our new destination! North Star Drive In.


Speaking of making a living...


...this place was taken over by new owners almost two years ago. It was our first visit since the change of ownership and it was nice to see that things were left the way they were! Super friendly to boot!


That's that!