I head off to Africa in about a week to go shoot for about a month. I’ll be celebrating my 25th birthday somewhere in between Ethiopia and Tanzania. (Hopefully) I was looking through some old footage yesterday from my last trip and come across this, and it put a smile on my face. Yup, people cheer for a successful landing as we drop in to Kigali, Rwanda.
A growing obsession with all that have an engine and two wheels…
And not surprisingly, current reading material:
http://www.amazon.com/Shop-Class-Soulcraft-Inquiry-Value/dp/1594202230
Only into the first little bit, but I am really enjoying it so far.
Tristan, Victoria and I were walking down 1st Avenue in downtown Seattle after we had fled the country on New Year’s Eve in search of adventure and spotted this place packed to the gills with people who looked to be having a great time. So, after picking up Tara from Sea-Tac from an incredibly tiring 2.5 hour drive to Seattle, I had to stop in for a pint to check it out. If you are ever in Seattle, stop in for a drink, the bar staff is great, there are books everywhere, one of those old ladder bookcases, great Scotch and Bourbon varieties, and it is kind of fun browsing through all of the random books. (The waitress named Stop the Insanity by Susan Powder and a random set of 70’s encyclopedias with faded photos as her favourite browing material.) I am definately lifting a few ideas for the future when I make my own bar. (A guy can dream, right?)
I started off my Friday by running into Elli, an old high school who I hadn’t seen forever. Yeah Elli! The last time I had seen her was before I had gone off to Africa, and she and husband Brad got married while I was away. What a lucky guy. Congrats Mr. and Mrs. MacDonald.
Then Saturday it was off to Point Roberts, Washinton for a 40K bike ride from Vancouver. It is such a beautiful spot and there were many laughs to be had during our long rounds of sing-along around the campfire. Classic summertime good times. Old friends and new friends came out and had a great time.
New clubman handlebars, fork gaiters go on soon.
Got to play with my new 5d Mark II this weekend and threw a bit of random video footage together….I’ve been spending the past few days organizing how to deal with the huge beautiful files this camera puts out.
me: i would totally jump but darn, i don’t have a towel.
random guy: i have a spare towel.
me: well there goes my excuse.
Went out to Lighthouse Park and Lions Bay this Saturday. I’m always amazed by how many places there are in close proximity to Vancouver that I have never been to. I have spent the last 24-48 hours coming up with the best way (or, really, just anyway that works) to deal with the 1080P footage and huge still files that come out of my new 5d Mark II. It’s a total pain in the ass but I get that is what comes along with the quality you get out of this camera. I guess I’ll just load up on new external hard drives.
Met some really cool guys who were slacklining at the base of the Chief after my hike up there on Friday. These guys were amazingly good at it, I gave it a shot as well and it is just as hard as I thought, even though these guys made it look soooo simple.
Sidenote: I finally have my new 5D Mark II and am right now sitting in front of my laptop at 1:01 AM editing photos and video from the past few days, my first 48 hours with it. So far, I am pretty much in love with it. More footage/photos to come.