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I'm off to Seattle for the day with J-F for a photo mission. I'll post an update when I get back! So stoked to be shooting again!!!
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Today is my first day off in about a month, and I have tomorrow off as well, finally have time to relax! Gonna fire off a few rolls of 120 today.
Update:
Just came back from the beach, went to shoot some 150mm hassy shots of seagulls, bought a loaf of bread to bring the birds to me, and shot a roll... then realized I had the wrong back and it had no film, so I wasted a good hour, so I went back home and grabbed the other back, which had some film in it from the guy who sold it to me. Went back to the beach, but went into the low tide area with all of the rocks, finished that roll, then when I opened the back I forgot to wind it so I exposed the end of the roll. It was also 400 speed, when I thought it was 100 speed. Then when I loaded up the next roll, the seagulls smartened up and just decided to take the bag of bread from me, so I called it quits.
I also bought a Sekonic L-558r Dualmaster meter, picked it up today... it has everything I need, the L-358 is good to me, but I missed having a spot meter when I had the L-508, so I'll be selling that now. Went to Bonsor yesterday to go swimming, haven't gone swimming in a long time. My elbow is super sore now because of it, I really need to start working it out (hurts from when I dislocated it). Sunset was amazing last night, I took some cellphone pics (I got a new phone):
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My Pocket Wizard Plus IIs weren't working for sequences with any of my flashes. They would work with the slower sequence mode but not 8.5fps, and old Plus receivers and transmitters would work perfectly, so something was up with them. It was bugging me, so I did some research and found out that any Plus II with a serial number starting with "61" didn't have the proper firmware in them to function with faster sequences, and that they would replace them for free with newer ones, all I would have to pay for was shipping. The new ones came in the mail the other day. Now it's time for some blinding sequences at night!
Nelson gave me a copy of the Tens video at work today, my Internet has been slow, so I have only seen the first part so far (Paul Trep). Gonna watch the whole thing right now, stoked! I can't wait for spring/summer so I can shoot all the time, watching skate videos is hyping me up so much.
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Haven't posted in a while because all I have been doing is working (Olympic hours are here) I manage the website for the candy store now, ontop of my store hours... I worked 107 hours this paycheck... I don't get much sleep. After Olympics are done I'll get back to my regular life (taking photos and skating), and nice weather will be coming around then anyways, so I'm stoked.
Hasselblad PM5 prism and some Ilford Delta 100 (120) finally came in the mail, the guy shipped it to my parent's house for some reason, even though I told him not to, so they had to reship it to me. I just bought a 50mm CT*, 60mm CT*, a24 back, and a polaroid back for the Hasseblad as well. Now I can finally shoot 220 in it. I also downgraded from the Sekonic L-508 meter to the L-358, got it the other day.
Robson St. is completely shut down because of the Olympics (the road my work is on), so I have to take a detour on the bus and then walk a bit, such a hassle (especially if I'm pressed for time).
I promise I'll update the site with some photos soon!
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Finally moved into a new place now. Oliver and I were looking for apartments and we found a bunch of dope ones in our price range, but we never got any of them because of stupid things. First place, Oliver found, they were stoked on us, he gave them damage deposit check and everything, I changed my addresses over to this address, then his check bounced because a bill had come off his account automatically, so he didn't have enough afterwards, and because of the N.S.F check no other place would approve him because when they would do the credit check they noticed it. Second place the guy was stoked on us, but when we gave our application to the building owner, he didn't want two tenants in the suite. Third place was the best, huge, new appliances, right downtown, we really wanted it. Oliver applied for it, but then we realized later that night about the N.S.F check situation, so we had to call the landlord back first thing in the morning and make sure she didn't process it, and we would go back and put it in my name, at this point we have driven there atleast 5 times. She said she would do the credit check and call me the next night, but in the end we got no call, she was ignoring our calls, and then we found out she gave it to someone else the night I gave her my application, so lame.
So now it's the 31st, we don't have a place to live, and I need to get all my stuff out of the old place, because the place was trashed, holes in the walls, and everyone has already moved out, except for me... so if the landlord showed up I would have to be explaining (and paying for) a lot of things, so I needed out. TJ let us stay at his old place for the night and we piled our stuff there. Oliver and I went looking for places on Craigslist at the library, but it was closing in 20 minutes, so we wrote down as many numbers as possible and started hunting again. We called all of the numbers except for one and they were all too small, no answer, or something else, but the very last number got through and we checked it out a minute later, since we drove to te apartment before we called. We ask her how many people have applied for the place, and she said nobody because the old tenant moved out two hours ago and didn't give a notice. My credit check wet through on one of the old places (the only one that processed it) so I knew that if we just applied for this place we would get it for sure.
We got a call yesterday morning at 9:30am saying we got approved and that we would have to give her money and get the keys, but Oliver had gone to Richmond to buy a new car (well, old car), he got a blue Firefly. He took 5 hours for some reason, and during that time the landlord at TJ's place showed up (my old landlord) and was furious when he saw all of our stuff piled into the place. He wanted to show the apartment to people and needed to clean the floors and paint the walls, so I had to move everything out asap... by myself. We put it in a storage room downstairs until Oliver came back with his old truck to start taking loads over to the new place, as well as moving TJ and Jen's stuff to their new place. Then I had to work at 3pm, so we were rushing because they took so long getting the car. I paid the landlord her money, got the keys and rushed down to work a bit late, then Oliver and TJ handled the moving of everything from place to place. I got off work but I had to stay longer and take all of the bulk candy off the wall and put it around the store, because we are getting new shelves today, and we needed to clear it out. I'm not surprised I woke up really sore today.
The new place is two buildings from English Bay, my favourite sushi place is on the corner, my bank is right down the road, London Drugs is a few blocks away, so I can get 35mm film developed there, everything is in the area (Davie, Denman, Robson), and I work on Robson so I can bomb a hill to get to work and get home as well, perfect! There's a bus out front that goes straight to the skate plaza, we have a dishwasher, sink garburator, lots of storage space, and we're stealing wireless right now and it's faster then my old internet, and rent is cheaper then all of the other places we had found, I'm so stoked!
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So... our cable and internet got cut off, but the cable still has channels up to 100, just doesn't work with the box anymore, so I was out of internet for over a week. I also lost my phone during that time, which really sucks. I had no life outside of work and home. Made me realize how much we depend on technology. Hassy fish came!
We got evicted two days ago and have to move out as soon as possible. Roommate put hot sauce on the neighbours truck, and the neighbour put paint thinner all over Clayton's car and called our landlord (he used to live in our place then moved next door). The landlord has had a few calls from him before so he wasn't happy and came over and told us we had to leave. It's been stressful the past few days, but things always work out, so I'm not worrying.
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I'm back in Vancouver now (since the 1st) and it's nice to be back. The flight from London to Toronto was only 20 minutes long, then I was supposed to wait 3 hours in Toronto for my flight to Vancouver, but my first flight was a little slow getting off the runway, so that 3 hours turned into 1 hour. My second flight sucked, my seat wouldn't recline for some reason, it was broken. I even tried asking if they could put me in first class, no dice. I have the worst sloutch so sitting upright for 5 hours sucked a lot. When food came around I was so jealous because I wasn't supposed to get any, but they said I was entitled to a sandwich and snack (courtesy of my cancelled flight, I'm sure). I got a roast beef Quizno's sandwich, I've always wanted to get one on flights... but it ended up being disgusting, way too much lettuce, hardly any meat, and the sauce was whack.
Went to cash a pay check yesterday but the bank was closed, so I have to wait until monday. I bought a new sweater and two polos from the Gap, need to keep it fresh. I was on eBay two days ago and saw a Hasselblad 30mm CF T* fisheye with a "Buy It Now" price of $2200 but it also had a "Best Offer" option, so I lowball offered him $1500, but it automatically got denied by his preset minimum, so I then put $1800, but it got denied, so I then put $1850, and it went through. I just needed to see if the guy would accept the offer. I wake up yesterday and I see in my email that the guy accepted the offer. This lens usually goes for around $2600 in the condition that it is, and I got it for $1850. I'm stoked. Should be here on Friday! Now I just need to sell my Bronica kit with fisheye, Dylan Davies has dibs.
I sold two Vivitar 285hvs last night, thanks to Craigslist. I sold my Sekonic L-508 light meter to Mitchell DeYoung, might downgrade or upgrade... not too sure yet. I also sold my Hasseblad 80mm CF T* to Curtis Rothney to possibly fund a 60mm (haven't decided yet).
Going snowboarding tomorrow morning with old roommate TJ at Seymour, stoked to go riding because I never took my snowboard home for the holidays, it would have cost me 100 bucks each way for the extra bag, so 200 bucks to ride on a hill that is 300 feet long or wait for 2 weeks to ride a real mountain, I waited.
Once again I was too lazy to upload cell phone pics, soon enough though.
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I've been waiting for the Hasselblad to come in the mail for the past 2 weeks, it was slow because of the holidays, and I was super anxious waiting for it, I would wait for the mailman everyday. I was supposed to fly back to Vancouver today, I get to the airport, my parents drop me off... then an hour later they tell me my flight is cancelled due to mechanical problems, and that they will have to give me the next available flight... which is tomorrow because all of the flights today were full. So much hassle.
I didn't think the Hasselblad would come before I left, I was bummed out, because my parents would have to re-ship it to me in Vancouver, and I hate waiting for stuff in the mail... but as I was leaving to go to the airport, I opened the front door to load my bags into the van, and the package was sitting right on the front step. Perfect timing. I couldn't believe it.
Went over to Erika's last night, we got loose for Morgan Smith's birthday, I got him a Gucci Mane cd, he's stoked on it. Jamal and Dustin T-M even came out, it was a fun night!
It's my roommate Will Durie's birthday today as well as homie Jamie Walker, and on top of that New Years is tonight, I was so stoked to get back and party, but of course I can't get back until tomorrow, bummer.
I have lots of cellphone pics from over the holidays that I'm too lazy to upload right now, I'll post them up soon.
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I went back to Ontario yesterday to see family for the holidays. I only brought my digital with me (and cellphone, if you're into those photos, haha) Erika gets back from Cuba in a few days, so I'll get to see her soon... I haven't seen her in one year! Also found out yesterday that my one dog Bailey is deaf, he wasn't the last time I saw him, so it's not the same around him now, if his eyes are closed you could yell and he wouldn't even know. I have been on a spending spree lately, here is what I have bought:
From Patrick Driscoll:
Quantum Q-Flash T2 with Turbo battery, charger and household to miniphone cord
From Eric Thompson:
Hasselblad PM5 45 degree prism
5 rolls of Ilford Delta 100 (120)
From Zander Taketomo:
Quantum Turbo battery with charger
From Mat Levine:
Hasselblad 500cm (chrome)
including wlf, 150mm CFT, 80mm CFT, a12 (x2), a16, all caps and 1 roll of velvia 50
I'm stoked.
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