Tremblant: Revisited

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6 years ago, my two friends and I went on a spring break trip to Mont Tremblant to snowboard for a week. there were a few things we learned really quick about this ski town located 2 hours outside Montreal: (1) ski town food is really expensive and (2) the Canadian drinking age is 18 or 19, so you have to be super careful (or reckless?) with who you talk to in the bars. this trip was a really fun trip, however it was really warm and it rained a bit – so the snowboarding wasn’t ideal, but still completely memorable.

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Show Off Your Pink

Pink reels for breast cancer

This past fall, Boa Technologies partnered with the Boarding 4 Breast Cancer to help raise money and awareness for early breast cancer detection. They focus on youth awareness and active lifestyle promotion campaigns. This seemed like a very unique way to donate – I’ve already got a pink breast cancer shirt and a couple related pins, but the pink Boa replacement reels are definitely the most unique and very memorable. Most Boa reels are black or silver, so to see a bright pink one on the slopes is a very eye catching marketing tool. B4BC has partnered with a lot of companies that specialize in active outdoor lifestyles like The North Face, Gnu Snowboards, Sun Bum, as well as premier events like the X-Games.

Now that the snowboarding season is here, if you’re looking into getting or already have boots with Boa technology, consider a unique upgrade with the pink reels and donate to a good cause.

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My Introduction to Bokeh

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I’ve been interested in this photography technique for a while, but didn’t set aside the time I needed to get acquainted with it until recently. the holiday obviously brings out plenty of christmas lights and other great bokeh candidates. I didn’t have a chance to combine portrait photography with bokeh, but I suspect I’ll be doing that next.

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2011 [My] Photo of the Year

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It may seem unusual to put a wedding photo as my picture of the year, but this photo has so much below the surface which is what makes it an important one for me. The photo is of my cousin who got married New Year’s Day 2011. They had one photographer for the day and he asked me to take photos of the groomsmen and other “guy” pictures. I definitely wanted to help out so we went around the hotel taking photos at various locations, and ending up with some photos I really like. It was a great feeling to be able to give someone a set of photos they like that they otherwise might not have been able to get – one of the big reasons why I got into wedding photography in the first place.

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2011 in One Photo

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This is easily my favorite photo of 2011. The morning newspaper had a section on the top photos of 2011, and although there were plenty of memorable and tragic moments captured throughout the world, this one of Scott Jones and Alexandra Thomas was one of the viral photos of the year. The context is that the two were caught up in the riots after the Vancouver Canucks lost to the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup and Jones was comforting his girlfriend.

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Christmas 2011

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Merry Christmas everyone! hope you have a great weekend with plenty of family, food, festivities, and hopefully some presents sprinkled in.

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The Scared Govvie

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Something has become pretty clear to me in terms of a trend amongst the older portion of the government workforce I’ve interacted with over the years. A somewhat recent poll from the Washington Post indicated a similar view of federal employees by the surveyed people. even among government employees, there are polarized views of the quality of federal worker, as well as the salary in comparison to the private sector. There are some great talented people who are motivated and who motivate others. These are the ones who are the crown jewels of federal employment. Conversely, there are also the… what I’ll call the “bottom performers”. These are the ones who you typically hear complaints about being lazy, slow to react, indecisive, sticks in the mud, etc.

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Photography Cost Breakdown

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There are many assumptions I’m making for this post, drawing mostly from my experience. There are likely some holes and something I did not take into consideration, but the take home message is this: Photography almost always seems overpriced for a 1/125th second frozen in time, but you have to remember all the hours of prep, equipment-time cost, and processing time which is required to come out with that one perfect picture. I’m going to get into what you’re paying for when you hire a photographer. the ratio listed by each heading is (heading title hours:event hours). Read More »

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Friends’ Songs

You know how they say scent is a really powerful thing to help you remember your memories? For me, I think I also associate music with people as well – when I hear certain songs, I find myself being reminded of friends and people I know. Do you do that? Hear a song and instantly think of someone you know? Hopefully I’m not the only one, but here are some of the ones that came up:

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Blog Mash-up

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There are many blogs I try to keep up with. I like to read local ones, mostly because the places and events are more relevant. I had this idea to try to mash up two blog posts to make a more interesting and hopefully funny-to-read blog post. I figured I like mash-up songs, why not mash-up blogs? These are two writers I’ve seen pop up on my blog reader, telling of a night of intimacy/sex.

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