Thursday, June 7, 2007

144

June 6, 2007



I like it when they look like old film photographs. I don't necessarily like this image though. The boxes are full of tubes for building bicycles. I was standing there looking at a table of "potential", hundreds of kilometers of pavement supported memories, perhaps thousands. Disparate ideals of individual components being bonded together into larger entities just prior to being separated from their brethren on the table into their smaller brazed groups and venturing out into the world for their own adventures. Being grouped together only to be taken apart. Somewhere in there there is a philosophy, or a metaphor. I don't think I found it with this image.

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

143

June 5, 2007

142

June 4, 2007



Home. Part 3.

141

June 3, 2007



No excuses but it rained today, and I hung out with my kid all day, so not many photographs. But yes, I could have tried harder.

Sunday, June 3, 2007

140

June 2, 2007

Saturday, June 2, 2007

139

June 1, 2007



Home. Part 2

Friday, June 1, 2007

138

May 31, 2007

137

May 30, 2007

136

May 29, 2007



Home.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

135

May 28, 2007

Monday, May 28, 2007

134

May 27, 2007



I saw a motorhome gutted by a fire on the side of the road by a lake, a family's summer vacation dreams stolen by inconvenient combustion. I saw the edges of storm clouds above mountains stealing the last pink of daylight out of thin air. I saw a black bear, a coyote, a moose. But the whole time all I could think about is how the tire on the back of my motorcycle could spontaneously implode at any moment with it's inner construction bared to the asphalt below it. I rode from Revelstoke to Calgary with my mind fixated on moderating my speed (no easy task, thoroughbred motorcycles like to run fast) and listening for the shrapnel breaking free from the wheel with one foot ready to lock up the rear wheel brake and one eye on the side of the road looking for a soft landing spot. And so today's photo is of that which occupied so much of my day's thoughts.

133

May 26, 2007

132

May 25, 2007



Hell's gate. We rode motorcycles from Calgary to Vancouver. This is the only picture I have for the day.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

131

May 24, 2007



That's right, it's the end of May, and it's snowing in Calgary.

130

May 23, 2007

129

May 22, 2007

Monday, May 21, 2007

128

May 21, 2007



This reminds me of a drawing I did in my sketchbook. If I can find the drawing I'll scan it and put it here as well.




Found it.

127

May 20, 2007



Hot Little Rocket

www.myspace.com/hotlittlerocket

126

May 19, 2007

Saturday, May 19, 2007

125

May 18, 2007

Friday, May 18, 2007

124

May 17, 2007

123

May 16, 2007

122

May 15, 2007

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

121

May 14, 2007

120

May 13, 2007



Alright, here we go. For a week I'm parking the big camera and walking around with the pocket point and shoot. Every picture will be low-fi, out of the camera, no mods, no adjustments in Photoshop. If I owned a Polaroid that would be what this week is about but since I don't resist innovation as much as people might think I do I'm using the modern day equivalent, a Canon SD550 Powershot. Turn it on, push the button and voila, a picture.

119

May 12, 2007



Andrew Whiteman from the band Apostle of Hustle who played at the HiFi Club this night. You might know him from Broken Social Scene or, if you're an old fuck like myself, Bourbon Tabernacle Choir.

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May 11, 2007

Monday, May 14, 2007

117

May 10, 2007

116

May 9, 2007

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

115

May 8, 2007

114

May 7, 2007



I have to confess I cropped this one. 99% of what I post is uncropped, that's part of the challenge.

113

May 6, 2007

Sunday, May 6, 2007

112

May 5, 2007



Finally, an image I'm not embarrassed to put up. It's quickly becoming my signature I guess, these fringe shots that bend contexts. I like this one. Perhaps I will miss these skies when I move away from here. And some of the people. But probably not much else.

111

May 4, 2007



Perhaps I should change this to My Daily Snapshot...

110

May 2, 2007



I've been distracted by the sale of my store. It's hard to focus on anything (pun intended) when you're letting go of something you've put 8 years into and, well, pretty much drunk any time you're not at work. But that's another story...

Thursday, May 3, 2007

109

May 2, 2007

108

May 1, 2007

107

April 30, 2007

Monday, April 30, 2007

106

April 29, 2007

Saturday, April 28, 2007

105

April 28, 2007

104

April 27, 2007

103

April 26, 2007

Thursday, April 26, 2007

102

April 25, 2007

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

101

April 24, 2007

100

April 23, 2007

Sunday, April 22, 2007

99

April 22, 2007

98

April 21, 2007



I've been distracted lately, I've sold my store, I'm hoping the pictures will get better again soon.

Saturday, April 21, 2007

97

April 20, 2007



It's spring in Calgary.

Friday, April 20, 2007

96

April 19, 2007