PLAYING DEAD FOR GOOGLE MAPS

This is a fun idea. I guess if you see that crazy vehicle going by taking photos of your neighbourhood, why not make it a fun photo so you (and everyone on the planet) can be amused later! Yahoo! or should I say Google!?
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TOO MUCH WORK. WORKED 22 HOURS TODAY.

Ok I am not working as hard as this guy in the photo from my new show who literally is wearing his shirt into threads, but no kidding this has been a crazy long day! No naps, No lunch, and a 2 hour break for dinner. I got up at 5 am… I just woke up and since my head was spinning with pressures of things that need to be done for new show and just decided to start working. Went to bed at...
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NARDWUAR MEETS A NEW FAN

What a hoot. the Evaportors played at Neptoon Records on March 3 and I just finished the photos… these might end up in a music video too. Good fun. As you can see the one photo below this was a LOW CEILING and A FAN almost got too friendly with Nardo as he got hoisted up on his keyboard. I labelled the CD for Nardo as “Evaporators on Neptoon” … sounds good to me. Hope you...
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VIDEO OF EVAPORATORS FEATURING MY PICS

Yahoo! New Evaps Video done with photos I took at the “Kitsilano Days” event (It used to be called Hippy days!) Fun fun fun! NetworkedBlogsBlog:BLOG | WrjphotoTopics: Photography, Travel, Adventure  Follow my blog
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Heli shoot today and hope this harness stops me from falling out

Short notice Aerial Shoot today. The first time ever to have THREE huge ships from one shipping line at Deltaport. This harness is what keeps me safe! I’d love to show a couple of the wow photos of the line of ships, but need client approval first from Hamburg. But this is fun shot of us in flight.
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THIS SHIP BETTER PASS BEFORE SUNSET OR ELSE

This is from a few months back (when SNOW was on the ground), but I thought I would share it. One of those timing shoots that had me biting my fingernails a bit. I had to get that ship… but it was late and crossed where I needed it too only 3 mintues before the sun disappeared! Major deadline shoot too and no grace to come back another day. For a shipping related client, I had to of course...
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RUSH CORPORATE PORTRAIT WITH NICE RESULTS

Super Rush shoot today… the shoot had been booked for a while, but they needed final images fast – not much after I left the location! This is one I particularly liked of this Management crew that own many very high end hotels around Canada… Hiltons, etc.
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VIDEO OF A GREAT SPELLING BEE

This is really worth seeing… and worth catching to the end. I saw the kid on Jimmy Kimmel Last night and it is for real.
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VIDEO HELLO SUNG BY FAMOUS ACTORS

Lionel Richie’s “HELLO” pulled from a variety of movies… fits pretty well indeed! Sing along if you like 😉 Hello from ant1mat3rie on Vimeo.
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AS COOL AS HAIR BANDS OF THE EIGHTIES

Wow! Cannot beat the hair on these ladies… and I bet they REALLY love the line “THE TALLER THE HAIR, THE CLOSER TO GOD” The name of the one album might bring up some questions in some circles, but nevermind that! Just dig them hairs!!
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REESE WITHERSPOON (AND REESE WITHOUTHERSPOON)

I got this from George Takai, and he got it from a fan, who got it from this guy… etc, etc Good fun and refreshingly simple.
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JOINING REFRESHING DIPS FOR A REFRESHING DIP

Yep, did it again. All great fun! The only drag was having two kids come up and say the first button I had on my jacket (the first year I did it) was ALSO the year they were born! Egads. Great fun as always. If you want to join in next year let me know and I would be pleased to escort you into the water 🙂 COOLEST REPORTER EVER:
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VIDEO – TOTALLY ABSURD BUT FUNNY!

I don’t even know how I found this, but the reason it really works for me and made me laugh is that I had NO IDEA what it was and where it was going… It is only 1 minute long and ABSURD! I think I should call it “PATH TO DESTRUCTION” to confuse you even more!! I am so glad I did not know the title or anything… I hope you like it too…
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CHARLIE BROWN XMAS TREE

I had a tree blow over in Pender Harbour so this is the very very top of it… makes a nice little wee xmas tree. Merry Christmas to everyone everywhere, except Telus who deserves nothing but coal 🙂 Ha ha ho ho 🙂
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BILAR XMAS

Wow this just keeps getting better. My friends from Germany send Haribo and now my friend from Sweden just sent me BILAR… including the brand new Sveriges Mest Kopta Bil (I can’t put the umlauts on the O though)… Anyway those are snow covered Cars. Crazy good. Wow those swedes really have the concept of cars as a tasty treat down pat! Yay for Swedish Bilar!! Who says you cannot...
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HARIBO XMAS!

Wow, how lucky am I!! I was just literally leaving when Mr Postman came walking up the street from the Alley with an amazing package… when I saw the word HARIBO on the box I was hopeful and… Gosh Golly, it was for me! YAHOO! I just love them Haribo candies (sour candies and stuff like that). My wonderful friends from Germany sent them off to me! Yippee…
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EVAPORATORS NEW ALBUM (I LOVE DOING THEIR PHOTOS!)

He is at it again. This is Nardwuar and the Evaporators Newest release. I always love taking their photos and this was really good fun in front of a live and enthusiastic audience. Buy their album here: http://nardwuar.com/records/cleo19/
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BLACK BEAR IN DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER!

Wow: A black bear managed to get to DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER today riding in a garbage truck! Funny it appeared right in the heart of downtown pretty much right across the street from the Christmas Market! That will REALLY get those Germans wanting to come and visit now! Two of their favorite things…. Christmas Markets and Bears all in one convenient Location. 🙂 Here is the full story and a spot...
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SPEAKING ABOUT CATARACTS AT THE SEVA AGM

On December 2nd I had the pleasure of speaking at SEVA’s Annual General Meeting. I was able to share my personal experiences with Cataract Surgeries performed in Western China / Eastern Tibet in the Hospital that SEVA helped fund! First time showing images from this most recent trip and it was great to share them. Very nice audience! Thanks to Penny Lyons, Heater Wardle and everyone who...
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SHOOTING GOLF FOR BC RENAL AGENCY

Shooting Golf in December? I had the great fun of working with Jared Provost and Alexis Whatley from the BC Renal Agency to do a photo of Jared golfing. He is a Kidney Dialysis patient, but that is not stopping him from doing fun things. We laughed a lot so he must be having fun. Final shot chosen will appear in my portfolio section soon enough. Not sure which one yet… Here is...
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ALLOWING SAUDI WOMEN TO DRIVE WILL CAUSE PROSTITUTION…

Allowing Women in Saudi Arabia to Drive Will Cause Prostitution, Pornography, Homosexuality and Divorce says Saudi academic Kamal Subhi. There are lots of stories on the web about this shocking statement and issue. here is one version by Victoria Travers: Story by: VICTORIA TRAVERS On Friday the BBC published a story documenting the fear felt by some Saudi conservatives and clerics, that...
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Remembrance day coincidence

Not earth shattering or anything, but kind of interesting serendipity that at 11:11 on 2011/11/11 I was parking to have brunch with friends. Suzanne and Colin kindly plugged coins in the meter but we were short a bit and I fished into my pocket to get a quarter and got one of those rare POPPY QUARTERS! Oh how intriguing. I hope it is not bad luck to put it into a city parking meter!
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Just saved a life and got hail for it.

Very interesting day… I went out at 2 pm for an errand run while it was sunny, saved a guy’s life who was ready to jump off a bridge, then kept running to get hailed on so hard that my legs are sore now. While crossing the Cambie Street Bridge I came upon a young first nations fellow who was over the railing holding on the the wrong side of the bridge. With a heavy coat and backpack...
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HORRIBLE MOVIE ALERT

Please promise me you will not go see THE THREE MUSKETEERS! What a horrifyingly stupid movie. The only way to have fun would be to bring a pen and paper and write down all the foolish gaffs they make as the movie drags on. You would have writer’s cramp soon enough, but at least comparing lists might be fun. I will try to keep mental note on director “Paul W.S. Anderson” to...
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LANGARA SEMINAR

Well I missed getting a photo with all 27 of the Langara First Year photography students, but here are some of the batch who kindly hung out afterwards to chat. I had the great pleasure of chatting with them about photography and I really appreciated their interest and enthusiasm. I had a great time and hope they did too. I wish them all well as they pursue their photographic endeavours! Eric...
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INTENSE VIDEO… TOO MUCH TO HANDLE?

Wow if you can manage to get through the entire video without your teeth falling out you deserve a prize. Ouch ouch! Do not show this video to anyone standing on a bridge or they may just throw themselves off. 😉 *Would’nt it be fun to see this get covered by someone like Suicidal Tendencies?
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WORLDS COLLIDE – A NEW IMPOSSIBLE COINCIDENCE

I guess I am pretty lucky to have such an array of impossible things happen to me. I have a new in the new show about China that has odds of a million to 1 odds. Really. Just goofy how weird a story that is, HOWEVER… this one just happened yesterday and is quite cool. Especially since it involves FOUR COUNTRIES… A while back I met an Irish gal running in Vancouver and we have bumped...
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WORST BUSINESS CARD TYPO

This is my favourite business card! I just love the size of this error! With so few words it is amazing to have a typo! And, to misspell a word so common as this is hilarious. It would be like writing a book called “My Trip to Idnia”
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COFFEE TABLE OF THE GODS (Craigslist)

Coffee Table of the Gods Date: 2011-07-21, 1:18AM CDT This coffee table is perfect for someone with a cocaine habit or shooting a porno movie. As you can see from the photo, the majestic beauty of this coffee table rivals earthly treasures such as: the color of the sky at sunset, the laughter of a small child, and infidelity. Qualities of the table: -Carpeted -Mirrored -The muthertrucker spins...
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STOLEN IPHONE RETRIEVED IN “BIG STING!”

**I tweeted about this when it happened but the story really did require more than 142 characters! Here is the whole whale of a tail… ;-0 Oct 5, 2011 My phone “went missing” yesterday and was retrieved by me & cops using “find my phone!” i got it within 9 hrs! Battery was only 17% left! If I was one hour later, I would have been out of luck! In short I didnt...
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DRAGONFLY SILHOUETTE ON MY TENT

9:30 am on my tent fly. Shot with my phone.
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WELDING BY FULL MOON (A real photo I took)

I had to get my excavator bucket welded and never expected it would be done with a full moon! Real photo from two days ago…
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GREAT CRAIGSLIST AD (from Vancouver too!)

Unconventional Offer for Adventurous Home Owner (Vancouver) Date: 2011-06-26, 8:16PM PDT Reply to: hous-wxb6b-2464265874@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] This offer is not for everyone. Those of you who have saved every penny for most of your life to afford a down payment and currently work around the clock to make mortgage payments, I commend you on your efforts, but this post is...
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DENTAL PORTRAIT

Just got another dental “portrait” taken but they would not let me smile. I tried to show off by using the word “frenectomy” in a sentence.
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150 POUNDS OF KITTY LITTER!

I bought 150 pounds of kitty litter today! Really! – Big sale at Costco. I feel and equal amount of shame and satisfaction at the same time. Funny enough… it is a bit weirder once you see the photo since that is TWO HUNDRED POUNDS of Killy Litter… It seems I already had one here! How embarassing.
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WHY DANGLE?

Testing out a new super “why dangle” lens (say it out loud and it will make sense… ha ha). This fish eye is wide enough you could see where you parked, who you were with and what was going on in every direction! Crazy!
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MORE RICE TERRACE PHOTOS

I cannot stress enough how I think you should have “trekking the Banaue Rice Terraces” on your bucket list. Great experience.
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SIX VIALS OF BLOOD!

Holymoley! They pulled six of these from me to test me out after trip to china. I bet I am even lighter now ( already lost 14 pounds).I can hardly wait to do the stool tests! Wahoo.
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I SLEPT ON THE GREAT WALL (NOT LEGAL BUT VERY COOL)!

Well it was really tough to get there on my own and the torrential rains and thunder as I arrived posed challenges to get on the wall, but once that stopped, it got nice and I was amazed to find I had about 10 km section of the Great Wall totally to myself for 2 days. Not a soul to be seen. In the photo where you see the run down sentry tower to the left you can see the wall snaking in the back....
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STREET MASSAGE IN BEIJING

I got rooked into a massage while traipsing around this little lake in Beijing. Little did I know I would get an eyelid massage too.Was she trying to pop my eyes out? I was not sure, but she sure was “working it”One small man with a bicycle can move anything!
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