camrods at the cott

went to the cottage for a day and played new cameras with devin. found the devils monument

shameless

also while I am shamelessly self promoting things I shot - go watch Hotbox on the comedy network online. one of my favorite episodes (ep 3) is online now - for some reason the link goes to ep 1 - make sure you watch 3 ...i like it better! . there are some super funny sketches - home shopping, foley artists, howdy do that... making that show was super fun times

peeee peeee

Here are three spots I shot with director Aleysa Young for a UK detergent company called Fairy. Funny

*** UPDATE - 2 of these spots (pee pee and pen cap) were shortlisted for a cannes lions ad award back in June

Van and Leo

Went to Vancouver a few weeks ago for the 1st time since moving - got to see some of my favourite people and as an added bonus won a Leo Award for Best Cinematography in a short film for Jesse McKeown's short "Paul Pontius" - hells ya...good trip

a bout face

HOTBOX

So the Tv series that I was shooting all fall is finally going to be on the air next tuesday June 2nd at 10pm (eastern time) on The Comedy Network - check it out if you have tvs.

here is a snap i took during shooting

old photo for the day

summer days and cottages with good friends - so soon

wild things

still so excited for "where the wild things are" to come out....i dont want to see anything else about it beforehand but now that Spike Jonze has a blog its damn hard to ignore! oh and he says that the film Ratcatcher was an inspiration when making the film - of course...that film inspires me all the time!

up on the roof

helped Jer with a photoshoot a while back...i took photos of him taking photos. click to enlarge

post of months past

aka bye bye winter

greener pastures

started making this awesome documentary with some friends up on a farm - pretty fun. a couple cell phone shots

teen angst romance

found an old box of photos from when i was a kid at my dads place. I had a serious grade 8 crush on this guy - I listened to Pink Floyd's "Wish you were here" on repeat and he would come over and hang out in my basement. By the time summer ended and we went into grade 9 he stopped calling me and went out with the experienced girl who dated everyone (thats me being nice)...dont remember the story behind the other one, but I like it...cant do that with digital.

and by sasquatch i mean white squirrel

still i felt like a hero

i saw sasquatch

doritos

shot this spot a bit ago. i like watching all the youtubers bash it. It was a fun shoot though and it was edited all live on set which was pretty awesome.

tom and jerry

cellular heads

my camera hasnt really been working for the last while, i think its time for its retirement...sadly i havent been taking many photos as a result. here is a cell phone shot

hey vancouver

remember this place?

just checking

yep its still winter.

Meatyard

i have been thinking about this photo by Ralph Eugene Meatyard alot lately:



then I looked into his other stuff and now I am thinking about them too

boner

by bawds Niall and Jeremy put up an artshow a while back and I put together this little video with scary music by our friend Josh Duff (actually featured in the old photo below) and his band Count Vesuvius . this was a sculptural piece by Niall. You can check out more photos of the show on their websites.

oldsville

here are a couple old ones from living in a corrugated house with dank sunken dens and shaking rooms




old painting by nicholas pittman, mr show dvd courtesy of awesome

christmas with the kumars

speaking of - miss you buddy

oh brother

as Christmas approaches and I spend it in my quasi home, much different than my last few years of christmas at the Kumars, which I very much grew to love, I wonder what it will be like. I think i am happy to spend it just chilling with my brother


probably hanging out, doing nothing much. Watching some tv and lots of basketball. something like this with a lot less cuddling (my mom used to take some beautiful b&w shots of us as kids):



speaking of brothers, my friend A.J. made this movie in September for the talent lab at the Toronto Film festival and I think its great:


Confessions of an Older Brother from A.J. Bond on Vimeo.

personalized plates

in general, not a fan

heart of the easter egg

Mike and Jane got married this fall inside a giant ukrainian easter egg. This picture looks like a painting to me






this moon also looks a bit like a painting. i like moon photos - stay tuned as i have started compiling my moon photos inspired years ago by awesome vancouver photographer dan siney

brodown

glad to have these two around

high five

blow up

bought some polaroid film - so fun but so fucking expensive.



had an amazing boys weekend at my cottage last week. stoked about so many photos i took but dont have time to edit them now - expect to see some in the future. this is a small taste..