resistance to persistence

Don’t forget to vote for me today. Only 2 days left.

7. Best Photo/Art Blog - Photo-Persistence
9. Best Personal Blog - Resistance to Persistence

Don’t forget to vote for me today. Only a few days left and I’m trailing in numbers.

7. Best Photo/Art Blog - Photo-Persistence
9. Best Personal Blog - Resistance to Persistence

buy a shirt - $18

with all the dangerous stories [video] of people trying to buy playstation 3 machines, be sure to show your friends you were brave enough to line up and face the crowds. buy a shirt to brag to your friends.

the results are in for the 2006 canadian blog awards and i’m very pleased to say that i’m currently in first place for “best photo/art blog”. i’m even in 2nd place for “best personal blog”. there’s some very good competitors and i’m honoured to be competing with them.

so what’s next?

round 2 of voting starts on saturday and runs for a week. only the top 5 continue. please give me a hand and cast a vote for me DAILY. it’s a close competition so every vote counts. go vote

Best Photo/Art Blog - Photo-Persistence
Best Personal Blog - Resistance to Persistence

As part of my pursuit to win “Best Photo/Art Blog”, I figure rather than making people search through my more than 470 daily photos, I can present some of the photos that people have found as favorites and maybe you’ll agree. Take a look at some of the images below (links go to the originals), and explore even further. But most importantly, please vote for me DAILY for “Best Photo/Art Blog” and “Best Personal Blog”.

vote for me!

I’ve been nominated for “Best Photo/Art Blog” as well as “Best Personal Blog” in the 2006 Canadian Blog Awards.

I’m REALLY excited about this and I’d like to place well to give me a boost in viewership. I think I’m a decent photographer and I’d like to get more eyes to see my photos.

There are two rounds of voting (think of semi-finals & finals). Voting for Round 1 ends Tuesday November 21, 2006 and you can vote once EVERY DAY. Please vote for me Daily.

Best Photo/Art Blog - “Photo-persistence”

Best Personal Blog - “Resistance to Persistence”

a few weeks ago, i was contacted by schmap. they liked the photos i’d taken of innsbruck and wanted to include them in their travel guides. so now if you check out the Schmap guide to Innsbruck, Austria you’ll see my photos of Stubai Glacier, may favorite place to snowboard in the world. 10,000 feet at the top and nothing but snow fields below.

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ansel adams and alfred eisenstaedt exhibition at ago museum

i got an invite earlier this week to an evening preview event of the new Ansel Adams/Alfred Eisenstaedt exhibition at the AGO next week.

This outstanding photography exhibition celebrates the work of two renowned masters of the medium in black and white, Ansel Adams (1902–1984) and Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898–1995).

Beginning November 18, 2006 until February 4, 2007, these two exhibitions present a new look at the extraordinary careers of Adams and Eisenstaedt and highlight some of their most iconic images.

there will be a tour of the exhibition, a panel discussion about photography with Louie Palu, (Globe and Mail photojournalist), Rannie Turingan (photoblogger), and John Reeves (photographer).

i’m really excited to attend. look for a post-exhibit blog post sometime next week.

matchstick folks get the camera turned on them. that’s not me on the left - it’s my doppleganger, jeff from matchstick.

i was contacted last week by matchstick, the company that was so nice to include me in their nokia phone seeding promotion. they were looking to video interview some of the folks who blogged about their experience with the nokia 6682. so last night we met up downtown, found a spot to video (keep it short in case security shows up looking for permits), and i answered a bunch of questions on video. classic single-person interview style where i repeat the question asked at the start of my answer. they asked the usual questions - do you like it, what don’t you like, how many people have you told, any good stories? of course - if i didn’t have my nokia 6682 with me, i wouldn’t have been able to capture my 2nd meeting of Kenny Hotz.

i wasn’t used to being the one in front of the camera. i’m usually behind the camera, taking the photos, but i think i did alright. the video is intended to be shown only to nokia, but i might get to see the finished product. we joked about posting it to youtube.

happy birthday dad. i miss you lots and wish you were still with us. wherever you are upstairs, i hope there’s a quiet lake, a stocked cooler full of beer and the flyers are stanley cup champs.

hug your family every chance you get.