Love what you do

Mar 3, 2015

This past weekend, despite an exhausting work week, I went up north with a friend to do some shooting in the freezing Canadian cold. There is a quote by Richard Avedon that I remembered and wanted to share here today:

 “I believe that you’ve got to love your work so much that it is all you want to do. I believe you must betray your mistress for your work, you betray your wife for your work; I believe that she must betray you for her work. I believe that work is the one thing in the world that never betrays you, that lasts. If I were going to be a politician, if I were going to be a scientist, I would do it every day. I wouldn’t wait for Monday. I don’t believe in weekends. If you’re headed for a life that’s only involved with making money and that you hope for satisfaction somewhere else, you’re headed for a lot of trouble. And whatever replaces vodka when you’re 45 is what you’re going to be doing.” -Richard Avedon

 

 

PS: I have added my new instagram page link at the bottom of this blog.

Cuban Street Photos

Jan 20, 2015

I always enjoy the colours and textures of Cuban streets. Every time I visit there is something new to be found.

Happy Holidays

Dec 14, 2014

It was a busy travel/shooting year for me and with everything else that has been going on, I did not devote as much time to keeping the blog updated as I would have liked.

I had the opportunity to create some new photographic content while abroad and hope to post some of the results in the coming months, including some thoughts on other topics I’m interested in.

Since this will most likely be my last post this year, I would like to wish everyone a happy holiday season spent well together with family and friends. I leave you with a small mix of images and a quote by mountaineer Eric Shipton.

He is lucky who, in the full tide of life, has experienced a measure of the active environment he most desires. In these days of upheaval and violent change, when the basic values of today are the vain and shattered dreams of tomorrow, there is much to be said for a philosophy which aims at living a full life while the opportunity offers. There are few treasures of more lasting worth than the experience of a way of life that is in itself wholly satisfying. Such, after all, are the only possessions of which no fate, no cosmic catastrophe can deprive us; nothing can alter the fact if for one moment in eternity we have really lived.

-Eric Shipton

 

White house and a shack

Jul 22, 2014

I was spending some time with friends this past Saturday, and on our rainy ride back home we passed an abandoned white house and this storybook looking shack. I went back the following day to take a picture with the hope of returning a few more times when the weather is right. Perhaps one of those can become another series like the old barn.