Fun in the Sun
Skiing lately has been far too much fun and I haven’t really gotten around to doing much shooting. Today, I finally brought the camera up the hill and shot for a total of 3 laps, because once again skiing looked like too much fun and I decided to put the camera away. Jordan and Bryce were up with me today and I hope these photos can show how much of a good time everyone was having, as Bryce had a smile on his face in literally every shot.
Nothing special, hope you enjoy.
Bryce cruisin', all smiles
Jordan cruisin', same deal
Jordan on the flat down
That’s all for now,
Frodo.
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The Mug Shot Blog
It’s time for you Grousepark viewers to get to know the faces that frequent Grouse Mountain. Here are some mug shots from this season.
First up we have Corey Mcintosh. This kid is killing it on the hill, keep your eyes on him as he is definitely going somewhere in snowboarding.
A frequent in my blogs and another kid blowing up this year, Shayan the brown man.
You might recognize this guy from a personal blog I did on him, but he’s worth mentioning more than once. Here is the mean mug of Ben Neil.
Next we have our friend from Eastern Europe, Eduard Mikulcik. He also answers to Halldor Hellgason and might really be from Iceland.
Up next is Bryce Mclean, the one other tight pant skier who frequents Grouse.
Geoff Shaw from the East Coast, so he has had no problems dealing with the less than stellar conditions this season has presented us with.
And lastly, your man behind the lens and the blogs, myself, with this lovely self portrait.
So if you see any of these guys on the mountain, don’t be shy. Say hello, as they are usually pretty friendly people…usually.
Frodo.
Rain Rain, Go Away…
As Farmer’s Almanac predicted, this season has been an El Nino year. What this means is that there is lots of moisture and cold air in the early season, which resulted in lots of snow at Grouse Mountain and gave us an early start to the season. Following this, a warm ocean current comes up from the Californian coast, bringing lots of moisture with it. This means lots of rain, and anyone who has been at any of the locals in the last few weeks can tell you first hand that this is definitely an El Nino season. Still, the skies finally cleared up for a couple of days and I managed to get a few hours of shooting in before the rain came today with Bryce and Shayan who, by the way, are among the few consistently toughing out the bad weather this season.
Bryce Mclean with a tail press
Shayan with a 5-0 over the rainbow
Here’s to hoping for some good weather,
Frodo.
Flash Photography
As we get deeper into December, the days are getting shorter and the countdown to the 21st of the month continues. Now why is December 21st so special? From a figurative stand-point, it is the shortest day of the year. So with the days getting shorter, the hours of available light are fading away with them. With this in mind, I decided it was time to buy an external flash for my camera. So after spending a few days of contemplating what to get, I ended up settling for something cheap to learn the basics with. A Canon Speedlite 270EX to be exact. Yesterday, I finally managed to get out to Grouse for the afternoon and early evening and get some shooting done. I spent most of yesterday shooting in the newly opened Quiksilver terrain park with fellow tight-pant wearing skiers, Bryce Mclean and Peter Warkentin.
So without further ado, here are the results from my first day of shooting with the new flash.
Bryce Mclean with a shifty-on to the down box.
Peter Warkentin, same trick, different feature.
Thanks for reading, more pictures and content will be coming soon!
Frodo.