JULY,
2009:
Enjoying life at Tuckridge Lodge, surrounded by a bounty of Cascade
wildflowers, berries, ferns and old growth. Aside from the necessary
precautions of co-existing with the wildlife and the addied 45
minutes of travel time for Portland - life is damn good. Tons of
new projects cooking. BeerCityTV, helping Dan Kaufman with the
live broadcasts of Crank My Chain on Wednesdays and plotting the
course for the next short film contest with Jesse and Renee. Woot!
March
12, 2009 • Motion Graphics world. Apple's Motion
kicks ass.
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February
18th, 2009 • Just
returned from an epic road trip to the Rocky
Mountains of Colorado. I had never really been
to Colorado
before, other
than a trip to my Mom's hometown of Steamboat
when I was four, so
this trip
was
a
long-time-coming.
My love Kelly is from Boulder, so Kelly, Sullivan
and I loaded up The-Little-Passport-that-could,
and drove
down
for two weeks of exploring, snowboarding and
visiting friends and family. Many fine pictures
and stories
to tell - stay
tuned here
for some
pictures
- or if you must - find me on Facebook.
THIS JUST IN!!! • I'm a member of the Portland
Urban Mountain Pedalers, Portland's Mountain
biking club. I've
been learning
more and more
about mountain bike advocacy, and there really
isn't any single track to speak of in the immediate
Portland
area
(other
than the
ONE short piece in Forest Park) - the PUMP club
does all
it can to foster positive relationships in the
community to help find
new solutions. Recent efforts already helped
get cyclists invited to a parks meeting with
Nick
Fish in
January
(Nick is the new Commissioner overseeing Parks)
and now his office is arranging another meeting
(with PUMP representatives participating) to
focus on parks
and cycling
- this is great
progress toward an overdue solution! Read
more here!
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January
7th, 2009 • This is a little piece I shot of my local barber
Wayne. It was a spur of the moment thing, didn't have any lighting
gear with me. Shot this about two years ago, finally got around
to editing something for him. Great guy!
December 4th, 2008 • Dotcom woes, economy
slows. The last two years
has found me deeply vested in my work for Test Drive Videos,
which
has been rewarding and fulfilling taking on such a huge responsibility.
The company has wound up in a tight spot financially which
has forced us to put her into hibernation. We'll still be producing
content and working on the occasional project, but I'm now back
in the saddle at the home office, preparing to tackle a mountain
of independent projects which have been demanding my attention
and sitting on the shelf way too long. Things to look for in
the
future here: Pacific Northwest Cyclocross Documentary, Beer City
TV, Snomad
Television,
Small
Video for Small
Business, What is Cool?, Video Blogging for past recordings of
Fishbone, Secret Chiefs and Mike Watt, an edit of the fantastic
trip to the Alvord Desert this summer and a few other surprises
we have up our sleeves. Stay tuned. Stay in touch!
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March,
6th, 2008 • Suddenly
I'm back! I make this post after a record-busy 3 months. Ridiculous
actually...
too many
jobs,
too
many projects
- not nearly
enough time in the days and nights. Way too much to address here,
so for those who care I'm sending you into the land of Myspace.
See my blogs
and
other fun stuff here.
December 10th, 2007 • And
another month goes by between updates. What new? Too much to type
here...
but
a few highlights:
Finished
the
edit
of a mini-documentary I produced for Test
Drive Videos about a
vintage Porsche restoration and racing company out in McMinnville.
Super cool cat named Rod who owns and runs the deal... it's projects
like this that make me love what I do. Getting out in the world
and meeting new people and learning about what they do. Watch
the piece here.
And... the Snomad machine
rolls forward. After many years of pre-production, test shooting,
host searching... it is all finally coming together.
JD Platt is our host... and this week we're off to Utah to shoot
our first official show! Super stoked. We'll be at Brighton and
Solitude learning about the area, meeting the folks and hopefully
skiing some of that legendary Utah pow pow! Pics and clips online
very soon upon our return!
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November, 9th, 2007 • Music!
Got turned on to The Bad Plus recently. Just downloaded their newest
album "Prog".
Super cool jazz trio. Mellow and upbeat/kick ass at times. They
cover Tom
Sawyer by Rush. No
shit! Loving this record. Good stuff. Also - thanks to the old
Myspace I'm getting back in touch with some of the old fellas from
the once mighty Village Idiot of Portland. They're all in different
bands these days - some in my neighborhood. Small world.
Saw the most recent Absinthe film
last night Optimistic. Alaska has never looked so good on film!
(16mm that is... no vid). My favorite part was the Marc Frank
Montoya's segment - classic - he sprays unsuspecting gapers standing
in the middle of runs talking on cellphones. A long-time coming.
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October
15th, 2007 • Alas
- another month sneaks by. Still cranking out mad car videos
for the dotcommer.
Peep one
of
my favorites
thus
far here.
Off to celebrate Mr. Cavender's 40th birthday in Yosemite later
this week. (Good heavens we're gettin' old). Well... it
is just a number after all - a man-made device for measuring
things. The
only problem - not all things grow at the same rate. When
is the last time you spent some time in the Opal Creek Wilderness?
Go.
Now.
-
Sept.
19th, 2007 • Where
does the time go. You get locked into that 9-5 groove (or 8-6
in my
case),
and
next thing
you know
-
summer is
gone. Well, Jenn and I were lucky enough to squeek in one rewarding
trip to the Little North Fork of the Santiam for some sunning,
swimming and relaxing last weekend (and poison oak- though kind
of sad it wasn't until September that there was a hot, sunny
weekend in
Oregon
this
summer. Typical. Anyhow, Test Drive Videos work keeping the boy
busy. Lots of other news to share. We'll be back soon!
July
26th, 2007 • Finally
got the pro audio from a fellow Fishbone fan to add to my video
from
the
Dante's
show
back
in May.
I've decided to start uploading tracks to YouTube so fellow
Fishbone soldiers may enjoy. Check my YouTube musicvideo page
here.
-
June
20, 2007 • Back
to the motherland! Well... Canyon Creek Meadows on Three Fingered
Jack
that is...
My cohorts
and
I have
been visiting
this spot for nearly 15 years now - and backcountry snowboarding
and skiing nearly every time. Jeff, Pips and yours truly hit
it up this last weekend, and I'm happy to report that the snow
was
phenomenal!
The weather was pretty typical for mid-June in the Oregon mountains
(partly cloudy/breezy), so the temps were just right to keep
the corn snow preserved just
right! Not too soft, not too icy. Great turns were had all
weekend long. Looking forward to a return trip for wildflower
viewing in
August. Thanks Jeff and Pips! (photos from the trip at my flickr account)
June,
11, 2007 • And
the Conway chapter closes. I'm very happy to announce my
new position as Video
Producer/Marketing
Manager
for Test Drive
Videos here in Portland. After several years of struggling
with video as a hobby - and graphic design as the paycheck
- I couldn't
be any happier to have a position that does both! Our company
delivers video online and currently is specializing in the
Auto Industry.
Very excited about this opportunity - so the few of you out
there that are actually reading this thing, you will be hearing
more
very soon!
May
27, 2007 • Check this Travel Buddy Site. Fun stuff. Here is mine:
May,
21, 2007 • As Portland continues
moving in a progressive direction for supporting bicycling
in our city
-
I'm
encouraged
to know that
city planners here are well aware of the successes of European
cities
in their
sidewalk/bikepath/parking/road systems. This clip does an
outstanding job of illustrating how great it really is - from
Street Films in New York: http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/physically-separated-bike-lanes/
May,
2007 • May
is live music mania in Portland! Stay tuned for video clips from
Sea & Cake, Fishbone, Secret Chiefs and more! Two Sea & Cake
clips are up now at the "Shooting
for Fun" section
of my video
page.
Check back soon for the Fishbone - they were top notch and I
shot 2 hours of footage on the DVX right in the middle of the
madness
of their Dante's gig. Stellar!
(middle of nowhere Arizona)
February, 2007 • Hey
- it's 2007 now! - Yes, I'm painfully aware I haven't updated
this sucker for months. Been too damn busy. So what has happened
since
November 17th of 2006? Geez... too much to wrap up in one paragraph.
Here's a few highlights: a road trip to L.A. and Phoenix, lots
of snow in Portland, which had me snowboarding up in the hills
and down my street, tons of Con-way work which recently has included
the
production
of corporate videos (and a trip to Michigan) - and finally finding
the host for Snomad Television. JD Platt is on tap to guide America
to many fine ski towns and resorts on our little show. We'll
have links to snippets once we get 'em spliced up. In the meantime
- take
a
trip through
my links page for lots of e-loafing goodness - including a link
to JD's webpage. Oh yeah - helping out as a shooter for this
upcoming documentary about Bicycling in Portland. Meeting some
cool cats along the way. Go to the links page - now! Cya! - ETK
