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Monday Miscellanea
August 31st, 2009
Hi folks. I hope you had a great weekend. Been a spectacularily sunny one here, the last glorious throes of summer, I suppose.
It’s Monday and I’m out climbing Black Tusk in Garibaldi Park here in British Columbia. (Actually it’s Sunday and I’m writing this ahead of time, absolutely pumped about a day in the mountains tomorrow). So, a round up of details for you while I’m out getting some down-time. Remember that freaky NYC heart-attack scare? This, and a personal trainer and nutritionist who’s kicking my butt, are going to make sure it doesn’t happen again. See? When y’all threatened to kick my ass if I didn’t take care of myself, I listened. 
First, a huge thanks to everyone that downloaded my new eBook “10″ – The response to it, and the amazing comments, reviews, and emails, were so encouraging. I’ve got ideas for a few more but promise that they’ll be quality content, great design, and priced so no one has to sell a kidney on the black market. Anyways, thanks! If you haven’t had a chance to check it out – read the post below this one. The introductory pricing of $5 is on until October 01, then I bump it to $10 for the late-comers and procrastinators.
This Friday I will be in SEATTLE at the Blackrapid Studio. Blackrapid are the makers of the R-Strap and are hosting an evening with yours truly. Come, listen to me prattle on about vision-this and vision-that, get a book signed, introduce yourself to me, etc. But make sure you EMAIL THEM to reserve a spot – this is a private and very small gathering due to space restrictions.
Matt Brandon’s doing a photo tour to southern India this February and it looks great. I still haven’t been to the south and I’m terribly jealous of anyone doing this tour. I’ll be on assignment for World Vision at the time and desperately trying to avoid the insanity of the 2010 Olympics here in Vancouver. More information on Matt’s tour HERE.
If the heat of South India isn’t your thing and you prefer pasta to masala dosa (oh man I love masala dosa!), there is still a spot open on the April 2010 Italy Within The Frame tour with Jeffrey Chapman and I. More information HERE. It says Sold Out on the splash page, and it was, but we had someone move from week 1 to week 2 to take advantage of the Venice extension, so there’s room if you still want in.
Hiya Dave, love your blog, hate your spelling and grammar. This phrase: ‘Italy Within The Frame tour with Jeffrey Chapman and I’ should read ‘Jeffrey Chapman and me’. Ask any high school english teacher.
Thanks, but I don’t know any high school English teachers. Generally my tactic is to create good content, throw grammatical caution to the wind, and then allow people with too much time on their hands to correct me. And it’s David, not Dave.
lol at “has”…
Would you consider doing an article on choosing poses or angles for portraits? Besides looking closely through the viewfinder on how the person’s face looks, I often end up discovering good or more often, not-so-good ways to photograph somebody.
I know there’s no hard and fast rule we can follow all the time, it’d be nice if you shared with us how you would usually approach this problem, without putting yourself out of your job! =]
Anybody interested in knowing more about the enigmatic “Venice Extension”, please just shoot me an email. (It was a requested extension that never made it into the tour/workshop description.)
Anybody interested in learning how to question the grammar of another while writing grammatically-incorrect run-on sentences without subjects should contact “has”.
Dave,
Love the blog and the spelling. As in, I don’t notece it. When it’s wrong.
Hi David,
I don’t give a s*** about your grammar but I gotta say I’m liking your blog and am gonna be checking up on it a lot in the near future. I just got my copy of Within the Frame and I’m loving that too…so far.
Cheers, you’ve proven too bee quiet an inspiration (something I didn’t expect from a bald Canadian with bad grammar
Cheers
Styrmir – Let me just say I like the cut of your jib!
You’re my kind of person.
David- I downloaded and read your ebook TEN, over the weekend. It is a great, short, precise and informative. I have been making mediocre pictures for waaaay too long and “TEN” has given me some insight to what I need to take my photos to the next level. Many thanks.
I am leaving for a Mediterranean cruise in a couple of weeks and plan on making lots of pictures, some I will hope to share.
Hi David! Love your blog, WTF and your personality. You’re a big inspiration.
I’ve got a question about the R-strap. Is it a bad idea to attach it on my 5D body while using a 70-200 2.8 IS? Cause in the pictures they’ve attached it to the lens, but I reckon it would be very uncomfortable holding the lens in that case.