Sunday, May 20, 2007
Monday, May 07, 2007
Jann Arden in Brandon Manitoba
A great shot from Photo Philosophy on flickr from our Brandon show.
AND she posted this entry in her blog about the show
Cool lights, we never really see them like this...
Monday, April 30, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Jann Arden @ Massey Hall
The Toronto shows have been fantastic so far.
Massey Hall is such an amazing place to play.
There was a nice article in the star about the show...
Lyle's laptop is back from the shop and in working order again, so I feel much better now.
If you ever need anything MAC related, check out my good friends at digital prototypes
More to come...
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Jann Arden Uncover Me Tour 2007
Well, we've been on the road for a week today. We are in North Bay for a show. So far we have spent three nights in Moncton, rehearsing for two, playing a show on the third night. The show went really well in Moncton. Really great for a first show!
Then after the show, we hopped on the bus and travelled to Halifax, we played the same arena there as last tour. I took some time lapse photos there last time. It was another really great show! Then right after THAT show we hopped on the bus and headed for Montreal, for a day off. Our tour bus' transmission broke down near quebec city (lucky there was a provost dealership/service centre there). So we went for a nice trucker stop style breakfast there (veggie pizza for me) , and continued on in another bus (since we have THREE tour buses on the road).
In Montreal I spilled my soy latté in to Lyle's computer at an internet café. That was a low point in the tour for SURE. We rushed the laptop back to my room and borrowed Gary's screwdriver set, and started the operation! The keyboard had lots of the once delicious, now destructive soy beverage inside it. But when we removed it, the motherboard was untouched. Just a couple drops on the DVD drive.
I rinsed the keyboard under warm tap water with a final distilled water rinse at the end. And dried it with a warm blow dryer. It's been sitting drying for a few days now. I might try to re-assemble it tonight. I hope it works. Otherwise I will be buying lyle a new one. Anyone looking to sell a used mac book?
It's such a pleasure singing a playing with such an amazing group of musicians. I feel really lucky to be out on the road with these guys. I'm always trying to play up the their level. And the singing is starting to sound really great too.
I miss my friend Maury on the road, but I am so happy for him to be at home with his wife and beautiful new baby Hen. And I'm looking forward to playing with them again in the monkey bunch (dot com).
More stories to come....
And hopefully I'll take some photos too...
Friday, March 30, 2007
Sea Otters Holding Hands
I had to post this, even though I feel sorry for any animal in captivity. At least people can see this and realize that animals have feelings too.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Hen Day 24
Hen is starting to look like a little person now.
You can almost imagine him saying his first word soon.
"Graham" (or muma.....whatever...)
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Dyslexics of the World UNTIE!!
Maybe you've come across this bit of text before, but as a dyslexic person, I find it quit amusing...
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Sunday, March 04, 2007
Hen...day one...
Shoshana Sperling (mostly her) and Maury Lafoy (a BIT him) gave birth to their FIRST baby boy. Hen was born around 5am this morning (March 4th 2007).
He is 19 inches long and weighs 6 pounds 11 ounces. I'm so lucky to have been able to see him on his very first day on this planet. I'm so happy and proud of my two best friends (and now, my third).
Check out my friend Sarah's blog, great shots of hen and the parents...
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Sunset from my window...
Sunsets are starting to get more beautiful now. Spring must be on it’s way.
Friday, February 16, 2007
JOKE OF THE DAY
What do you call it when you find pickling bottles at the side of the road made by a secret society?
FREE MASON JARS!
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Mercury Espresso Bar
Eve is the newest employee at Mercury.
She is super cool, and can actually SPEAK as many languages as I can say "I love you" in....
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Played it till my fingers bled
It was the winter of "0" seven...
I've been practicing so much my finger started to bleed today. I think I MAY have cut it on something before, but it seems COOLER to think it's JUST from playing guitar....Pete!!!
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Friday, December 15, 2006
New Headshots
These shots of Alana turned out great.I'm working on my colour correction and workflow right now. I'm trying to create some cross-processing levels/colour settings for Apple Aperture. I can't find anyone who's done this so I am starting from scratch. I have some great curves I've tweaked in Adobe Photoshop, but I can't get them into Aperture. Any ideas?
Sunday, December 10, 2006
My Celebrity Look-Alikes
This is funny. I've always thought andy mcdowell was cute. Now I find out it's because she looks like ME! ewww...
Ha ha ....
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Monday, November 20, 2006
Stella Panacci on Breakfast Television
Man it was an EARLY one! But we rocked it anyway.
Check out Stella's WEBSITE
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
On the Farm
It’s beautiful out here on the farm. Pretty snowy and cold, but beautiful. It’s worth lugging around my big camera (Nikon D200) to get some shots of the landscape. It’s amazing how COLD the camera gets when I’m out with it.
I’ve been teaching my dad how to use his new Apple MacBook. He is a freelance journalist, and we have set him up with a microphone and GarageBand to record his stories with. It’s taking a while for him to make the transition from analogue tape machine to digital computer! But I think he’s starting to get the hang of it now.
Rowena is making cookies right now that smell AMAZING… Their cat Bonnie is really cute. She’s dreaming now and her paws are twitching as she catches imaginary birds by the birdbath.
They have done some great work on the OLD farmhouse out here. They have added a HUGE addition that’s all wood with lots of windows and skylights. It’s made the whole place MUCH larger. Plus a sunroom of the back (way too cold to enjoy it now).
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Back in Regina
It’s always so nice to come home to Regina. Things always seem to be ALMOST how I left them. I’m always amazed how much SKY you can see in Regina. My mom lives in the Cathedral Area 13th Avenue Between Albert Street and Elphanstone. They are NOW starting to call it THE VILLAGE (sound familiar New Yorkers?) Well FORGET Grenich Village, this is Regina’s Cathederal Area I’m talking about. What was wrong with Cathederal Area? Maybe too many religious overtones? “Shops won’t even be OPEN on Sunday?” people might mistakenly suppose. The even have a website, I think it’s shopthevillage.ca.
It’s a great neighbourhood to be sure. Some nice cafés and cothing stores, even a cool modern furniture store. My mom, though retired from the Regina Public Library, now earns minimum wage at a cute little shop called Indigo. It’s kind of Regina’s version of Frock (in Toronto’s Polish area).
I can only ever seem to find two or three people that I still know, who are here. This time I called Jason Plumb, Grant Roland and Shelley Kambeitz. Jason was in Saskatoon, but Grant, Shelley and I went out on the town one night. Grant’s a dentist and Shelley’s a nurse, guess I’m a musician. I felt a false sense of security, that if I got into a fight, and lost some teeth, I was with the right people! I’m sure they felt the same about me (if we ever needed to sing for our supper etc).
Anyways, here are some shots of Regina, all with my little point and shoot (Fuji F10). It does the job, but I really should just carry around my BIG camera more often (Nikon D200).
When I head to my dad’s farm I will take more with that camera. Besides, my Fuji F10’s battery is almost dead and I didn’t pack the charger. It’s amazing how many shots you can get until it’s dead though!
It’s great to be visiting my mom. We are BOTH dyslexic, so I’m always fascinated by some of the things she says. Here are a few quotes…
“Do you like that new jazz singer…Coly Hole?”
“I’ve had a few ciders so I’m a bit TISPY…”
The geese here never leave. Because they keep PART of the lake unfrozen. They look like notes on a music staff.
Victoria Park
Regina City Hall
Friday, November 03, 2006
Jann Arden in Brampton
We are lucky enough to be playing TWO nights at the beautiful, newly restored Rose Theatre in Brampton.
So far we've played the first show and it was amazing! The sound is really good there and the audience last night was really great! Jann was so funny!! She kept us all laughing, with tons of new stories for ALL of us. And she keeps singer better and better too. It's an honour to be singing with her. Sometimes I can't beleive I am staring at her, trying to sing exactly with her voice, it's like I go in and out of being a fan watching the show in awe, and being on stage performing myself. It's really great.
I also noticed last night, looking over at maury, that I wish I could take photos with my eyes. The lighting looks so great. And that's my best friend standing there beside me! After 20 years, we are still making music together..and still having fun too!
Russ is feeling really sick, but you can't tell by listening to him. I don't think I could do it if I was that sick. I can barely keep up with these guys even on a good day! Maury and Lyle are playing really well together too (as per usual) and we are ALL having fun singing. The backup parts are sounding really THICK and AIRY. Anyway, totally loving every minute of it!
Check out Jann's Website!!
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Alice @ The Mercury Organic Espresso Bar
Always LOTS of fun at Mercury Orangic Espresso Bar!
Alice is ready to be launched from the cannon!
Alice and Matthew...
Visit Mercury Organic Espresso Bar ONLINE
Leaves...
Monday, October 23, 2006
Jann @ Terroni
Jann was in town for a quick visit
and took us out to Terroni for supper!
It was fantastic.
What a great place to eat!!
Drinking contest.
Two is NOTHING.
I drank FOUR at once.
Too bad there are no photos of THAT :-(
If you take my photo....
I like this one...
Jann and Jean (that sounds like Jan & Dean)
I loved that band when i was a kid!
"Dead Man's Curve"
Dawny dawny dawny...
Mmmmm.....flourless chocolate cake!!
Nikki!!
Terroni on Victoria
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Graham LIVE @ The Rivoli
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Comedy Videos
Check out these two funny comedy pieces I shot for the very talented
Teresa Pavlinek and Shoshana Sperling.
GOTH GILRS
PARKDALE LADIES
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Melissa Stylianou
I had the extreme pleasure of shooting Melissa Stylianou, on one of her frequent "visits" to Toronto. She played @ The REX the night of this shoot. (September 30th). If you haven't heard of her before you should check her out HERE
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Apple 30-inch Cinema Display
Here is a Screen Shot taken on my brand new Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display. What a great monitor it is. I thought it might have been overkill, but when I started working on this job, programming in Director, I realized I could almost use TWO of them.
http://www.apple.com/displays/specs.htm
This is a great monitor.
this one you just HAVE to see FULL SIZE (or CAN you?)
ha ha ha....
Monday, September 11, 2006
The Cottage
I was lucky enough to be invited up to my friends cottage for the last "TRUE" summer weekend of the year. What a great place. It was pretty close to Minden I think...
This is from the main road. We went for a walk all around the peninsula. I love the lines the clouds draw. I remember we all actually stopped and just listened to the silence. Then we notice a woodpecker, who we would have never seen in the trees if we hadn't stopped. That's a pretty good lesson in life. (Lyle's hearing isn't very good, he could only hear it occasionally)
Lyle Molzan @ the cottage
Canoe on a lake. Lily pads...
Jim's new digital eye.
Cathryn by the window
Jim, Cathryn & Dawn
Lyle & Dawn
The view from Jim & Cathryn's cottage...
Leaf on a trail. Someone must of leafed it there.
Laying on the road...
And life is good...
Awww. Aren't they the cutest!?
This is Jim. He's our hero. And more man than Lyle, Dawn, Cathryn and I put together! Look at his thumb. He almost cut it CLEAR off. And he's not letting THAT slow him down (although he DID almost faint when it happened) WHIMP!
Lyle's almost deaf (not really) but at least he still has his looks!
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