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Blackbird Bakery print collection

Strain — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:33:07 +0000

A month ago I made a fairly nerve-wracking decision to drop the dime on a series of lightjet prints to display in Pemberton’s excellent Blackbird Bakery – after framing, I had committed about $1200 to photos I hadn’t sold yet. Worse, no sooner had I gone ahead with the print series, I had to take off to a mining exploration camp in the remote upper reaches of the Lillooet River, a camp with no communication save our satellite phone. Luckilly, I had expert help on the logistical side of things (thanks babe) and when I returned to Pemberton on Friday, 6 of my photos were hanging from the bakery walls. This is the first time my photos have been exhibited gallery-style, and I couldn’t be more thrilled with the quality of the printing, framing, and presentation.

I’m hoping that most will believe me when I say the baked goods at the Blackbird are worth the drive from Vancouver alone, but here’s a visual rundown of some of the fare:

As for the photos on display, the series is a selection of local and Yukon landscapes (with one irresistibly cute fawn). They range in price from $275 to $350, depending on the size.

Bathtub trail, Pemberton BC

And the rest:

All photos are available framed or unframed (no markup on the framing). If you can’t make the trip to Pemberton to scope my first exhibition for yourself, please help spread the word! I’ll ship photos but to be honest, it’ll probably cost you less to drive here, enjoy the best bakery in BC, and visit me. Hell, I’ll even buy you a beer. Careful though – spend too much time in Pemberton, and you might never leave. Not that thats a bad thing…

Next up: photos from my most recent stint in the BC wilderness. 24 days, 1800+ photos…

Prints and a quick update from the road (SIA + GoPro)

Strain — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:08:26 +0000

All of my recent travel has meant I haven’t had the opportunity to print any of my latest work – I think I’ve printed 3 photos that were taken since May 1, 2009. A couple months ago I ‘outsourced’ some print work to a friend, and I finally took them off his wall to take photos of my photos (it never gets old) last week.

I don’t have an integrated print ordering service (yet) but I’d be happy to provide prints of anything you fancy out of the photos from my blog or flickr. An 18×12 will run you $30, or $50 for two. Custom orders like this guy cost more based on the size – but nothing looks better than a fat canvas print hanging from your wall. To order just drop me a line.

I’m currently in Salt Lake City, Utah, taking a down day and working on some more bloggage from my Surface Demo tour. RMR / KHMR content dropping later this afternoon… Brighton shred tomorrow. We drove in from Denver/SIA early this morning – I’ll have some more stuff to say about SIA later, but for now I’d like to give a round of major props to the guys at GoPro. Someone stole the HD Hero camera that I won at the show, and the GoPro crew was good enough to replace it for me. Needless to say, I’m extremely grateful and can’t express enough how awesome it is to see a company go out of their way to help someone out. Thanks guys… can’t wait to start filming!

In Print: SBC Resort Guide

Strain — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:58:00 +0000

Got word last week that I had a photo run in this seasons SBC Resort Guide. After much searching, I finally found a copy and flipped straight to page 58:

Nick Antle, handplant, Cypress Mtn superpipe.

Check the full post for the original photo and a couple more of Nick:

This was yet another late-season Cypress shot, so this post doubles as “Cypress Sesssions pt 3″. Here’s the original shot and another Antle handplant from a different angle:

This shot is my first published in SBC and, remarkably, the first time a photo of Nick has found its way into a magazine. I say remarkably because I shot this photo of him back in 2007 at the Quicksilver Showdown Over the City – hard to believe this method hasn’t been published before: