Seems like Instagram and Tumblr have divided my attention away from the ol' blog but I'll get back to more regular posts once the busy winter shooting season is over.

Pemberton is a small town north of Whistler that is surrounded by lush farmland and big mountains. We spend a lot of time shooting around that area all winter and it's a really unique place.

Here's a few shots from the Hasselblad I took a while back............

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back in the land of high speed internet so as promised Part 2 of my winter 2011 snowboard photography slideshow.

Different song. Some new photos and 2 minutes of your life you will never get back!

I will be dropping the full version of this slideshow, 10 minutes of action, landscapes and lifestyles, later today so stay tuned (or get tuned and then watch it.....................)

Remember: watch it in HD if you can!

2011 Year in Review - Short Version 2 from colinadair on Vimeo.

Different version with different music and some different photos. Music by The Breeders

I've been working on this for a while but I've also been actually working so it took a little longer than I thought. I know you've all been waiting for this so here it is. Well. PART 1 anyway. I've got a few more sllideshows from my 2011 photography done as well but one at a time..........damn!

Here it is. 2011 condensed into about 2.5 minutes. That's a year of my life crushed into a internet friendly timespace and size.

PLEASE, if you have Apple TV or a big screen watch it in HD it's so much better than this pinner version (Don't just click enlarge because it will look pixelated and you will think my photos suck!). Respect.

Riders include: Devun Walsh, Iikka Backstrom, Ryan Tiene, Aaron Biittner, Jody Wachniak, Andrew Geeves, Kimmy Fasani, Jonas Carlsson and a few others.............Music is by David Bowie.

 

    

 

If you like that you can watch the slideshows from 2010 here:

http://blog.colinadair.com/_blog/Colin_Adair_Photography_Blog/post/2010_in_the_Rearview_Year_in_Review_for_You/ 

I told you I was going to milk the photos from this trip. Part 5. Back to the rice fields of Canguu from Part 2. The "scarecrows" are scattered throughout the fields and their costumes/outfits are amazing. I'm still uncertain about what they are meant to scare off. I didn't see any crows when I was there but I'm sure they have some kind of pesky scavenger bird there that warrants these statues.They might have been meant to scare off evil spirits. Balinese people are very spiritual so spirits and prayer play a big part in their lives. Regardless, to a foreigner like me these types of things make great subject matter for my photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This installment is based around my fascination with tourists. People in general are strange and do weird things but tourists are a whole other level of odd. They stick out like speed bumps in a school zone. Bringing their individual styles and cultural differences to a place that is not their own. Mostly what I like is how tourists are just groups of people standing around doing nothing. Maybe taking some pictures or eating food but serving no real purpose other than cluttering up what is usually a beautiful landscape and getting in each others way. I am a tourist like any other when I go on trips but I cannot see myself so I sit and watch others and try to figure out where I fit in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Third Installment. A little bit of a change of scenery from the green fields of Canguu. In this episode we will be mere steps from one of the greatest surf breaks in the world, Uluwatu. This famous left hand reef break is also an incredible spot to hang out, beach comb and watch the sun go down. While I was there we did not have much swell but I was lucky enough to have low tide at sunset so getting into some really cool spots to shoot was possible. The area is built on top of huge cliffs with amazing views but when you get down to the ocean at low tide, the reefs are bare and you get a really different perspective. The entrance to the beach is a huge cave with different paths and openings. If you were a little kid this place would either be completely terrifying or the best place ever...........depends on the kid I guess. The first shots are a perfect example of this. What's in there?? How far back does it go?? Are there pirates hiding back there?? Monsters?? Oh, to be young again..................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So here is part 2. Not sure how many parts there will be to the series from this trip. At least 5. Less than 10. I know I said I'd post more next week but I just got too excited and couldn't sleep and it's Friday which I know is just super productive in office land so figured you would want more stuff to look at.............plus those HK airport shots in Part 1 are pretty bland.

This is the Rice Fields series. These were shot over several days with the Contax and the Hasselblad. These rice fields are in Canguu which has become a very popular surf spot and hence it is being developed heavily.These particular fields are surrounded by development and I suspect won't be around much longer. The sketchy little road we took to surf everyday ran right through these fields and it was definitely a hub for localized transport and activity. The contrast of Bali is pretty evident in these shots. Old farmers and young kids (I still don't know what these kids were up to. Fishing/hunting for some kind of small fish/animal but I couldn't figure out what exactly). The two women, one on a bicycle with a traditional hat on the other on a scooter wearing a helmet. Lush green fields and new housing. A lot of activity, some of it hard to understand but you just sit and watch and wait................

Summer has finally arrived on the west coast after a long and wet spring. All winter long we live with a lot of rain and grey skies and this year it really lingered. I think that is why I am always attracted to the most colorful and vibrant scenes when summer finally comes or in my case, when I go to it. In celebration of summer and to help ring it in, here are a few shots from recent trips to California and Mexico.

This is an unbelievably great video about a Canadian legend in snowboarding: Martin Gallant aka The GodFather. It really put a smile on my face. I spent some of my earlier years shooting and hanging out with Martin in Whistler and it was always entertaining and productive. There is some great vintage shred footage and some equally great interviews with Canada's best. Another quality video by Push.ca in their ongoing series. Respect!

It's a cold, overcast west coast day and the snowboard season is winding down. That's not to say there isn't a lot left to do this winter or that the season is over. On the contrary, there are hopefully a lot more sunny days on the mountain left this month as well as some late spring park shoots. But for the moment I am enjoying some downtime at home thinking about summer.

What got me started on this tangent is a great blog and website by a guy named Morgan Maassen. I'm not sure exactly how old he is but from what I can tell he's one of these younger phenom type shooters along the same lines as my fellow snow lensmen Cole Barash. Both of these guys have amazing talent, drive and vision. But it was Morgan's blog and this little video he posted about Scott Shuman, aka "The Satorialist". Last summer I did a shoot for KNOW?Mag in which I was asked to emulate (not copy!) this style of shooting. This video reminded me of that shoot and summer time.



It's definitely worth watching this video to see what he has to say about his blog, his photography, how he got started etc. The video is shot really well and is part of a series called Visual Life from Intel.

As I was thinking about summer I realized how I have been planning on ramping up my blog content for some time now. This summer I hope to accomplish this goal and bring you much more information from the photography and action sports world. This will hopefully include interviews and portfolios from some of my favourite photographers, behind the scenes stuff and some regular feature type content. If you have any suggestions, ideas or proposals, please send them to me via email: info@colinadair.com