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!

Polaroid film and cameras have been around for a long time and the future is still kind of uncertain. A group recently purchased the film division of Polaroid after if was shut down by the original company a few years ago. It's great to know that people are still passionate about film. As you know I am an avid film shooter with my Hasselblad 501 and after recently acquiring a new light meter it's back in action. I just returned home from a friends wedding in mexico where I shot a lot of film. It's at the lab now and I'll have some shots up here soon.

I found this video through photographer Espen Lystad via Facebook. A very cool look into a very cool and very rare Polaroid camera.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt-NraquF5E&feature=player_embedded#at=117

Ok. More Deep Winter madness. I am milking the shit out of this. But considering I spent so much time planning it and putting it all together I have nothing else to talk about lately............well, actually........I just love talking about myself cause I'm so fucking awesome.

On that note, here's a behind the scenes video from my shoot. It was shot by John Swystun and produced for Push.ca by Lenny Rubenovitch (hope I spelled that right). It really shows the seriousness and technical expertise of my shooting style. Don't come crying to me when you can't get this 5 minutes of your life back. You've been warned.

Push.ca - Colin Adair Deep Winter

(you might have to download a video player update but it takes two minutes and it's worth it cause PUSH has tons and tons of videos you can watch)

Remember, the actual slideshow goes online Monday on the King Snow site.

On January 4th to 7th I participated in the Deep Winter Photo Challenge in Whistler (see post below for more info). It was an incredibly intense three days of shooting and one day of panicked editing. I didn't win or even place in the contest but I'm really proud of what my team and I accomplished. I've never done any kind of slideshow before and did not know what to expect or how much time it would really take. All of the other participants are veterans to the slideshow contest format and it showed. They had excellent photos and great shows. They were definitely worthy of being on the podium in my opinion.

My goal was to do something totally different from the 'normal' slideshow format. I had a feeling it might hurt my chances of placing in the top three because it deviated from the judging criteria but at the same time I had an idea that I really wanted to see come through so I just went for it. It was a lot of fun and I can't wait to get it online.

With that being said, you will soon be able to judge for yourselves! My slideshow will be posted in the coming weeks on this site and others. I'm working out some details with a snowboard publication which will time the release of the video with an article about the shoot. I will keep you posted.........

In the meantime, here's a sneak peek at some of the photos from the three days.