left overs

kollaboration9_20090221-6, originally uploaded by akim_hobo.

My camera is back from the shop and squeaky clean. Here are some left overs from the show

boots

kollaboration9_20090221-14, originally uploaded by akim_hobo.

The Jazmin sisters' boots.

The guitar of Kina Grannis

kollaboration9 Tilt action

kollaboration9_20090221-3, originally uploaded by akim_hobo.

Had some fun with my new tilt/shift lens before the show. That long line of suits were our ushers.

kollaboration9

kollaboration9_20090221, originally uploaded by akim_hobo.

The red carpet was madness. Outside, it was even more hectic. This is when BOA arrived.

train

toronto_09-001, originally uploaded by akim_hobo.

Took the train yesterday to Kollaboration 9. The show was crazy. 6,300+ people, sold out and then some. I was supposed to be the backstage photographer, but I got caught up in ticket/police/parking/celebrity problems so i only got a couple out from early in the afternoon. Taking the train gave me some photo ideas.

Here is a train in Toronto.

pink

I wanted to print a gigantic flower for my sister's birthday present because she told me how much she liked one hanging on a wall at her wedding.

I ended up stitching a whole series of closeups of this flower together to get this image. It doesn't look it, but there's enough pixels to print it 4 ft x 4 ft. Unfortunately, I didn't think ahead about how I would ship something so big to Toronto. So I ended up only printing it 1 ft x 1 ft.

Oh well, I'll print it huge some day.

billboards

toronto_09-004, originally uploaded by akim_hobo.

If there's one thing I like more than water towers, it's billboards. The above and below pics were taken at the distillery district in Toronto

clear skies

toronto_09-006, originally uploaded by akim_hobo.

I think today it was nice outside. I wouldn't know though because I am sick at home.

I took the above picture waking up one morning in my sister's condo.

Flying out again

toronto_09-002, originally uploaded by akim_hobo.

I snapped this on my way out from Toronto at Pearson airport. Seems like I just got back here, and I'm already thinking of flying out again. A good friend from college is getting married in HK, and so I must follow.

toronto_09-007

toronto_09-007, originally uploaded by akim_hobo.

It's colder in LA now. But not as cold as Toronto.

St Lawrence Market-004

St Lawrence Market-004, originally uploaded by akim_hobo.

This is why I went here in the first place. Yum.

St Lawrence Market-002

St Lawrence Market-002, originally uploaded by akim_hobo.

Some meat on display at the St. Lawrence Market in Toronto.

St Lawrence Market

cheese-001, originally uploaded by akim_hobo.

Found some old photos from Toronto last April.

Today I passed on the opportunity to eat some nice cheeses. I wish I was more active :P

bay and college

bay and college, originally uploaded by akim_hobo.

This looked way better in person. Worst goes first.

Back from home

Photo, originally uploaded by akim_hobo.

And I'm going to try this whole blog thing again. I'll start with images from Toronto until I run out of ideas once again.

My new time suck

My new time suck is my condo. I have so many side projects that I'm working on right now, but somehow the place where you live tends to take up the most time.

And money.

Here is my new balcony.

Last NY pic

I'm going to have to go back and get some more :)

99 bottles of beer ....

It's the weekend.
Finally.

Too bad I have more work to do than I normally have on weekdays.

Headphones

Trying to concentrate at work.

Can't do NY this year

So my girlfriend says she misses NY. I do too. Plane tickets are so ridiculous now though that I can't afford to fly out there this year. Too bad.

I'm back

Sadly, I still have more NY pics to sort through so I'll start with those.

And I'm going to start BIG.

Been busy

Yes it's filler material, but at least it's busy. Like me. Now.

Retirement plan

Buy a taco truck in Toronto.

Retire on my billions of revenue. This guy's stuck with donuts and sandwiches, and I dare not mess with the Tim Horton's empire.

battle time

My girlfriend vs. the world

techniques

Composition, patterns.
Foreground, mid-ground, background.
Neato colours
poofy boots.


Click above to see a bigger version in Flickr

gas is expensive

I should bike more, or move to a city with public transit. Although, I hear even that's becoming expensive.

Weather

Some cold weather would be nice right about now.

Thirsty

If I could, I would buy one of these for my (future) place.




Retro table too? Sure, why not?

Name brands

I like the logos, not so much the product.

Make a wish

I want one too. But not a bulldog.

Cuban Corn

Makes me hungry

Caffeine

Monday = caffeine in the morning.

I will save everybody some time and mention that Tetley tea in Toronto tastes different than the same variety bought in Los Angeles. How do I know? I have 80 bags worth. I will stock up next time I'm home.

By "everybody" of course I mean the 4 people that actually read this blog. *tear*

Here's some caffeine NY style.