Fil Skateboarding

Skateboarding has been a part of my life since I can remember. Because I was surrounded by it growing up I have naturally taken some skate photos before. The biggest difference between my old skate photos and these ones are that this is the first time I've used flash. Since college i've been excited to try it - I'm happy with the results but I definitely have a few things to learn.

Here's Fil skating in Toronto.

Here's the guys checking out some footage.

Oh, and yeah... my computer crashed again since I last posted. I've been able to grab these off my hard drive and edit them on my roommates computer. Honestly, fixing my computer has been hell. It's been two months, it worked for a week, and now I have to by a new hard drive for it. It's definitely been a difficult time in terms of my photography but that's life. Gotta keep on pushing through.

Thanks!

- Dylan

People Watching: Freedom Festival

Toronto's Freedom Festival was last week and having enjoyed last years I made a point to check it out. The festival is a celebration/protest of marijuana - it's basically live music, various food vendors, and other entertainment with a lot of high people in a park. If you're interested in the festival you can check out my coverage of the same event last summer - see that here: http://dylanleeder.blogspot.com/2010/05/freedom-festival.html

Because I covered the event last year and had less time at the festival I decided to just make another addition to my People Watching series. So...

People Watching: Freedom Festival

I'm digging the whole People Watching series. I find the images have a lot to look at. The longer you look at the image the more things you find. If you want to see the last entry check it out here: http://dylanleeder.blogspot.com/2011/02/people-watching-yonge-dundas.html

More to come.

Thanks!

May Update - What's coming.

It's been a while!

My computer crashed at the beginning of April but I was able to get it fixed! My roommate was generous enough to give me the parts to his old laptop and I found someone that was able to combine my broken one with his and create a sort of frankenstein laptop. Score.

During my time without a computer I kept shooting and was able to keep up on my priority photos using my other roommates laptop. I'm really grateful for all the people that helped me out - it could have been a disaster. Because I was focusing on other stuff I had a collection of personal photos built up. This will be a preview of the posts I'll be doing in the next week...

First, some random photos from my trip back home to Brockville...

I also found a skull in the woods. I cleaned it up and scanned it. Turned out pretty awesome.

Okay... the following are a few preview photos of some of the posts I'll be making in the next week.

I've shot a few skateboarding shots before but never with flash. I've been wanting to try this out for a while and am pretty excited about the results. I was definitely experimenting and have a few things to learn but they're a good start. Here's a moment behind the scenes - the actual skate shots will be posted in the next few days.

I also shot another entry to my People Watching series. Preview of that:

I should also have those images finished and posted within the next few days.

So, now that I finally have a computer again I'll hopefully be back to posting a few times a month. I have a lot of shoots I hope to do this summer and am pretty excited to see the results. Some big things coming up! Yes!

If you're interested in following my other work I shoot and write for a Toronto Blog called BlogTO. I do a weekly series called In The Window that is released every Thursday and I shoot concerts a few times a month. If you're interested you can follow me on twitter and I'll tweet about them as they release. I'll do a concert photo update in the next few weeks with a few examples of what bands I've been shooting.

Check back in the next few days and I'll have the skate shots and the People Watching photos posted.

Thanks!

- Dylan