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  • December29th

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    BASF Calendar shoot with ’55 Spyder

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    BASF 2009 Calendar release

    Mark Greenberg’s famous 1955 Porsche Spyder made another appearance but this time on the BASF: Chemical Company Calendar.

    Yours truly of course got the honor to photograph the car right here in Vancouver’s beautiful False Creek area. How did I get on the seawall you ask? Well lets just say you have to get up mighty early to get away with something like this! The photography they chose wasn’t all that flattering either. Reason why as a backup I also snapped a couple famous scenic pictures from Granville Island which I thought would have been chosen over the seawall photo. With such tight control over size/angle/page fitment, the choices were restrictive. When photographing any scenic composition, a narrow view would never come up in the vocabulary.

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  • July27th

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    The need for more speed – Miyata 912

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    Miyata SunsetMiyata 912 @ English Bay

    For the past couple years summers I commuted around town and to work via a mountain bike I purchased 5 years ago. The ride was tiresome as the bike wielded wide mud tires, front suspension and weighted a lot! It was time for a change, and that ment an upgrade to a lighter more efficient bike. With an attractive price, the mountain bike had no problem to a co-worker who picked it up right from my desk. For the next week I asked Dennis, a friend of mine who now lives in Hong Kong to help me find a fast road bike in a decent price range. I’d like extend a big thank you to Dennis as he helped me find this bike. Without his help, I would have probably just ended up buying a newer, low end bike in the same or more price range.

    The Miyata 912 is a true classic mid 80′s Japanese semi-pro road bike. To name a few things, it features a triple-butted Chromoly tube and cast fully lugged frame. Driven by all the numerous Shimano 600EX components from shifters, cassette, hubs, breakset, leavers, Crankset/Chainrings, to pedals – all factory stock might I add. The original owner used this bike for triathlons, so it shows some wear and tear; nothing like a good bath to restore some youth to it’s age though.

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  • July10th

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    Corrado VR6 – Wallpaper

    Posted in: Cars, Corrado, Mananetwork Photography and Design, Wallpaper

    This is to all the Corrado owners out there

    Here’s my Canadian edition 1993.5 VR6 still running strong with only 132,000km
    Stay tuned for more pictures in the near future!

    Dual Screen 3200×1200 | Widescreen (16:10) 1920×1200

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  • November13th

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    CLASSIC RESTORED

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    1955 Spyder

    Lets roll back a couple weeks because I can’t help but make an exclusive about this car. It took a years to restore, but the owner said most of this time was spent trying to ebay all the original badging and body parts.

    The car was parked in his garage, covered in a silk liner that only shadowed the shape of the car. When the cover flew off, all I saw was a reflection of myself. The lines of the car were a little hard to read at first, but as I walked around it, I couldn’t believe how it’s small curvy figure had won me over.

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