I managed to shoot over 17,000 photos and hours of video during the three weeks I was covering the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Whistler, Cypress and even Whitehorse, Yukon for a day. Here is the 8 minute version of those 3 weeks: Music: Above & Beyond – World on Fire (12″ Remix) I managed…
Science World was transformed into Sochi World to present Russia’s host city for the next Winter Olympics after Vancouver in 2014. I have to say, it was a pretty wild pavilion…I felt like I was inside a Russian airport from the future…or a wicked set from a James Bond movie. So much going on, so…
My view of the win from Robson Square…a perfect close to an amazing Winter Olympic Games for me.
Another random interview/photo opportunity popped up yesterday when Rebecca & I met up with George Stroumboulopoulos, from CBC’s The Hour, outside Robson Square and we shot a quick interview with him: I love how he dealt with fans while we were shooting the interview…very cool guy.
Canada’s favorite Skeleton man, Jon Montgomery discusses how he originally discovered Skeleton and what steps he went through to get involved in the sport:
kk and I had a chance to talk with Johnny Weir (USA: Figure Skating) about his experiences in Vancouver during these Olympic Games:
As I’ve mentioned before, the BC Media Centre hosts a lot of press conferences. One highlight of many of them is long time Vancouver favorite, Nardwuar the Human Serviette asking questions of various people on stage. First he asked Governor Arnold Swartzenegger about his previous vinyl efforts: then today, he asked Canadian Ice Dance Gold…
I never expected to be doing many of the things I’ve had the chance do during these Olympic Games. The pavilions during the Games have been a great way to learn more about my country and a boon to the various tourism organizations in Canada. As I mentioned in my previous post, Alberta rented out…
Last week, I had the chance to ride the Alberta Train to Whistler. Yes you read that right…although I didn’t go to Alberta, for a good part of the day, I was treated like I was in Alberta. Normally, the train is the Rocky Mountaineer but Travel Alberta had rented it out for the duration…
My pal Duane stopped by for a visit the other day and we shot this little video to give you a little glimpse inside the BC Media Centre. It’s where I’ve been spending a lot of time lately attending press conferences, processing photos, writing posts like this one and sometimes just relaxing and actually watching…