the vancouver sunrun 2009 was today. i wanted to shoot video of the event. my film pal, tommie d., has a condo balcony with a first class view. i talked my way into the joint, and took this portrait of him as payback.
a bit about the run.... they say there were 55,000 folks participating. it's quite the spectacle. a 10-km race/walk. largest in the world. video to follow.
The Vancouver Sun Run, sponsored by The Vancouver Sun newspaper, is a 10-km race held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
8 comments:
That is an amazing event to witness-that many people in a run. Good picture and also a good picture of your friend Tommie. A good day's work!cw
Wow... do I ever look good !!!!!
(not really, just that Douglas asked me to say that.... hehehehehehe)
Truth be told... I look as old as dirt... like I went to school with Jesus, (nice guy, a bit quiet)
Tommie Dee
Jesus tommie, you don't look like dirt........whoops. i said jesus. i mean you don't look like dirt. errrrrr. ok, not sure what i mean.
anyways, when it's thru my lens you look like a million bucks! please donate to your favorite charity.
this is a really great portrait. So simple and extremely well composed. I think most people would see it as a good portrait and not even realize the compositional elements, angles and such, that make it a winner. A whole story is told in the one image. This is as good as something I would shoot.
you see tom, even the estemed toronto photographer ian crylser is a fan. no one thinks you look old and dirty..errr. old as dirt (sorry).
imagine all those people out looking for tommy dee as a scavenger prize and none of them looked up... bs
i think it is something like the way you feel when you hear your own voice recorded.... "is that me???" This perhaps is the visual counterpoint to that feeling. We are, after all, our own toughest critics. And of course, that is no reflection on the photographer's eye... just my tired looking ones. :)
tommie dee
well, we did shoot this on a sunday in the AM, so maybe there was a lag on the davidson 'twinkle'. just kidding.. it's all character.
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