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over the last month or so i’ve started a personal portrait project called Love Your Face. the project centers around portraits of friends, family, colleges, and strangers i meet, in a simple close-up manner that hopefully reveals some of their wonderful character. i have thoroughly enjoyed the people i’ve photographed so far. my goal is to photograph at least one person a week for a year, gathering a collection of 52+ portraits. i have started the website off with six portraits and will be adding a new portrait every week. i will be posting each new portrait here, but to see the full series of each face you will have to go to www.love-your-face.com. there are a few portraits after the jump, but you might as well jump right to www.love-your-face.com and check out all of the portraits.

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i thoroughly enjoyed shooting street fashion back in March. wandering the streets of Vancouver looking for the most stylish people is a great way to spend an afternoon. it definitely takes time and dedication to be on the street everyday; as Mr. Shuman says in an interview “those few hours to find one or two good pictures.” here are a few of my favourite outtakes from the Pacific Centre 30 Days of Fashion campaign. thanks to all of the fine Vancouverites that let me take their picture, and everyone who followed the 30 days. more pictures after the jump.

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if you have never heard of Mike Horn you should really look him up. Mike is one of the premiere explorers of the 21 century. amongst all of his amazing expeditions he’s circumnavigated the equator solo and without any motorized vehicles (1999), and in 2002 he circumnavigated the Arctic Circle solo and again without aid of motorized vehicles or dogs. i had the privileged to meet and photograph Mr. Horn this past spring for Mercedes-Benz and The Pangaea Expedition, his current project.

The Pangaea is the name of the expedition and the name of the 100 foot sailed boat that he is the captain of. unlike his previous endeavors of conquering this vast earth we live on, the goal of this expedition is to teach the next generation all he has learned and to help to restore the earth he loves to travel. over the last 2 years  the Pangaea has sailed the world, circumnavigating each continent. along the way groups of youth, Young Explorers, are hand picked to sail with him and execute on various eco-projects such as starting the biggest coral-reef rejuvenation in the world.

Mike himself is an amazing man. with a strong sense of obligation to the environment and an equally strong perspective on hands-on in-the-world education, he is passionate about the youth that he brings on his boat. he is gratuitous host offering a cappuccino to everyone, and genuinely lends a ear to most everyone. i could have sat and chatted with him for hours.

Check out Mike Horn and the Pangaea Expedition at www.mikehorn.com, and follow him on twitter @PangaeaMikeHorn.

[more pictures after the jump]

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Nik is one of my best friends. she also happens to be one of the hardest training athletes i know. from conquering the Duathlon world, to indoor track & 10k running, she is now quickly becoming a rising Canadian cycling star. after her first season ending abruptly with a tibia and fibula break, she is having an amazing second season. with a 2nd place road race finish and 4th place overall GC at Wenatchee, 6th in the road race at Enumclaw, 8th place stage 2 and a 12th place overall GC at Mt. Hood (against some of the best in North America including Clara Hughes and Kristin Armstrong), and just over a week ago finishing 7th at Canadian Nationals (ahead of Clara Hughes), this year has been going in the right direction.

Nik and i have been working together for a long time. before she headed off to Mt. Hood and Canadian Nationals we shot some new images for her website. Nik has never been one for the regular athlete pictures; most would never know she was a cyclist from her immaculate sense of style. we went simple this time. no sports attire, just a white t-shirt and a pair of jeans on a white background with Nik just being Nik. here are a few of my favourites. you can see a few more of them over on her website, www.nikvogler.com.

[pictures and a quick strobist setup after the jump]

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