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Pleased to meet you, your um…Premierness..?!
Growing up last century in the UK I was of course drilled extensivly on all matters of protocol and chivalry. Oicks like us were fully briefed on when to curtsey (me – never) how to invite a Baron to...
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For Once, I Remembered…
Lest We Forget “We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow”. I read these words for the first time on Friday 11th. Not having grown up here I’m unfamiliar with “In Flanders Fields”. The quote is inscribed on...
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Wee Are The Ppl: A Brand is Born
Kids & Fashion – if there’s something I’m known for it’s neither of these. Not close. However, when my good friend Bryan McCloskey announced he was launching a new kids clothing line I boldly threw...
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“Don’t be a dick…”
I can be a bit of a word geek. “Eats, Shoots and Leaves” is absolutely one of my favourite books of all time. I’m always a sucker for cool design & typography. And I can never say no to a pretty...
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World Juniors 2012 –“I Was There!”
I Wish I Was There... Seriously, how fun is this job? All of about 3 hours after the final 22 players were announced for Team Canada I had the privilege of hanging out with each and every one of them....
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This One Goes Out to the Ones I’ve Loved…
Riley died this morning. In his owners’ arms. There’s a dignity and openness to the passing of pets that humans don’t often afford to themselves. We’ve known for a little while that Riley’s time was...
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Please God, Can I Make it Big This Year?
This posting has been fermenting inside me for a few weeks now. It lacked the urgency of my last about poor Riley but comes from as deeply felt, although admittedly far more selfish, thoughts and...
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Rocking to the (rural) Alberta advantage
So my pitch in Toronto at the start of the month when I was off strutting my stuff was in essence, ” Hire me – I’m not from round here…”. God knows TO, as well as being the centre of the known Canadian...
View ArticleHappy Birthday to… Me Inc!
In the unforgiveably long period of time since the last posting I’ve been a little busy. The #1 excuse is that I got married. And taking 3 weeks out of self-employment takes a lot of preparing for and...
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Ewan Nicholson PhotoVideo – A Brave New(ish) World…
Excuses abound but basically for the last 11 months I’ve been very busy while concurrently experiencing a mild existential dilemma. How else to explain the cardinal sin of blogging – not blogging?!...
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I shoot horses. Happily.
I’ve been at this job long enough now that there are times I just don’t mind saying “No”. In fact, to stay sane and grow as an artist it’s just plain necessary. And then there are times when the answer...
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On Creating an Evolved Image
I’m big into strategy. With a past career in high performance teams & corporate change, how could I not be? And so of course I also have a process dedicated to defining said strategies: if it feels...
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#PedalToTheCarpet
I’ve had the enormous privilege to work with Alpine Canada’s finest badass rippers this year. Our short film “Pedal to the Carpet” launched today. Filmed on location at Panorama Resort, BC in January...
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#anothertoughdayintheoffice
In this crazy job I’m perpetually either paranoidly underemployed or manically overloaded. With luck, there’s the occasional day in between to feel just right. I’m mostly glad to say I’m in the...
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“The Bow”
Two things I do painfully infrequently are blog postings and personal projects – well for now at least my conscience is clear! I have the ridiculously good fortune to know many of Calgary’s great...
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On the Absolute Merits of Just Doing It…
I used to have a real job which came with all sorts of perks like regular hours, regular paycheques, a dental plan and weekends off. Hated it. The “perfect” job drove me to despair. And into the warm,...
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CP + ENPV = :)
This truly is why I love doing what I do. Early last year I got summoned down to Canadian Pacific’s head office here in Calgary to talk about potential for future stills & video work. As it...
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You Had Me at Animatronic Velociraptor Suit!
I have noted on more than one occasion that this truly is a funny old vocation. However, when the lovely people at nonfiction studios asked if I was interested in running around the Canadian Badlands...
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(Some of) The Best Things in Life are Free.
As you may know from Instagram, I like my toys. By some curious twist of fate, many are officially R&D Projects – invested in strategically and with great vision by the board of EWAN PHOTOVIDEO....
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