Tour Of Excellence Submission Thread

Ben. · 2012-01-15 19:27:57

Post your photos here, on the date you are supposed to post em. Well have a separate discussion thread for props and thoughts so this one is just pure unadulterated photo goodness. Dont forget to give a sentence or two about each photo. Just what it is and why you shot it or something.

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Photo #1: Ski/Snowboard

I didn't have a whole lot of shots to pick from, i shoot mostly video when i shoot skiing, a few park shots, but this one came from the one urban session i attended. Although it didn't come out exactly how I planned, i still like it.

Photo #2: Portrait.

I came up with this idea while at a fancy dinner with my friend in the photo. We wax so much (we're skicross racers) it's like our job. I really dig the way this one turned out.

Photo #3: Where you live.

I'm taking the abstract route on this one. I live in Boulder, so the flatirons were the obvious choice, but I'm sick of cliche flatiron shots.
Like many other people on NS, the mountains are my home, sanctuary, and playground; be it skiing to a BC hut, or racing skicross.

Photo #4: Whatever.

This was just my favorite shot, not included above, in the time period of the contest. This is Skinner Hut in the Colorado backcountry. I would have loved to do a star-streak, but didn't have an intervalometer, the hut is 11 miles in so i didn't bring a lot of photo gear.

I hope you enjoy them!

Jan 15 2012 9:29PM

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So I didn't really have a lot of time to shoot specifically for this, as I've been so busy working on my portfolio's for university. I'm happy enough with the results, they might not be up to my standards, think of this more as a day in the life of me!

Photo 1: Ski

Justin St-Laurent - Nose Tap 360: Shot this this weekend up at Tremblant, he went so big on this trick, went way to fast a few times, but he got it down.

Photo 2: Portrait

Self-portrait. Shot this on the beach in Cuba over christmas.

Photo 3: Home

This was a long exposure of a bridge in downtown Ottawa (my home town). I shot this one for my Ryerson portfolio (my theme is depth) but it fit nicely for this topic. If you look to the left side of the photo, you can see the skyline of Ottawa, including the Parliament Buildings.

Photo 4: Whatever

My family, we're a crazy bunch, but hey, what cha gonna do? Shot this on a 10 sec timer.

So yah, that's what a day in the life of Zack Barwin looks like. If you wanna see more check out my site and flickr page, their in my sig.

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Jan 16 2012 5:54PM

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Photo #1 Portrait: A portrait of my brother in a hotel lobby, I really like the expression on his face.

Photo #2 Hometown: This was a photo I took at my local Ski/Skate shop, in Akron, Ohio, I really don't know why I like it so much...

Photo #3: Random.. Photo of my friend Nate Mills standing on a catwalk in an Alley nicknamed "Graffiti Alley" rightfully so I would say.

Photo #4: Ski/Snowboard yeah in Ohio we didn't have much snow... so i took this at a rail jam a while back, when I was filming... Closest thing i had to skiing or snowboarding lol

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Jan 18 2012 9:02PM

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I think it's my day for show and tell so here goes.

Photo #1

Portrait: This is my cousin Allison, six years old and growing.

Photo #2

Home: I live in the Bay Area now, but as a child I would spend extended lengths of time up in Edmonds, Washington with my Grandparents. Over my winter break I visited again and this is a picture of the beach in Edmonds.

Photo #3

Random: I have an obsession for shoes, specifically Nike Stefan Janoskis. I've got about eighteen pairs and this pair (Obsidian) is one of my grails.

Photo #4

Skiing: Due to no snow in Tahoe, and soccer season, I have yet to even see a speck of snow this winter. Sorry for the lack of photo, if punishment is necessary, so be it.

Jan 20 2012 5:12PM

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Ski/Snowboard - I feel like a dick posting this, but I never got around to shooting skiing. It's just something I'm awful at doing, I never want to bring my camera on the hill. So here is a 'skateboarding' shot that I really enjoy. Ban me if necessary.

Home - This is currently my new home, Salt Lake City Utah.

Portrait - My roommate Heather. I used a lightroom filter on this shot, not sure if I like it or not (with the filter). I just love the lighting in it.

Random - This shot I felt like embodied my style the best. Total deadpan landscape.

Jan 22 2012 1:38AM

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Sorry forgot mine got taken down due to me screwing up the first post.

Here's a second attempt.

Ski/Snowboard

We don't get a lot of snow in North Vancouver, so urban is a real treat. This is a photo of my friend Trint (newest amateur rider for Endeavor snowboards) getting down a steep 14-flat-11 stair DFD. Gap 180 over the last down to flat, to put it blunt the landing was pretty much a slurpee on concrete.

Portrait

I don't shoot outside of the mountains too much (besides urban of course) so surprise surprise my portrait is from a ski shoot. This a photo of my good friend (and extremely talented filmer) Jeremy taking a break from another surprise, filming.

Home

A quote from the mountain bike movie Roam best describes this photo, "Vancouver's North Shore is often credited for progressing the way mountain bikes are ridden. The stunts and ladder bridges that made it famous have spread to every corner of the earth where people ride bikes."

This is a ladder bridge about a 15 minute walk from my house, before I discovered skiing mountain biking was my passion. I love the mountains and they are my home.

Random

This is just a 6 pack of one of my favourite cheaper brews, Cariboos Honey Lager. It has orange cans hence the orange hue.

Jan 23 2012 6:12PM

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Jan 23 2012 6:13PM

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Ski/Snowboard

Alot has changed on the hill for me compared to this year and last year. I stopped snowboarding and started skiing all because of this amazing site and I have loved every minute of it. Today marked my 8th day skiing ever and alot of those days this season have been solo with many of my friends moving off to different universities as I stayed home at our local JC. It sucked at first not having anybody to ride with but because of it I have met some amazing people I normally wouldnt have an have been progressing faster than I ever could have imagined.

Portrait

This is a shot of my good friend Alex, after most of my friends from highschool went away to college I didnt have many people to hang out with but with both of us being huge into cars and not having many friends stay home for school Alex and I grew way close. This was taken during one of many late night Ihop runs.

Home

My home is located Sacramento which is in the middle of pretty much everything. Since it is directly in the middle, it does take time to get to the slopes and the Bay Area and can be an inconvenience (especially for skiing) but its been a great city to grow up in and I couldn't have asked for more.

Random

Cars have always been a major part of my life and always will be. Joining Nasioc in 09' when I bought my WRX was a big influence on me and how I approached cars. I have learned so much from car forums and met a ton of great people that will stick with me for awhile. This is my WRX, some may like the "hella flush" look and some dont, it can definitely be super inconvenient when trying to get to Tahoe during a storm but I like to think of it as a lifestyle haha.

Jan 23 2012 9:13PM

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My entry is gonna be pretty shitty, I haven't had much time to shoot recently with school and stuff. Sorry about that.

Photo #1: Portrait
This is my friend Ramiro GTSing during a photo class I took last quarter.

Photo #2: Home
I actually haven't been home since this contest started so this is a picture of the backside of my dorm looking into the lounge.

Photo #3: Random
I went to the zoo in December I think and got to shoot with a 100-400 4-5.6L. Super Fun lens, especially for the exhibits where I couldn't get close. I thought the giraffe was interesting mostly because of his tongue haha.

I don't have a skiing picture unfortunately, there hasn't been much snow so I haven't brought my camera out yet. If I take pictures next time I go I'll post one up in this thread or something.

Jan 24 2012 1:35PM

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Mine too is going to be pretty shitty, due to moving multiple times/living in a park/not a single day of riding this whole season, which eliminates the ski/snowboard photo.

photo 1: portrait.

I actually took this picture WHILE filming. A member of the Atlantic Chamber Ensemble asked me to film sort of an ambient video of the local skate "park" (DIY spot) that will be playing in the background of their first concert during one of the songs. we also filmed an interview and promo, during which I got interviewed in lol. but sadly he did the editing, and it turned out pretty sub par.

photo 2: Where you Live

Although Richmond is (literally) the capitol of the south, and you can't turn a corner without camo and confederate flags, the city is not half bad. there's a pretty legit skate scene, and all the little kiddies and hoodrats are at this DIY spot pretty much every single day, and down in the city all night long. generators and lights are mandatory, and running from the cops is inevetible.
although this pic is pretty lame IMHO, but it's the only one that involves the city of richmond.

Photo 3: Whatever

My current theme in my AP photo class is experimentation, and my concentration for this nine weeks is surrealism. The experimentation of this piece was that it was shot on X pro film, then soaked in lemon juice, tobasco sauce, and rubbing alcohol.
The surrealism is the use of the reflection of the lake to my advantage, and the photo itself is actually flipped upside down, but it doesn't appear so at first glance due to the reflection.

Jan 24 2012 10:20PM

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Ok I FINALLY got my film developed and scanned.

Ski shot:

This shot is of one of my friends on a super nice pow day. The drop is about 30ft and he took it deep.

The whole day had some pretty crazy skiing so I put my camera away after a few runs so I could shred. I think this shot captures the feel of the day. Shot on Portra 400.

Portrait:

He's one of my good friends. I got my 85/1.8 and immediately started messing around with portraits. This one is my favorite because of the leading lines of the bridge. Portra 400

Home:

This one's pretty self explanatory. Although I don't live in the city I call the entire PNW "home" and when people who aren't locals ask me where I'm from I say Seattle. This shot captures exactly what Seattle is like a lot of the year-raining, cold, misty, but awesome at the same time. Portra 400.

Random:

Although there's technically a lot "wrong" with this shot, I like it and I've heard good things about if from other people. I really appreciate the location of where I live because opportunities for outdoors shots like this are abundant. This is the only shot in the set that was shot on digital. I really experimented with the B&W conversion on this one and I think I got it how I like it.

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Jan 28 2012 6:53PM

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Photo 1: Ski/snowboard

It rarely snows in Victoria BC (This is the first time more than a couple inches has fallen in the 3 years I've lived here), so my friend took his shred gear to school and rode in the sculpture yard between classes. There were classes in session behind us and I think they were pretty surprised to see someone snowboarding back there.

Photo 2: Portrait

I get to see my mom once a year for a couple days, and this year she wanted to find a cool spot to take pictures together over the break. We went to an industrial yard and I hid behind some stacked concrete blocks to take this through a gap in them.

Photo 3: Home

I took this a bit more metaphorically, and viewed home in the sense of where you're the most comfortable. I found this playground at night and realized that while playgrounds were my home in the past, society dictates that it's not acceptable to spend time there any more. I think this captures the sense of alienation and nostalgia that I felt when I went there.

Photo 4: Random

There isn't a whole lot to this photo, I just really like the texture and rich rusty colour of it

Jan 30 2012 4:06PM

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Photo 1 - Skiing Shot

I recently got a DSLR to start filming and taking pictures. Mainly when I take my camera up to the mountain, I film, and don't take as many pictures. I forgot my steadicam this day, so I decided to try taking some pictures instead. I took a bunch on this day, but I really like how I framed this shot, it just works really well to me. I wish I could have taken pictures of a powder skier or something out of the park, but sadly, I have yet to go up on a powder day, even in Colorado.

Photo 2 - Portrait

I actually took this shot quite a while ago, with my dad's camera. I have this nice cliff that is nestled in the valley behind my house, and it's pretty much at the top of a small mountain. We took a hike up there back in September so I could experiment with a camera (this was when I really became intrigued by photography), and I ended up taking some pictures on the way up, a panorama at the top, and some wide shots of the hills and mountains that I live in. I was hiking around the cliff when I noticed how awesome the lighting and angle was, so I snapped this shot of my friend standing on the edge.

Photo 3 - Home

I took this picture from my front porch. My home has and always will be in the mountains. I love being surrounded by nature and being able to explore the world around me by just stepping out the door. This was one of the first shots I took when I got my camera, but I really like the detail that I got from the car lights.

Photo 4 - Random

I went up to Breckenridge with my friend, who has a condo up there. Luckily, his condo is literally at the base of Peak 8, so I can walk out of the building and be on the slopes. We went out at night and spent an hour or two each night just taking pictures. I took a couple timelapses, but also focused on exploring regular photography as well. Here's one of my favorite shots. I didn't have a flash, this was actually a long exposure and the light from the snowcat illuminated the chairlift wheel. I love the definition and contrast between the lift and the sky.

- Thanks guys, I hoped you liked my stuff, as these past couple of months have been great for me in learning about photography!

Feb 2 2012 5:11PM

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Here is my submission:

Photo 1: ski/snowboard

This was taken at my home mountain, we found a small log down by the parking lot that we could stall on and stayed after hours to make a little sunset shoot out of it. This was one of the results:

Photo 2: Portrait
This is just a pic I snapped of my buddy at the mountain. Nothing special:

Photo 3: Home
Every Christmas morning, we have a tradition of hiking to the top of one of the local mountains. (I live in Phoenix, az). Someone brings up this Christmas tree and everyone who makes it to the top puts an ornament on it. This is the tree and part of the view from the top:

Photo 4: Random
This is one of my friends dirt jumping. You can't ski every day living in Phoenix so we have to find something else to do to pass the time between weekends. This is just one of the pics that turned out the best:

Thanks for looking and I hope you liked my pictures!

Feb 3 2012 11:41PM

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Somehow I'm a doorknob and missed my date by almost 2 weeks, so without further delay, here is mine:

Photo 1:

Ski/Snowboard.

Well, due to injury I haven't been able to make it out to the hill this season, Only about 5 days out so far, and every time I get out I end up shooting video, so for this shot, I will post a combination of photos at 24fps in the form of a video clip.

Photo 2:

Portrait.

A portrait of a fellow who I look up to. My Grandfather. He is a thinker, As you can see he is thinking his way through a puzzle. Its very interesting to watch him change as he steps closer to deaths doorstep everyday.

Photo 3:

Home.

A five minute walk away from my house is where you can find the location I shot this. Its a shot of the "eel-trap" I used to hangout with friends at. One of those childhood things that I will never forget, and brings back the feeling of home.

Photo 4:

Random.

Just some random wooden wheelbarrow from my months long road-trip through the eastern provinces the past summer.

Feb 5 2012 4:56PM

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Hello All, this will be my submission for the NS Tour of Excellence.

1.) Ski/Snowboard.

Well, on the first day of the season up here in NY, (January 1), I broke my arm, and it needed surgery. I haven't been able to make it up to the mountain since then, so I will not have a ski shot. I'm sorry, but I couldn't do anything about it.

2.) Portrait.

I went up to NYC for Christmas break, and while walking i snapped this shot. It is one of my favorites.

3.) Where you live

Well, I wasn't really sure what to shoot for this one, so i decided to shoot this. I hang out here with my friends a lot after school, so this really does remind me of home.

4.) Whatever

I was experimenting with water photography, when I got this shot. I dyed the water green and then I shone a flashlight through the bottom and got this. I never expected to get anything this good.

and that concludes it! I hope you enjoyed my photos.

Feb 5 2012 5:41PM

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Hey guys, I'm Jamie, and this is my Tour of Excellence submission. I've been extremely busy with my Eastern Sample film project this year, but managed to snap a couple of photos in between filming sessions.

First Picture, Skiing:

Snapped this picture friday night as we hit some urban. We found a really sweet setup of rails, and decided to bungee into a c-rail to long down rail as an up-c-flat-tranny-to-revert-tranny rail. Unfortunately the lighting there was sub-par for video and I wasn't really prepared for photo, but I made the most of it using car headlights as a rim and an on camera flash as a fill light. Rider is Mitch Noddin.

Second Picture, Portrait:

I took this spur of the moment photo of my good friend Cferg at sunday river a couple of weeks ago. Loved how photogenic she was! All natural lighting.

Third Picture, Home:

OK, i'm pulling this picture, I'm sorry. But I can explain. I'm so blessed to wake up to the sight of still water and a sunrise every day I'm home. Spending a lot of time away from there lately has made me realize how fortunate I was to be able to expirence this sight every so often and how I had taken my home's view for granted so many times. I snapped this picture back in april of 2010 just after I was diagnosed with depression, and was on a fucked up sleep schedule of being up all night and asleep all day. It was during then that I really took in the beauty of a nice sunrise and became humbled at the thought.

Fourth Picture, Whatever:

Testing out my Canon 85 1.8 yesterday and just grabbed a shot of my skis. Anyone who knows me knows I'm an avid surface fan(boy), whatever. I liked how it turned out, and the photo stands for what represents me when i'm up on the hill: my two favorite planks :) Yes they are getting a bit worn in, but nothing shows avid use and abuse like a few battle scars!

well, thats it, enjoy!

Jamie

Feb 6 2012 12:06AM

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Love both those places. They painted over the alley last I checked though.

Mar 9 2012 1:04AM

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this is the sickest photo

Apr 5 2012 5:57PM

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Yep, painted over the alley, but its a new canvas in my eyes, i'm gonna tag it as soon as i get back from New Orleans, but yo whats your name man?

Apr 5 2012 6:34PM

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SkiJay.

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Thanks man! glad you liked it!

Apr 10 2012 1:27AM

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Victor!

Apr 10 2012 9:38AM

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lots of nice pics here!
thought I'd share one of mine - well, actually my sister took it with her NEX 5. it was totally overexposed due to the bright sunshine, so I had a hard time post-processing it. it looks absolutely awful in colour, but so much better in B&W:

location: Sportgastein, Salzburg, Austria.

Apr 11 2012 1:55PM

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ouch. just noticed that I probably posted in the wrong thread...sorry for that. I'm still looking for an option to edit / delete my post, so let's hope that I'll find it anytime soon...

Apr 11 2012 2:01PM

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Ight, you live in/around ak? Ive honestly never met an nser from akron, all the kids i ski/board with are from like brecksville

Apr 11 2012 3:23PM

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i was originally supposed to post in this thread but got busy and blanked it. anyway i have a submission finally. remember to click for better quality.

this was taken at this years chamberlain rail jam in big sky mt. there was a lip over it and shay threw a big laid out backy over it.

photo #1 skiing

this is my friend Rylan. sometimes he blows it.

this is a small, seedy bar in bozeman mt. its called the Haufbrau. pretty grungy place, good example of the grungier side of bozeman i think.

This was taken at the Chamberlain Rail Jam when Crystal Method played. pretty sweet show!

Apr 28 2012 9:16PM

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Ben.

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Sick

But 90% sure the first one is Sandy.

Apr 29 2012 12:45AM

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na i have some shots of sandy. he is just wearing his chamberlain jersey. here is another shot of shay wearing that same shit

Apr 29 2012 11:29AM

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Daph

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Rylan is such a fox...

Apr 29 2012 1:04PM

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wow i know this kid. hes in a engineering, architect, and construction group im in called ACE

Apr 30 2012 11:29PM

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Ben.

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Dammit. They are near impossible to tell apart when they are skiing haha.

May 1 2012 2:03AM

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Daph

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Figured I'd post some shit since the order is all out of whack anyway

Photo 1- ski/snowboard

Closing weekend at Big Sky is always such a shitshow. Everyone dresses up, bibs_skibum decided to rock the canadian tuxedo. By the time this picture was taken we were many beers in, along with several beer bong hits so the fact that I could take a photo, and that Kevin could slide a rail makes this whole thing a little more impressive. I miss this shit.

Photo 2- portrait

Once ski season started winding down, everyone started fishing a bunch. Jack has a good concentration face.

Photo 3- where you live

Big Sky is owned by Boyne, which we like to say stands for Bend Over You're Now Employed. Unlike most ski areas, we don't get an employee ski day once the mtn closes, so to make up for that we had a lifty rail jam. This is a bunch of my wonderful coworkers up at the top of the park with Lone Peak in the background. Best place in the world

Photo 4- whatever

I wanted to take a horse pic, but all the ones I have aren't in the timeline. So here is a picture that I really like of my friend Ryan

May 12 2012 1:53PM

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