The book, “DON’T READ THIS…” is about how to gain all you deserve in life. It’s a guide on breaking through your own fears and doubts and seeing and believing in your own “self value”. The key of which is realizing that that value should not (in fact cannot) be affected by external opinion, if your mind is strong enough.

Dõv does a great demonstration of this principle. He takes a $100 bill and hurls insults at it, crumples it up in his hand, throws it onto the ground and stomps on it in disgust. Then he asks the question “How much is it worth now?”. Of course, it is still worth $100. If you really know your self value, it doesn’t matter what anyone else might think.

Michael’s story is amazing and inspirational. Please follow the link above to learn more about Michael and the work that goes on in his name.

For all of you who attended the Primavera event, the following link will soon have all the “paparazzo” images I captured as you arrived.

http://www.pictage.com/832062

If you decide to have a copy for yourself, remember that the first 4×6 is complementary by using the $5 credit that you will receive upon pre-registration on the site. I’ll have the images up in a few days so please do pre-register to be able to take advantage of the credit. In the meantime, here is a little sneak peak at some of the shots!

The winner in the Junior category was Hip-Hop dancer Jahlil. All in all, a very entertaining evening. I’ll be posting many of the shots I took that night up in a couple of days – until then…

UPDATE: The link to view all the posted images is at Pictage. The number of images posted will be changing as more release forms come in, so keep checking back the performer you are looking for has not yet been posted.

Many people were saddened when Stanko passed away a few years ago. He truly was one of a kind. I spent a lot of time hanging out with him and a many of his other friends  (From 1987 through 1993 I spent about 14 months in Croatia). A lot of good times indeed.

After that summer of 1987, Tajci went on to some amazing success in the country’s music industry, and at the height of that success, left Croatia and moved to the US. I won’t try to tell her story here… but if you would like to read up a little… Tajci’s Story.

Back to the pictures! Here are several of the photos I took last week during her concert, followed but a few Black and White images that I took at one of her concerts way back in 1990. I love shooting in this type of concert setting – about as much as I love being a wedding photographer!

I like this “blogsite” idea a lot. It’s not only a place where people can find out all about me, and how to contact me if they would like to know more… it also allows me to very easily update it and keep it fresh! That’s pretty important for a Vancouver wedding photographer these days.

After a few technical hiccups in getting it live and working, I thought fireworks were in order. Actually, I took this shot during the Olympics, across from the Yaletown Livecity (where there was a fireworks display every night during the 2010 WInter Olympics in Vancouver).

From my point of view, that was a bonus. I got to stay there for a few days, and I got to take photos! Maybe the headline of this entry should be: Vancouver photographer contracted to shoot architectural photos in Palm Springs!

If you’re interested in renting down in that area, let me know and I’ll hook you up!

Thank you Anita!