About a week ago, my little brother and I decided to make a last minute weekend trip up to Vancouver to take in some of the Olympics live and in person. We have been saying we should go for since the city was awarded the games, but just never really made any plans. So, we said “lets do it” and we hit the road. We had no tickets, no place to stay and just a couple of days to plan. I made some calls to some photographer friends who are shooting the games to get a feel for how to get tickets and where to stay, etc. (Click the jump for more photos)

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Lots of things going on in the land of the Trailblazers yesterday. The least of which was a game against the Clippers. The Blazers pretty much cruised to a victory but not before grabbing headlines around the NBA. Click the jump for some more photos…

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It was a big debate a few years ago when the Blazers had the #1 pick in the NBA draft and the Sonics had #2. Would it be Greg Oden, or Kevin Durant. Back and forth it went. Well, the Blazers took Oden #1 and the Sonics, now the Oklahoma City Thunder, took Durant #2. Since then Oden missed his rookie season, was just ok his sophomore year and got hurt again this year. Durant meanwhile, leads the NBA in consecutive 25+ point games and is an all-star. Tonight I shot the Thunder as they beat the Blazers by double digits. Durant was his usual awesome self scoring 33 points as the Blazers missed 15 consecutive 3 point attempts in the second half. He was all over the place. They just could not stop him. So Blazer fans, who would you rather have? Is Durant Michael Jordan and Oden Sam Bowie? If you could do it all over again, would you want the home team to take the all-star? My take? I would still take Oden. He was/is the right fit for this team. They already have too many forwards…Outlaw, Webster, Batum, Aldridge, Rudy…I don’t think Durant would be nearly as successful on the Blazers. He is the go-to guy on his team. Could he and Brandon Roy co-esist? Would he get as many touches? Would Roy be as good if Durant was here? Who knows, but it’s fun to talk about. What do you think?

This morning I took some photos of new Portland Beavers manager Terry Kennedy. Click the jump for more info and a lighting diagram…

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I am speaking at the Professional Photographers of Oregon Convention on Monday. I will be showing work, talking about light and doing a demo starting at 10am. The convention takes place over 3 days and is jamed packed with sweet speakers and a trade show too. Should be fun. Hope to see you there. I made this slideshow today and will show it on Monday. It’s a bunch of my work all crammed into 4 minutes. A little bit of everything in there. Let me know what you think. NOTE: If you are viewing this post on a mobile device and cannot see the video, go here to view a mobile version.