The meaning of life.

Well well well, I'm back!

After a crucial friday/saturday/sunday of work (ok it really isin't that bad, I have probably one of the best jobs in the world :P althought working is working) 

I finally got my monday off! And what better than having a day off when it's nice and sunny and WARM out?!!

So yes as usual I went up north with my friends at the same skate park in Saint-Sauveur to just chill.

Good news: I'M GETTING BETTER AT SKATEBOARDING!
YES. Okay, I didin't quite get an ollie yet but it's coming!! I guess I'm not too good at multi tasking so ollies are kind of tough for me considering I need to kick back, pop and slide my front foot across the board all at the same time!

If only god gave me that special skateboarding gift... Then I could be like the girl version of Huston and be awesome:P Alright I kind of have to give it to you, I am awesome! Everyone is awesome, even thought sometimes you feel like you're not.

Everyone is beautiful here, absolutly beautiful because you are a part of this world. So if this planet is beautiful.. Well... You are too! 

I know it's late for posting a blogg but I have been waiting for an opportunity to write one. I guess I have just been a little wandery these days(again add wandery to your Alex dictionnary). What I mean is, I've been thinking and trying to find the true meaning of life, and trying to forget about everything that is bothering me. I've been going out more, viewing the world in different perspectives! Like before, my world was consistently about snowboarding, skateboarding etc. But now, I really opened up! I run every morning, I'm getting into sports that I wouldn't normally do for example tennis, or baseball(ok. I've always had an interest in baseball and I don't actually play it, it's more like throwing the ball and trying to act like Halladay hehehe! ) and a lot more stuff!
So I guess life is more than just your own interests... To be able to enjoy life you need to open up more and realize that the world doesn't turn around you, you turn around it but you make it a success! 

Anyhow enjoy:)

Lonely baseball field.

Hey guys,

Haven't been out in a while cause the weather SUCKS! 

But today I just had to get out, I needed to like take a picture of something, and I guess I got a little inspired with the rain...

You know those moments when you just feel like being alone, walking, listenning to the little rain drops falling on the ground and thinking about nothing and everything?

Ok well if you never had one of those moments I suggest you go to the doctors and get yourself checked out cause everyone has to at least have one moment like that in their life, I mean I've had that moment a few times and to be honest it's not that depressing.... It feels good, and it makes me realize some things in my personal life. 

So I decided to bring my camera and walk to this baseball field by my house. It was so lonely, I felt this energy from the field as if it was eager to start up for the season. OH MY GOD I'M SO WEIRD HAHAHA. But the funny thing is I'm dead serious hahahhahaa!
I took out my camera and took pictures of the field in different angles and then I started to get cold. I looked at the sand and felt sorry for the poor field who has to suffer rain instead of sunny hot weather while baseball players trample it, so guess what I did!?!! I drew a heart, which will explain the second photo. 

Enjoy,

Time and Love a cruel combination.

Hey guys,

So sorry again, for the late posts, again a lot of stuff has happened and I needed a little break from pictures and the computer etc.

You know that feeling when you love someone so much but that other person just doesn't want to believe it and gets too carried away.... It really hurts in a way cause you know things would get better and that you know that you guys still love each other and that it can be repaired if you really tried.

Yes at first you need time, time for both sides, a break to just put each other back to your normal selfs, and then that's when you realize if you miss them or not. If you miss their kisses and hugs and you just feel crappy without them, Obviously it's time, but if you really care about that other person and that other person feels the same about you, you will get back together. Cause yes relationships have ups and downs, super long ups and super long downs. It's normal, and then in the end the couple will feel stronger in love and realize how stupid there little fights were.

And that was my little thought of the day! Last week I went to a skatepark for the day and took a lot of pictures of stuff and we were just chilling. I met this cool skateboarder and took pics of him and it was pretty sweet!! :D

Enjoy,

Longboarding and positive thoughts.

Hey BOOMCHAKALAKAS!

You guys weren't expecting that right?!! Hahahah, I was kind of getting tired of the whole ''Hey dudes'' TIME FOR A CHANGE!

You probably think I'm super excited or like hyper right now but no I'm not.... Ok maybe a little!

Anyways!
After spending two days at home hiding from the world (yes litteraly hiding, I haven't been out with friends, I haven't even went out for my morning run with the dog... DUDES I DIDIN'T EVEN DRINK MY TEA!!)
I told myself «Enough feeling sorry about yourself it's time to get out and do something!»
First thing I had in mind was going to Montreal for the day, but it would be kind of risky going with over a 1000$ of camera equipment alone downtown at dinner time so I decided to go longboarding down a little bike trail close to my house. It was really nice actually!

I took my camera and stopped to sit in the long grass watching the sun go down as the day turned into evening. I had the chance to just sit there and think about life.

If you take the time to think about life you realize how great and amazing it is! Just sitting there, breathing the air, listenning to the birds chirp as they get ready for summer and the wind who just swiches in the wind. (You can add ''swiches'' into your Alex dictionnary cause I just invented it. HA. )

It was a nice little time to just realize also that no matter how mad/depressed/sad you get there's always a way out, and a way to return to the bliss happiness feeling we all so love.

Like I said in my previous blogg, in life we always have to confront hurdles, but we can try confronting them in a positive happy way. We need to learn to accept how we are, how people are, and especially how the world is. After reading this you should go for a walk, or longboard and think about life.

Just sit in some grass and think about all the happy memories, and be positive!

Cause in the end, life is worth it!

Enjoy,

Feel positive.

Hey dudes,

For me, this is a really crappy day... I've been feeling so low theses days it's incredible!
There's a past event who really troubled me these past few days and I've been keeping them to myself because there's no one to really talk to... 

You know that feeling when you're so low you feel like you're drowning and you can't even feel your heart beat, you feel like you're the only one and no matter how you look at the positive sides you just can't seem to realize how good life is? Yes my friends this is called depression.

Ok, so I got out of a recent depression but I'm in the rising of one, which means I'm kind of out of it but I still have my little down days.

Yes I do think of all the positive stuff, I read a lot of articles about self love (or whatever that Ghandi stuff about meditation stuff is) and I do realize how life is wonderful, but I mean we all have points in our lives where things are on the down side and you need a little help getting over the hurdles!

Oh about meditation.... The other day I was bored and checking out some meditation retreats down in India, it looks pretty cool and yeah I really wanted to do it!! 15 days minimum but then, as I was reading the rest of it I saw ''Must stay in complete silence''. OK. I changed my mind, sure I would love to stay in a retreat for 2 weeks, learning how to meditate open up my soul and do some yoga but not talking for 2 weeks?! ME??!
I would die after a day I think!! So I guess I'm gonna have to let down the retreats in India and sign up for some yoga in my home town.. Ok so yoga isin't totally meditation but it does relieve your soul in a way!

For now I think what I really need is someone to take me out of the house for the day... Go walk around downtown, take some pictures, relax, perhaps longboard, have dinner in a nice restaurant and then sit around a fire roasting smores and stuff! Can someone do that for me ahaha??? :P I have the day off tomorrow! :P wink wink*

Anyways, like you probably stated, I stayed in my room all day though I did go out for an hour with my mom for groceries and stuff cause I needed some air, but here I am again in my room wishing for a miracle. So I looked at my window and saw my dream catcher and started thinking about all the dreams I wish would come true.... Hmmmm dreamy dreamy!!

Anyways I had to take a picture of it so here it is, 

Enjoy and feel positive much love to all and thanks for supporting me xx

Boring day into an awesome day.

Hey dudes I'm back!

So while FB is being stupid and won't let me upload the new pictures I took of my friend and his friends skateboarding today what better way then clear out the frustration on writting a blogg?!

Haha, how many times have we been discouraged about FB... «Oh my god! FB has changed again!» or «Stupid FB who is being retarded!!» 

Truth is, no one can be cool and be like «ok. Who cares?» we all have to let some frustration go out about FB!

ANYWAYS! Enough about that and lets get to my pictures!!

So, I started the day a little... Blue, I mean it happens sometimes right? Cause I was suppose to see a friend, but he bailed, and then I was suppose to see another friend but she couldn't, so I found myself at home being a loner and wanting to do something! Finally something came up, my friend (who is a really good snowboarder and skater and works for Burton (girls you should look him up ;) ) ) said he was going skateboarding at this skatepark behind my CEGEP. So I decided to go and oh my god guess what happens. 

I turn on my camera and it says «No memory card.» OH NO!!!!! I forgot it in my laptop at home -__- and truthfully this hasn't been the first time either... (oops!) So luckily my mom THANKS MOM! Brought it to me and then we could start shooting!!

It was an awesome day! It was originally suppose to rain but I guess as usual the weather man lied... I guess we're all kind of use to that hahahaha! I got to meet some of his friends and it was really cool!! 

It was also the first time at this skatepark and quite frankly I really liked it! There's always people there and it's bigger!!
I think I will go back sometime this week if I have time!

Anyways enjoy,

PS. The other pictures will be on my FB page (when FB won't be stupid) ---> Alex C.D Photography

Roxy moment.

What's Krakalakin?!

So remember my Vans moment a while back?? If not you can search through my bloggs it's litteraly called ''Vans moment'' hahaha!

Well, tonight I have recreated that moment only turning Vans into Roxy. 

Roxy is probably my favorite brand out of everything! And don't ask me why...

I mean we always have a favorite thing in any really subject, for example my favorite fruit is mango, my favorite sport is snowboarding and... well... my favorite brand of clothing is Roxy!

The funny thing is, I don't even have a lot of Roxy clothes, pretty ironic right?

I guess my whole Roxy fetish thing started when I realized Torah Bright was on the Roxy team, and that my dream board is a Roxy: Roxy Eminence C2 BTX. 

Every year I would look up the new Eminence and wish I would have it and guess what?! Yes! For my birthday my dad got me my dream board!! <3 Dream come true hahaha!

Ever since then, I've been going on the Roxy website almost everyday looking at the new arrivals wishing I was a millionaire and that I could buy everything!

 OR that one day I will open the door and a huge box with ROXY written on it with all the clothes/equipment I have always wanted. (Pffft. this SO isin't cheezy, I'm a girl so face it I have my little dream moments!)

Anyways, I recently bought a new Roxy sweater/hoodie whatever you want to call a sweater with a zipper and I love it! I haven't had the chance to wear it yet though, but tomorrow I will! And I decided to lay it on my bed and put my Roxy perfume on it and take a picture. (Obviously I would take a picture, I mean I'm addicted to my camera....... ) And also because I just read an article about flashes/light etc. in photography. 

This picture here has no flash, just a dim light from the corner of my room... I tried with my flash but it just seemed too bright and I find without a flash it makes it more... Dramatic?

Anyways, again it is not the best quality but I like it :) 

Enjoy! 

 

Friendly horses.

Sorry again for being a little late,

I haven't been feeling too well the last 2 days and I was working so I didin't really have the time to post another blogg up.

Now 2 of my really good friends took me up to their old barn to go see the horses, and visit their old coach, and obviously I had my camera hahaha!
We walked around and I was having fun snapping pictures of random horses and it was pretty cool cause I realized horses like getting their picture taken :P

How do I know this? Cause everytime I was about to take a picture they would look right into the lense and try to get the closest to the lens as they can and wouldn't stop! And I thought my flash would scare them!!
Anyways here are some pictures I took at the barn and so so , 

Home of the Wolves.

Hey dudes,

Hope you guys had a great day so far!

Over in Port Elgin it was rainning all day... But it was still a good day!

Driving up to Owen Sound with my dad, I was kind of bored and looked at the woods while the drive up, and was thinking about those really cool pictures some photographers take of like moving objects when the whole picture is kind of blurred and decided to try it out.

So firstly I tried lowering the shutter speed to like 1/50 and that's when this picture was born.

It's not the best, and I tried different shutter speeds and couldn't quite get what I wanted but oh well at least I tried and tomorrow on my way back to Toronto I will try again!

This picture kind of makes me think. 

Of what you must ask? It just makes me think of freedom, and how our world use to be; peaceful. When I look at this, I feel like going for a long walk in the woods, discovering new things and being alone. Being the center of your world, being me. But it also makes me wonder, like if there was something out there that I don't know about, a secret in the woods that only the wolves and other creatures know about and won't share with us. Perhaps another world?

Never give up or loose hope.

So here's a fact about me: before being a die hard boarder, I was a horsegirl.

I use to have a horse named Duster (yeah, that names mega thugg style hahahaha ) and I use to compete a lot and be really good at it!

It was a great passion and I remember going to the barn practically everyday after school, go clean out the barn, and bond with my man ;)

A few years back I moved to my mothers in Montreal and stopped, it was pretty depressing for a while but that's when I discovered snowboarding!

But even thought I have a new passion, there's not one day I don't think about horses.

It's truly a part of me and will forever be a part of me, and maybe one day I will be able to have my own horse again!

Today my dads girlfriend brought me to the barn, she has a horse named JJ ( prounouced Jay Jay) and I got to ride him! It was amazing! 

It's like one of those moments when you think you will never really be able to do it again, but then all of a sudden a miracle comes and you get a chance to do it again. (ex. I thought I would never be riding again, cause it's so expensive and life goes on, but now I have the chance to ride again and take care of a horse and get back right into my riding roots again) Today was a really great day!

So I guess what I learned out of all this is to never give up what you started and to never loose hope. If riding is a part of me, it will come back.

I will forever be a snowboarder/wakeboarder and have that awesome swagg after me, but I still have room for my horsie moments!!

Enjoy,

A part of paradise.

Hope everyone is enjoying their Easter!

Today I left Montreal to visit my dad in Port Elgin Ontario, and this place is paradise. 

Not even kidding, I mean summer time there is basically like sweet california :)

I still remember when I was younger and I spent absolutly every summer there. Going to the beach everyday, visiting Sauble Beach and play in the big sand dunes, go get ice cream and watch the sunset at the harbour with my grandpa and grandma. Hmm good times!

Now that I'm a little older my summers there consist of longboarding, wakeboarding, rag dolling people off the sea doo, getting yelled at by my dad for rag dolling people off the sea doo, partying, attempting to skateboard and meet new crazy party people to chill with. 

Which isin't too bad if you ask me hahaha!

Anyways here are some pictures of the sunset at Port Elgin, right at the harbour enjoy!

Happy Easter!

Hmmmmm, Easter. When I was younger I thought Easter was about waking up in the morning and finding chocolate all over the house! But now I realized that Easter (yes it's some Jesus thing, I'm not relegious so I don't really know the whole story) is about getting back with family and just chillen like villains ;) 

Hahahaha, okay what I really mean is: We don't get to spend enough time with our whole family, so to have Easter come around right before summer time feels good cause then you get to be with your family again. Have fun, present your new girlfriend to your family etc. OR BOYFRIEND!

People feel obligated to have family reunions during Xmas, Easter, Thanksgiving etc. But really, we should just try and get everyone together whenever we can! Who cares if it's not Easter! Families should just pick a day to all chill like villains more often then just seeing them on special occasions! 

Getting back to Easter now, 

I do really like chocolate <3 so I'm still pretty excited about the whole getting chocolate in the morning kind of thing, 

But I also like Easter cause I get to be with my family, I get to go down to Ontario and visit my daddy and my grandma. Spending time with the ones who love you and cherish yourself cause theses days it feels nice to be loved! 

Happy Easter everyone!

A day in the park

Sorry guys for being a little late on a blogg,

I was super busy with work, and well I just haven't been on my computer since then!

THOUGHT, last thursday I met up with one of my good friends and we got together with some of my skater friends to hit up the skate park by my house.

I also got to meet her uncle who is a photographer, and wanted to make a new portfolio with some skateboarding, bmx etc.

It was pretty cool cause I really got to get right in the middle of it, find out how long it takes to get everything ready for only 10 minutes of shooting, then we change spots and have to set everything up again!

Requires a lot of patience thought if it's a passion you don't really realize how long it is to actually set things up!

I did get a chance to get some shots in, I really learned a lot too, it was a fun night!

Becoming a photographer is a lot of work, you really need to be craving it to be one, you need to go out every day take some pictures to practice, read books/articles, pay attention to the pictures in magazines and try and find how they did that!

To me this is all really thrilling, and I really hope it all works out for me in the future,

I know I still need a lot of work but I'm trying!! :)