Long time friend and legend in the snowboard industry in Japan Tak stopped by the house over the weekend. He is traveling around Hokkaido for about 10 ten days doing interviews with a bunch of people here on the north island for a web site that he runs called Go Go Camp. He also is the man behind Japan’s biggest snowboard web site/store. SBN It looks like I am going to be featured in the Go Go Camp site in the near future so check it out!
Check out his wicked trailer home. All the way from Tokyo!
Of course had to take Tak down to the river to try out my Kayak. He was pretty stoked on it.
Thanks for stopping by, have a safe trip here on the island!
The Think Global, Act Local Collaboration web site has updated the photo gallery today. Thanks again to the staff at +81 for choosing a bunch of my photo’s for the gallery. You can check it out right here.
あらゆる樹々の表情やライヴ写真などNeil Hartmannの新作を公開
It is almost cherry season here in Hokkaido. Today went to Sasaki fruit farm here in Jozankei and sampled this years crop. Since the cherrys are not really ripe yet they let us in for 600yen for an hour all you can eat. Of course it is impossible to eat cherrys for an hour non-stop and there was only one tree that was ready to eat from. Another week and it should be great.
Ken Ishii is celebrating 15 years in the music business this year. I have had the pleasure of working with him on a few projects and his manager is a long time friend of mine. Both Car Danchi 2 and Car Danchi 3 featured music from Ken Ishii. In case you don’t know, he is one of Japan’s most successful DJs of all time with a huge following internationally, as well as, a very loyal fan base here in Japan. For more info about the 15th anniversary check out the special web site they have set up. Ken Ishii 15th
Introduced to me by my friend Jyves in Osaka, check out this great music and movement that is happening around the world. Then check out the web site for more videos and a place to buy the album. Playing for Change
A friend of mine is opening up a store in Higashikawa, the town at the base of Mt. Asahidake, the opening will be on July the 18th. The name of the store is simply “Salt” I don’t think I will be able to make it for the opening, but look forward to having some place to hang out in that area. The description of the store is “Coffee & Nature” great concept! He is going to be selling “Gentem Stick” along with “Green Clothing” and even gardening gear from “Sassafras” sounds like a cool collection of items.
For more detail give them a call at 0166-74-3020 The web site is up but no detail on there yet. Have to wait until the 18th I guess!
Some good keyboard short cut advice in this tutorial. Also like the thick accent of the guy talking.
Here is a practical tip about matching hues, very handy. Unless you manual white balance constantly you end with with clips that vary in hue, this makes it easy to match each cut so they look the same.
