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[Video] Snowboarding Session, Orcières

2012-02-14T12:12:00.001+01:00

Yet another quick & basic video, this time of our day snowboarding & skiing

at Orcières with Cécile, Emilie & Alan...

A couple long, uncut takes, some others with condensation all over the gopro,

and just enough editing around those to make the whole video watchable

(and, hopefully, enjoyable !) by others :) Watch it in HD !!

ADIDUST

2012-02-10T21:59:00.000+01:00

Model : Brigitte

Thanx to Rob for setting up the photoshoot and the tips ! Go check out his website !

Serious Sam

2012-02-08T22:24:00.000+01:00

No Sam were harmed during the shooting of this serie.

Winter League Pickup-Games

2012-02-02T00:08:00.000+01:00

Winter League Workout [RMX]

2012-02-01T01:39:00.000+01:00

After seeing this pic on Gary Land's website, I figured I should try some new things with my develop settings in Lightroom (enough with the vignetting !) so I played around with the Split Toning tool, which I never even used before, and this is what I came up with. Not exactly what I had in mind originally, and not quite as good as the inspiration, but still, I like the output, and it made me want to experiment more in the future when processing my photos. I'd love to hear what you think !

More of the same Winter League Workout series with slightly different, colder settings.

Once again, drop me a few words to let me know what you think, that'd be appreciated.

Winter League Workout

2012-01-26T00:52:00.001+01:00

[Video] Madrid Workout

2012-01-13T11:32:00.001+01:00

Just a quick vid from our week-end in Madrid with Emi, having fun trying our best (kinda) to emulate what youtube sensation "Hannibal For King" did in his playground.
Shootouts to Rémy & Greg for the inspiration ahah !

Don't miss the bloopers, making of, and even a bonus with Seb'Ueno as a guest star at the end of the vid :)

Bon Appetit

2012-01-09T01:08:00.000+01:00

Star Academy

2012-01-03T23:44:00.000+01:00

The Piano Lesson

2012-01-03T23:38:00.001+01:00

Center Of Attention, Part II

2012-01-02T23:21:00.000+01:00

One year later, Manon sure did grow up,

but the rest of us ? Not so much :)

2012's First Sunset

2012-01-02T01:25:00.001+01:00

Right Back At It

2012-01-02T01:11:00.000+01:00

January 1st,

No time for New Year Wishes, let's go back to work

[Video] Xzibit & Chinese Man @ Marsatac 2011

2011-12-31T21:54:00.000+01:00

Just a few samples of Xzibit & Chinese Man sets @ Marsatac 2011 in Marseille.
Excuse the poor sound quality (smartphone) but enjoy the rest :)

L'étrange Anniversaire de Monsieur Seb

2011-12-31T19:38:00.000+01:00

Christmas Light(painting)s

2011-12-30T02:20:00.000+01:00

AL

2011-12-30T01:59:00.000+01:00

Driving To The Unknown

2011-12-27T13:53:00.000+01:00

Foggy Night

2011-12-27T05:21:00.000+01:00

[Video] WyBoarding

2011-12-21T01:20:00.000+01:00

Quick edit of some snowboarding with my coworkers on our annual End Of The Year celebration trip to Les Orres.
Really not much of an interest here, footage is quite boring, the snow was hardly OK, and editing is very simple with only some background music and a couple transitions here and there, but still the song alone makes it worth posting, right ?

Dark Sky

2011-12-13T01:55:00.000+01:00

Finally Mine

2011-12-06T19:36:00.001+01:00

Well this should have been posted a few months ago,

when I finally got myself MY own Seat Ibiza

after months of window shopping and taking pics of others

but I wanted to give this a proper photoshoot, which never happened...

I still plan of doing it someday, but given how dirty it is right now,

I thought I might as well post this pic from the first time I hit the road with it.

A LA MUERTE

2011-12-03T02:09:00.001+01:00

2011 / 03 / 26 SMUC vs BOURGES @ Marseille

Last home game of the season

Running the Point

2011-12-02T00:50:00.001+01:00

2011 / 03 / 26 - SMUC vs BOURGES

@ Marseille

NF1 : SMUC vs BOURGES

2011-11-30T23:08:00.001+01:00

2011 / 03 / 26 @ Marseille

Emi's Last Home Game

2011-11-29T23:53:00.001+01:00

2011 / 03 / 26, SMUC vs Bourges,

@ Marseille

Picnic @ Retiro

2011-11-22T09:13:00.001+01:00

La siesta

2011-11-22T09:09:00.001+01:00

All smiles in Retiro

2011-11-22T09:06:00.001+01:00

Self-shooting

2011-11-22T00:47:00.001+01:00

Pitufos

2011-11-22T00:38:00.001+01:00

Pranky Wedding Kids

2011-11-22T00:35:00.001+01:00

Not sure exactly what these kids were up to, but my guess is someone was about to find out :)

2011 CSC, Day 2 // The Ladies

2011-11-16T20:03:00.001+01:00

Challenge South Concept @ Palais de la Glisse, Marseille | 2011/10/30

2011 CSC, Day 2 // The Gang

2011-11-16T20:00:00.001+01:00

Gang Of Marseille,

Challenge South Concept @ Palais de la Glisse, Marseille | 2011/10/30

2011 CSC, Day 2 // The Finals, Pt. 2

2011-11-16T19:55:00.001+01:00

Challenge South Concept @ Palais de la Glisse, Marseille | 2011/10/30

2011 CSC, Day 2 // The Finals, Pt. 1

2011-11-16T19:51:00.001+01:00

Challenge South Concept @ Palais de la Glisse, Marseille | 2011/10/20

2011 CSC, Day 2 // The Kids

2011-11-16T19:41:00.001+01:00

Les 4 Fantastiques,

Challenge South Concept @ Palais de la Glisse, Marseille | 2011/10/30

2011 CSC, Day 1 // The People

2011-11-14T01:38:00.001+01:00

Challenge South Concept @ Palais de la Glisse, Marseille | 2011/10/29

2011 CSC, Day 1 // The DJ's

2011-11-14T01:31:00.001+01:00

Challenge South Concept @ Palais de la Glisse, Marseille | 2011/10/29

2011 CSC, Day 1 // EOW Jury Freestyle

2011-11-14T00:47:00.001+01:00

Challenge South Concept @ Palais de la Glisse, Marseille | 2011/10/29

2011 CSC, Day 1 // End Of The Weak

2011-11-13T21:48:00.001+01:00

Challenge South Concept @ Palais de la Glisse, Marseille | 2011/10/29

2011 CSC, Day 1 // The Dancers

2011-11-13T21:32:00.001+01:00

Challenge South Concept @ Palais de la Glisse, Marseille | 2011/10/29

2011 CSC, Day 1 // The Battles

2011-11-13T21:12:00.001+01:00

Challenge South Concept @ Palais de la Glisse, Marseille | 2011/10/29

GT Cup

2011-11-04T09:13:00.000+01:00

Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France

Flying Wheels

2011-11-01T22:12:00.000+01:00

Been considering buying a new longboard for some time now, and I finally got one.

Today was a perfect day to give this new toy a quick test drive,

from the location to my soon-to-(may)-be new appartment to the beach.

PS: these are smartphone pics, hence the blurry/grainy quality compared to http://sebchang.blogspot.com/2010/08/longboarding-in-camargue.html, but whatever.

OBVB

2011-11-01T15:28:00.000+01:00

as in "October Beach Volley Ball"... since I needed a title...

[Video] Sortie Kayak dans les calanques

2011-09-04T22:36:00.000+02:00

"Summertiiiiime... and the livin's easy"

I guess the song lyrics are enough for the caption

Grâtin

2011-08-28T02:09:00.000+02:00

Golden Swimsuit, Red Fingernails

2011-08-21T02:02:00.001+02:00

AF1LOVE

2011-08-15T15:21:00.002+02:00

I love photography, I've always loved Basket-Ball and Football Jerseys,

and I'm starting to fall into addiction with Sneakers too...

This is just the beginning I'm affraid !

Bruschettas

2011-08-09T02:08:00.000+02:00

Paris Hardcore

2011-08-03T02:47:00.001+02:00

La miroiterie, Paris, June 17th, 2011

MPO x Providence x Nasty

Grillé

2011-07-31T13:24:00.003+02:00

Seeing somebody's eyes is a pretty good indication they can see you as well :)

Inked Up

2011-07-01T09:04:00.000+02:00

MPO x Providence x Nasty show @ La Miroiterie, June 17th, 2011

La Miroiterie

2011-06-27T00:15:00.000+02:00

Went there for the MPO x Providence x Nasty show on June 17th, 2011.

This was my first time here and I couldn't help but shoot around.

One of the oldest squats in Paris, this is a very inspiring venue.

Get NASTY Motherfucker !

2011-06-25T23:26:00.001+02:00

2011, June 17th @ La Miroiterie, Paris

The Bowl & The Shoes.

2011-05-17T21:49:00.001+02:00

Bea & Audrey aka beAudrey

2011-05-14T00:09:00.000+02:00

Anaïs

2011-05-10T02:01:00.002+02:00

L'intermédiaire

2011-05-08T14:21:00.002+02:00

l'intermédiaire

She Got Game

2011-05-06T03:11:00.001+02:00

... and some nice tatoos ...

Ballin'

2011-05-06T02:10:00.001+02:00

We fly high, No Lie, You notice - BALLIIIIIN' -

Foreign rides, outside, its like showbiz

Cold Blooded @ O'Bundies

2011-05-02T02:19:00.001+02:00

Cold Blooded, Portugal Hardcore

Boneyardz @ O'Bundies

2011-05-02T01:51:00.002+02:00

Boneyardz, Toulouse Hardcore

When All Else Fails...

2011-04-16T02:40:00.003+02:00

... There's music.

As is often the case, I had a title in mind, but no particular photo to attach to it.

One would think it'd be the other way around for a so-called photographer,

you've got a nice pic, and then you look for a title that suits it well,

but strangely enough - since I'm not really a reader anymore, much less a writer -

my posts are often birthed from the title.

I've got these meaningful sentences in my head, sometimes just words,

that I like to write down or whisper. Or shout... :)

For whatever reason, I had this one in mind tonight... "When All Else Fails"...

And the rest of the sentence came flowing naturally,

because of the importance of music to me, as 'The Great Escape' it can be,

when you just want to close your eyes and let the emptiness embrace you.

That's for the mindset, but that's not enough,

I needed a pic and I didn't feel like shooting something to illustrate that,

so I was thinking it through when I remembered that pic.

It was back in 2003, with my first ever digital camera, a Nikon Coolpix 4300,

on a train ride back home for the holidays.

As you can see on the pic, I was about to start studying the user manual,

because I didn't know much about aperture, speed and that kind of stuff back then,

but I did shoot this one before reading anything.

Came out pretty good, right ?

Actually I think it's pretty much one of my first pic taken with an 'artistic' purpose,

after years of using disposable cameras to shoot friends and various events.

I've always loved this pic, for the pic itself,

but obviously for the story behind it, at least as much as anything else !

So I had to post it someday, and tonight seemed like a pretty good opportunity...

Banksy ?

2011-04-12T22:29:00.001+02:00

A few weeks ago, we went to see "Exit Through The Gift Shop"

- whose french title "Faites Le Mur" is probably the first ever that sounds better

and makes more sense to me than the original by the way -

and we were surprised to learn that Banksy had done things in Marseille,

since we never saw anything looking like a Banksy.

Until a few days ago.

It does look like one, right ?

Cheerleader

2011-04-01T00:57:00.000+02:00

It was a good game, but intermission was pretty enjoyable as well... :)

When I Think About Love...

2011-03-24T02:26:00.008+01:00

I think about her. And her. And her too. But mostly her.

Over the years, I've had my fair share of thinking about Love, or more precisely its lack thereof, but recently things started to change slowly, and reading Ryan Leslie's comments on his adidas video, "When I Think About Love", got me thinking - again - about that.

Not only have I thought about it, trying to figure out what's wrong with me, but my friends, and most notably my girl friends, wondered a lot about it. So many times, I've been asked that same question : "well, have you ever been In Love ?" and every time, the same silence... Of course I've been in Love... a long time ago... Lately ? Not so much. And it's not like I haven't met anyone love worthy. I've had a few really good (girl) friends, most of them ending up being confidents and asking me about all that... I've had a couple girlfriends here and there... But for some reason, I couldn't seem to fall in love any more. I mean, true Love, when you know this is right there, in front of your eyes and you just want to go for it. No doubts. No questions. Not necessarily saying you have to know she's The One, but at least, you know you want to give it a try, and when it happens, everything just feels so right.
So YES, I've been there, at least 2 times, the memories are still very vivid, and yet every time this question pops up, the words fail me. The memories are instantly swept away by the wondering. What made me this way. Have I had my heart broken ? I don't think so, I've been the one breaking up eventually every time. Well, the first time it was more a matter of choosing to be single rather than being in a frustrating relationship, but it was still my decision. Have I broken her heart ? Of course she's moved on since, but that second girl, I guess I did break her heart that day. And it did break mine to do that. I'll always remember hearing her cry from the other side of the wall, wanting to go hug her so bad, but I had to stay strong, because it wasn't my place to be.

I don't think I've ever been In Love again afterwards, so maybe it's just coincidence, but I actually think I just wasn't ready for another round. My heart broken into multiple pieces, all of them fully functional, but none of them capable of taking over the others. I've had very strong bonds with more (girl) friends, but I haven't been in a relationship for years after that. I put everything I had in friendship and nothing in love. Reminds me a lot of how Alicia Keys put that to words : "she's just a girl that is your friend", except they weren't "just girls". I truly was committed to friendship, until I finally gave it another try at relationship, with no luck. Everything was ok, but the feelings weren't there. And there goes the heartbreak again.

During all those years, my reflexions have been intense, and I've tried to put them to words. I've tried expressing things I didn't even understand. I've been taking notes of what went through my mind, and I've tried turning those into lyrics, back when I was in hardcore bands. Nothing ever really came out clear enough.

And then here I am, a few years later, watching Ryan Leslie's "When I Think About Love" video, reading his comments on what the song is about, and thinking : "This Is It". For the first time, I'm putting words on what's going on in my mind, and these are not even mine.

"This record is about having the guts to admit you're not ready to fully commit and in fact you're actually just thinking about the concept of love."

OK, this sounds like a bunch of crap. The typical "I'm not ready" easy way out. But the following is a completely different story.

"My song is about the thinking thats necessary in order to be sure that you want to take someone on your love trip.

(...)

It feels good to confidently know that youre earnestly thinking about what your next move will be. So the next time you've got the urge to jump all the way in, take a few minutes to rock this record and think about whether you're really sure."

So... When I think about love... who am I thinking about ? I'm thinking about these 2 girl I used to love. I'm thinking about my close friends, past and present, and these girls with whom I've had such a special relationship. And mostly, I think about her. Like I said, just recently, things started to change. My multiple hearts were still independently dedicated to multiple friendship, but one of them started to grow bigger and stronger. To the point that I'm actually wondering "What now ?".
I'm wondering wether I'm ready to take her on my love trip and go for it.

I wonder if she's aware of all that. I wonder if she's gon' figure it out if she reads this.

Maybe I shouldn't post. After all, I haven't told her anything yet, because I don't want to screw anything up until I'm sure I want to go for it, so why should I risk it here ? Well, it's simple. The words failed me for so long, this is such an important step towards recovery, so I need to let it all out somehow. And keep putting the pieces back together.

Ryan says that maybe we'll end up playing his song over and over again while enjoying the process of just thinking before we do anything. Even though the lyrics of the song do not carry exactly the same meaning to me as Ryan's comments about the song, it definitely has its place in my playlist of "unskippable tracks", and it will definitely have me thinking about Love every time I hear it.

And when I think about Love, I think about her.

[Video] Snowboarding Session, Les Orres

2011-03-11T11:11:00.004+01:00

Mostly riding around with 2 friends,then tried to get back into freestyling a little bitwith a couple 360's and 2 front flip attempts, no landing...This time...

Getting back in the video editing game as well, it's been a while...Nothing too fancy, just trying to be clean on the cuts,and get back in it before I start working on my RUN trip video...

Everything shot on a Gopro HD, except for a couple shots from a digital camera.

Gametime

2011-02-28T23:48:00.000+01:00

No New Message

2011-02-14T00:43:00.000+01:00

Center Of Attention

2011-02-09T21:22:00.000+01:00

Out of 59 pictures that made the cut from our Christmas Dinner,

only 15 of those didn't feature Manon. Go figure... :)

Hard Work aka Beach Workout

2011-02-02T00:31:00.005+01:00

Everything comes at a price, it's up to you to decide what price you're willing to pay.

In my case, it's not even about what I'll get, and wether it's worth it.

It's about hard work, never resting and feeling good about what I achieve.

I set the goal to push myself, not the other way around.

People don't get it, but I take pride in earning it more than having it.

The body strengthens, of course, but my mind is what I train.

I press play, the music starts, and everything else just evaporates.

For a few minutes, it's just me and my thoughts.

My questions. My fears. My doubts.

When I'm done, only the sweat remains.

(And it's pretty impressive to see how much you can sweat by standing still for some 11+ minutes)

The B-Team Van

2010-12-29T10:06:00.001+01:00

Guess It's not up to everybody to be A-Team !

An American Car In Paris

2010-12-29T09:46:00.000+01:00

One In Other

2010-12-29T09:35:00.001+01:00

Ground Art

2010-12-29T09:26:00.000+01:00

Lightspeed

2010-12-29T09:21:00.002+01:00

Em'

2010-12-28T22:12:00.001+01:00

Still shooting around with the 50 mil'

Passages Dell' Arte

2010-12-26T18:10:00.001+01:00

Mamie Lulu

2010-12-26T14:22:00.000+01:00

Paul & Starbucks

2010-12-26T03:16:00.001+01:00

SMUC

2010-12-16T04:35:00.000+01:00

Wiesmann GT

2010-12-07T00:00:00.000+01:00

Never even heard of that brand before we saw this car in Monaco,

but it definitely was worth a few pics, even if I only had my lousy compact camera with me.

Good think LR 3's noise reduction is very powerful !

Absolut

2010-11-22T01:40:00.000+01:00

Test shot for my new 50mm 1.4 lens

And yes, this is water in that bottle, not vodka !

TONIGHT ?

2010-11-06T06:06:00.000+01:00

Should tonight be the night ? The night when I let it all out ?

Somehow, I didn't. Not that it's really that surprising, but who knows ?

Got back home, grabbed the iPod, plugged the headphones, and pressed play.

Got back at writing (sorta), and I'm even back here, posting a pic, so I guess I saved the day...

Relax

2010-10-01T00:18:00.002+02:00

Nice legs, sports shoes, and the delicate piece of jewelry.

In my book, that's pretty damn sexy.

Manon, Daddy & Mommy

2010-09-06T00:06:00.000+02:00

Manon in Black & White

2010-09-05T03:51:00.000+02:00

Track & Field

2010-09-01T03:47:00.000+02:00

Run

2010-09-01T03:30:00.000+02:00

Fingers

2010-08-31T02:50:00.003+02:00

Sémaphore ... Teaser

2010-08-26T02:53:00.001+02:00

Been there before, and I'll be back for a full photoshoot, it's been planned for months,

but for now, here are some preview pics of the place !

Not quite the greatest tag ever, but for some reason,

I really dig the orange writing. B.LeK !

Feels like we're in the middle of a Pirates of the Carribean movie, right ?

Word !

Sky... Is... The... Limit

Well, sorry to disappoint, but no, you're not quite alone here :)

Just The Two Of Us

2010-08-25T01:55:00.000+02:00

Prophète

2010-08-24T09:11:00.002+02:00

Juicy

2010-08-22T17:48:00.000+02:00

Noémie, part 2

2010-08-20T14:09:00.002+02:00

Noémie

2010-08-20T14:01:00.001+02:00

Stan

2010-08-11T01:43:00.000+02:00

Funny Face

Lover Face

War Face

Distant Lights

2010-08-11T01:28:00.000+02:00