Week 5: Just for a Good Cause

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It's a semi-formal Gala with live jazz, tasty hor d'oeuvres, and poker (and open-bar)! I've donated one of my photographs for the charity art auction. Proceeds will be going to Salama Shield, a small and focused NGO that teaches sustainable health and life initiatives to specific areas of eastern Africa. If this sounds like your kind of event and cause, please visit the Salama Shield web site for more information, grab a ticket, and join me at the event!

Cheers!

Week 5: Just for More Fun

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It's a $1000 sundae made with "5 scoops of the richest Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream infused with Madagascar vanilla and covered in 23K edible gold leaf, the sundae is drizzled with the world's most expensive chocolate, Amedei Porceleana, and covered with chunks of rare Chuao chocolate, which is from cocoa beans harvested by the Caribbean Sea on Venezuela's coast. The masterpiece is suffused with exotic candied fruits from Paris, gold dragets, truffles and Marzipan Cherries. It is topped with a tiny glass bowl of Grand Passion Caviar, an exclusive dessert caviar, made of salt-free American Golden caviar, known for its sparkling golden color. It's sweetened and infused with fresh passion fruit, orange and Armagnac. The sundae is served in a baccarat Harcourt crystal goblet with an 18K gold spoon to partake in the indulgenceserved with a petite mother of pearl spoon and topped with a gilded sugar flower by Ron Ben-Israel."

Week 5: Just For Fun

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It's the upcoming Winter 2006 issue of U&I Magazine, a new quarterly that publishes photography and written submissions from photographers from around the world. This time, the magazine features work by yours truly, as well as fellow Toronto photographers Leesa McLellan, Sam Javanrouh, and 17 other photographers from Iceland, Japan, and more.

Please join us at the launch party on Thursday, in Toronto!

U&I Magazine 2nd Issue Launch Party
Thursday February 16, 2006, 7pm
The Red Room
444 Spadina Ave (just South of College, on the West side)

I hear the Red Room has over 200 selections of teas and a cozy a bar at the back.

If you can't make it to the launch, and would like a copy of the magazine, it will soon be available at stores in the GTA and online. Please check the website (later this week) for details on how to order the Winter 2006 issue.

Cheers!

Week 5: Challenge

Whud Challenge #5
60X Magnification
Deadline: Fri, Feb17, 6pm EST

Since you guys did so well with the last 60Xer, I decided to go with another. Good luck!

Week 5: News

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I did a much needed overhaul on my photo website this weekend. Please send me any comments, questions, or criticisms :)

Cheers!

Week 4: Scores

Scores after 4 weeks

Week 4: Answer

Did you knwo that VELCRO was invented by a Swiss hiker/geek? After coming in from a walk, he pulled a burdock that had attached itself to his clothing and then put it under the microscope. You can read more about the inventor George de Mestral here.

Congrats to those that scored!