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Edmonton

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This picture pretty much sums up our recent trip to Edmonton. It was full on winter: cold, windy and dark. And the city itself wasn’t all too beautiful.

Speaking of cold. As we got there, Cole and I took a walk from our hotel to a nearby grocery store. A walk of 700 meters or so. During that walk, we had to stop twice – at a liquor store and a bank – to make it. And we actually took a cab back to the hotel. A 700 meter cab ride, most likely the shortest cab ride of all time.

We’re both born and raised in winter climates, so we know cold. But this was something else.

Despite the weather, we really enjoyed the wedding and Ashley and Andrew – the bride and groom who also happen to be wedding photographers – were awesome. As were their families.

So all in all, a nice trip, and I can cross Edmonton off the bucket list. And I got to see mall.

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Update

A tad slow on the updates here. I’m back in Vancouver, trying to lose the jet lag, amongst other things. Getting there.

Tomorrow we fly to Edmonton (brr) for a wedding. I’ll try to take a picture or two. Back with updates on that in a few.

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20120112

It’s the 12th day of 2012, and it just started snowing outside. After a couple of dark, non-snowy months, the white winter finally took over.

I’ve been off work for almost two months now. Have barely taken any photos, almost no editing, almost no album design, almost no nothing. It’s been nice, although I look forward to going back to reality again, and the life I’ve gotten used to living and loving.

Tomorrow I fly to Stockholm, and a couple of days later to Vancouver with a short stop in London.

So, farewell, mighty clouds. See you again in May.

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(iPhone snap.)

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Snowy trees

One more week of this.

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School

I went to business school when I was 19. Graduated at 23.

Four years. That’s a fairly big chunk of my young adulthood.

Four years of classes to get a fancy title on a piece of paper (Masters Degree in Business and Entrepreneurship), but pretty much not one single communication with businesses in the real world. Four years theory and so called real life examples, written by some old dusty professor in some old dusty office.

(I have a feeling my choice of words is giving away where this is going…)

Looking back at business school, I can’t really say I remember much. If anything, really. Sure, what we read and discussed is there somewhere, but off the top of my head, I pretty only remember the basics. The four P’s and such.

And – of course – how to write as many words as possible, with as little meaning as possible, to reach to those 80 pages (or whatever) that the thesis had to be.

But that’s it. That’s pretty much all I have from those four years.

Don’t get me wrong though, they were four great years. Lots of new acquaintances and many, many good times. I don’t regret them.

And yes, I know university is also about learning to think in a certain way. To analyze and evaluate knowledge.

But as far as knowledge of business goes, I’ve learnt 500 % more from running one for two years than I did from those four years of school. And from books I’ve read post-school.

If that’s because I’m not the best learner (to my defence, I did have straight A’s throughout the Masters year) or because the school system could be improved is for someone else to decide.

But I’m starting to think those college drop-outs (like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, to name a few) were on to something.

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2011

And here it is, our 2011:

http://nordicaphotography.com/2011-year-two/

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A year in review

2011 was pretty crazy, looking back at it.

I worked pretty much every day – including many 15+ hour Saturdays – yet it feels like I had another year of holiday.

The days in my life look nothing like they did a couple years ago. No going to the office, no cursing cause I have to go to work again tomorrow, no hating Monday mornings. I don’t even care if it’s Monday, Friday or Sunday anymore.

But running your own company isn’t all sunshine. There were times throughout the year when I felt a bit exhausted, and wasn’t looking forward to the next weekend’s wedding as much. But that always changed as the next one came, and now, after being off weddings for a few weeks, I miss them. Can’t wait to get started again.

If I’d win the lottery today, I’d still keep shooting weddings. No doubt about it.

We started 2011 with a wedding in Vancouver in January, and ended it with one in Cancun, Mexico, in November (to be blogged soon). In between there were another 40-ish weddings, all over. 2012 is booked up with twice as many weddings as 2011 was in December last year. Which would lead one to think that 2012 will be even more exciting.

Good times ahead.

It may sound like a cliché, but I literally can’t wait to see what 2012 will bring.

In a few days, Cole and I will have a post with all our favourite 2011 photos on the Nordica blog. So stay tuned for that.

In the meantime, here’s one of my personal favourites of the year. A photo of Sabrina and James on a warm night in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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Sigrid

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Sikh weddings

Indian weddings are a photographer’s dream, with their colours and liveliness. Daisy and Mali’s was our second full-on three-day Sikh wedding, and it was pretty damn awesome.

One of my favourites of the year.

Daisy & Mali.

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Bruno

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Mold it

The minute that you understand that you can poke life and actually something will, you know if you push in, something will pop out the other side, that you can change it, you can mold it. That’s maybe the most important thing. It’s to shake off this erroneous notion that life is there and you’re just gonna live in it, versus embrace it, change it, improve it, make your mark upon it.

I think that’s very important and however you learn that, once you learn it, you’ll want to change life and make it better, cause it’s kind of messed up, in a lot of ways. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.”

- Steve Jobs

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New York, New York

Cole and I went to New York last summer. Actually, we went to Iceland, but we had a day in New York City on the way. And I’m not gonna lie – we were pretty hungover when we got there, after a couple of layovers and long flights (including a few beers). But neither of us had been before, so we forced ourselves to walk around pretty much all of Manhattan. In pretty extreme heat, with pretty heavy backpacks.

We had a great time, though.

We’ve travelled to some pretty awesome places this year, but New York certainly is a favourite.

Can’t wait to go back.

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Mexico. I wanna go back.

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The crazy ones

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them. Disagree with them. Glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world
Are the ones who do.

I think I’ve blogged that ad quote from Apple before. It’s my favourite one.

Not because I’m a rebel. I’m not. Nor am I much of a trouble-maker. But I love and admire the ones who are. The ones who dare challenge the world and it’s rules. The ones who move it forward.

I watched Barcelona beat Milan last night in the group stage of the Champions League. A solid 90 minutes of football.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, as you know, plays for AC Milan, and anyone who knows me also know that I’m a fan of his. And, while there are a few reasons to why that is, the main one is because he’s one of them. One of the misfits. The rebels. Not fond of rules, and without any respect for the status-quo.

There have been a few of them in football over the last decades (Maradona and Cantona are two others that come to mind). Big egos who speak their mind, on and off the pitch. Who make their own rules.

Glorify them, vilify them, but the one thing you can’t do is ignore them.

I’m obviously one of those who love them. And while I get that many dislike them – they are trouble-makers after all – I still can’t fully wrap my head around it.

I mean, what would the world be without them…

Speaking of which.

I just finished Zlatan’s biography. And to all of you who like the rebels, the egos, the misfits – call them what you will – read it. It’s honest and bold.

To the ones who don’t, you might as well skip it. Because it’s honest. And bold.

Here’s to the crazy ones…

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Lagged

The benefits of being jet lagged: One hour of sleep makes for a super productive day. Almost finished editing an entire wedding from 1am to 6am last night. Then I had to go do stuff.

Pretty sure reality will catch up though. My guess is I’ll be dead around 2pm.

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Time off (sort of)

Iceland wedding, Sweden Wedding, Sikh wedding, Asian Wedding, Mexico wedding, Vancouver wedding, West Vancouver wedding, Whistler wedding, another Iceland wedding, another downtown Vancouver wedding, Cache Creek Engagement sessi…Ehm, I mean Document You session, and so on, and so on.

We’ve done some 40-ish weddings this year, including a bunch that we haven’t blogged yet.

Another year in (or based out of, anyway) Vancouver is done, and I’d be lying if I said Cole and I weren’t happy with it. We really were. Are. 2011 exceeded our goals and expectations in terms of how much work we’ve done, and especially the amount of awesome work we’ve had the opportunity of doing. The awesome people we’ve met and worked with.

I’m back ‘home’ now. Home, as in visiting family and friends in Finland. Will be spending some time here, and hopefully some in Stockholm, before going back to Vancouver mid January next year. This will be the longest I’ve been home in years. The lengthy stay is sort of forced though, as I’m having surgery this Monday. But a two month Christmas holiday sounds good, so that’s what I’m considering it to be (even if I’ll most likely be spending most days with Nordica stuff anyway).

Finland is pretty cold. Or, considering it’s November 17th, it’s actually pretty warm, I guess. For Finland, that is. But it’s still way colder than Vancouver. No snow yet either, but I have no doubts it’ll come. It always does.

Pretty much just editing and chilling out right now. A couple more weddings to finish, before the year is officially over.

We’re starting up again with an Edmonton wedding mid January next year. I haven’t been to Edmonton yet, so that should be fun. And cold, I hear.

But that’s getting ahead of myself. Time to enjoy this time at home first. Without a DSLR camera, btw. First time in years that I haven’t had one with me. I’ve got the Fuji X100 though, so I’ll be fine.

Alright, time to get started on the editing again.

Good (jet lagged) night, y’all.

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Edmonton

Update

20120112

Snowy trees

School

2011

A year in review

Sigrid

Sikh weddings

Bruno

Mold it

New York, New York

Mexico. I wanna go back.

The crazy ones

Lagged

Time off (sort of)

Breathe your brand

= Cold

Ethan

Briana