Who doesn’t love Movember? A month to celebrate mustaches and prostrates!
Here’s my homage to the sport of facial hair:
Movember - Self Portrait - Kaare Iverson Photography - South Florida
Tags: eyes, facial hair, fort lauderdale, kaare iverson photography, miami, moustache, movember, palm beach, portrait, self-portrait, south florida
I have literally had the best day ever.
This morning I:
Burrowing Owls in south Florida - Kaare Iverson Photography
Tags: bird, birding, brian smith, burrowing owls, kaare iverson photography, lifelist, miami, organic, owls, photography, south florida
Thanks to Twitter I recently found out about an art exhibit happening in Miami that was put on by Cafeina in the Wynwood arts district and Beck’s (the beer).
I entered…and was accepted!
I suddenly find myself on display in the walls of a gallery and locked into a vicious bloodsport competition against other (potentially much better) artists from the surrounds!
For a few years I’ve been dendrophilically collecting images of tree bark that I’ve deemed to be of particular or peculiar aesthetic worth. Being as this collection began while I was still overseas during my 1/8th life crisis, these images are from around the world; and being as I didn’t realise that identifying trees by their bark would be so difficult, my preparation for displaying this gallery collection could be described as “heptic” (a combination of “hectic” and “epic”). Thankfully, my father-in-law is an arborist.
So anyway, here’s some of the gallery, 10 (14″ x 5″) individual pieces from “Alive in the Woods” (also available for sale individually at Your Big Picture Cafe in Davie, Florida or via me, email and a little PayPal love):
Alive in the Woods - By Kaare Iverson Photography
The grand hoo-raw opening is this Saturday (tomorrow, November 12th, 2011 from 7 to 9pm) at Cafeina. There’s live music, drinks, me, some other stuff and some friends. See you there!
Also, be warned that Wynwood is approximately the scariest place in the entire country. Flee directly to 297 Northwest 23rd Street
Miami, FL 33127 and don’t look back.
<3
Tags: bark, bees knees, competition, exhibit, exhibition, gallery, miami, photography, trees, wynwood
Fitness trends come and go, but the recent surge of CrossFit gyms with their uniquely Fight-Clubesque take on training seem to have tapped into something primal. Like blood, hormones and protein chains, CrossFit is a part of those who fall into it.
Stepping closer to the Fight Club factor, a specialty CrossFit gym called RingFit recently opened in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I’ve been fortunate to have had the opportunity to help them update their visual assets. I say fortunate because shooting this kind of passion and drive in sports is what I truly love doing. I feel a real connection with these people who can stay so focused on their fitness and fighting goals. I myself am not a fist thrower by nature, but I do admittedly feel pretty drawn to a round or two at RingFit.
So here’s a sample from our first day of shooting. This image shows the main training space inside the gym, where group CrossFit style routines (punctuated with violent outbursts against punching bags) are coached throughout the week:
Rafael Crespo, co-founder and coach at RingFit, Fort Lauderdale works the rings. - Kaare Iverson Photography
I’m excited for this coming weekend where we’ll be shooting more of the RingFit routines.
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For more info about RingFit, check out their website at www.ringfitusa.com. Or drop in at:
11850 State Road 84 Suite #3
Davie, FL
33325
Tags: crossfit, dramatic, fitness, florida, fort lauderdale, photography, rafael crespo, ringfit, sport
Wow, I have been way out with maintaining this blog. Sorry to those of you who’ve been following along.
So I apparently won 3rd place in this years Rock & Ice / Mammut Photo Contest. Last year I wrangled 1st place with that image of Stephan. This year I roped it with the image of Vincent. Apparently, Hampi was good to me!
It sounds like I’ll be receiving a Mammut Smart Belay device in the mail soon! I’m pretty excited to use this thing. It’s like a Grigri without all the extra mechanics and weight.
Mammut Smart Belay Device
However, this does mean that I’ll now have something like 5 different belay devices. So, uh, anyone wanna learn how to climb?
And dinner was wonderful (http://picplz.com/user/ikaare/pic/hckgn/).
And dinner reminded me that I love food photography!
Kaare Iverson Photography - Florida Food Photography - Asian Roasted Wax Beans
These are Asian style Roasted Yellow Wax Beans. I bought them earlier today at my favourite local farmer’s market, Marando Farms up in Fort Lauderdale. Back then they were just Yellow Wax Beans; but after a delicate treatment of shallots, ginger, garlic, jalapeno (not an typically Asian pepper, I know) sesame oil, olive oil, fish sauce, salt and the 475°F treatment, they got delicious. Their neighbor on the plate there is a raw zucchini and spinach…thing.
I wish that www.norecipes.com wasn’t being used. Sometimes I think of leaving behind all the mountain photography for food photography. Maybe there’s a happy medium…like camping meals! Actually, that would be a fun campaign. Any of you camping and expedition food companies looking for a new campaign?
Bonus image:
Kaare Iverson Photography - Florida Food Photography - Top Three
Tags: above, beans, delicious, farmers market, florida, food photography, fort lauderdale, garlic, ginger, lime, marando farms, miami, photography
