I was reading about tomorrow’s Polar Bear swim here in the frigid waters of Vancouver and that got me remembering this shot I took the other year in the Mediterranean. I like this shot because of the moment that was captured between this man and oblivious woman. Checking out the other gender in other countries [...]

Well I am not usually a huge fan of Zoo’s as such but understand that there is educational value for kids if managed correctly. The Seattle Woodland Park Zoo is one one of those in my opinion and we usually head down in the spring when a quick overnight family getaway is required. We are [...]

I have been posting the raw and un-retouched photos on jaypiddy.com at the bottom of each relevant story for a while now. Some people already know that I have been working on a different series and positing it to Flickr. The theme is kind of a homage to Lomo photography, the Russian camera that is very popular with the hipsters. [...]

[Previous Chapter Here] By 10:30 am and were are back to lugging a summer full stuff out of the hotel and into a cab for our trip to Cordoba. We were heading into uncharted territory now and that always gets me pretty amped up. The hotel that we stayed at was fantastic and I will not argue the fact [...]

[Previous Chapter Here] This morning we woke up at a less ungodly hour but not by much. Trying to ply ourselves with vacation fueled wine and beer in the evenings is not really helping with the time adjustment and only makes waking up at an early hour all the more painful. So it’s six am and time [...]

[Previous Chapter Here] Well we knapped the afternoon away and I woke up in the darkened hotel room that was heavily cooled by the air conditioning. It was actually a little to cold and I stumbled out of bed to turn in down or up or whatever you call that. I was a little perplexed at first of [...]

[Previous Chapter Here] Well the air is hot and I am definitely as stale as the Kelsey’s meal they tried to fool me into eating on the flight over but I could care less because this trip is now on. We made it and our feet were on the ground in Madrid Spain. We collect our things for under [...]

Driving in Spain from JP Holecka on Vimeo. Well driving in Europe can be tricky. Round-a-bouts, lack of signage, crazy streets, foreign languages and foreign drivers for that matter. It can all be a bit much at times.  I am a good driver and pride myself on it but I have to admit I was a little nervous [...]

[Previous Chapter Here] So now I have left the agency, performed best man and dj duties at Jon and Diane’s wedding and am now set to spend the entire summer in Spain with Denise and Noah. It really does not get much better than this. We are packed, the arrangement with my brother to water the [...]

Catchy headline and exactly what I did. I left my job at an up and coming web agency in Vancouver where I was in negotiations for partnership, ya that’s right. So let’s back up here for a moment and get some context.  I had been working a large telco [TELUS] as an creative director for [...]