Posted Jan 26, 2005

Name: Jon Faulknor

From: Onterrible...I mean Ontario..

Currently calling home: A hide out in Nordic. Whistler B.C.

Spoon or fork: Spork..

Mars bars or bar stars: Mars bars on the bar stars...

First camera: Pentax K1000.

So Jon, you've got a hefty stack of awesome nature shots here, is that your main photography gig?

Well it started out to be , but now being in whistler it has started to slow down with the Nature and leaning more towards the Skiing action shots.

Does photography bring home the bacon, or what else do you do to support the habit?

I wish Photography was my main cash Pig.. Right now supporting the habit is teaching ski school..It used to be cooking but I'd rather be outdoors.

Rumour has it you double as a gourmet chef, does that mean Kraft Dinner with special sauce, or are you pretty into it?

Well I can cook a pretty mean gourmet meal when needed...Kraft Dinner is not on my list of gourmet meals, Although I have had a friend cook it many different ways for me....For the nutritional side add broccoli and mix..YUMMY. Oh yeah Ketchup is always a must..

You said you had some plans to travel the globe a bit this year, but ended up back in Whistler for some pow hunting? Where were you headed? And now that the only white powder in Whistler is in the bakery, might you head out again?

Well I was in Scotland for October and a part of November. I was going to go for a year but decided to come back and ski the pow that we are lacking...I will head back there some day again. But for now I will be here in Whistler for a while..I may head to Vancouver for the summer depending on the job situation or even look towards a cruise ship job.

Have you ever been in trouble for bringing a camera somewhere?

No...But I must say I have sneaked it into event's that require a media pass..No security can keep me and my camera out. I would tell you what event's I get into but then there would be posters plastered all over with my face on it.

Tell us about these cool glacier shots. Looks like the product of Whistler's so-called 'special' season this year. Hot summer and dry winter providing a unique opportunity to explore the mountains, um, under belly...

Yeah...that was a great day.. We went up one day and got some shot's of the guy's hucking off the roof and landing almost inside the lip of the cave. Then we had this awesome idea of building an in-run through the cave and build a step up jump...It took 3 days of building it and keeping it a secret so no one else would get the shot we wanted. It's one of those opportunity's that probably will never happen again as this was the first time I had ever seen the Ice caves, due to lack of snow. After the shoot we destroyed the jump so no one else would have the shot.

Any thanks?

I would like to thank all the athletes who come out and shoot with me (and are shown above)... Tyler, Alex, Marty, Chad and Bobby. Also my parent's for having me.... See you all on the slopes