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[dionysiospsychas-photography]

THE DRIVE PHOTO WALK

… So… Spring has arrived, obviously. And here in Vancouver it showed up hotly. I would say too hotly of course, as our photo walk was a few days before the official, calendrical first day of Spring. But I might be exaggerating on a personal level. And even tho the heat lamp in the sky felt like it bore down on us, the shadow play on building walls, shacks, and pavements was pretty nice. Me, I stayed in the shade of things. Oh, but I forget… Hello again readers!

This was our first photo walk of the year and we explored the dishevelled alleys and the less dishevelled Commercial Drive, aka The Drive. The Drive is one of the coolest streets in Vancouver. It's got very old brick apartment buildings, a bowling alley, old school and new school coffee shops with actually delish coffee, hipsters and actually hip people, shops with crammed storefronts that endure, and more recently, shops being renewed. (Top photo by Dionysios, your host, of a market building being renovated.) And getting together with a bunch of excited photogs was uplifting.

It's always a fun stroll behind and in front of The Drive, so I totally recommend to you reader doing a photo walk there with a friend. And to be inspired, see the photos of The Drive below by the cool cats, err, photogs. (Click on photos to view larger version.)

Thank you much Andy, Don, Chris C., Chris O., Chuck, Colin, Maylinn, Sandra, Sergine, and Sharon for joining our photo walk and making the day a fun one.

The chill photogs.

The rockin' photogs!

Photos by Andy Laycock \ IG: @andcouver

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Photos by Chris Cook \ IG: @cdcook_photography

Hello Friend

Fire Pizza

Chillin' On The Drive

Photos by Colin Trigg \ IG: @funktionalphotog

No Parking for You!

Boss Man

(Left) Bowl O Rama by Colin Trigg and (Right) Commercial Drive alley by Dionysios

and one more photo by Dionysios, your host \ IG: @thephotogeniccity

An exit stair in an alley

Photos by Don Janus \ IG: @donsprojects

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Photos by Sharon Wish \ IG: @bluechameleon

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And so, from your friendly neighbourhood tour guide, thank you for reading and see you at the next photo walk. And as I always say, to find new angles and experience different atmospheres of places, you just got to keep being there. I find there is pleasure in photographing together, getting to know each other, and conversing about this and that and photography. Importantly, we can be inspired by each other to keep making meaningful photographs. And it is hoped that these experiences will inspire local photographers to explore the city on their own.

So, how about you; have you explored The Drive? What interesting photos have you made? Send me an email and tell me what you think.

DP, 2024-03-31

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The Driver And The Putter

The game of golf, unlike most other sports, demands a multitude of skills. 14 different clubs in the bag means a lot changes in swinging these clubs, some subtle nuances and others big bloody shifts. I mean, if you multiply how many different kinds of shots you can play with each club by 14 you get a pretty large number. Luckily for me, maths was never my strongest suit. The 2 clubs at either end of the spectrum are probably the clubs I can struggle with the most during rounds and bad patches in my golf. The driver and the putter. These 2 clubs are also what we often use the most over 18 holes.

Creature Feature Double: Driver & Putter

The driver and the putter sounds like the name of a movie. Two characters searching for brilliance but often on the skids. The driver often starts the hole and the putter invariably finishes it, apart from the odd chip in or hole out. These special occurrences are both fairly rare depending upon your skill level. Hands up who has periods of struggling with both these clubs? I bet the numbers are pretty high on this score. The driver is the longest club in the bag and has a light shaft and head. The putter can be all sorts of dimensions but is the flat stick. Not a lot of loft on either of these two golfing beasts.

Driving & Putting Dilemmas

The head scratching issues that both of these clubs can inspire do so for completely different reasons. The driver can, in the wrong hands, struggle to keep the golf ball on the fairway and out of trouble. The putter is a much more genteel weapon which bamboozles golfers via our inability to get the little white ball in the hole. Both can be frustrating but for these entirely different reasons. Both can make you feel like a fool. On a good day both clubs have the ability to put a smile on your dial. Smashing a long drive down the middle is a brilliant feeling. Sinking a putt, however, the more you play the game becomes the more satisfying sensation, especially to your score. 2 Clubs That Matter In Golf The driver’s length and lightness does my head in most of the time because it strikes me as so different to the rest of the clubs in the bag. I have never felt at home with this big headed club on a long pole and my swing shows it way too often. Yet, to observe a very good driver of the golf ball is a thing of beauty to behold. It’s just doing it badly that frustrates the hell out of me at times. The putter can depress me when it is not working for me and I can’t sense the pace of the greens via the rolling of my putts. It can frustrate the shit out of you when you are hitting greens in regulation and not making putts. ‘That’s golf’, my erstwhile golfing partner can say to me. Like hell it is, I think to myself.

Photo by Jopwell on Pexels.com Speed Kills There are no magic silver bullets when it comes to the mastery of the driver and the putter. You can think that you have found the answer, sometimes, during a round with the driver, as you spank some seriously good drives. Only to find a little bit later on that this is not so, as you lose your way once more via sequencing, rhythm and tempo problems emerging. One of the most common mistakes, I experience, is driving the ball well and going for that bit extra by cranking up the speed of the swing during a round. I do not know I am even doing it, most of the time, but it invariably brings me undone.   “If you’re not a golfer who naturally hits up on the ball, the first step should be to work with a pro to help build fundamentals off the tee. Your driver choice and specs also matter, so fitting also plays a crucial role in helping you achieve more ideal launch conditions. Ball speed drops off quickly on shots missed around the face, so if you can find that sweet spot just a little more often and under the right conditions, you might find yourself making one of the sweetest walks in golf: 300 yards to play your second shot. The general rule of thumb for driving optimization is for every mile per hour of clubhead speed that golfers produce (as a combination of carry and roll), they add 2.75 yards of distance. So to hit a ball 300 yards under normal conditions requires approximately 109 mph of clubhead speed. Clubhead speed directly relates to ball speed, which is influenced by the quality of strike, i.e., how center to the face it is.” - (https://golf.com/gear/how-to-hit-it-300-yards-the-science-behind-distance/) Driving Is Not A Perfect Art On The Golf Course If, like me, you watch the tournament pros on TV, you see that they don’t drive the ball perfectly every time. Indeed, you see that, even these, incredibly talented ball strikers mess it up a fair few times. It is the nature of the beast, the beast being the big dog. I advise golfers to get a series of lessons with a good golf teaching pro focused on driving the golf ball off the tee. One lesson will not cut it if you are serious about making changes to your swing. I have come to the realisation that driving the golf ball is something that fluctuates in my game and not to get too down about it. Yes, I would like to become consistently better at swinging the driver and I have had plenty of lessons in furthering this intention and will not stop in this regard to improve my driving. Life goes on, however, and I am still out there playing as often as I can. We all have our crosses to bear, I suppose, and double crosses are the worst.

Putting & Prayer Putting Putting, don’t get me started! Actually my putting is pretty good at the moment. I shifted to a claw grip and this has firmed up my strike to produce a squared putter face and more consistent roll.  Roger Stephens, one of my old golf pros put me on to the claw grip when I was struggling with my putting many years ago. I stuck with it for awhile and then went back to a more orthodox putting grip. More recently, I returned to the claw after a horror run with the putter, where I felt I had no idea what I was doing. I reiterate that the main advantage with the claw, in my view, is the stability it gives you over the putt and the strike. Gripping The Putter One of the great things I find re-putting is the variety of grips and approaches to putting in the game of golf. I mean, we don’t want everyone swinging the clubs like robots do we? Yes, solid technique is important to playing good golf but with putting it is like the last bastion of real individuality in a game which does appear to be robotic to the outside viewer. There are long putters and really short putters. Claw grips, arm lock grips, lead hand low grips, traditional putting grips and lots of variety in-between these broader categories. Putting is a game within a game, as is often surmised by those who claim to know. The rolling of a small dimpled ball across a manicured green appears to be the easiest part of the game of golf. Somehow, it is devilishly not so. Why is that? I suggest that it is because it comes at the conclusion of our efforts to get to the green. That the preceding, more strenuous, elements of golfing can get in the way of our putting efforts. The game of golf requires constant gear changes from high to low and levels in-between. Some of us are more at home with the whacking of golf balls than the gentle rolling of them on treacherous greens. Brute force is rarely required in the putting realm. Rather it is about the reading of surfaces in engineering terms and the application of just enough force to propel that ball into the hole. Combine this with how we deal with disappointment in the face of our own expectations  and the simple act of putting becomes layered with psychological complexity. All of a sudden putting delves into the realms of consciousness and observing the passing of time.

Head Spaces In Putting Think about those moments you have waiting to putt your ball. You have hit it pretty close and you are awaiting your turn to putt in your four ball. The stuff that can go through your mind prior to getting over the ball. Hopes and fears vie for a hold on your emotional self. Will you sink it? It looks innocuous enough. What if I miss it? You think to yourself and how bad will that make me feel? Finally, it is your turn to putt and you go through your pre-putt routine after reading the green. It is that time over the ball that can be excruciating if you let it get to you. Some golfers develop the yips and various manifestations of involuntary movements under the stress of putting. Hey, this was supposed to be the easy bit! The Driver & The Putter Demand Confidence Ultimately, with both the driver and the putter you have to have confidence in your efforts with them. Fake it till you make it, is more important than you might realise. Finding something solid within your driver swing and how you strike the putter is absolutely vital to having success with these clubs. You cannot play a round of golf and be searching for some silver bullet with these two poles of the game of golf. The driver is your Alpha club and the putter your Omega. One starts things and the other finishes it. Confidence with both of these clubs is an essential if you are going to put a great round of golf together. How you get that confidence is up to you and we all have our own journey in this regard. Whatever it takes, you must find it to thrive out there. RSH ©GolfDom

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[thevoicefromanotherworld]

THE DRIVER (PART 2)

(Of course my main character had to be Spanish like me lol, I hope you like it!)

Logan listened as Michelle finished showering.

The sound of the hairdryer could be heard clearly even if one didn't have heightened senses like he did.

When she came down the stairs she was wearing a grey tracksuit, her dry hair comfortably draped over her shoulders and some comfortable slippers on her feet.

He stared at her for a few moments, shocked by the homely feeling she and her actions emanated.

"I'm done," he announced as if he hadn't seen her come down the stairs a few seconds ago. "Let's go to dinner, I'm starving."

"Actually I should be going," he said, gathering all the willpower he could muster. "I wouldn't want to abuse your hospitality."

"You're not, Logan," she smiled, gesturing to the table. "Please stay."

The man felt like a complete idiot as he nodded and sat down in the chair across from her, but how could he refuse the hospitality she was so kindly offering him?

Michelle reached for a couple of plates from the top shelf of one of the cupboards, while setting a couple of glasses on the table.

She then turned to the pan that was on the stove. She turned on the stove and set it to three to warm up the food.

“I only have water to drink,” she said when she opened the fridge. “I should have done the shopping yesterday.”

“It’s okay, water is fine,” he replied.

After she had poured the water, she divided the contents of the pan among the plates and sat down in front of him.

Logan watched as she picked up the fork she had placed with the plate earlier and blew on it, before bringing it to her mouth.

He frowned for a moment before imitating her. He had never tasted anything so delicious.

He ate for a couple of minutes in silence, until he felt her watching him. He looked up and when he saw her smile he knew he was more screwed than he thought.

“What’s wrong?” -he asked, looking at her in turn-

-Nothing, it's just that I like to see when people enjoy my food- she said, cleaning up her plate- you've never tried anything like this before, have you?

-No- she confessed, taking another spoonful to her mouth- What is it? -It's a typical Spanish dish- she explained- it's called fabada. Sometimes we make it with rice and beans- she laughed- although you have to have a bomb-proof stomach to eat that

-Why?- he wanted to know-

-Because it's a very heavy dish, some people find it very unpleasant- she laughed, he frowned, not understanding what she meant- it means that it makes them feel bad- she said, he nodded-

-Are you Spanish? -he asked, she nodded with a smile-

-Yes sir, in the flesh-he joked making her smile-

-Then you'll get along well with Laura-he said-she also speaks Spanish-he shrugged-she's tried to teach me several times, but patience is not one of my strong points

-It's a matter of practice-she said picking up the plates-I'm sure that with time you'll speak Spanish like a professional

-I'm sure you will-he murmured kindly-

Hours passed and before they knew it the sun was rising over the horizon.

They had spent the whole night talking about everything and nothing at the same time.

Logan felt comfortable in her presence, she was someone he could talk to in a relaxed manner, and after a long time, open up a little to her, which scared him more than he was willing to admit.

He had spent years building his shell so that no one would be able to see beyond it and discover that, despite his rough and selfless exterior, there was someone who desperately needed to be loved.

“If Sabretooth saw me now…” he thought as he watched Michelle carefully water the plants in the living room.

That girl… was slowly managing to melt the walls of ice he had put around his heart

And Logan didn't have enough defenses to protect himself from her.

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(Sorry for the smush, Story is behind Driver.)

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