Manuscript Complete!

Coconut Shrimp



Whew! I just finished off the last of the photos so now my Tiki book manuscript is now complete! Twenty original food recipes, eleven original drink recipies with over thirty photos, dozens of illustrations and a 35,000 word story. It's making me tired typing that sentence. I just have to finish off a Blurb sample book and then it's time to approach publishers!

Again, my book is entitled, "Terrance Ignatius Tipple: The Tiki Time Traveller - Book 1 - 2012 The Pre-Apocalyptic Luau." Say that five times fast. It only took about a year and a half, a whole pile of money and lots of sweat and Bourbon. I thought I'd make a book because I thought it would be easier than making another film. Ha! Good thing I'm slightly delusional. Or very.

I better get this proposal off soon before the world ends and it's too late! Time for a well deserved Mai Tai.

La Stella

La Stella is a premium winery in Osoyoos that uses musical motifs to name their wines. The style of their wines and the design of their winery is heavily influenced by the Italian La Dolce Vita. They wanted me to photograph their wines with musical instruments and my Italian DNA really enjoyed the whole process of creating that spirit.

Therapy Vineyards

I'm a sucker for clever branding. How can you resist a glass of Pink Freud? How about a Freudian Sip? Or their Alter Ego? They produce excellent wines at a fair price from some of the oldest vines in the Naramata region and sell out quick.

Lake Okanagan Resort Kelowna

Watermark Beach Resort - Osoyoos

There's always room for meatloaf! One of the signature dishes at the fancy wine bar in the Watermark Beach Resort in Osyoos is their meatloaf. They've tried taking it off of the menu a few times but the locals have rebelled. After photographing it I got to eat it and I admit I downed the whole thing, will a nice glass of BC red of course.

Okanagan Winery Trip April 2011

It is the coldest spring in a hundred years in British Columbia. For those of you that are here, I'm sure you're well aware of it! In the third week of April I was in the Okanagan for a week attempting to drum up some photography business. I met some great people, had some excellent meetings and took lots of shots of course. Although it was mostly cloudy the whole time and the vines just looked like dried up sticks, I still managed to get a couple of good shots.