“Clayoquot Oyster Festival” Photo Contest Finalist #1: Kris Krug

If you like these two shots, demonstrate as much by clicking the Facebook “like” button below. The Scout Flickr Pool contributor with the most “likes” at noon on Friday, November 11th will be declared the winner of our Clayoquot Oyster Festival giveaway contest.

OTHER FINALISTS

KatieVancouver | CoffeeFoodies | StephCardwell | Mike Babiarz

Photos: Kris Krug Inside The Upcoming Waldorf Hotel Redux

These gorgeous, vignette shots of The Waldorf Hotel come courtesy of my friend Kris Krug of Static Photography. If you haven’t heard jack shit about this killer re-imagining of this ancient east side joint, here’s the skinny. Press play and enjoy…

Q&A With Local Tech Giant Kris Krug

Each week, Scout poses 60 questions to a local who has made life in BC that much more interesting. They pick and choose which ones they’d prefer to answer, with a minimum response rate of 20. A Rorschach test, for sure…

Vancouver is much the richer for the awesomeness of Kris Krug – president of Raincity Studios, a fashion, music, and portraits photographer, technologist, and all around super cool dude.

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Scout Q&A

Three things about your neighbourhood (Gastown) that make you want to live there: I can walk to work. I can go home at lunch for naps. I can stumble home from rock shows.

Album that first made you love music: David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Last place traveled: China/Thailand

Sexiest fashion item for the opposite sex: No bra

Bartender who could sell you anything: Dude at the Greedy Pig.

Food your mom makes better than anyone: BBQ chicken and jello salad.

Dumbest purchase ever: Expensive jewelry for my EX-girlfriend

Under what circumstances would you join the army: I want to photograph a war.

Sport you gave up: All of them.

Your ancestry: Raised by wolves.

The game you’re best at: Chess

The thing you’re most ashamed of: I went on a missions trip when I was 12 years old. To Salt Lake City, Utah. To Christianize the Mormons. What a clusterfuck.

The scariest situation you’ve ever been in: Drunk in the Swiss Alps with Robert Scales, Megan Cole and 5 Italian vampires

Local person you admire most: Irwin Oostwindie – Activist. Community leader. Philosopher. Lover. Father.

The number of fist fights you’ve been in: 3 if you count the time I tried to punch my boss but missed.

Best concert experience ever: I met the Beastie Boys and smoked a doobie with Mike D at the first Free Tibet concert in San Francisco in 1995. The photographer from Thrasher Magazine immortalized the moment for me: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/44358772/

Cheap place for dinner: Carnegie Centre

Describe your tattoos: I’ve got a Celtic knot on my left arm, the word BRUISE under my right arm, a sacred geometry mandala and lotus on my back with the pathway to nirvana going up my spine.

The thing that makes you the most nervous: Having to deal with authority figures.

Default junk food of choice: Slim Jims

The thing you’re addicted to: Big smiles and bright eyes.

Mac or PC: Linux

Town you were born in: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

How you waste time at work: Staring at the train yard and helicopter landing pad and cruise ship terminal and seabus from my rooftop.

The career path you considered but never followed: Secret Service, CIA, FBI.

Default drink of choice: Water

Favourite wine varietal: Barolo

Best sneaker in the world: Vans Half-cabs

The first three things you do every morning: Smoke a joint, walk to work, get lost in the internet.

What are you proud of: My 10-year old daughter Sierra Anneke.

Three local websites you visit every day: The Morning Brew by Sean Orr on Beyond Robson

Saddest thing about Vancouver: The apathy that hangs thick in the air like January’s fog.

Talent you wish you possessed: Teleportation

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