Stories by Jesse Martineau on Medium

Pokemon GO? Or Pokemon NO!

Jesse Martineau — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 17:32:43 GMT

The #PokemonGO Craze has hit epic heights! Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Well today I toss my 2 cents into the discussion.

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#QOTD = What do you want to do that’s DIFFERENT?

#CREATE

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“Jesse Martineau is a World Class photographer, creating moments wherever he and his camera go! More still he is a husband and father of FIVE sons, and owner of LightsCameraDAD.com! Jesse believes that to really build something special, we must allow the ‘walls’ to come down, share our knowledge, build relationships with people, and to #CREATE anything!”

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The one time you will hear me Complain

Jesse Martineau — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 20:49:19 GMT

Complain Much?

If you are one of the unlucky ones that are known to complain about nearly everything under the sun, look out, cause I am swinging for you today. Actually I am coming after all of us that would complain about ANYTHING! Want to fail at everything? Just be a complainer, you will achieve it no problem!

Having 5 children, all being males, you can imagine things get a little rough, I actually love that part of things. However there is something that most kids go through in their lives, but if it is left unchecked they WILL turn into one of those folks that complain about EVERYTHING… It starts off with the whine. Whining, as my kids know, is my MOST hated of attitudes, you can ask them right now what I hate the most and they will tell you without a doubt it’s “Whining”. The whine is the beginning stages of the full-blown complain, it is the HIV of AIDS. Strong words? Yes they are meant to be.

Being a whiner will make you a complainer, and no one REALLY wants to hear someone complaining that much! More so it’s just a stupid reason to fail. Blaming everyone else for why you aren’t successful is possibly the lamest excuse on the face of the planet! Recently on my latest episode of INSIDE the LENS I talked about why complaining is a poor choice.

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STOP COMPLAINING! Seriously it’s not becoming of you! Take ownership for your own success and cut the word complain out of your life, unless it’s to complain about complainers of course

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INSIDE the LENS Travel to Guatemala with Jesse Martineau

Jesse Martineau — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 01:14:58 GMT

Guatemala: “The Land of the Eternal Spring”

Recently I returned from another voyage into the world, apart from Canada where I spend most of my days, to the Land of Guatemala! A new twist accompanied me this trip as my wife was able to come along, the fist time we have traveled together! This was my third trek to the greenest place I have ever seen, and it did not disappoint! On today’s episode of INSIDE the LENS I take you along to Guatemala as well!The 4th episode of INSIDE the LENS, and it has evolved SO much from episode 1. I am LOVING how it is taking shape, yet I hope to involve a number of people, including guests, in the very near future. On this episode I document a few key moments of our trip to Guatemala, there are some real serious needs in Guatemala, and I hope that I can at least raise a bit of awareness to their situation!

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Guatemala was a great trip, I don’t know when I will be back, but the next time I get there I need to schedule a few days to see even more of that landscape! I REALLLLLLY want to get a volcano erupting!

Again if you would like to know more about the base I stayed at in Guatemala please visit feviva.org

Here are the other episodes of INSIDE the LENS!

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The MAY Photos of the MONTH 2016

Jesse Martineau — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 01:09:33 GMT

It’s time (already) for the May Photos of the month!

Well these months are flying by, soon we will be into the Summer photos of the month and I am just posting the May Photos of spring time! Every month I collect the 5 top photos, selected through a serious of very complex algorithms and a form of cooking that has yet to be discovered my modern cuisine, and I post them all RIGHT HERE for your concentrated enjoyment! So enjoy the May photos of the month 2016! Leave a comment of your favorite one!

Remember I always add the caption the photo came with — so they might not make perfect sense if they are out of sequence. TO BEST understand my workings you should really be FOLLOWING ME on INSTAGRAM!

#5. From Canmore to Camera

Guess what? I am headed to Guatemala tomorrow, and this time I decided to bring my wife. I figured, hey she deserves it! AND the last two times I went she wasn’t with me so I had to coax some other poor soul into doing my laundry for me This time all the coaxing has already been done! YAYY! Anyway, should be a fun time, minus the sparse internet coverage… It’s surprising how much this whole gig rely’s on me being connected BUT I should be able to post a bit AND get some Snaps out! (Follow the trip on the links below) Here is a reflector. This is a #Longexposure photo, I JUST made a new #Youtube vid about this here! –> https://youtu.be/xjmLI-FyiMg

#4. Again from Canmore! I had a lot of photos from there.

The magic of the mountains… Actually wait a second mountains can’t really have magic cause they are just rocks… Or wait again maybe that’s why they do have magic… Actually I have no idea… Although it is weird that we drive for hours on end to see giant piles of rocks, or even climb said giant piles of rocks. Of course I suppose we drive for hours on end to see a human sized mouse dance around his kingdom, now there is a land of magic! … Here is a happy/sad face.

#3. The Wet Ponds! Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada.

All you really need to do in Alberta, Canada, to create an incredible photo is find a dirty old pond at around 9:30pm in the summertime. Even the dirty old ponds can help you create something not so dirty. However if you find a dirty old bathroom at around 9:30pm in the summertime, the same ”not so dirty” effect won’t apply. In fact I believe the opposite applies, the dirty old bathroom turns into a dirtier old bathroom, however you could still create an image of some kind from it, kind of like the image you just created in your head thinking about a dirty old bathroom just now… Here is a stall.

#2. They call this a Lake, but it’s more like a pond too…

Well if you have been paying any attention you will see that I launched a campaign calling for people to use the tag #CREATE . Also if you have been paying attention you will know that this person creates some crazy talk throughout a typical week. That being said, on a more serious note, someone really has to get a handle on this whole green mist scenario! It’s happening all the time up here and it’s starting to terrify me! Here is a Launch.

#1. And at the top of the MAY PHOTOS, a LONG EXPOSURE sunset from Alberta!

Turns out it’s a special day where you send a photo of yourself wearing that suit you were born with to some other person… I mean have we not learned enough about social media or even THE INTERNET to realize that sending a photo of ones self, in said suit, to ANYONE, isn’t that smart of an idea? I guess If you are invisible you could send one, unless the other person is ALSO invisible, cause I think 2 invisible people can see each other… Ya I’m sure that’s how it works. Here is a suit of some kind.

Thanks for checking out the May photos of the Month!! Please leave a comment below!

Creating a Culture vs Creating a Following

Jesse Martineau — Tue, 24 May 2016 20:30:42 GMT

Creating a Culture, if it’s a good one, you win.

Another episode of INSIDE the LENS is here! On today’s show I talk about creating a Culture vs building a following. It makes me cringe when I find people that treat their followers as mindless sheep, flogging them with endless “e-books” which keep people just out of reach of being great! I NEED to create a culture!!

Today we are SO concerned with the “Numbers”. And while numbers can be important, I feel that social media has created a breed of people that only care about the numbers, and will literally do anything (even compromise themselves) for the extra few likes or followers. Is this you? Do you find yourself laying in bed thinking about how everyone else has numbers, and you should too?

Rather than trying to create a following, try creating a culture!

There are a few reasons why we do this, but today I want to help you by telling you there is another way! Rather than trying to create a following, try creating a culture! When you are creating a culture, one that you are proud of, you WILL GAIN FOLLOWERS!

Check out today’s episode where I talk about how I began creating a culture! THIS EPISODE IS FOR EVERYONE not just photographers!

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The Appetizer Club

Jesse Martineau — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 07:13:40 GMT

Had a great time down at my local appetizer club last night. I really recommend you find a local appetizer club near you. The real key to a successful appetizer club however, is to make sure you have 1 person that actually makes good appetizers. If you don’t, I guess it can still work, but you are going to be eating a lot of ‘Cheez Whiz’ based snacks… And while I am in no way mocking ‘Cheez Whiz’, too much of a great thing can turn into a bad thing… Apparently that can happen with wine as well, who knew!?!

Here is a treat.

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Is 30 old?

Jesse Martineau — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 07:06:17 GMT

Well I have a friend and it’s her 30th birthday. Now right away some of you are thinking ‘’Oh 30, that’s not that old!’’Meanwhile in high school the students are screaming in unison ‘’OMG 30 IS SO FRIGGIN OLD!!!’’ And I would have to concur with them, for they do raise a valid point. When the word ‘’friggin’’ is applied to a sentence it enhances the factual factor 10 fold. So anyone over 30 you better step it up and say ‘’30 isn’t friggin old!!’’ then you would offset this argument and we could move on with our lives…

Here is a day on the calendar.

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The Jungle Hangover

Jesse Martineau — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 06:54:36 GMT

So I saw the Jungle book last night. Once I got past the talking animals it was alright I guess. Other than the annoyance of the theater employee’s shutting down the concession stand! I had even convinced someone to go get me something during the show! But Noooooo, it was closed, maybe they were getting an early start on 4/20…. Anyway, it’s probably for the best because I didn’t wake up with that movie theater popcorn ‘’topping’’ hangover today… That’s worse than any regular hangover let me tell you.

Here is a Jungle of the North.

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March Photos of the Month 2016!

Jesse Martineau — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 14:00:26 GMT

The March photos of the month took me to Jasper National Park!

One of the best months to date, the March photos of 2016 have been some of my best work, not to mention most popular. The threshold is being crossed I feel, so many people have reached out to like, comment, and direct message me. Company’s are starting to take notice as well and I am entering into some exciting new opportunities! Thanks for hanging around everyone, this is about to get much bigger!

The March photos largely came from Jasper National Park it’s one of my favorite places, read about why. It was probably the most successful trip I have had in terms of quality images it produced! Seriously was a great day/night of shooting. I recently just got back from Canmore, and Banff National Park, so I am sure the April photos of the month will have a few from there!

Here we go, the March Photos of the Month 2016!!

#5. Spruce Grove, Alberta. These are called star trails! Pretty awesome right? I will be posting a video on my YouTube channel on how to make them soon!

So every morning I turn on the shower to let it warm up while I stumble around looking for clothes. One particular morning I discovered I had knocked an entire roll of toilet paper into the shower! “Dangit, it’s ruined!” Or so I thought! I decided to just leave said roll on the vent for a few days, wouldn’t you know it, it dried out! Moral of the story? Even if you feel like you are drowning, you can still achieve what you were made to do! … Actually come to think of it, maybe that TP roll didn’t want to do what it was made to do….. Oh no. Here is a role.

#4. Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park. Stood on the ice for a long time, hoping I wouldn’t fall in, I didn’t…

So I have been talking about those that interrupt me whilst I watch TV. But the worst interrupters of all, the people that are the most irritating, inconsiderate, frustrating, are the people that program the automated dealers trying to get me to donate to PETA or something! First off I don’t donate to political parties (that was funny) and second, are people that cheap that they can’t even put a real person on the phone!? Why should I have to push 1 to learn more!? It’s like when my wife texts me in an emergency instead of calling to ”save minutes” … Here is a turn of events, I didn’t think I was gonna go there, looks like I might need to text 911 for myself later…

#3. Milky Mountain Lights. Capturing all 3 of these things is ALWAYS awesome!

I went bowling last night. Let me start by saying that bowling is a horrible event. First off I have to wear someone else’s shoes, were they comfortable? Yes. Were they stylish? Yes again. But others feet were in them… Secondly why are the balls SO heavy?! I didn’t want a workout, I just wanted to throw a ball down a hardwood floor and knock stuff over! And finally the worst part about bowling is the score. No one REALLY understands how it works, we just look at the screen and suppose that some computer is correctly displaying it. Bowling is the worst. Here is a lane.

#2. More of the Greeny Mountainscapes. Jasper really turned it on for me that night!!

So there I am all ready to capture another invasion of the green mist, when out of nowhere one of those dudes on a TRON bike flies through the frame…. The nerve. Its like when I am watching TV and one of my kids is trying to show me some piece of art they made, but my team is about to score a touchdown! C’mon kids, the game is on! Anyway I think one of my kids might be the next Picasso… Here is a reflection.

#1. The best March photo of the month is in! Another Long Exposure from Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park!!

Some days you just gotta try something new, like going a whole day without wearing underwear! You see I have been hounding +SAXX Underwear for a couple weeks to notice me, without avail… So today I decided that I would go on a hunger strike — so-to-speak — and not wear the most comfortable underwear IN THE WORLD, as to remind myself to stay vigilant! … It sucks. Jeans aren’t meant to be worn commando… Here is a scene I found whilst I was wearing the SAXX long john…

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Originally published at lightscameradad.com on April 12, 2016.