A Way of Life
For as long as I can remember I have loved to travel. There’s just something to submerging yourself into new cultures, places, and circumstances. Throughout my life academics were certainly not the focus! Luckily I had two parents from which I caught the travel bug. Every summer during the after-school break we would travel to a new place whether that be Vietnam, Southern Africa, or Central America; it was always an adventure with new culture and new people. You could say I learned a lot more out here than in there!
We didn’t travel lavishly at all, it would be incredibly pricy to travel by hotel with two kids. So instead we stayed at homesteads, camped, and backpacked. Through this, I was able to experience the world from an entirely different perspective which fueled a core value of natural wonder.
As a result, I gained much knowledge and learned many lessons; in essence, the best classroom isn’t well a classroom but the world itself! My preferred subject? Backpacking! In fact, we even just produced a documentary where we documented a journey walking from the Myra Canyon trestles starting in Kelowna all the way to Chute lake lodge just before Naramata!
Our Cameraman/D.O.P. for the journey! Jeremy Komlos
One of the greatest things about backpacking….. Is well you just need a backpack! Seriously! Backpacking is by far one of the cheapest and most efficient ways to travel; the most expensive part of that process is your plane ticket. Sadly though backpacking is a dying way of life. With all our phones and other technologies, people are losing their grasp of the real world and what it’s like to go and experience it. It’s true, backpacking doesn’t take much but it also takes a lot, that being a drive or thirst for adventure; to just get out there! And on top of that to see the world through a child’s eyes, as a playground, an untapped sense of wonder. In a sense re-learning what has already been taught. I can assure you though just like at the playground, you will meet countless friends along the way.
Through the platform of StandStill Productions, we hope to document many more adventures and unique experiences, hopefully of even bigger proportions! Through the magic of film, we are able to show the beauty that lies within our planet. That beauty includes all the different people, cultures, and landmarks. I have always wanted to do the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal, maybe someday we will get the chance to bring viewers on that journey! Film is a great tool. And here at Standstill, we plan to exploit that tool to showcase our world and the experiences that lie within it.
