High Impact Imagery

So after a long long day of shopping, and spending the most money I have ever spent other then on photography equipment and the studio itsself, We have Furniture! Check out the facebook page for some photos of the updated client meeting area.

Another thing is we have been considering getting back into videography, and relaunching the High Impact Imagery youtube channel among all the crazyness that is going on right now, I don't quite know that we have suffeceint man/womanpower, or financial assets to do so... But if you want to see this happen, Why don't you post up a comment on the youtube channel, facebook page, or on this status update (if you can on the last one.. Im not totally sure)

Not sure what else there is to update, but I'm updating the site while updating this, So have a look around! Thats it for now,  keep on checking back in for more updates..

- Patrick

www.HighImpactImagery.com

Our Facebook Fanpage hit 1000 Fans!! Well, Technically we are 1,300.. If you want to count in the Page, and our old defunct group together.. But the Facebook Page hit 1,000 Fans! Which is curently larger then any other canadian paintball photography company to my knowledge! Woot!

In celebration, We are having a 15% off sale for our RedBubble account, Your code is: HighImpactImage_is_on_sale_4235 . If you are local to the brantford/hamilton region, Its better to go through the Contact Us button on this website, and you will get a better deal!  To view our redbubble account, Go here: http://www.redbubble.com/people/highimpactimage

Last, But not least.. The Backdrop and Studio Lights have been ordered!! Should be arriving over the next couple weeks, So our studio will be opening on a By appointment basis soon after that!!

Alright, So I had forgotten to keep this up over the past 6 months, and due to this, We have alot of activity to report on. Also, I promise to make weekly posts from now on.. So what exactly have we done in the past 6 months?

- Shot a ton of paintball events! (Wasaga Beach Arch Angel, FlagRaiders Phoenix Project 23, Flagswipes Day of the Dead, Soldiers of Fortune March Massacre, SOF's Conflict Columbia, SOF's Conflict Vietnam, Bad Samaritans Bushball Series, Real Ops MilSim Series, and more) Shot a few weddings, had a few portrait sessions... We also attended the Canadian Photographic, Video, and Digital Imaging Show, where we met alot of awesome people!

- Picked up alot of new gear, An additional D300 and an MBD10, 500mm Lens, 70-200mm 2.8, Lighting Equipment, bunch of lowepro gear, carbon fiber monopod/tripod, Canadian Forces Panasonic Toughbook, A Screen Printing Set-up, a New Giant TCX 2011 Bike to do photorides with, and a whole bunch more!

- We have moved into a new studio! 30 Horner Street, Brantford Ontario. It is still under construction, But we should be up and running by the end of november, Hopefully in time for christmas portraits! Make sure to contact us before stopping by, because it is currently by appointment only.

- We are now shooting for Shooting Hot Magazine, and The Catshack Reports, So check them out in the "Check it Out" section of the site!

- We have High Impact Imagery Gear now! Hats, Polos, and Hoodies! As soon as the studio gets finished, we should also have a ton of screened stuff done up as well.

I am sure I am forgetting a few things at this point, But there was so much over the past few months that I can't possibly get it down into a small post, Anyways.. As I said, There will be weekly posts here from now on, whether it is reviews, articles from the week, or updates from High Impact Imagery, There will be posts!! So keep on checking back in!

Alright, So, The Man is back, Rob "Tyger" Rubin. This is the guy who got me to take paintball more seriously as a sport. If you are into Scenario Paintball, You probably have heard of him, If your in to speedball, You may have heard of him, Either way, Sign up for a Youtube account, and go subscribe to his New YouTube channel now:

http://www.youtube.com/user/WebDogPaintball

(Not to Hijack the awesomeness of this post and use it for my own gain, But while your at it, Go watch and Subscribe the to he HighImpactImageryCan(ada) channel while your at it!)

Everyone with a YouTube account, Please subscribe to this guy. Without him, This whole website would probably not exist, So go, Run (so to speak) Give him a Massive response to him coming back like he deserves.

Hey Everyone, This Saturday we are celebrating the birthdays of two of our awesome employees, Eoghan Moll, and Alicia Bunn. We invite everyone out to partake in the Birthday Battle at Soldiers of Fortune Paintball from 10am until 4pm. If you do happen to come out, Just look for us under the High Impact Imagery banner as always, Come introduce yourselves!

- Patrick “Hollywood” McEachern

  www.HighImpactImagery.com

One of the older articles I wrote from the Rockin Machine Event held by the Glen Morris Mecenaries and Flagswipe Paintball.

The Rockin Machine event concept was a revolution in the world of paintball, Combining Heavy Metal Music and the sport of paintball to shoot a music video. It was a great day of paintball, to there was no losers, since the whole blue team was assimilated in to the red team. Members of the Glen Morris Mercenaries, Team CANTRU, Shadow Squad and the Task Force Raiders were on hand to help referee, general, take pictures, and play.

The event was sponsored by West49 and Flagswipe paintball with prize packages donated by both companies. Which were handed out to the muddiest players, as well as the best costume award. The bands “She Likes Cloth” and “Subliminal Hate Machine” rocked the makeshift stage all day long. I sat down with Subliminal Hate Machine after the event to get their thoughts, “Being the first outdoor gig for the band, and the first event of its kind, we weren’t sure what to expect. We were pleasantly surprised with the paintballer’s today and want to thank them all for helping us shoot our new video”. Be sure to check them out on facebook by searching up “Subliminal Hate Machine”, as there new CD is coming out in late 2009.

Lots of media was on hand including two of Ontario’s scenario paintball communities leading media companies, Visual Echoes Photography, and High Impact Imagery. As well as almost every Glen Morris Mercenary with a video camera to get footage for the video. This will be released on YouTube, as well as on the Glen Morris Mercenaries website (www.glenmorrismercenaries.com) soon.

Blue scored a lot of points early in the day out by lunch the score was even at 400 points. After lunch saw a long hard battle by both teams to extract the hostage. Both teams succeeded in an extraction keeping the score tied for the final battle. With smoke popping left and right, the red team pushed the blue back, slowly assimilating them into the red team. At the end of the game, every player was on the winning red team.

Another Canada Day Come, and Gone. A day with great fun with friends and family spent celebrating the birth of our great nation. How did I spend my Canada Day? I was hanging out with Theory of a Deadman, Crash Parrelel and others in the V.I.P. Tent at the Brantford Celebrations. Both the guys from Crash Parralel and Theory of a Deadman put on Amazing shows for the people of Brantford, and are in general awesome guys.

In honor of the Canada Day Celebrations I decided to give out some of the "Proud" T-Shirts, In support of the military families fund (If you recieved a T-Shirt in the giveaways and wish to donate to The Militaries Family Fund, go over to http://www.cfpsa.com/mfamily/ and put in a donation on behalf of High Impact Imagery/Fear Gear Clothing) If you were in the crowd in Brantford and got a Proud Shirt. Give us a shout! We would love to hear from you on what you think of the shirts.

Whats Next? Not sure... Seem to need a new phone as mine did not like paintball to much. We will be continuing to cover events over the summer, Though not as many as the spring. As many of our team members are busy with other work, vacation, and other things. Through out the summer, I am mainly going to be "Living Unplugged". Though I will be stopping by from time to time to update the site, and talking to all my friends.

On a side note: Yes, It is true, My computer seems to hav a virus which makes the programs/websites I visit most unaccesible (aka Facebook, Email, TechPB, CS4 and most recently, EWC...) But, Luckily it still allows me to update my site (Though I have been making a point of doing most of the changes offline first and then doing it in one clean sweep so not to make it so I spend much time on the site)

(Also, Pictures should be up within about a week or so, Depending on my internet situation)  

Ninja Paintball Tank Review

Tank - 13-3000

Markers - Azodin KP, PMI Tracer.

Period of use - Over the course of CPX Living Legends so far.

I got to pick up a brand new Ninja Paintball tank at Living Legends from Ray at Ninja Paintball, and I said I was going to put up a little review on the tank. So here goes. I was able to use the tank on both the Azodin Khaos Pump, and my custom Tactical PMI Tracer, My first impression of this tank is simply, Wow. Kudos goes out to ninja for making a tank that is built for me, Not to knock any other tanks in this range, but I have tried other 13-3's, and None were up to this standard. Now lets do some Pros and Cons.

Pros:

Customer Service: Most Important thing in my opinion when dealing with paintball gear is, "Does it have a good customer service backing?" I met Ray through TechPB and he always seemed like a cool guy, I finally got the chance to catch up to him in person at CPX over the past weekend, And the guy is definitely cool in person as well. Sadly I didn't get to take him up on his offer of a quick tour of the Ninja Paintball factory while I was in Chicago. But back to Customer Service. I have heard and seen many good things from Ninja in the ways of customer service, They are players themselves, so they know what its like not to have a working tank. So they will do pretty much anything to get it back and fixed in your hands as quickly as possible so you can get out to the field playing again with confidence in your gear.

Durability: Another thing that I noticed in my weekend of playing with the Ninja Tank (As well as rocking an awesome Ninja Headband). Ninja makes Durable Products! I put my gear through hell and highwater (Sometimes quite literally... Though I do not reccomend it) and the tank withstood it all. Dropped, Heavily Impacting my jaw (Think that hurt me more then the tank, thankfully), Superman Diving (Numerous times) Getting thrown into the net because I needed to use both hands on the camera for a second to get a good picture... Everything! Let me make this clear (again..) Durability Tests, Are based off me, If it can withstand me.. It can withstand whatever you can dish out. So play hard, and play with confidence.

Cost: In these times of economic uncertainty it is good to see an industry leader like Ninja come out with a line of High Quality, and Very reasonably priced tanks. In the market, Tanks of these quality sell for 200$ or more, So save your money, And check out the Ninja Tanks that are priced mostly in the 150$ range. High Quality, Great Value, Way to go Ninja.

Cons:

There cheap? I truthfully haven't found any cons with these tanks, When I do, You all will be the first to know!

Thats all for now, Play Safe, Play Hard.

Patrick "Hollywood" McEachern

Owner, Photographer, Paintballer.

High Impact Imagery

The end... Im sad that its over, but Loved it.. I picked up a lot of new gear, Met and Played alongside, and against a lot of great people. I ultimately think this event was well worth the trip, And if you are considering going next year, DO IT. No matter where in the world you are, No matter if you fly, drive, go by boat, take a bus, Heck, Start walking towards CPX right now if you have to. Its worth it..

That is all I am writing for now.. Pictures will be up tomorrow.. 

- Since I couldn't post pictures up on the site, The day 3 pictures are up in the Paintball Photos section of the forums of www.TechPB.com -

Go check them out now..

Had an amazing time playing with you all, whoever was at the event. (And still a little peeved that I missed what turned out to apparently be the biggest game at Flag Raiders paintball, where apparently there were 600+ players!!)

Ok, Cant quite think in full sentences anymore.. But, I promised to keep everyone up to date as well as I could... So, Here goes the points


- TechPB is now playing for the RPS Arrmy as PBNation decided when they arrived that they wanted to play with us.

- Azodin Khaos Pump, Is FREAKING FANTASTIC!

- The deals here are phenominal

- Awesome People, Awesome Field, Awesome Time.

- Gary Baum, Still the man.

- I am scared shitless of heights.. But, Whatever it takes to get the shot.

- Phenominal Play from both sides today.

- Best pump run ever... (Willie-Bryce-Crazylitte- You all know what Im talking about!)

- Krischian (ElCeddo) gets an above and beyond the call of duty medal for providing awesome road side assistance to everyone by spraying them down with water and wiping all the paint off them

- Borg... Still one of the most badass players on the field.

- Mike Phillips........ What else can I say?

-Rob "Tyger" Rubin  - "Insert Witty Comment Here" 

- Kitty... Deserves the title on the back of her jersey, Meant with all the best intentions

- I want to play in the city already!

- WOW!

I need to get up at 630am tomorrow to get to the field on time..  Today is the last day, So I should have a bunch of on field pictures, and a long write up since i will not have to go to sleep early to wake up the next morning!