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Canada Day is crazy in the capital – I suppose all such national holiday’s are. I remember being in Bangcock over Thai new-years and it was a 3 day waterfight – no joke – almost 100 people died.
Okay so not really the beach, I didn’t actually want to spend any time AT the beach because drunken teenagers were running around drinking. Am I getting old? As the prospect of getting wasted on a beach in front of the sunset is, in fact, appealing, taking a time out to chase seagulls and throw […]
Mel’s cousin Angelle has been coming around a lot lately, which is great because it gives Mel a break from handling Quinn all day (Future Quinn please note; you were, and continue to be, a lovely son). I think, though, some of Mel’s friends and family may be getting a bit sick of me sticking […]
Sucka doubled his weight in two months! A few more weeks and we can eat the baby! Update 06/18/2008: Just weighed in at 8lbs!… a pound a week…
The grave of the Unknown Solider in the U.S. is guarded, ’round the clock, by an honour guard of select military. The best of the best, these guys march, protecting the tomb in rain and snow, unflinching and marching precisely. In Canada it’s in the middle of the street and people piss on it during […]
How many of you forget that there are awesome buildings in your city? I mean, they’re likely the ones with the tourists around them (Grade 8 grads travel from across Ontario and Quebec to visit Ottawa or, as was my case, Quebec City). But these are legit photo opportunities – if not clichéd, they can […]
Has anyone else seen that WastedPhotos has been offering up PSD files on how he got the look? I think that’s pretty cool – I’m often curious as to how an image is processed, figuring out methods or new techniques to achieve a certain look.
It’s been humid as hell out here this week – I’m pretty sure it has been everywhere. Our new bedroom is on the third floor of an old house – no vents up here. I’ve drank my weight twice over in water in just the past day – and I don’t even really do anything. […]
I’ve been taking pictures just fine lately – it’s sitting down and processing them that’s the trick. I’m often happy enough with the RAW image, but sometimes I almost NEED to enhance it in Photoshop, just do something y’know? Granted, I still lack the proper skills to get them exactly the way I want, but […]
This is like me with Ice Cream, if I go by a place that sells it…
As an agreement of sale on our new house, the front yard perennials were not included as chattel with purchase. So a few weeks ago the previous owners came and dug out all of the perennials – that’s right – everything that was in the yard. So we had a big ugly maple tree, some […]
Mel said I should print this one out for the girls mother, which I will, but I think I’ll get her to hand it to the lady. The scenario: “Hi, I was taking pictures of your pretty little girl here – don’t believe me? Here’s printed proof!”Lady – “KICK PUNCH!” Nuff said.
I used to like to swing as high as I could, basically high enough that gravity, not centripetal (or is it centrifugal?)force pulled the swing down. At the apex, the absolute highest my own momentum would take me, I’d let go of the swing, suspended in air for a brief moment as I slowly drifted […]
Don’t you hate it when you go out and someone is wearing the same outfit as you? It’s worse when they look better wearing it too!
I don’t know if people usually get presents for the Victoria Day weekend, but Mel and I did; Quinn’s home and resting on my chest as I type this. We’re having baby/daddy computer time.
I love Orange pop with my Pizza – Brio or a Coke are okay too, but nothing quite goes with a strip of “Za” like a cool can of Orange Crush or C-Plus. Does anyone else have a favourite drink to have with something they eat? I know for Brad it’s beer Cherry Coke, or […]
So yesterday’s and today’s post aren’t the result of any photoshop Voodoo but the experimental wanderings of me and my new Lensbaby only fitting that I get a few new babies in, roughly, the same month. This one is shot at the shallowest DOF f/2.8 and it’s pretty soft as well as one of my […]
Okay, so let me see if I can give everyone an update via the blog (if anyone still visits this). April – Moved to Ottawa, basically right into the Hospital, Mel was admitted on a Friday, and the following Friday Quinn was born (to thunderous applause). The Monday after Quinn fell out I started work […]
I think parenthood means you don’t get weekends – or evenings. Every minute of free time Mel and I have is spent either going to the Hospital, spending time with Quinn, shopping for the house (an arduous weekly task that always ends in tragedy) and no super-fun computer time for JVL. I wouldn’t trade it […]
Montréal is awesome. This was my first trip to the great city and I loved it. My buddy Rainbow once told me that Montréal had the hottest girls in Canada – he’s likely right – though these things no longer phase me, I was just told he was right. This was also the first time […]
So one of the most startling changes that I have to get used to by moving out of Toronto is the presence of blue skies and clouds. T.O. has a bit of a “smog” problem, and what that ends up doing is painting the skies with a thin veil of mist like yellow haze. Ottawa, […]
See, Mel hates this photo, and there’s a bit of apprehension as I post it, but I think it’s a really good reflection of her eldest son Owen. He’s always leaning into the camera, making goofy faces and, yeah, I’ve really accentuated his features here, the puffs under his eyes, his freckles, but fundamentally it’s […]
This is Ryan, one of my new co-workers. Last Friday, being the spot-on beutiful day that it was, we all made the trip to the Prescott on Preston street in Ottawa for some drinks and messy meatball sandwiches. I “chickened” out though, and opted for fingers and fries as a safety.
