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Red Bus

Red Bus
There’s a transit strike on in Ottawa right now, and while it doesn’t affect me directly (I’m fortunate enough to be able to walk to work) it certainly has had it’s impact on the city.

Commerce is down, people aren’t shopping at the mall, and the roads are congested all day. I actually walked by someone, driving up hill, whose tires were spinning in the fresh snow. So they had to crawl along, so they wouldn’t spin out, and the whole time some ass was leaning on the horn behind them. HONK HONK HONK.
So the guy got nervous and started giving his car more gas – resulting in a bit more of a spin out and not getting anywhere.

What really gets me is the guy in the back just keeps honking – he’s getting more pissed off, and at the same time he’s causing his own freakin’ delay?!? It’s days like these that I am MORE than happy to not be a driver.
As I just walk on by…

Dec 18, 2008 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Bus, Carling, Ottawa, Snow | 2 Comments »

Espresso Tree

Espresso Tree
I decided to take the DSLR out with me today. I have an overbearing jacket that doesn’t go well with a pro-sized digital camera. Lately I’ve been coveting the LX3 just as a means of getting great shots without the weight restrictions (not to mention the screaming absurdity of “HEY I’M TAKING A PICTURE HERE!”) of a DSLR with a hefty L lens attached.

But wouldn’t getting a Point and Shoot camera (albeit a highly regarded one) detract from why I got a big camera in the first place? Does it make me less of a man, or just plain lazy, to want to take something in my pocket as opposed to something that’s the equivalent weight of carrying my son dangling from my left shoulder? Carrying the DSLR means it’s outside of my jacket too – the cold burning out the battery, blah blah blah…

So how many of you out there, who have DSLR’s, have a point and shoot too? If you do, which one, and do you use it?

I know Aaron does – the g9 too (I’d take one of dem!).

Dec 17, 2008 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Snow | 3 Comments »

Tailight of the Setting Sun

How many people go out there and actually shoot at dusk and dawn – Magic Hour?
I mean, I tend to use a bazillion more of my pics when I do shoot then – but practically? I got a job, and a baby, and a MAD woman at home (mad if I don’t get my sweet ass home from the job to take care of the baby) and I find myself either rushing through the sunset, or ignoring it altogether. Sunrise is a whole other story in lethargy – who wants to wake up? Seriously.

I suppose these traits (or lack thereof) make me a bad photographer.

Dec 16, 2008 | Categories: Uncategorized | Comments Off on Tailight of the Setting Sun

Cold Streak

As a Canadian I feel that it is currently my duty to comment on the weather: Freezing, Snow, More Snow, LOTS OF SNOW, Rain and warmth – what the fuck’s up with that?