Week 22: Sunday, May 20th, 2010

Just a quick message today as I'm swamped with things to do at the moment. I spent my weekend at the National Capital Marathon (www.ncm.ca) helping out and coordinating the volunteer medical staff. As a result, all my usual weekend activities have been pushed back to today and tomorrow.

This shot was taken from the Laurier Bridge looking over Parliament Hill just as the sun was setting on Saturday. I had just finished up with the 5 and 10km races, and on my way back to my car, I saw this and snapped it with my trusty SD750. Kinda wish I had my XSi on me, but hey - can't win 'em all.

Enjoy.

From Project 52

Week 21.5: Monday, May 24th, 2010

WEEK 21 BONUS SHOT!! I just really liked this shot and wanted to put it up here :)

From Project 52

Technical details: Canon XSi, 18-55mm kit lens @ 18mm, f/3.5, 1/2000s, ISO 800. Black and white post processing in Lightroom.

Week 21: Monday, May 24th, 2010

This weekend's shot was taken in the lovely town of Perth, Ontario. I'm going to keep this short, as I want to be able to enjoy the beautiful weather we've been having, and, given how this summer has been so far, I have no idea how long it'll last. So, without further ado, I give you Week 21:

From Project 52

Technical details: Canon XSi, 18-55mm kit lens @ 18mm, f/4.0, 1/1000s, ISO 200. Post processing in Lightroom to get the sepia tint.

Week 20: Sunday, May 16th, 2010

I love Ottawa. The city is the perfect mix of big city activity, and small city accessibility for me, which keeps things interesting and easy to get to. Throughout the year many different events are organized by the NCC, including Winterlude, Bluesfest, the Ottawa Jazz Festival and the Tulip Festival. Sure, Montreal has similar events, as does Toronto. But I'm in Ottawa, so I will say how awesome these events are here.


I just hit up the Tulip Festival, and took a lot of pictures there (full album available here). First, a bit of history for those wondering why Ottawa has a Tulip Festival.

Between 1942 and 1945, Canadians sheltered Princess Juliana and her daughters during the Nazi occupation. During that time, Princess Juliana (later Queen Juliana) gave birth to Princess Margriet at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. In order for Princess Margriet to be a Dutch national, they temporarily declared the maternity ward "international territory" so she could take on her mothers Dutch nationality. The Dutch continue to send over tulips every year (about 20 thousand annually), and the festival has grown to over 3 million tulips planted all over the Ottawa-Gatineau area, with the remainder being bought from Canadian and Dutch distributors.

It's a great event, and is on for another week. I highly recommend checking it out if you're in the Ottawa area. Again, the full album is available here.

From Project 52

Technical info: Canon XSi, 18-55mm kit lens @ 18mm, f/8.0, 1/200s, ISO 200. No post processing.

Weeks 18 and 19: May 1st and 8th, 2010

So I've been swamped the past two weeks and didn't get around to updating things on here. I went to the Canadian War Museum with some friends this past weekend. I'd never been, but I was very impressed with the sheer number of exhibits and the scope of Canadian history it covered (going back to pre-Dominion all the way to the present). A full album of my shots is available here.

One of the things I really enjoyed at the Museum were the dioramas they set up, illustrating various battles. This one was from a street fight in Quebec - the level of detail is absolutely incredible and really helps to bring the exhibits to life.

I entitle this picture: Pew pew!

From Project 52