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March 31, 2006
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| Red and White Club, March 30, 2006: Mount Royal College Cougars Chelsea Hobbs (volleyball) and Kristy Lachapelle (badminton) were named co-recipients of the Al Bohonus Female Athlete of the Year award while Brody Hilland (badminton) received Male Athlete of the Year. |
March 28, 2006
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Some friends and I are having dinner in "Sushi Tokyo" restaurant, downtown Calgary. Great food and very reasonable price. |
March 26, 2006
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| Yesterday I photographed ACAC men's hockey playoffs game between the Mount Royal College Cougars and the SAIT Trojans, where SAIT evened the best-of-five series at two games apiece with a 4-3 overtime victory. |
March 23, 2006
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| I'm finally made it back home to Calgary. Last day in Toronto we visited Niagara Falls. The weather wasn't very nice for the photographs, it was a little foggy and all my photographs were lacking contrast, but it was an interesting place to visit. Because Niagara Falls is located right on the US border, we drove to see Buffalo NY, where I decided to eat some American food :) |
March 21, 2006
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| I'm back in Canada! Spending some time in Toronto right now. This morning Tracy and I visited the Toronto zoo, it was great! The zoo is very big, I'm very impressed, I didn't even come close to seeing it all after spending pretty much the whole day there. I know that I would come back with tons of good animal photographs if I stayed in Toronto longer. In the evening we went up the CN Tower and took some night shots of downtown. |
March 19, 2006
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| Well my time in Jamaca is coming to an end. I had a great time swiming, spending time on the beach, and taking interesting tours around this beautiful country. I stayed in a great hotel, enjoyed very good food, and the weather was great for the two weeks I have been here. Before heading home I had to try the jetted bathtub in our room, it was very nice and relaxing. I'm leaving to Toronto and this will be my last time posting from Jamaica. Stay tuned for more updates. |
March 17, 2006
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Of course I couldn't leave Jamaica without going on a Bob Marley tour, we spent a day on a bus, going to see Nine Mile, the town where Bob Marley was born and where his grave is now. On the way there and back we listened to many of his songs and watched some concerts on DVD. I liked Bob Marley before and I learned some more interesting things about him on this tour. |
March 16, 2006
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| Nothing is really new, just enjoying life on the beach. We did lots of kayaking and swimming in the ocean today. |
March 15, 2006
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| This morning we took a cab to go to the local supermarket in Ocho Rios. I took some photos of the local people and got a hair cut at a local barber. |
March 14, 2006
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| Oh, another hard day at the office :) We finally had a chance to sleep in. We didn't have anything planned for today, just a nice relaxing day at the beach. We went for a ride on a pedal boat, did some swimming and laid on the beach. Later in the evening we played some tennis and I took some night photographs of our hotel. |
March 13, 2006
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Port Antonio. This morning, 7:40 to be exact we left our hotel and headed to Port Antonio. We stopped to see Somerset
waterfalls. The area was deep in the gungle, all covered by trees and it was very beautiful. We went for a very short
boat ride that took us inside of the waterfalls where Tracy dove in for a little swim under the falling water. The highlight of the tour was the rafting! If I had to recommend one thing to try in Jamaica - rafting would be it. They took us on a 3 hour trip down the river on a bamboo raft. The raft is about 25-30 feet long and about 5 feet wide. It can transport 2 people plus the raft captain. It was a very interesting and relaxing trip after which we headed back to our hotel. |
March 12, 2006
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Today was another long day. Tracy really wanted to see Kingston, the capital of Jamaica but the tour that the resort was
offering wasn't very long and we would only see the touristy parts. We ended up taking a taxi ride with a personal guide.
The price was more expensive, but it was really worth it! We could stop at any time to take photographs and could go
pretty much where we wanted and stay there as long as we needed. We stopped at a severally flooded area, Monegue, where a whole village is now underwater due to hurricane Ivan. You can see my photo of some boats that people use to get to the other side of the water where some houses are not yet covered by water. The water levels are still rising and no one really knows why. We visited Port Royal, a 17th century port that was destroyed by an earthquake. It was an interesting place to visit. We drove through the richest and the poorest parts of the city, we saw many interesting things, and even stopped at the zoo (not even close to the Calgary zoo, but was still interesting to see). We just had a great dinner and I'm looking forward to another long day tomorrow... Port Antonio. |
March 11, 2006
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It was a long day but we made it! We took a tour to Negril, a small beach town. The first half of the tour wasn't very
exciting for me, we did see most of the north and west coast but the drive was quite long, 4 hours. At Negril we had lunch
and spent a little more than 4 hours on a very nice, long beach. It was very hot and the water was great. The beach was
also full of the young spring break people. After we went to Rick's Cafe where we had the opportunity to cliff dive, or just to watch it from the side (we chose the second option). The cliff was very high and we did see a girl injured and carried out on a stretcher. Of course the locals were the best! We watched a beautiful sunset and drove home. The drive home was longer because we hit a man with our bus. |
March 10, 2006
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We woke up bright and early and took a cab to the Dunn's River Falls. We decided not to go with a tour but to go on our
own instead so we can be there earlier and I can just take my time to photograph the falls. It was a good idea because
just right after I was done taking photos, the place was taken over by lots of tourists. Visitors can climb up Dunn's River Falls with a guide, they would start right from the ocean and climb 600 feet up, or can start from the top and take the stairs along the falls all the way down to a nice beach. We had a great day, went for a nice swim (we had the whole beach for ourselves because we came early) and got under the waterfalls to take some photographs (set my camera on a tripod and 10sec timer in the ocean for that). |
March 09, 2006
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This morning we took a cab ride to Ocho Rios, the closest town to our hotel. The main goal was to find an Internet cafe so
I can plug in my laptop and upload some news and see my emails. I don't know why, but they don't allow to connect laptops,
you are only allowed to use their computers. We got lucky though, after playing around with the hub I found a way to
plug my laptop in and was able to use it. The city is not very big (maybe 25,000 people or so), similar to all the small towns that we saw in Dominican Republic. Its loud, everybody is honking, people are trying to sell different things to tourists. Ocho Rios is a port city, today we saw 3 big cruise ships docked there, and the cab driver said that it is like that year-round, plus many resorts, so there are lots of tourists. I was never asked so much in my life if I want to smoke some marijuana as I was today. As far as I know its illegal but you can smell it everywhere you go. While walking in the city we met a nice local guy (later turned out to be a drug dealer) who showed us around in the local farmers market, showed us different spices, herbs, fruits, and also some marijuana plants that they are growing. I also found some dry salty fish at the market so I will try it tonight :) |
March 08, 2006
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| Today we are being beach bums. After we woke up to a nice view (you can see it on the first image) we went for a nice walk along the beach and for a swim in the ocean. Its pretty windy today but still nice and hot. Although I used sunscreen 30 yesterday, I still sun burned, not bad, just a little on my sholders. We ate some food on the beach, it was very very spicy! (Greg, you would love it here). When people say that Jamaican food is spicy, believe them! |
March 07, 2006
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We made it to our hotel in Jamaica, located just outside of Ocho Rios. It was very late in the evening, so we didn't
see much on our 2 hour drive to the hotel. This morning we slept in a little and went to our orientation meeting, where they told us about all the exciting things we can do here. There are 8 restaurants in the resort (we didn't try them all yet). At least a couple of the restaurants are open 24h a day. Food is great, lots of spicy meat, some nice deserts, and of course all the drinks you can find. Later tonight we played some tennis. I'm going to have to play alot if I will continue eating like I do. |
March 06, 2006
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| Well, here we are, we made it to Toronto. Its just past 5 am (Calgary time) and we already checked in our bags, took couple of bags with our winter clothes to the long storage facility, and even booked a rental car for the time when we will come back here after Jamaica. The day is just beginning, and its going to be a long one! |
March 05, 2006
| I'm leaving tonight for a vacation, going to Jamaica for 2 weeks and than staying in Toronto area for an other week. Sorry, I will not have any updates on my page during that time, but be patient, I'm going to have lots of beautiful photographs when I'll come back! I hope there is still some snow left!! |
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Feb 27, 2006
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Visited the zoo this weekend. Weather was very cold but still it was great to spend some time outside! Here are some of the shots. |
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Feb 24, 2006
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| Finally, good weather! I'm enjoying myself lately, we have lots of snow and hopefully more coming! Many people don't really share my enthusiasm for it. Yesterday after work I decided to take a walk and see if maybe I would find something to photograph. Well, I found a snow remover. After I took a photo up-close, with my wide angle lens, I was covered in snow from head to toe. With a big smile on my face I cleaned my lens and went on to take many more photos. Hope you are enjoying the snow!! |
Feb 20, 2006
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| This weekend couple of my friends and I took a nice trip to Banff National Park for a day. The weather wasn't the best, but I think we all had a good time. It was interesting to stop and talk to a ice fisherman and it was kind of scary to walk on the ice with all the cracking that was going on. We had lunch at a great Greek restaurant in Banff (I really recommend it). Also you can see sequence of a joke we played on Greg while taking photo in front of the Natural Bridge sign. (Greg I hope you are ok) |
Feb 14, 2006
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This weekend once again I took lots of photographs. We went to the Glenbow museum to see current exhibition on ancient
city of Petra. (if you will decide to go, for sure stay for the presentation!) Exhibition wasn't as big as I thought it
would be, but still was interesting. Friday and Saturday I photographed 2 volleyball games, 2 basketball games, and a hockey game... and if that wasn't enough on Sunday I visited Calgary zoo, took some more hippo photographs. This time they were pretty active and it was very interesting to be there. |
Feb 10, 2006
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Just played with reflections. I thought it looked interesting but probably would be hard to see on such small photographs. |
Feb 08, 2006
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This weekend I was pretty busy photographing the Henry Wisewood's Warriors Classic Senior Boys Basketball Tournament. I would say it went very well. I had fun and met some new people. Also, while doing team portraits, I had a chance to test my new portable battery for AlienBees flash unit, it worked great! |
Jan 30, 2006
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Sunday I went to the zoo to take some photos of the little hippo. It was fun, hard to believe that he weighs over 300 pounds. Of course I took more photographs and will update my "Animals" section shortly. |
Jan 28, 2006
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My coworker Ryan. I worked with him for over 4 years now. Friday, Jan 27 was his last day working with us. He is leaving for Australia (who knows for how long). Ryan has a great sense of humor so I took this photograph of him in our bosses office, it was a going away present for the CEO. |
Jan 27, 2006
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I photograph some of the recreational basketball games where my girlfriend Tracy and her sister Mandy play. I wanted to congratulate Mandy on scoring her first ever basket :) Congrats and I'm sure we'll see more to come! |
Jan 25, 2006
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Friday and Saturday I was covering Mount Royal Cougars hockey and volleyball games. These are some of the volleyball shots. Mount Royal played against Red Deer College. Women won 3-1 and Men lost 2-3. |
Jan 17, 2006
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This weekend Tracy and I went to see "Rain: The Beatles Experience". The band performed songs from the early days of the Beatles appearance on the Ed Sullivan
show in 1964, through the Sgt. Pepper era and on to the Abbey Road years. It was a great show! |
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Jan 10, 2006
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Yesterday I received some good news, I have been accepted to the SportsShooter.com. Its an online community and resource for sports photographers and other working photojournalists and I'm looking forward to learn new tricks and new ways to improve my photography. You can take a look at my profile : www.sportsshooter.com/sb11x |
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Jan 08, 2006
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Some friends and I drove to Waterton national park yesterday. The weather wasn't cooperating; it was raining in the morning and snowing the rest of the way (snowing part was good actually). We didn't see either elk or buffalos and some roads were closed (I'm guessing for the winter season). We still had fun and took some photos. |
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Jan 02, 2006
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My first update of this year. I updated my 'Animals' section with some shots from the zoo. |
Dec 31, 2005
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Happy New Year!!! |
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Dec 23, 2005
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It doesn't really feel like Christmas to me, we need SNOW!!! This is a photo from a park in downtown Calgary, couple of runners enjoying a run at lunch time. |
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Dec 21, 2005
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Tracy and her family having dinner, celebrating her birthday at Boston Pizza restaurant. |
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This weekend I had a chance to shoot a Cross Country Ski World Cup. Beckie Scott (CAN) won her 4th straight World Cup medal. It was -24C when I drove
there but it didn't stop me, by the time it was over I was totally wet and frozen. |
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Dec 14, 2005
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This weekend I did my first photo shoot with my new lights setup, I'm very happy with it and after playing a little more I'm sure I will be getting
very good results. |
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Dec 09, 2005
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My calendar is being published. I donated all of the photographs used in this calendar and 100% of the donations of
every calendar purchased goes to the 2006 Weekend to End Breast Cancer event! |
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Dec 08, 2005
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Today at lunch time I went to see a fashion show in the Eatons center. Here are some shots from the show. |
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Dec 06, 2005
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This weekend was full of sports photography for me once again. Friday night I photographed Mount Royal Cougars basketball games (men and women). It was an interesting experience, I tried new angles and I think I got some good shots. Cougars won both games, although men's game was close 65-64. |
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Saturday I went to see a hockey game, SAIT against MRC. Mount Royal took a beating. 3-7 was the final score. I didn't take any good photographs that day
but it wasn't a total loss, I met some of the guys from SAIT. They all were from a Journalism program. Overall I had a good time.
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Well, My weekend was full of sports. On Saturday I was photographing Mount Royal Cougars volleyball and hockey games. Cougars won the volleyball game but
lost in hockey.
Sunday I spent all day at Lake Louise photographing men's Super G world cup, where Svindal Aksel Lund, from Norway got the 1st place. It was my first time ever photographing a skiing event and I had lots of fun, plus learned some new things. You can visit my Sports section for couple more photos from that day. |
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Sarah Kavanagh is having a good time at the Olympic Plaza.
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I played around with some portrait ideas this weekend... In the future I will try to have some more portraits of other people
in this style but for now here is my self-portrait.
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Last night I went to see the Hockey Hall of Fame Legends game. Russia was playing against Canada. It was an
interesting game and I had a chance to take some photos. Although it was a friendly game, fans got really into it and
were cheering as loud as they could, wanting their country to win... it was close, but at the end Canada won.
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On Friday night I went to see a basketball game. Mount Royal Cougars were playing against Red Deer College. It was an interesting game and close in scoring 79-70 Cougars won and Josh Whyte was the game's MVP. You can find more information about the team here: Cougars |
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Saturday early morning I drove to Banff. I had to go by my self because couple of my friends, who I planned to go with, abandoned me.. but I still had a great time! I didn't take many photographs but really enjoyed my time in the snow with some wild animals :) I don't really know who this is.. to me it looked like a fox, but later some people told me that this was a coyote... please let me know if you know who this is :) |
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I noticed that I didn't update my "News" section for a while.. I will try to do it more often, so come and see it again for more news and photos!
Today me, and a friend from work went to the Calgary tower.. well nothing much changed from the last time I visited it. I noticed that shadow of the tower
was right in the middle of the street, I think it turned out pretty cool.
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Last weekend I went on a small trip to the mountains. I visited Kananaskis and Banff national parks. It was a great trip, I saw a moose couple of times and it was great
to be about 5-10 meters away from a wild animal in the middle of nowhere. |
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Hello, I finally finished an update for my "Cityscapes" page. Also I updated some other sections: Macro, Landscapes, and People... so please take a look. |
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Hello, I just came back from my vacation.. this time I was visiting Saskatchewan. We stayed in Saskatoon and in the Prince Albert national park. I didn't take many photographs
but it was a very good trip. We saw some wild animals, did a lot of hiking through the beautiful forest. I was hoping to see some buffalo and moose but no such
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Fireworks competition just ended in Calgary. Overall four Countries were competing: England, Italy, Hong Kong, and Spain.
Judges decided that Hong Kong was the best. I went to all of the shows and in my opinion Italy should have won.. but what do i know about fireworks :)
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Calgary on a rainy day, panoramic image from 6 vertical photographs. |
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On August 13th, Calgary hosted 60km walk to raise funds for breast cancer research, it was the largest single fundraising event
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It was a two day event. Participants walked 35km and camped for the night, the next day they walked the remaining 25km. It was a very emotional event with lots of smiles and tears. By the end of the walk there was a closing ceremony in The Corral building, Stampede park |
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Updated my "Landscapes" page. |
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Hello, this is my first photo news update.
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We stayed in one of these cabins. It was a great weekend and I had a lot of fun :) |
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Hello, as some of you already know, after a year and a half of doing it, I'm stopping to post my "Photo a day" picture. I don't have very much time
and it is very time consuming. I'm still taking photographs every day and now I will be posting multiple photographs in this section about once a
week with some description on what i was doing, so please stop by to see what's new. |
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Hello, Welcome to my redesigned web page! I'm still working on it so for the next little while page will be changing. Some pages are still in
the old format, but galleries such as 'People', 'Miscellaneous', and 'Sports' are done. |
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