Fireworks Faces

Edmontonians gaze up at fireworks over Churchill Square during the first minutes of 2015. Look behind you during a fireworks show and you will see such a variety of expressions and reactions. It's like turning around in the movie theatre while the film is playing.

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Rhoda

Lovely light falling on a lovely lady.

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Around a Wedding

My brother Nathan and the lovely Marie-Camille were recently married in Ottawa. The two of them planned a beautiful wedding, as well as some great family outings. I arrived home with very few actual wedding photos; I guess i was swept up in the flurry of events that day (also, nervous about my speech). Congratulations Nathan and MC!

Gathering at The Manx.

Brahm cuts into an Aleppo-peppered pork roast made for the bachelor party.

McBride Uncles impart wisdom at the bachelor party.

Bachelor party progresses to cigars.
 

Rideau Canal.

Strolling in Gatineau Park the day before the wedding.
 

Pied-piper Jean with the kids in Gatineau Park.

*not Madison County.

The couple, hours to go.
 

Suiting up and carbo-loading for the wedding ceremony.

The boys rollin' out to the National Arts Centre.

Bosses and Fluevogs.

Yukon

Early in September, Rhoda and I headed north to visit Whitehorse, Yukon. We were greeted by a crew of my Aunts and Uncles - longtime Yukoners - who were our generous hosts and guides! I hope we'll be back soon.

Miles Canyon, just outside Whitehorse.

Aunty Daisy and Rhoda! (on board the SS Klondike, a beautifully restored river steamboat that is a National Historic Site)

First class observation deck on the SS Klondike.

The mighty Ishma dangles a paw out the window.

Uncle Florian and Aunty Andrea loaned us their truck for the week!

Klondike Rib and Salmon BBQ, Whitehorse.

Yukon River.

Rhoda chats with Little Bit at Uncle Florian and Aunty Andrea's beautiful home on the edge of Lake Labarge, about 30 minutes from Whitehorse.

Panda the Newfoundland.

Aunty Andrea and Uncle Florian.

Film Roll

Milner Library bus stop.

102 Avenue, 101 Street.

City Councillors.

Between sets at the Artery.

99 Street, 89 Avenue.

90 Avenue, Strathcona.

Installation, Art Gallery of Alberta.

Reading Room, Rutherford Library. University of Alberta.

Forest fire haze sits over the North Saskatchewan River.

Folk Fest

Saturday evening at the 2014 Edmonton Folk Music Festival.

Friend and Folk Fest legend, Douglas Craig.

The Steeps.

"Her blue eyes frozen green in the low-lit ATM" - Exiles Among You, The Weakerthans

A spotlight tracks Michael Franti as he wades through the crowd - to the top of the hill - and back to the mainstage.

Jasper

Hiking the backside of Parker Ridge.

Sausages and macaroni coming right up.

Post-shower rainbow at our Snaring River campsite.

St. Albert Gazette

I first started working for the Gazette in 2005, when I finished photo school. 9 years later I still cover the odd photo shift. There is a lot of enterprising there, meaning you go out and try to find interesting pictures without having any specific assignment. Here are a few examples from last weekend.