The People and Friends of Chatham-Kent/Norfolk County (Civic Holiday, 2013)

So I try my best to take some good landscape shots but my camera/lens was ultimately designed for low light action shots and portraits.  So what a better way to test out the new lenses by taking random shots of people and animals during my visit.  Many thanks go out to the people in these shots (Kevin, Chloe, and Kendal) for giving me the approval to put these up for display.

(Frances is my sister's lionhead rabbit that she adopted a few months ago.)

(Kevin is a family friend and boyfriend of my sister.  Thanks again Kevin!)

(Kendal and Chloe are my girlfriend's niece and nephew.  We haven't visited them in a few months so they were very happy to see us.)

(I asked Chloe to give a big smile for her mum so I could show her the quality of some of these photos.)

(Auntie Alli & I decided to take the twins off their mum's hands for the afternoon, so what a better place to go then Port Burwell beach for some water, sandcastles and snacks afterwards!)

(Say hello to Otis.  He is my uncle Al's hunting partner and best bud to play fetch with.)

(My uncle decided to take us all out on his new boat and Otis tagged along for the ride.)

(And of course when we return home we have our little Abi just gabbing our ear off!)

Chatham-Kent/Norfolk County (Civic Holiday, 2013)

So this article was also my vacation from my day job.  Took a week or so off work and went to visit family, friends, and to enjoy the wonderful scenery of southwestern Ontario.  Within that vacation time frame, I managed to take some shots of Chatham-Kent, Erieau, Tilsonburg/Port Burwell/Straffordville, Long Point, and Brantford.  Long Point and Erieau had some wonderful sunshine/sunsets which made for some great colours in the sky (and reflected one some water shots).  These are in [somewhat] chronological order of the places we visited.

The Barenaked Ladies @ The Molson Amphitheatre (July 11th, 2013)

"I just made you say underwear."

Hahaha ohh Ed you crack me up.  The BNL was one of the highlights of my summer and one of the few bands where I will pay top dollar to see them again.  Never seen them before so getting the chance to be up close and personal with one of Canada's best bands, I was very happy to snap some shots of them having fun on stage.  Originally not even being able to get into the show to watch them, I had a wonderful couple pass me a VIP ticket to the event which (to this day) blew my mind!

Ottawa Visit (June 28th-30th, 2013)

So looking to visit my friend in Ottawa since I haven't graced the city in well over 10 years.  I hopped on a bus first thing on Saturday morning to get to the downtown core of the city.  11am and the city is still slowly moving that day so it made it quite nice for some landscape shots and large buildings.  Weather was once again a gorgeous partially cloudy day and made for some good shots (with a little help from photo shop haha).

Algonquin Highlands Trail

Unfortunately for this excursion I was taking more video footage than I was taking photos so the shots are limited.  However, it was a nice bonus that we got some amazing weather and a few animals came out of hiding after a long winter.  One little guy (seen below) wasn't camera shy at all and seemed to get a lil closer every time I tried to focus.

St. Patty's in Boston (March 15th-18th, 2013)

After a bombshell of a St. Pats in 2011, I was determined to head to a place where they know how to celebrate a day of drinking, laughter and good music.  My first stop on this adventure was the Boston Gardens to see the Dropkick Murphys in their hometown show (unfortunately I was too inebriated to take any pictures).  The rest of the weekend however was a chance to walk through the historic streets of Boston, have some pints and take some awesome snapshot.  Boston has so much history!