2 weeks of work: Jan. 17 – Jan. 27

Actors. Homeless. Business executives. Scientists. Lacrosse. Chinese New Year. Cold weather. Just some of the subjects I had to shoot over the past couple weeks. Here are a few of the photos. Thanks for viewing. TUESDAY, JAN. 17, 2012 On Tuesday the call went out to the Herald’s photographers to find weather related images, as […]

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Nearly trampled by Stamps

The Calgary Stampeders beat the Montreal Alouettes 46-21 Friday, in what many CFL pundits may consider a prelude to the 2010 Grey Cup final. Being my first football game of the season, it admittedly took me a while to reacquaint myself with the nuiances of shooting Canadian football. Not the least of which was remembering […]

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Play-offs?

The Calgary Flames, Calgary’s NHL team, are currently in a desperate push for this year’s play-offs. A season that began strongly with a seemingly unstoppable march to the cup has now become a limp to a doubtful play-off spot. In November there was talk of championships and Stanley Cups but now the conversations are of […]

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Sparwood avalanche remembered

On December 28, 2008 two groups of recreational snowmobilers journeyed into the backcountry south of Fernie, British Columbia. Eleven men died that day, killed by a succession of avalanches. Most of the men were from the nearby mining town of Sparwood. I was sent with a reporter to Sparwood a year later to see how […]

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Guanajuato and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

After the Day of the Dead we headed west to the colonial mountain town of Guanajuato in the state of Jalisco. I believe it’s for towns like this that we travel. Guanajuato was founded by the Spanish in the 16th century when silver was discovered in the surrounding mountains. The colonial architecture and it’s old […]

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Mixquic, Mexico

Across Mexico and throughout Latin America the second day of November is reserved for the dead. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is the day reserved for families to gather and be in the presence of the souls of their deceased relatives during an evening of celebration and ceremony. Tradition is different from […]

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Mexico and Mexico City

Jamie, my girlfriend, and I booked a trip to Mexico a little while ago. Our plan: hit Mexico City and the surrounding area for Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Then we would head west to the ‘real’ Mexico in the mountain town of Guanajuato before sipping margaritas on the beaches of Puerto […]

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