Crash course

I've just been working up a few posts for the Mad Parish and Priestess show at Mavericks, so I might as well slap up a couple of pictures I took on the way home.


Newspaper boxes, corner of Nicholas St., Ottawa, 2 a.m. Jan. 18

I think someone took too wide a turn ...

Up against the wall!

Babylon nightclub recently decorated their north wall with posters from the various shows they've held. Looks good. I'd decorate my own walls the same way, but hammering nails into the concrete is tricky.


Show posters, Babylon, Ottawa, Nov. 22

The day after

Nov. 12 I went to see Julie Doiron and a few other folks perform at The Rainbow. I passed by the Cenotaph on my way back home and snapped this picture of the grave of the Unknown Soldier, decorated with poppies after Remembrance Day ceremonies.


The Grave of the Unknown Soldier, Confederation Square, Ottawa, Nov. 13, 2 a.m.

The building in the background is the Chateau Laurier.

Hill overspill

I have a few leftovers from my Hill sojourn in May. Here's Lester P. Pearson , just chillin', albeit in statue form.


Statue of Lester B. Pearson, Parliament Hill, May 7


Shrouded West Block and Stormy Sky, May 7


North Side of the Library of Parliament, May 7

Because the night

A photo taken while waiting at the Black Sheep Stage of City Hall and buildings on Elgin St.


Nightime at the Black Sheep Stage, 9 p.m., July 14, 2006

Night and day

On my way over to the Saw Gallery to see Muffler Crunch I snapped a photo of the new construction near the University of Ottawa.


Multidiscpline Building, University of Ottawa, 8 p.m., July 1

On the way to take photographs of fireworks, I took another picture.


Multidiscpline Building, University of Ottawa, 10:05 p.m., July 1

I mean, why not?

Fire in the sky

My aunt loaned me her camera tripod - she never uses it, and thought I might find some use for it in conjunction with my then-new Olympus E-500. It certainly came in handy on Canada Day. After watching Muffler Crunch at the SAW Gallery, I went to the Laurier St. Bridge, stationed myself behind a bunch of folks in chairs and snapped a few dozen pictures of fireworks over their heads. These pictures were mostly taken with a shutter speed of 3.2 seconds, ISO 100, f-stop 5.6 (I meant to shoot at 8, but must have fiddled with it by accident). I don't have a remote release, so I set the two-second delay. That way I didn't have to touch my camera while it was open.


Fireworks over the Chateau Laurier, July 1


Fireworks over the Chateau Laurier, July 1


Fireworks over the Chateau Laurier, July 1


Fireworks over the Chateau Laurier, July 1


Fireworks over the Chateau Laurier, July 1


Fireworks over the Chateau Laurier, July 1

It was all good fun (the drunken play-by-play by a guy on my left notwithstanding). That said, I think I find the foreground more interesting. The two guys leaning up against the traffic light post at left, the row of buses ready to haul drunken revellers home, rain speckling the Rideau Canal and the curve of lights are somehow more evocative to me.