Canada Day 2012

Wooo, so this past Canada Day weekend was fantastic. Thanks to some friends filming a documentary, I was given the opportunity to meet my favorite singer / songwriter / performer, Joel Plaskett. After the interview we grabbed some lunch, then headed to Officer's Square to take in the live music. When we arrived, The Belle Comedians were already well into their set. Awesome. After that was a country band called Southern Drive. Not my thing, but also pretty good. That's when we took our spot right in front of the stage where we stayed for the rest of the bands. She Roars played a great set, followed by the Westerberg Suicides (even more awesome) and then the finale, the Joel Plaskett Emergency. Unfortunately we arrived too late in the afternoon to catch Jaclyn Reinhart's performance. But I suspect it was also awesome.

Ok, so first up, a couple of shots from the side of the stage of the Belle Comedians.









And some photos of She Roars.









The Westerberg Suicides are by far my fav local band.

















Ok ok ok ok, here are my Joel Plaskett Emergency photos. Oh, and in case you were wondering, most of these were taken with a Canon 55-250mm lens. That's why most of them only have one person in the shot.

Here's the set list!

King's Landing... AGAIN... Ummm

So, it seems all of my picture taking these days takes place at King's Landing. So, as per usual, in no particular order...

King's Landing... Again.

Stamatia, Savanah, and I spent the final day of my vacation at King's Landing. Hot, so hot. So... sooo dehydrated. So, in no particular order:

This fella looks comfy! Oink! Ooooink! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOINK!!











I got my new sneakers dirty when I stepped into a small, wet, swampy ditch trying to take this photo.

I call this one... bird house on a stump!

Bench in the park.

Yesterday I took a stroll down through Odell Park. By stroll I mean hot, sweaty walk involving lots of bugs and a creepy stoner on the trail in front of me.

Celtic Discovery

Although I wasn't very happy with the photos I took at the Celtic Discovery concert, here are a few of the better ones.

Hot Summer Evening.

My parents, Stamatia and I went out to the Celtic Discovery concert in Officer Square, followed by frosty beer at the Garrison. Afterwards I decided to take some photos of the sunset over the river. I'm not terribly happy with any of the photos that I took this evening. I will post this one though...



Caught without a tripod, I rested the camera on the railing of the pedway and tried to hold it steady for as long as I could. The next time I try this I'll make sure it's darker out, I'll use my tripod, and I'll use my new remote shutter switch.

Actually, while I'm here, I'll post this photo too. I was just fiddling with the Gradient filter in Lightroom.