Mardi Gras in Nawlins...

So with Colin and Marco, we had the chance to experience Mardi Gras in New Orleans (or Nawlins as the locals say it). It was quite an experience walking down Bourbon and St. Charles street, drinking a grenade, than a Hurricane, and then a few beers to finish the night off! It really is utter madness but fun madness for the most part! Here are a few of the images I caught with a friends smaller digital camera...preferring to keep mine at the hotel!

The Broken Beads on Bourbon Street

World Famous Bourbon Street! What a wild street and a great sunset!

One of the Many Balconies on Bourbon Street - It was not empty later that evening!

Where we go our Beer - nothing like store that sells liquor and gifts and Jambalaya

Mobile, Alabama

Just got back from the South...presented at a great conference in Hattiesburg Mississippi. I went primairly because Colin, a friend who I met on my trip to Sicily last year, was putting the conference on...I stayed on for a few days afterwards and we went to New Orleans during Mardi Gras and Mobile, Alabama...today I have a few pictures from our time aboard the USS Alabama, a battleship that spent time in the Pacific during the Second World War. The battleship housed about 1000 crew and fired shells as massive as the 2700 pounders...quite a ship...

Big Ben

I'm sitting here marking papers and I had to take a little break to look through old images and find something to post up here!! I really like the HDR Finish on this one! This is Big Ben from the Thames Boat Cruise...

Faceless Warriors

Took these photos a couple of years ago...I really like the shadows and hard lines we were able to get from these two faceless warriors...I really like using this dramatic lighting and duotone finish when it fits the image...here it does...

One Man's Journey - Niagara Falls

I have put together a series of 25 Landscape photos that will come out periodically over the next six months. The series, my first, titled One Man's Journey, will highlight some of the places I've traveled and some of the cities I've called home through the first 28 years of my life. Each Print is available if you're interested in purchasing a matted copy for your home...Some of them you have seen, other's you have not and will be making their debut online in the coming months.

Niagara in the Winter

These photos were actually taken in the winter of 2007 but in honour of the cold spell Canadians seem to be enduring this year I figured this was a perfect way to kick start my photoblog...Hope you have a warm place to forget these frightfully cold days!

The Kitchener Ice Pirates and Cambridge Ice Hounds

I have to take a few moments to post a couple of photos from a recent day with the Kitchener Ice Pirates and the Cambridge Ice Dogs, two developmental disabilities and delays including Downs Syndrome and Autism, as they faced off against the OHL's Kitchener Rangers. It was a great day for everyone and I couldn't help but be moved by the genuineness of those who partake and those who coach and make a full time commitment to the program. Here are a few photos...