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After hours at the Valley Zoo

Went on an after hours trip to the Edmonton Valley Zoo on July 8, 2008. For $15, they take you a bit more behind the scenes, down the staff access areas and even open up some of the cages for even closer looks at the animals (as was the instance for the Red Pandas).

I’d love to go again, maybe next time I’ll rent a 70-200mm f/2.8L zoom lens, had some good shots but a lot of noise due to shooting at 1600 ISO.

Be sure to check out the set as I add more over the next couple days!

Tags: after hours, alberta, Animals, edmonton, leopard, mammal, panda, red panda, snow leopard, valley zoo, zoo

15 Jul 08 | Animals, edmonton | Read on | Comments (0)

The English Gents

The Edmonton International Street Performers Festival is currently on from July 4-13th. Going to be another week of lunch hour photo ops!

Denis Lock and Hamish McCann are The English Gents, two delightfully devilish and cordial English gentlemen who perform inconceivable feats of acrobatic skill, strength and balance, whilst casually sipping tea, reading the newspaper or whatever tickles one’s fancy. The act mixes highly skilled acrobatics with a dry English wit, unexpectedly climaxing with the two hilariously bearing near all for Queen and country. The English Gents. have delighted audiences all over the world, including the likes of Uma Thurman, Shakira, Geoffrey Rush, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Sondheim and Brendan Fraser, to name a few.

These guys were simply outstanding! Will be uploading more throughout the week so be sure to check out the complete set!

Tags: acrobat, acrobatics, acrobats, edmonton, english, gents, international, performer, street, street performers festival

07 Jul 08 | People, Street Photography, edmonton | Read on | Comment (1)

“What’s in the van, man?” The right place at the right time?

Had the good fortune of being in the right place at lunch. A local radio station (Sonic 102.9) has a contest on right now called “What’s in the van, man?” - basically someone gets picked from a random draw to choose either the van or a cash envelope. One or the other contains a “good” prize, the other a not so good prize.

Anyways, took a few pictures, called the station and spoke with someone on their web team and she told me to send them on over - here’s hoping they use them on the site!

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Check out the rest of the set!

Tags: contest, edmonton, event, garner andrews, radio, radio sonic, sonic intern army, Street Photography, what's in the van man

16 May 08 | People, Street Photography, edmonton | Read on | Comments (0)

Lunchtime walk downtown…

Took a walk downtown today at lunch… here’s some of the shots, I took 159 so I’ll be uploading a few a day so as to prevent overload. Some are HDR, and the rest are pretty much out of the camera with some minor adjustments. Check em out by clicking the links below!

1. Downtown Office Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (HDR), 2. Chancery Hall, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (HDR), 3. Chancery Hall, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (HDR), 4. Canada Place, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (HDR), 5. Inside the hole…, 6. Back door, 7. Wall painting, 8. The Lodge Hotel (Brighton Block), 9. Sign brace, 10. Breakfast, Lunch & Sandwiches… to go!, 11. Jasper House Hotel/Empress Hotel/Hub Hotel (HDR), 12. Parking Meter (HDR), 13. Abandoned Mechanic’s Garage (HDR), 14. Locked and peeling (HDR), 15. Ross Plumbing & Heating Co.

Tags: edmonton, hdr

11 Mar 08 | Architecture, edmonton, hdr | Read on | Comments (0)

Edmonton Municipal & St. Joachim’s Cemeteries…

Headed out at lunch yesterday to the Edmonton Municipal Cemetery to snap a few shots… didn’t realize it was actually a couple of cemeteries, and that we had a WWI War Memorial there… turned out well though, took about 75 shots and ended up posting 22. Couple samples below, you can view the entire set on flickr.