Jennifer's Graduation

My niece Jennifer graduated from Ryerson Unirversity, 

with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Nutrition and Food

(With Honours)

Orangeville Blues and Jazz 2012

2012 marked the 10th Anniversary of the Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival. After a wet start Friday night the rest of the weekend was great, the odd shower did not slow anything down. The OBJ has established itself and one of the top festivals in the country and this year did not disappoint. 

Great job by all of the organizers and thanks for bringing such talent to town. 

Here are a few highlights of the weekend.

Larry Kurtz 

Little G Weevil

 Dwayne Dopsie

Ryan Grist

Jill Barber

Orangeville Blues and Jazz 10 Year Anniversary CD

The Orangeville Blues and Jazz festival has grown over the past 10 years to become a 

4 day event spread over 20 venues and drawing over 30,000 people. 

To celebrate the 10th anniversary they have issued a CD comprised of this years artists. 

Two of my pictures from last years festival were selected for the CD and booklet cover. 

Below are the original shots and the finished covers.

CD Cover

 Booklet Cover

Solar Eclipse May 20th

This past Sunday was a Partial Solar Eclipse. Here in Ontario we are about a far east and you could be and still catch a glimpse of it. The moon was just starting to cover the bottom right area of the sun which was dropping really fast. A couple of minutes after the second shot the sun had set.

Super Moon, Stars and lights

 Saturday night May 5th was this years Super Moon.
The night that the moon is closest to us each year.

Turned out to be a clear night so Phil, Wayne, Kathy and I
got together and spent a few hours in the dark.
After we shot the moon we moved onto painting and playing with a flash. 

Special thanks to Ryan for running around in the dark
while we blinded him with flashlights and Flashes.