Santa Claus Parade season

Well it's been just about a month since I last updated... I know for the two or three people that read this it's tough to go through my ignoring you. You'll live trust me ;o) Anyway I took the oldest to go see Santa in a parade today bright an early at 9am we had to leave the house at 8. I was hoping to get to actually ride in the truck pulling the float but the "number 1" co pilot showed up so me and the boy were reduced to watching from the sidelines like most people. Anyway I thought I would share some of the interesting sites I saw...

Been awhile huh?

Anyway been busy with the kids, the wife and work. I miss being lazy... well I still am lazy but I just don't have as much time to be lazy in...

Anyway some sad news today, my dad had to put his dog down today. she was an older dog like 15 years or something and she was a lab shepard cross so she was pretty old for a dog of that stature. I feel bad for my dad though. He'll miss her when he watches a hockey game, she would always watch with him. I wonder if he will get another dog, she kept him and his wife very active taking her for walks.

Hopefully they will keep active even though they don't have a dog anymore.

Now the pressure is on me to dig out a good photo of her to give them. I think I have some good ones... I hope...

edit... I found this one of Thomas playing with her. Kinda cute I think...

Love you guys miss you both...

I'm a bad uncle

I admit it I am lazy when it comes to processing photos...

Quick bit of info about this one. It was shot under horrendous conditions for capturing sports. Night sports under stadium lights are terrible venues for an amatuer photographer, I really need a fast prime to do it properly or a better camera body. Like either of those are going to happen soon.


Anyway this is a picture of my neice I did get a better action shot but I cut her head off so i have to settle for this as my second best of the night.

Anyway, I hope you like it it is a bit grainy because I had to bump the ISO so high but flash photography is not a good thing when one is playing sports and you certainly don't want to make the officials mad... seems like they are mad to start with...

I think I am going to try to work this one a little more to see if I can get it to look better though...

Cheers

Back in town

Well I got away from the city for a bit. Had a good time with the kiddos. Didn't get as many photo ops as I would have liked but hey you can't put a price on spending time with kiddos :o)

Anyway here a fw shots I took I am not sure if I like them or not. The sunset is heavily photo shopped there was atually next to no colour in the sky so I just adjusted it ;)

I'll list some more photos later...

Human virus or the nature of things...

A place called the Badlands. Funny how a place so devoid of life can be so beautiful. How did the badlands come to be? It was a section of land cleared for farming and livestock grazing the land was eventually eroded away and exposed the underlying red and grey shale.

To me this represents all that mankind shouldn't be, it shows me that the human race is not much better than a human virus that consumes with out care for the survival of what it consumes. Think of the extinct species of animals that will never bee seen again, the resources that we consume, trees, fossil fuels.

I am not much better than the virus I speak of, I recycle, I drive an economic car but I still consume fossil fuels, my house is still made with wood framing. I am just not sure how to go about doing more, I think most people are like that. Looking for the answer in an environmental movement that isn't overly expensive and relatively easy to follow.

Worry about what I have control over...

OK so I went to get the photo I wanted, I couldn't get it. It was a little too late in the day and there was a couple having a picnic right smack dab in the middle of the spot I wanted to photograph. Sure I could have asked them if they could move but I didn't want to intrude on their "romance" time. It was an iritant to say the least but I ended up with the shot in the left so it wasn't a complete loss. You can only control what you can control.

On a more philosophical note, ever notice how sometimes you can get wound up over things you have no control over? I mean you can't make people do something they don't want to or aren't willing to. You can't make a deceptive person honest, you can't make a liar tell the truth. The whole world really would be a better place with out liars and manipulators in there. Secrets are fine if they are that but does a secret ever truly stay a secret? They always get found out in the end, and a person ends up getting hurt or embarassed or a supposed friendship ends in ruins because of it. This comment is not directed at any one person but more of a general observation I have made, if you feel it's directed at you then maybe you need to rethink your actions. A guilty concience is not a fun place to be. I know I'd rather be taking pictures than trying to figure out if my lie or deception has been found out.

Got my new lens

I have a few shots with it but it's taking a bit to get used to the weight of it. It is nearly three pounds of glass.

Anyway I have been super busy with birthdays this past few weeks... seems liek the whole family was born in July....

Here's my little guy playing at a park. This was taken with no flash and nearing dusk in a tree covered park.

Wow Have I been busy lately

Well I never did get that lens I mentioned before... I suck :)

Father's day was really cool. My youngest decided that was a cool day to take his first steps actually got it on video :). Wife has decided it would be a good excercise for me to redecorate the bathroom... well actually decorate it is more like it, a step from builder white you know. I need to find some nice fields for me to get some photos of for decorations now.

We took off to Centre Island for the day on a Friday that was a ton of fun kids really enjoyed themselves... me too :)

Anyway I'll leave this entry with a picture of my little man who will soon turn 5.