Friday, February 11, 2011

Winterlude 2011


Living in Ottawa we have the great opportunity of hosting one of the best Winter Carnivals in North America.  Thousands of people descend into Ottawa to celebrate Winterlude which includes the World Longest Skating Rink (7.8km), amazing ice sculptures and of course the world famous Beaver Tail! For those of you that don’t know…it’s not really a beaver tail…it’s a deep fried pastry with toppings like cinnamon and sugar.
Life in the Balance was the winning entry for the ice sculpture competition.

This is the view from the Rideau Canal.

Skating on the Rideau Canal.  It was very cold so not alot of people were out enjoying it.

Winterlude 2011.  Part of one of the ice sculptures on display.

 

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My family moved from Oakville, Ontario to Pembroke, Ontario in 1976 and from the moment I arrived in the little town of Pembroke my goal was to leave but with being 7 years old I had a number of years to wait. Attending Champlain High School and trying to decide my future, I was determined to go to Sheridan College in Oakville and take the Journalism Program there. I took a Co-op credit through High School and did my work experience at a local Pembroke weekly newspaper where they gave me a notepad, a pen, a camera and sent me out in the vast city of Pembroke. My favourite weekly task was to go to the local human society and take a picture of the Pet of Week. I actually loved my time working on the paper but the photography portion interested me more than the writing. My Journalism dreams didn’t happened but my love of photography carried with me but in the past few years I’ve started to become more and more interested in the technique of photography and in 2009 I received my first DSLR camera and have become a photography junkie. I’m hoping you enjoy following this blog and watch my love for photography grow with each posting.
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