BFFs

I just happened to have my camera out when these guys landed right in front of me on the dock this afternoon. I love how bright the blue one is!

Doors Open Ottawa - Extras

Here are a couple of nonspecifics I took on our walk around downtown....

This is right next to the Supreme Court but I have no idea what it's for.

This is in the Rideau Centre parking lot; I notice it every time I'm there. This time I actually had my camera with me :)
As you know, I love reflections :)

Ok, so that's officially the end of 'Doors Open Ottawa' - hope you enjoyed the tour :)

Mason's Birthday

Here are a few random shots that I took yesterday at Brannon's brother's birthday dinner.
Instead of a cake, he got a tray full of yummy holiday treats :)

They had a visitor from a cute little elf (Isaac)!Meet Tazer, their cat. She's tired out from all the excitement!

Lastly, I snapped a shot of their Christmas tree reflected in their front window :)

Back to Autumn

After a couple of days of wedding shots I thought I'd post some more Thanksgiving weekend shots from the lake; oh how I'm going to miss these colours when they're all finished :(

Sara(h) x Three (Sarah's getting-ready shots)

We started out at Terri-Lynn's to get Sarah's hair done...here are a few from there.

Just before attaching the veil...I was trying to find somewhere to put it for photo purposes and this was the best I could come up with. I had really hoped to be able to get Sarah in the shot too.

This really took me back to highschool where our group of friends included 3 Sara(h)s and 3 Melissas; Sarah and Sara came to help Sarah with her make-up...LOL!

Sarah did a great job on the MOB...even trying to sensor what she could hear!Make-up....so fun!

Sarah and her mom looked great when things were all said and done; this shot was a fluke but I really like it!

Reflections of Bon Echo

I realize that those of you on facebook have already seen these but I'm posting them anyway :)
On our way back from our hike the water was so calm I was able to shoot some near-perfect reflections.

This one is kind of a fluke. When I took the shot I initially cut off the tops of the trees so the reflection didn't look right; I decided to crop it down to just the reflection and it's not so bad now.

I just wish this one was a bit brighter.

I uploaded this to blogger by accident but the program wouldn't let me delete it. Weird!

'Shades' of reflections

I spent the evening on the patio at the Metropolitain Brasserie in Ottawa tonight, celebrating a milestone exam for Brigitte, with friends and colleagues. Of course I had my camera with me....
I'll post some more from the evening tomorrow but for now I thought I'd post some shots of Craig's amazingly reflective sunglasses. There was a wonderful jazz band - Lotion - playing on the patio and you can see them in both shots. I like the second one because the band is visible in one lens and some friends are story-telling in the other :)
Congrats Brigitte! You can have your life back now!

Tabaret Hall

I have been a University of Ottawa student for 2.5 years and yesterday was the first time I purposely went to campus :)

I'm a graduate student and my work is done at the Health Sciences campus rather than the main campus so I never have to go there. I have been told, however, that one of the admin buildings has a beautiful glass ceiling. In straining to come up with an idea for the contest this week, I thought it would be worth investigating so I headed to main campus for the first time yesterday in search of Tabaret Hall (http://www.tabaret.uottawa.ca/article_e_251.html).

It was well worth the trek!

The first, third, and last photos show a reflection of the domed glass ceiling in the strategically-placed glass around the top floor. I played around with the lighting and the flash and am pretty happy with what I was able to pull out of my camera! It really is all about your subject, isn't it!?!?

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

My mom asked me to take some photos of her tree today but instead of posting more of the tree I thought I'd post this one. As I was taking snapshots I caught my reflection in this ornament; I thought it was cute :)

I hope you're all enjoying your holidays and are full of turkey!

24 hours in Calgary

After leaving Banff I spent an extra day in Calgary with my dear friend Nicole who recently relocated to the area with my 'former' lab (this is a long story). We didn't have much time and we spent Thursday evening visiting and getting caught up. We slept in on Friday and only had several hours to tour around Calgary before I had to catch my flight back to cold, cold Ottawa (it was much warmer in the west).

We wouldn't see this in Ontario! :)

Some interesting artwork on Stephen Avenue walk.

I love this reflection but couldn't tell you where it is anymore!

Not the most artistic photograph but I have always been a Flames fan (after the Sens of course!!) and I was thrilled to see the infamous Saddledome :)

Finger Lakes wine tour

I've managed to find a few minutes to put up some photos from this weekend. I took a lot of photos so choosing so few was difficult. Anyway, we had a great weekend that included a day of winery/vinyard tours and many many tastings. Y.U.M. My favourite wine was a white vignoles from the Anthony Road winery. I would highly recommend it. I wasn't such a fan of the reds from the region in general but their rieslings are wonderful! :)
Anyway, here are a few pics from the weekend. I'll be MIA for the next while so I'll see you all when I get back from Banff.

Aging

The meadery has honey in their wines and it's made on site.

We saw a lot of great skyscapes; I didn't get pics of them all though.

The science nerd in me liked this scene...the erlenmeyer flasks placed next to the wine; I swear it was like this when I found it.

Vines in the winter

Grapes on a barrel

I love the reflection of the barrels in this piece of equipment

All the halls were decked....

This home (beside the Fox Run winery) was destroyed by fire.

I just thought the name for this wine was cute; it's a good thing we had a designated driver.