A Black Capped Chickadee sits on a feeder along the Summerside waterfront trail.

Summerside, P.E.I. (28/10/10) - A man kayak's along the entrance to the Northumberland Strait near Summerside, P.E.I. It was an unusually warm day in Summerside today reaching a high of 17 Degrees Celsius. 

Summerside P.E.I (24/10/10) - An almost full moon is seen above Summerside from Jennifer St.  The full moon comes just days before Halloween this year and is said to be a rainy night in Summerside.

Summerside, P.E.I. (24/10/10) - Brian and Debbie Walker, walk there dog on the new boardwalk extension in Summerside on Sunday, October 24, 2010. The boardwalk extension is nearing its finishing point with some minor work to do on lighting and floral, the boardwalk is 6.2 km  now that the third phase has been finished. The price for all three phases was $2.9 million, with the addition of lighting and exercise equipment.

    Late night accident on North Front St. by Little Texas and Crabby Joes, October 9, 2010.

    John Irvine is the owner of John's Hairquarterly on Bridge St. East and is one of the original Barbers of Belleville, Ontario.

Nuit Blanche

I attended the 5th annual Nuit Blanche in Toronto on Saturday evening and it was a cold and windy night for all 1 million plus people who attended the event.  For those of you who have yet to hear about this event it is an All night art show all throughout Toronto's downtown core. This was my second year attending this showing and was slightly disappointed by the art this year. There was so much to do with over 150 exhibits but the exhibits fell short of interesting, with just plain rooms to a dark hallway with nothing in it, I was left dissatisfied and unimpressed. On the upper note Daniel Lanois's stage and music at city hall was very impressive, with his own  music, live bands and dancers, Mr. Lanois put on quite the show for everybody to enjoy.

Today I started my Sense of Belonging  on Barbers/Hairdressers,  I considered shooting portraits for this but felt that it might work better shooting it candid. I visited the one and only Fantastic Greg on North Front Street, where I was greeted with a friendly smile and a couple of jokes, which easily put me in a comfortable position to shoot. Greg and his costumers jokingly talked about the Mayor and the Police chief  of Belleville and chatted about who they would like to see take over as Mayor of the city in the up coming election. I feel it turned out good in the end Candid or Portrait I think I can show why I chose this for my Sense of Belonging.

    Fantastic Greg

    John Irvine

Shot soccer this evening and came to the realization that soccer is not the easiest sport to shoot after dark, you get stuck with high ISO and a slow shutter speed which leaves you with pretty much nothing to work with. During the game I was hoping to catch a goal or two and possibly some tackles, but these two shots were the best I could come up with tonight. As you can see in the first shot there isn't much in focus and I put that up as an example to anyone shooting soccer especially for only the second time, do it in the day first. 

In Ottawa this weekend I attended a Police Memorial for Const. Ireneuz Czapnik, who was killed while working, he was stabbed to death outside of the Ottawa Hospital on December 29. This was also the National Police and Peace officers Memorial Service which was held on Sunday Sept. 26, 2010.

From top ( An officer fainted while attending the Memorial and was carried off by fellow officers for medical assistance.)
(A couple uses the umbrella to block the wind and drizzle while attending the Memorial at the Parliament building in Ottawa, Ontario.)
(Officer Maronese stands tall during the Canadian National Anthem during the National Police and Peace officers memorial service)
( A young woman is attended to on a stretcher after suffering a seizure at the end of the service)

Egg noodles mixed with shrimp and corn in a honey garlic sauce.

Port Hope, Ontario (9/17/10) -Jim and Karen Brown scream while riding the Scambler at the Port Hope fall fair. The Port Hope fall fair is home to Northumberland County's lawn tractor pull which took place throughout the evening.

Port Hope, Ontario ( 9/17/10) - A man looks up at the rides during the opening night of the Annual Port Hope fall fair.

Belleville, Ontario (9/12/10) - Ken Cole, looks out on the bay of Quinte while fishing. Ken and his son come down to the wharf twice a week to catch fish for dinner.

LOWER DARNLEY, P.E.I. (4/26/10) - Greg Garand paints a landscape portrait of Thundercove beach on a surprisingly warm day for April. Greg Garand graduated from Ontario College of art where he completed a 4 year course in illustration and painting and now sells his art from his studio in Indian River P.E.I. By Brodie Rochford

Montreal, Que. (15/3/10) - A Montreal Police officer tells a young protester his rights before putting him in the police van.

Montreal, Que. (15/3/10) - A protester is arrested before the Police Brutality march through the streets of Montreal.

TORONTO, Ont. (7/02/10) - Sean cuts into an ice block starting the shape of his ice sculpture during the Toronto Winterfest. By Brodie Rochford

TWEED, Ont. - Home of Commander Russel Williams is surrounded by police tape the day after he was arrested. Williams is being charged for the murders of Jessica Llyod and Cpl. Marie Comeau.

TORONTO, ON. (01/24/10) - Justin Busse jogs along the water front trail in Toronto. Justin braved the rain and wind on this surprisingly warm day for January. Photo by Brodie Rochford