05 Friday May 2017
Posted in Calgary, Calgary Expo, random
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calgary, Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, Calgary Expo, cosplay, costume, sci-fi, science fiction
I don’t recall seeing this done before in cosplay at Calgary Expo: A smartphone embedded into a costume — an used as part of same. Spotted at last weekend’s convention.
04 Thursday May 2017
Posted in Calgary, Calgary Expo, random
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acting, actor, alberta, calgary, Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, Calgary Expo, canada, Colm Meaney, entertainment, film, Hell on Wheels, Star Trek, television
It was a short visit to Calgary Expo for me this year, with time for only one panel discussion. I picked one with Colm Meaney, known for his roles on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Hell on Wheels and a bevy of feature films. Here, he is speaking about the 2013 flood in Calgary, which affected Hell on Wheels’s production on the outskirts of the city. He said the flood washed away their set and displaced the cast and crew multiple times before they got to high-enough ground.
03 Wednesday May 2017
Posted in Calgary, Calgary Expo, random
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calgary, Calgary Expo, cosplay, costume, sci-fi, science fiction, Star Wars
Amid the dizzying array of dazzling costumes I came across at Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo on Sunday, this depiction from Star Wars is one of the standouts, in my humble opinion.
09 Sunday Apr 2017
Posted in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
Today is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy, a First World War encounter in France now widely regarded as a seminal moment that helped shape Canada as a country. Calgary’s Poppy Plaza is one the memorial monuments erected in honour of Canadian veterans.
07 Friday Apr 2017
Posted in Alberta, art, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
06 Thursday Apr 2017
Posted in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
03 Monday Apr 2017
Posted in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
31 Friday Mar 2017
Posted in art, Calgary, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
11 Saturday Mar 2017
Posted in art, Calgary, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, transit, transportation, urban
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alberta, art, calgary, canada, photography, photowalk, random, transit, transportation, urban
Public art at the Centre Street CTrain station in downtown Calgary: These poor figures are condemned to the fate of perpetually waiting for the next train.
10 Friday Mar 2017
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alberta, calgary, canada, photo booth, photography, random, selfie, technology, urban
Ah, the purveyor of convenient selfies in the era before smartphones. A technician works on a photo booth at North Hill Centre, Calgary. (Ricky Leong photo)
If you’ve ever wondered what an automated photo booth looks like when the user interface is torn away … this post is for you. (And yes, photo booths still exist!) This happened as I was wandering into the grocery store.
Ricky Leong 