Skyride

23 Monday Jul 2018

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A snap from the Skyride at Calgary Stampede Park a few weekends ago, with a view of a portion of the midway and the city centre in the background.

In lieu of a tripod …

10 Tuesday Jul 2018

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Sometimes, you have to improvise. Here, my rain jacket acts as a bean bag and the lens hood is repurposed to prop up my camera as I shoot last night’s fireworks at the Calgary Stampede. Below, one of the resulting photos.

Happy Canada Day!

01 Sunday Jul 2018

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Today marks the 151st anniversary of Confederation. To Canadians at home and abroad, have a happy Canada Day! Above, the Maple Leaf flag at Calgary’s Central Memorial Park’s war memorial flutters in the evening breeze earlier this year.

Canada House, revisited

18 Friday May 2018

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A piece of Canada in the heart of London.

Solar power, solar flower

10 Thursday May 2018

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An eco-friendly installation near the Kensington BRZ in Calgary, as spotted a few weeks ago. (It’s been erected for much longer, however.)

Eternal

09 Wednesday May 2018

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At Central Memorial Park in Calgary, snapped a few weekends ago.

Skyward

07 Monday May 2018

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Telus Sky in downtown Calgary isn’t even finished yet but it’s already proving to be a very photogenic structure.

1315 1 St. S.W., Calgary

06 Sunday May 2018

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Amid a development boom all around it, this downtown Calgary building looks as if it’s getting some TLC. (At least, I hope it is.)

Teepee

05 Saturday May 2018

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The moon peeks through the artistic representation of a teepee at the entrance to Stampede Park in Calgary.

Transit mall

04 Friday May 2018

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A Calgary CTrain light rail vehicle travels westbound on 7th Avenue at 1st Street S.W.