Critical Mass in Vancouver
Last Friday I was doing some “work” at Blenz Coffee on Granville and W. Broadway, okay I was just surfing the net and drinking coffee, but in this day and age how can that not be considered work? Well back to what I was saying. As I decided to head home, I came out of [...]
Vigil for Neda in Piedmont Park
In the summer of 2009 I had the chance to photograph man protests on Iran and the alleged fixed election. This even was not intended to be a protest but rather a candle light vigil for Neda, the young woman that was murdered on the streets of Iran by the Basiji, the state sanctioned paramilitary [...]
Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Prayer: Looking Back at 2009
Since it was the end of the year I decided to go through my 2009 catalog of images and as I was going through them I began to realize how thankful I should be. Each one has a very compelling story and were instrumental in giving me a better understanding of the homeless issue in [...]
Toastmasters International: We came, we saw, we spoke
Last week Lindsey wrote an article for Toastmasters International, a speech communcation group, that helps others at public speaking. It was a lot of fun and we got involved on their behest of course. Everyone was a delight and I would even consider going back if I had time. I didn’t catch the story in [...]
Northern Offroad Society
Last week I had the pleasure of photographing The Northern Offroad Society for Lindsey’s column in The Fort McMurray Today. To meet the club we had to drive to the Rotary Recreational Area and take a snow covered road to the location in which we were going to meet Shane Ganong the president of The [...]
Engineers serve up table tennis tourney
The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA) and Fort McMurray Table Tennis Club (FMTTC) held a second annual ping pong tournament in the little gym of Composite High School on King St. Registration for the tournament started at 7 p.m. and the warm-up promptly began at 7:15 p.m. The tournament was [...]
Safehouse Outreach: The day I first visualized the homelessness problem in Atlanta
For my final journalism course at Georgia State University, I had to create a proposal for a project that would include writing, a multimedia piece and a photo essay. At the start I couldn’t figure what type of issue I want to cover for this project. Then one day hit me, homelessness. If you live [...]
Donovan: The Street Preacher
When I was working on my photojournalism project for school I came across a man named Donovan or at least that is what he told me his name was. He was in Woodruff Park preaching to all the homeless sitting on the tables in the sweltering heat. He was a guitarist and talked about his [...]
Mr. Rod: Driving Diversified
This is one of my older entries that I forgot to put up. In fact I thought that I had already posted this one. A few days after we arrived to Fort McMurray, I was asked by my dad to photograph a friend of his for his ailing brother. Well this friend happen to be [...]
Day II: Donald "The One-eyed Blues Man"
Donald One-eyed Blues Man The second day of my photojournalism project consisted of a lot more walking. I figured that if I wanted to really understand homelessness in Atlanta I needed to do a lot of groundwork. So that day while I was walking I passed a guy playing his harmonica on the side of [...]
Living on Atlanta Streets: Donald
The day I officially started my photojournalism project can be seen as the day I met Daniel Wise. I went to the heart of Downtown Atlanta to find someone I could interview. I was a little weary considering I was about to talk to people I don’t know anything about and they aren’t in the [...]
