Anne Eadie Retires

A few weeks ago my friend Anne Eadie, Western Fair Community Development Manager retired. The Western Fair people held a really nice retirement party for her. What a loved and respected woman she is and she's done so much for Londoners young and old. She always made sure I had access and passes to concerts and events I covered for Western Fair. I'm going to miss her!

Anne and Willy, shot Courtacy Western Fair Archives

Bus Ride to The Falls

Just got back from Niagara. I had a fun busride on the way there. We went through a lot of small towns between London and Niagara along Highway 3 and it reminded me of some of my favourite spots I used to do Glamour, Kid and Pet photos. We ended up going through one of the tunnels under the Welland Canal on the way too. There were only 3 people on the bus and I got to talk to the driver. He has a real passion for his job and the route he drives every Friday. Every bus we passed including school busses waved hello as we passed. I made sure to be early and get my faveourite seat right at the front. The Seat with the best view and knee room. I can't wait to ride that route again!

Coffee with Bob, Feb 2, 2006

Bob and Friends

Bob and I went to the Scotian Isle for a coffee. We compared the weight of our 70-200 2.8's and the Nikon was heavier. The kind staff let us use their industrial weighscale to prove the point.

Bob's always shooting pix in the restaurant and this is a shot of him showing a picture to some new friends we made. He zoomed the viewer right in to the one guys ear to show how sharp the image was. I think the guys misunderstood and wondered why the heck anyone would take a picture of someone's ear!

It was indeed a rather atristic photo of an ear when cropped tight. He just may use it in a sermon.

Road Trip, Friday February 03, 2006

Tom and Luke picked me up Friday afternoon for our road trip to shoot the Tommy Hearns fight in Detroit. We had a great lunch on our way at my favourite restaurant but encountered some pretty bad weather between London and Windsor.

Lots of cars lost control and ended up in the ditch, here's a van that just left the road. A thick icey slush covered the road with a frozen track between each lane. We even saw a towtruck that had rescued a stranded vehicle earlier turned over in the ditch with the vehicle still attached.

It just wouldn't be a proper road trip with out visting Elias. I can't remember if that's a name I gave him one day or if it really is his name but he's a Big Boy from eating all this burgers and I have fond memories of the Big Boy restaurant in London. I miss it so.

Tom and Luke give me the thumbs up after shooting the boxing matches. I was in an elevated position with the 400 2.8L. Man that thing hogged up my poor 20D's batteries. I had to shut down the Image Stabilizer until the last two fights. I missed my light little 300 2.8L but the autofocus and IS really make a big difference.

We were all happy with our work and we stayed up till 6 am editing on our laptops and showing each other our favourite photos. We did have to get some sleep to have some energy to cover the Superbowl the next day. and, (more importantly) , be able to get up in time for the free breakfast.