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A Pretty Day

deserves a second glance.

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St-George’s Anglican Church

Mark Twain was credited with this quote when visiting Montreal:  “This is the first time I was ever in a city where you couldn’t throw a brick without breaking a church window”.  Back in 2015, when the city mapped the establishments of just four religions, they came in at approximately 640. They don’t call us the City of Saints for nothing.  Or... the City of Spires.  This particular church, in the English Gothic Revival style, is across the street from my office building and it’s designated a Canadian National Heritage site. I’ve probably been inside about 4 times and always just to take photos and once for an annual bazaar where I bought some beautiful hand-painted pots (for plants) from Portugal.  Not a huge tourist attraction like Mary Queen of the World Cathedral or Basilique Notre-Dame but it has an old world charm.  I also remember once, while I waiting on the bus home,  there was a film crew creating a segment for Just For Laughs (hidden camera/comedy reality show) with pallbearers carrying out a coffin which they then proceeded to put down on the sidewalk and, of course, the coffin lid popped open with the occupant sitting up much to the shock and  surprise of passersby.  Completely irreverent but utterly hysterical to watch unfold along with the various reactions.

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A Lamp to Light the Way

Whenever I come across a lamp post in the midst of a gathering of trees, I cannot help but think of Narnia.

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The Alchemy of Winter

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Fly by

Birding on the way home.

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Kelly | Heloise | Alex | Camille | Rob and Daniel

Inspired by today’s In Conversation’s topic on photographing people, hosted by Fern @qbn-scholar and Pete @tvoom, I thought I would post some photos from a project of mine from a few years ago.  So many people, at that time, were doing 50 (or 100) stranger portrait projects and I thought it would be fun to join in, not only as a way to try and hone some portrait skills but also as a means to help me overcome my serious shyness. After all, approaching complete strangers on the street and asking to take their photo couldn’t be that hard right?  Ha!  I still remember how vibrantly I was blushing when I asked Rob and Daniel if I could photograph them and then forgetting to take my lens cap off  - their expressions say it all... and, man, were they tall!!   I wanted my project to be a little different and so I thought, since it was Winter, I would approach people who were wearing unusual or colourful hats. Done during lunch hour when everyone was hurrying about, I tried to keep it to two or three shots max and let them choose their favourite.  I even had little cards printed with the project name and my Flickr site url so they could go and have a look at their photos once they were uploaded.  Never made it to 50 but did just over 25 and, frankly, the conversation today has given me the itch to do something similar again.  So, yeah, here’s a few from “Heading into Winter: Hats and Their People”. 

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Blue and Yellow Hour

Crossing the Canal on my way home tonight.

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So Far Away

Doesn’t anybody stay in one place anymore...

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