Para-Hockey Tournament in Montreal – Day 2

I photographed a friend who plays Sledge Hockey for the Team Atlantic Para Hockey. They played in a tournament in Montreal this past weekend. The team took Silver over all.

The following photos were taken on Saturday, March 15th, 2025 when Team Atlantic Para Hockey played a very good game against the Ontario Team in the morning. Ontario had green stripes on their uniforms.

In the Afternoon Team Atlantic Para Hockey played a very tough Quebec Team. Quebec had Blue Uniforms. Not as many photos taken as our friend got hurt mid way though the game and we looked after him for the rest of the game. Thankfully he is fine.

U11 Hockey Star

Our friends son was playing hockey at a rink nearby and we were invited to come and watch his game. I asked his Mom if I could take a few photos of him while he played and she said yes. Afterwards I sent them the pictures and they were so impressed that they have asked me to take Team Photos next year. Hmmmm. Do I do it? With their permission here are the photos that I took.

This was really good practice and I have been invited to take photos at a Provincial Sledge Hockey Team in the coming weeks and this session helped me figure out some settings. Stay tuned!

Ottawa’s Famous Snow Bears Walk

One of the other hobbies that I have is being a member of the Ottawa Virtual Conquerors Walking Group. A few times a year, some of us get together for a in person meet up and walk. This time we met up and did a short 3 kilometer walk around the Kitchissippi Forest to see the Famous Snow Bears. We are hoping to a full Ottawa meetup in the Spring with all the members to go a group photo and walk.

Fiber Optic Selfies

I saw this on Instagram and thought it would be a fun experiment to try. I learned a lot doing this and I may order a different set of fiber optic cables to try this again. The cables I used were clear and they leave a “Flashlight” effect. The cables I will get will be coated completely in black except for the tips.

Puddle Reflections

Well it finally rained last night. I took a little walk around the neighbourhood and noticed there were a lot of puddles around. I love doing reflection photography and I think this series is really nice. I sure got a lot of comments and like on my other social media feeds.

Orleans parkrun

As part of my recovery from my Autoimmune Disease, I was encouraged to walk a bit everyday. My pen pal in Glasgow mentioned the parkrun, a worldwide weekly 5k walk with no set finish time. I started just over 2 years ago and I wasn’t very fast but I completed my very first 5k walk after my fall due to my health issues.

parkrun is a free, community event where you can walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate. parkrun is 5k and takes place every Saturday morning.

parkrun is positive, welcoming and inclusive, there is no time limit and no one finishes last. Everyone is welcome to come along. I really suggest you check it out

A friend of mine did his very first parkrun, so I brought my big camera with me and took a few photos to mark the occasion.

A Little Comet Hunting

Went Comet hunting tonight – Captured a beautiful sunset, the Hunter Moon and Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–Atlas), which last graced our skies during the Neanderthal era. If you miss it, it will likely take another 80,000 years to see it again…

Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick

We sadly had to leave our good friends in PEI and start our journey back to homebase. We had never been to the Hopewell Rocks in New Brunswick before, so we took a little side trip to see them and they did not disappoint. We got there at Low tide so we were able to “walk on the ocean floor”. We didnt have enough time to see the rocks with the tide in, but you could see how high the tides are in this location (upwards of 30-50 feet difference in height)