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Drew
7/11/09
Beach Access
Seriously, who doesn't like the beach? Especially when the climate remains about the same comfortable temperature year round (minus the monsoons). The following were shot on Kauai, Hawaii on the Na Pali Coast, Haena Park and Lumahai Beach.
7/7/09
a posting NOT about Michael Jackson
The following photographs were all taken on the island of Kaua'i, Hawaii, particularly in the area of Hanalei Bay. This post is dedicated to my lovely new wife with whom I had the pleasure of spending a week on this beautiful island. And also to you, MJ!
7/1/09
The road to Hana
With over 600 twists and turns and 59 bridges (46 being one lane bridges) the Hana Highway is quite the spectacular drive on Maui. With the windows rolled down you can smell both the sea and the wild ginger along this scenic and well traveled route.
Painted Eucalyptus tree at Ke'anae Arboretum
Golden-stemmed bamboo:
Painted Eucalyptus tree at Ke'anae Arboretum
Golden-stemmed bamboo:
6/23/09
Mamma Mia!
Some recent shots of a maternity shoot. All the best Cheryl as your delivery date quickly approaches!!
5/21/09
Working portraits - Volunteer Firefighter
Part of the ‘working portraits’ series – Volunteer Firefighter
The following is an excerpt of an email to five questions about life as a volunteer firefighter.
As a volunteer firefighter, what is the level of expectation considering you have a day job?
In addition to working a day job, working as a volunteer firefighter consists of being on call 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week. Although there is a choice to respond or not, it is hard not to respond to the call when you know that either someone’s life is in jeopardy, there has been a car accident, or a fire is in progress. Inevitably, some calls come at the most inopportune times – like when you have everyone over for Christmas dinner and you have just sat down to eat!
What happens if you get a call in the middle of a weeknight – how does it affect your day job?
I have responded to calls that last quite a long time through the night and have had to work at my real job (the one that pays the bills) in the morning. Although my real work is my priority, I have an understanding with my employer that should I have to respond to a call on my way to work, or a call lasts a while and goes into my normal work day that I will make up the time lost at the end of the day etc. It doesn’t happen too often, but they are good about. The worst calls are the ones that wake you out of a dead sleep in the middle of the night. I feel the worst the next day if a call comes in between 3-4 am. The next day at work is a long one. But, it is amazing how fast you can spring out of bed, get to the hall, and respond to some emergency within several minutes out of a dead sleep.
How much time do you commit to volunteer firefighting per month?
Given the rural nature of our hall, we receive the fewest calls out of the five halls in _______. Even so, I probably on average spend between 10 – 20 hours a month either training or responding to calls. We have mandatory monthly training (and several additional training events throughout the year) that keeps all of our skills current, and ensures that we meet all the municipal firefighter standards. This training gives us what we need to respond to a wide range of calls – medicals, motor vehicle accidents, fires and a whole range of other calls in between. Because we are rural, we are almost always the first ones on the scene, usually having to deal with whatever medical situation for about 10 minutes or more before paramedics arrive. After having taken CPR and first aid courses since I was a teen and never having to use the training, I really enjoy putting all the training we do into practice on a regular basis.
How does it feel to be a volunteer firefighter within your local community?
I enjoy being an active member of our local community, and have gotten to know a lot of local people through the fire department since I joined 5 years ago. Living locally can be difficult sometimes though, because every so often you have to respond to a call that involves someone you may know fairly well.
Do you have any heart warming stories you would like to share?
The majority of the calls aren’t all that heart warming considering that when someone decides to call 911 it is usually as a result of something fairly serious. But I always get a kick out of the call in the middle of the night where some old girl is having difficulty breathing or having chest pains in bed, and five firefighters walk into her bedroom and she still has enough sense of humour to say that if she had only know that calling 911 would get 5 young guys into her bedroom within a few minutes of calling that she would have started calling more often a long time ago.
Tanker #5
Breathing Apparatus
Close up (100%) of the previous photo - Breathing Apparatus. Thought it was worth a closer inspection!
The following is an excerpt of an email to five questions about life as a volunteer firefighter.
As a volunteer firefighter, what is the level of expectation considering you have a day job?
In addition to working a day job, working as a volunteer firefighter consists of being on call 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week. Although there is a choice to respond or not, it is hard not to respond to the call when you know that either someone’s life is in jeopardy, there has been a car accident, or a fire is in progress. Inevitably, some calls come at the most inopportune times – like when you have everyone over for Christmas dinner and you have just sat down to eat!
What happens if you get a call in the middle of a weeknight – how does it affect your day job?
I have responded to calls that last quite a long time through the night and have had to work at my real job (the one that pays the bills) in the morning. Although my real work is my priority, I have an understanding with my employer that should I have to respond to a call on my way to work, or a call lasts a while and goes into my normal work day that I will make up the time lost at the end of the day etc. It doesn’t happen too often, but they are good about. The worst calls are the ones that wake you out of a dead sleep in the middle of the night. I feel the worst the next day if a call comes in between 3-4 am. The next day at work is a long one. But, it is amazing how fast you can spring out of bed, get to the hall, and respond to some emergency within several minutes out of a dead sleep.
How much time do you commit to volunteer firefighting per month?
Given the rural nature of our hall, we receive the fewest calls out of the five halls in _______. Even so, I probably on average spend between 10 – 20 hours a month either training or responding to calls. We have mandatory monthly training (and several additional training events throughout the year) that keeps all of our skills current, and ensures that we meet all the municipal firefighter standards. This training gives us what we need to respond to a wide range of calls – medicals, motor vehicle accidents, fires and a whole range of other calls in between. Because we are rural, we are almost always the first ones on the scene, usually having to deal with whatever medical situation for about 10 minutes or more before paramedics arrive. After having taken CPR and first aid courses since I was a teen and never having to use the training, I really enjoy putting all the training we do into practice on a regular basis.
How does it feel to be a volunteer firefighter within your local community?
I enjoy being an active member of our local community, and have gotten to know a lot of local people through the fire department since I joined 5 years ago. Living locally can be difficult sometimes though, because every so often you have to respond to a call that involves someone you may know fairly well.
Do you have any heart warming stories you would like to share?
The majority of the calls aren’t all that heart warming considering that when someone decides to call 911 it is usually as a result of something fairly serious. But I always get a kick out of the call in the middle of the night where some old girl is having difficulty breathing or having chest pains in bed, and five firefighters walk into her bedroom and she still has enough sense of humour to say that if she had only know that calling 911 would get 5 young guys into her bedroom within a few minutes of calling that she would have started calling more often a long time ago.
Tanker #5
Breathing Apparatus
Close up (100%) of the previous photo - Breathing Apparatus. Thought it was worth a closer inspection!
5/13/09
5/10/09
Madonnarama
Congratulations to Daniel for winning the Madonna trivia contest and the memory stick playlist!
Special shout out to a (surprised) Jaime who was the runner up in second place!! I had faith that she would do well in the contest since she has a habit of correcting my many lyrical sing-along errors...
Thank you Dan & David for fabulously hosting Madonnarama!
Special shout out to a (surprised) Jaime who was the runner up in second place!! I had faith that she would do well in the contest since she has a habit of correcting my many lyrical sing-along errors...
Thank you Dan & David for fabulously hosting Madonnarama!
5/9/09
5/8/09
'cause every little thing gonna be alright
This posting is dedicated to my dear friend Shell who lost her wedding venue with two months to go to the big day due to the venue's complete lack of adherence or respect to a little thing called the fire code.
"Don't worry about a thing, 'cause every little thing gonna be alright"
"Don't worry about a thing, 'cause every little thing gonna be alright"
5/7/09
The Dawn of Day
It's beautiful and sunny, get outside and get inspired!
See you next year cherry blossoms!
See you next year cherry blossoms!
5/6/09
Blonde Dawn
Here's a sneak peak at the set with Blonde Dawn. I'm actually in the middle of reviewing the session for the first time on the laptop and this photo absolutely inspired me to stop and post it immediately! Wow!!!
For the black and white version of this shot, click here
For the black and white version of this shot, click here
5/4/09
Jerry Leger & The Situation
4/24/09
Jerry Leger & his band played a couple of wildly entertaining sets at the Dakota Tavern in Toronto.
On lead guitar was Tim Bovaconti (who has worked on all of Jerry's records) who made his Gretsch guitar gently weep like a pedal steel. To the intimate Ossington Avenue crowd's delight Jerry's surprise special guests included local legend Kurt Swinghammer and the one and only Ron Sexsmith for whom I've been a huge fan ever since I heard the lyrics "secret heart, what are you made of?..." Jerry with his special guests played a rising cover of Dylan's "Slow Train", "ya ya" by Lee Dorsey and Jerry's own "Love's abandoned your heart".
Jerry Leger & his band played a couple of wildly entertaining sets at the Dakota Tavern in Toronto.
On lead guitar was Tim Bovaconti (who has worked on all of Jerry's records) who made his Gretsch guitar gently weep like a pedal steel. To the intimate Ossington Avenue crowd's delight Jerry's surprise special guests included local legend Kurt Swinghammer and the one and only Ron Sexsmith for whom I've been a huge fan ever since I heard the lyrics "secret heart, what are you made of?..." Jerry with his special guests played a rising cover of Dylan's "Slow Train", "ya ya" by Lee Dorsey and Jerry's own "Love's abandoned your heart".
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