My Photo Blog

2011-11-28T22:10:00.008-08:00

2011-11-24T14:16:00.128-08:00

2011-11-21T20:48:00.001-08:00

2011-11-12T18:57:00.000-08:00

Photos from Remembrance Day 2011 in Langford

Hamilton Hurricanes VS V.I. Raiders

2010-10-30T19:28:00.014-07:00

Rams @ Raiders playoff game

2010-10-09T18:00:00.011-07:00

2010-09-27T10:29:00.007-07:00

2010-08-23T08:42:00.015-07:00

2010-08-01T22:38:00.007-07:00

The Huskers were in Nanaimo to take on the Raiders but even with a strong showing against the Sun the week earlier the Raiders defense was just to tough for the Huskers to crack and the Raiders offense, once they got rolling they couldn't be stopped!
Raiders 54 the Huskers 3

2010-07-25T17:18:00.015-07:00

Here are my photos from this past weekend's game Raiders vs Rams. Save this link and I'll post from games I make it to on Vancouver Island!

2010-07-12T11:03:00.013-07:00

2010-06-06T18:44:00.025-07:00

Ride to Live - Prostate cancer research!

It was a rainy day but it didn't seem to dampen the spirits of hundreds of motorcyclist that came out to support a great cause. I heard there were over 400 bikes out for this event and over $60,000 earned!!!. It's been over 10 years since I've owned a bike and some day I hope to own another one. I used to go out to rides in Ontario and remember how good it felt to support a great cause. That's why I still try to get out to some events even without a bike. Thank you to everyone that sponsored me it is a great cause!!!

It will be 4 years this August that my father passed away from prostate cancer and just a couple months ago his best friend passed away due to prostate cancer. It was an emotional event for me, more than I expected and I hope that this summer when I go to Ontario I can place the flag I got today on his grave. I was there when he passed away helping take care of him his last few months. I was back out here on Vancouver Island before he was buried so it will be an emotional trip back I'm sure. My father had asked for the blood test but his Dr had kept putting it off. By the time he had the test done he had prostate cancer and it was too late. I get checked every year and I told my Dr last week that I want the blood test done this year. Since I turned 40 I've been getting a physical on a regular basis. I was glad when I met my wife's Dr as being a female she has skinny fingers. Still uncomfortable but way better that a 6 foot 4 Dr with basketball player hands. She has a good sense of humor which helps too!

The following are photos I took from the event and wish to share. There are tons of photos so if you have a slow computer it will take a while for them to load. I tried to get as many people as I could but with the rain and the moving bikes a lot of pictures didn't turn out but since I always take way too many photos I get lots that do turn out. I hope you enjoy them and if you see one you like help yourself to it. Best way to steal a picture is to click on it to make it bigger then right click on it and save to computer. Please leave a comment so I know I'm not wasting my time posting them because it takes quite a while to go through them and upload them. Thank you!! KC

2009-12-21T13:15:00.001-08:00

Haven't done a post here in a while so I decided to copy and past from my family blog. Hope you enjoy the photos!

A couple days after my last post I decided to take a quick drive to the ocean after dropping Ben off at school. We had been having some really nice sunrises and was hoping to get a shot or two. I wanted to go to the Old Stone Church (Butter Church) to see about getting some silhouettes. The church is not on the best angle and has a lot of growth around it making it hard to get a good position for shooting it with the ocean in the background. I did get a couple shots of the corner while trying to stay out of the native cemetery next to the church. I later tried to get a shot through the window from inside but the tripod and I are both a little short. I did get a couple shots that I think are nice and I had fun with my camera which I haven't done in a while. Now that winter is here I haven't seen a nice sunrise recently although it looked like it would have been a good one this morning except that it was raining. I could see a tinge of red far off in the distance. Almost done my Christmas shopping but I'll save that for my next post. 4 days till Christmas!

2009-11-15T08:23:00.025-08:00

Here are some shots from the Canadian Junior Football League Championship game held in Nanaimo B.C. played between the Edmonton Wildcats and the V.I. Raiders. It was an overcast day and not my finest hour in shooting football photos but here is some of the better shots that I got. The V.I. Raiders won by a score of 51 - 14 in what started out looking like it was going to be a close game but ended up being a blow out. The V.I. Raiders had a perfect season this year! Congrats to them all and for the graduating players good luck and live a happy and safe life.

2 players on the team that I have grown to know pretty well over their 5 years with the Raiders will be moving on to other things next year. Bronson Nichols I'm not sure of what he'll be doing maybe some schooling or just getting down to working a regular full time job. Andrew Harris will be moving on to the CFL if I have anything to do about it LOL. I think Andrew has the skill and talent to move on but he has to find a team that wants a Canadian running back. Edmonton and Hamilton have both used them in recent years. I couldn't be happier if Andrew found himself on my Hamilton Ti-Cats, which by the way play in their first post season game in over 5 years, in the next couple hours.

Congrats to all the players, coaches, volunteers and Hadi and Fiona and another great football team/season on the Island. Looking forward to see what they produce next season!