I absolutely love the music of this band! I picked up their CD "These Are The New Old Times" and I've listened to it at least 50 times this week. In my opinion, this is the best Canadian record since The Hip's "World Container" and Metric's "Live It Out".
Visit The Yoko Casionos website for more info.
To see more of my images of The Yoko Casionos, The Golden Dogs and The 6ixty 8ights, visit my Flickr site.
The 6ixty 8ights are a cool local band (from Barrie, I think?). I timed this photo just right, as their bassist's string had just broken and he yanked it off in frustration. It didn't slow them down though, as a quick thinking member of The Golden Dogs jumped onstage, grabbed one of their bass guitars and handed it over.
The 6ixty 8ights website
A great band from here in Canada that has a very bright future ahead of them. Their live show is not to be missed! Visit The Golden Dogs website for more info.
Barrie Police conduct a RIDE check along Essa Road at Highway 400 after midnight on New Year's Eve.
Published in the Barrie Examiner on January 2nd, 2007.
Barrie Police conduct a RIDE check along Essa Road at Highway 400 after midnight on New Year's Eve.
Published in the Barrie Examiner on January 2nd, 2007.
Kyle Robert Tamaki, left, was the first baby to arrive on New Year's day at Royal Victoria Hospital. He was born at 1:45 pm and weighed 8.5 lbs.
Martta Klementti, right, smiles as friends and family arrive to celebrate her 100th birthday, on New Year's Day. Martta was born in Finland and arrived in Canada when she was in her 20's.
Published in the Barrie Examiner on January 2nd, 2007.
Although many residents are not happy with the lack of snow in the region, there are some people who don't seem to mind. Those like Kari Williams, who makes good use of a snow-free Kempenfelt Drive, along the lakeshore, on Boxing Day.
Published in the Barrie Examiner on December 27th, 2006.
I shot a local band named Rustic Motif for an upcoming story in the Barrie Examiner newspaper. They were practicing in the basement of an old century home. It was dark and gritty down there, which made for a great atmosphere to capture them in. They are opening for The Trews on News Years Eve at city hall here in Barrie.
Click HERE to view more of the photos that I shot of the band.
Published in the Barrie Examiner on December 5th, 2006.
Toronto's Cary Luner watches his shot closely during the finals of the Ontario Curling Tour's Barrie Cash Spiel at the Barrie Curling Club.
Published in the Barrie Examiner on October 16th, 2006.
I shot this series at the Foundation Night Club here in Barrie. Jeff is the former lead singer of The Tea Party. He has a great new solo album out called Exile and the Kingdom. It was great to have an opportunity to shoot his show. I only found out about the concert about an hour beforehand. It would have been very disappointing if I had missed it as Jeff now lives in Ireland and he probably won't be in this area again for several years.
More of my images from this night can be found HERE.
Minister Yu Yoon Ho speaks at the opening of Barrie's Korean Church. The congregation is renting the inside of St. Andrew's Church on Owen Street.
Published in the Barrie Examiner on November 15th, 2006.
Published in the Barrie Examiner on October 24th, 2006.
The Barrie Examiner newspaper that I freelance for sponsored and hosted a weekly night-time football game for several weeks. I covered the final two weeks. It was hard to shoot, but it had great atmosphere and was fun. It was a big success for the paper.
The shot on the left was published in the Barrie Examiner.
Additional images can be viewed HERE.
I took this the other night at Park Place in Barrie. It was a haunted forest tour. This girl was about 13 or so. She was genuinely terrified and ended up crying. There was over 100 volunteers that dressed up and hid along the forest trail and jumped out at people. It sounds kinda lame, but it was actually a lot of fun when it got dark. Maybe I'll be one of the volunteers next year. This is the tours 9th year and is a fundraiser for a local charity.
This shot was on the front page of the Barrie Examiner.
Some kids just don't have any interest in church. I shot this while on assignment. I was waiting to photograph a guest speaker at the church's 46th anniversary.
It is considered the "photo of the century". It's the photo of a young Vietnamese girl running naked down a road, her skin on fire from napalm immediately after a US airstrike. The photo changed the way the world looked at the Vietnam War, and later won a Pulitzer Prize. The girl in the photo was Kim Phuc and she visited Barrie to share her story.
She had a very hard life after that photo was taken and became a tool of propaganda for many years. She now lives a life of freedom and resides in Canada.
Silvia and I spoke with her after her speaking engagement. She was very nice. I took some photos for her with various people that I will be giving to her later and she signed a copy of the book about her life that I had with me. It was a special night for me. That famous photo is one of the few that made me want to become a photographer and to become a photojournalist.
A lone driver lost control, spun out and stuck a hydro-pole. He struck the pole driver's-door first. He's lucky to be alive. The image on the right was published on the front page of the Barrie Examiner on October 16th, 2006.
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