Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Nova Scotia (Post NDP Convention)

Another airport post.

All in all, not a bad few days. It was interesting to watch some sort of Canadian democracy in action while I try to keep abreast of things on the other side of the globe in Afghanistan. With all the eyes of the world on the what may or may not happen in the little country, this little country's New Democrats put their heads together to enact resolutions and plot the best course of action to take over the next little while. It was a spectacle.

With a few days off afterwards I took to some familiar terrain to see some family and friends. I made the best of my time and managed to find the Atlantic on more then one occasion. Cold as hell. Sort of scary. Especially from under the surface of the water. "Next time bring a dive buddy".

And here boards my plane... Again.







Thursday, August 13, 2009

Awaiting Departure

It's been a little longer then expected since my last posting. As you, the experienced internaut, may have experienced with your blog/column/web site, if you let too much time pass it becomes even more difficult to write something that doesn't sound like a laundry list of what-I've-been-up-to's and lackluster anecdotes.

...but I've been really busy with lots of photography work since I last jotted anything down. Just For Laughs - Zoofest ended and I rushed to post all my images from the 60 plus shows I covered.

Zoofest: Once And For All We Are Going To Tell You WHo We Are So Shut Up And Listen - Images by Tristan Brand
I immediately left Montreal for a week in Gravenhurst, Ontario to work on photo-documenting Meghan Deere's ongoing community art project, Theatre Caboodle. This was the follow up to last year's week-long retreat. Most of the company remained the same, but new additions made for a very different year. This was also a return to the site of my serious accident involving a 60 foot cliff and my broken T-12 vertebrae. That incident has made photography a challenge over the past year, but I'm even more determined to get in shape to compensate for my fragile spine.

The group mounted their show "He Always Litters" at the end of the week-long run. Below are some of the shots.



Now I must jump on a plane to Halifax and the NDP convention. I'll be in Nova Scotia for a week shooting not only Politicians, but horses too. Shooting? Poor choice of words?