After a very scientific entry and selection process consisting of you leaving a comment, me putting your names in alphabetical order and Jes picking two numbers we have our results. One thing before I get to them though – I had a comment on Facebook which I replaced Jes’ comment with so Jes’ name became Steve if you are trying to duplicate this at home.

The winning numbers are: 12 and 14.

The names that correlate with those numbers are Margaret and Rachel – I will be in touch shortly and get the CDs to you sometime in the new year. Thanks to all who left a comment – I’m hoping to have another give away similar to this in the near future.

Below are 3 quick shots from the the release of Spin at Loplops this past Sunday.

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Local funk band Big Wheel and the Spokes were preparing their latest CD and needed a new set of promo shots done so we spent an early September afternoon doing just that. Fast forward to today (Dec 27) and Big Wheel will be hosting their CD release party tonight at Loplops starting at 9:45PM.

In honour of the release of Spin Big Wheel and myself have arranged to give away 2 of the CDs here on the site. To enter all you have to do is leave a meaningful comment below (so simply saying “hi” doesn’t count). I’ll draw two names at random on Wednesday (Dec 30) and get the CD off to you as soon as I can (door to door delivery in the Sault and through the mail if you live elsewhere). The contest is open to anyone who loves some good funk. To get a glimpse of some of the songs on the new release check out Big Wheel on MySpace. Their new website should also be up and running shortly as well.

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Here comes the snow, here comes the snow, here comes the snow. Yeah! Here comes the snow!

Clearly that line up there should be sung and to the beat of “We Got the Beat” by the Go-Gos.

Moving forward. Jenn wanted a snow shoot but the Sault rolling into the start of December was pretty limited in the snow department. Then BAM the night before the shoot we get snow. So if you’re wanting it to rain chocolate chips or typhoon pudding just ask Jenn as I think she has supreme weather powers. Jenn and Steve are two local entrepreneurs who own Loplops and Dish Espresso Bar and Cafe. I’ve been frequenting Loplops for the local music (and touring acts) for about four years now; they also have an art gallery for local artists up front. During the day you may see Jenn working hard behind the window at Dish Espresso Bar and Cafe where they have daily lunch specials that Jenn laughs at me about because I won’t eat 95% of them. It is not because they are bad, I’m just a very picky eater – meat, cheese, bread and I’m good. You may also at any point in time also see their kids Jaxon and Jaelyn at one of these establishments giving a helping hand or the best helping hand that they can.

For their shoot we headed to Bellevue Park with a quick stop inside the green house which I’ve never been inside before. By the time we made it to the greenhouse Jaelyn had enough of me and was giving me the best “I so hate you” faces. Kids, you got to love them! From there we headed to the playground for some slide and snowball action. A word of caution: freshly snowed on slides become extremely quick.

Thanks for the great afternoon guys!

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The Katagis family just recently increased by one – something about birds and bees and other logistics that seems quite confusing in baby manufacturing. With the new addition to the family they decided to do the next best thing and invited me into their home to photograph baby Macy as well as them (Megan and Tom). I’ve actually known Megan and Tom for quite some time. Once again, writing this sentence makes me say “wow” but 15-20 years ago Tom and I met playing soccer, I was the star player and Tom would get me my water. It was a good relationship, it may also be a lie. Megan and I went to high school together and acted in the play Noises Off!; if memory serves correctly I was the star and Megan would bring me my water… There are actual VHS copies of this play around somewhere (okay, at my house as my mom found them all and gave them to me in a box).

My favourite part about babies (and young kids) are the funny random faces they make and Macy was no exception to this. Macy was a trooper for most of the shoot until she became tired and hungry and hated my guts. The blue (light blue, teal) M you see behind Macy was made by Megan – now how cool is that?

Thanks for the great afternoon Megan and Tom and of course little Macy, it was a fun time and I didn’t even get puked on!

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Andrea and Marc got the pleasure of me trying to acclimatize myself back to our northern fall weather after leaving 30C and sunny. I believe the day we ventured out was no colder than 10C but I had my toque on and felt cold. Damn you Hawaii!

I met up with Andrea and Marc at local downtown hot spot Dish and then we ventured around the downtown core once again using buildings, lane ways and any other fun things we saw. As a quick note, if anyone reading this needs to use either Andrea or Marc to look out for cars for them so that you do not get ran over go and find a stranger to do the job instead. After we had all the fun that could be had downtown we headed up to Hiawatha Highlands but used a part of the park which I have never been to before. Andrea and Marc’s ceremony will actually be taking place at the Bible Chapel which is now located inside the old ski lodge on the grounds – it is definitely a sweet location for their ceremony and party afterward. Checking the area out and using the surroundings before the big day was a bonus and hopefully we’ll be able to try to use some of them again when their wedding rolls around next year.

Thanks for the killer afternoon guys – looking forward to the wedding next year.

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