Amazing video

My friend Brant just posted tweeted a link to this awesome video.

Great, inspiring pieces like this are the reason I can’t wait to buy a good camcorder so I can get into video.

Watch it in HD for full effect.

Expecting Shaw from Trevor Brown on Vimeo.

Mike Brown

Two-time Olympian swimmer Mike Brown was in Hay River today and yesterday. I got some pictures of him when he swam with the local swim team today.

Best photo editing music ever…

Front page of Mar. 11 Hub

A sneek peek of tomorrow’s front page. I think it looks awesome.

New Year’s in Hay River

New Year’s in Hay River consists of a giant bonfire and fireworks at -35 degrees celcius.

Working for Free

David Hobby over at Strobist today wrote a post advocating reasons why photographers – especially in our current period of economic downturn – should start doing some assignments for free.

To me it has an almost manifesto quality to it, in the vain of the “Less Clients, Less Money, More Personal Service” memo circulated among sports agents by Jerry Maguire in the film of the same name. Read more »

Tomorrow’s Front Page – a sneak peek.

Just a snapshot of the front page for tomorrow’s paper showing how the photos in my last two posts were used.

Injured Owl

Got a call at the office today saying that ENR had picked up a Snowy Owl from downtown that had gotten into a fight with some ravens. A reporter and I went down to see where they were keeping it. The supervisor said they would keep it there and feed it for a few days before trying to release it into the wild again. It had some damage done to its eye, but other than that it looked pretty healthy.

Old Town Aurora

Was driving home the other night when I noticed a really long and bright aurora in the sky, so I turned around, picked up my camera at the office and snapped a photo from the New Village ice crossing area of the Northern Lights over Old Town.

Click to view it in full size for the full effect.

House

While I’m at it, I should probably post a photo of the house my girlfriend and I moved into.