On August 14-15th, 2010 I had the pleasure of attending and photographing Edmonton’s first Latin Festival in Churchill Square.  The organizer Daiana Moy Sanchez put a call out on Facebook looking for volunteers to help out and I offered my services to her.  A few years back I took salsa dance classes from her and her partner Usukuma Ekuere (Salsaddiction), and haven’t been dancing in ages so I jumped at the chance to be part...

I will post more on this later but here’s a few quick images from last Saturday’s Scott Kelby’s World Wide Photowalk.  I led a walk in downtown Edmonton and here’s a slideshow of some of the images I created. SharePopularity:...

Yesterday Rob and I went to his first ever Cariwest parade, it was my fourth. I just love to photograph the parade because of the colorful costumes and characters. The music gets you moving your feet and you can’t help but dance along with the infectious rhythms, especially the steel bands. The parade ended at Churchill Square where the festivities continued and one could partake in Caribbean food, which we did, and watch dancers...

On July 18, 2009 Darlene participated in Scott Kelby’s 2nd annual World Wide Photo Walk. She joined the Edmonton walk #2 led by Jason Bouwmeester. About 35 photographers (amateurs, hobbyists and pros) met at the Shaw conference center and embarked on a 2 hour walk through the inner city area, ending finally at Churchill Square. Many different angles were taken of the same subjects along the way and it was interesting to compare...

Last night was my third time attending the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO) as a blogger. I find it refreshing that an organization often though of by the younger generation as high brow or stuffy is using new ways to market itself including Bloggers and Tweeters. My fiance formerfatguy did live Twitter updates throughout the performance. We were seated with our backs to the concrete wall in a section with others doing the same, so...

We’re back again for the second half of the symphony. I’m down to 52% battery power and hoping it holds out until the end. This piece is very jazzy, me likey! Now we have the pleasure of hearing the premiere performance of a composition by a young man in high school here in Edmonton. He is sponsored by the ESO and Telus through the Young Composers Project. His name is Roydon Tse and he is only 17 years old. He has studied...