Tuesday, January 5, 2010

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The first two weeks of my Christmas break was fairly event filled and fun. I got to see some friends I hadn't seen in a while, along with getting to travel to Edmonton as well as Jasper, Alberta. For Christmas the family went out to the Cabin for a few days of R&R. The last 5 days or so was just sort of relaxing back at home and enjoying the days off. There was a lot of time spent shooting for assignments but I did get some time to take some photos when I wasn't working on assignments or visiting friends or family, although maybe not as much as I would have liked to. Here are some of those photos...

The first Saturday of our Christmas break I got invited to a friends Christmas party where we had a delicious dinner, had some drinks, had a gift exchange where I won a vintage popcorn popper, and we also played some games.

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Next I was off to Edmonton to visit my best friend and his wife who just had their first child for five days. We went out to Jasper for a day and night, and it was no easy task travelling with a 1 month old baby. It was also no joy sleeping in the same room as a 1 month old baby, needless to say, not much sleep was had. The hotel we stayed at was the Marmot Lodge.

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While in Jasper we went out and saw some of the Mountains...

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We did some exploration of the town during the evening, however were disappointed that they really didn't have any Christmas lights out. Overall I didn't care too much for the town but they had a few nice gift shops.

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While in town we went and visited the Wildlife Museum, which had some really nice displays of some of Canada's wildlife.

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On Christmas Day, myself and my family went out to the Cabin for 3 days, which seems to becoming somewhat of a tradition as this is the third year we've done it.

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At the Cabin we rode the quads on the frozen river and other areas around the cabin.

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Every year we also do some ice-fishing, although I usually just end up watching, drinking a beer and taking some photos. Sitting out in the freezing cold (and it was cold and windy that day) watching some lines in a hole is not my idea of a great time. Here my brother catches a nice sized pickerel in between bud lights.

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On our last night at the cabin I decide to take some photos of the tree, it was actually a lot of fun and I experimented a lot of christmas tree ball close-ups, zoom bursts and slower shutter speed light streak effects. Here's the tree and my favorite shot I took of it.

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Overall I really enjoyed the Christmas break, it was really nice to get to travel, visit friends & family, take some photos, do a lot of eating, drinking, and sleeping.

However, I am excited to be back at School though and catch up and see my fellow classmates again!

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