GUELPH, ON. March 26, 2009 - Grade eight King George students Garrett
DeHaan, left, and Nathan Clark do some welding in the Welding Skills
Shop at Conestoga College during a Trades and Technology Day Thursday.
Over 100 grade eight students from six schools in the region took part
in the hands-on skilled trades and technologies workshops throughout
the day. (Guelph Mercury/Ryan Pfeiffer)
GUELPH, ON. March 25, 2009 - Hundreds of people still wait in line
outside while a man fills out an application form during a Source One
job fair at the Ramada Inn Wednesday afternoon. (Guelph Mercury/Ryan
Pfeiffer)
Photog's comments: I wanted to show the lineup outside in context with what was happening inside.
GUELPH, ON. March 25, 2009 - A couple of dancers perform Suzanne Miller
and Allan Paivio's 'Speed' during a Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival
preview event at the University of Guelph Wednesday afternoon. (Guelph
Mercury/Ryan Pfeiffer)
GUELPH, ON. March 25, 2009 - Company Blonde performs 'First Aid' during a
Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival preview event at the University of
Guelph Wednesday afternoon. (Guelph Mercury/Ryan Pfeiffer)
Photog's comments: Both of these photos were shot at the same event, one from the third floor of the atrium and one from ground level. 'Speed' lent itself nicely to a shot from above. The dancers were moving quite slowly and at interesting angles. Company Blonde's performance involved more facial expressions and worked well shooting from eye level.
GUELPH, ON. March 24, 2009 - Environmentalist Severn Cullis-Suzuki
looks at pictures at the Guelph Lake Nature Centre Tuesday afternoon.
Severn was visiting a group of grade eleven and grade three students
attending the centre as part of their school's outdoor education
program. (Guelph Mercury/Ryan Pfeiffer)
Photog's comments: The top picture was taken outside on a bright sunny day. Luckily Severn was standing with the sun directly behind her allowing me to expose for the shadow on her face. I used a long lens to frame her with trees in the background. The bottom picture was taken inside with great window light coming from two sides of the room. The plants painted on the wall help tell a bit more of the story.
GUELPH, ON. March 23, 2009 - University of Guelph physics professor
Diane Nalini is releasing the album 'Kiss Me Like That' May 24, 2009.
Advanced copies will be available during her concert at War Memorial
Hall Friday, March 27 at 8:00 p.m. (Guelph Mercury/Ryan Pfeiffer)
Photog's comments: I setup an off-camera umbrella light to Diane's right and shot photos while she was being interviewed. As always, I tried to use the background as a frame for the subject. At this point in the interview she was talking about planets and space so she was gesturing with her hands.
GUELPH, ON. March 22, 2009 - A trainer signals for her dog to stay during College Royal at the University
of Guelph Sunday afternoon. (Guelph Mercury/Ryan Pfeiffer)
GUELPH, ON. March 22, 2009 - Six year-old Ethan Bush and his
four-year-old sister Amelia Bush race through the junior tractor rodeo
course outside of Rozanski Hall during College Royal at the University
of Guelph Sunday afternoon. (Guelph Mercury/Ryan Pfeiffer)
GUELPH, ON. March 22, 2009 - A series of three consecutive photos show
Shetland Sheepdog Ayleigh jump off the feet of Canadian Disc Dogs
trainer Jenelle Holbrough during College Royal festivities at the
University of Guelph Sunday afternoon. (Guelph Mercury/Ryan Pfeiffer)
GUELPH, ON. March 21, 2009 - 14-year-old Guelph Water Polo Club player Alex Dunbar poses for a photo at the university of Guelph swimming pool Saturday afternoon. (Guelph Mercury/Ryan Pfeiffer)
Photog's comments: I shot the portrait first. There is an umbrella setup camera left and a bare flash sitting poolside to the right of the camera. In the second image Alex is throwing the ball to her coach who is standing poolside near an umbrella.
GUELPH, ON. March 20, 2009 - Guelph MPP Liz Sandals was at the United
Way office Friday for a funding announcement related to low income
families and poverty. (Guelph Mercury/Ryan Pfeiffer)
Nathan McLean of the Kitchener Spirit leaps over Guelph Royal Owen
Satcliffe and avoids being slide tackled last night during Under-11
boys indoor soccer action at the Guelph Soccer Dome.
Photog's comments: Today is my last day at the Guelph Mercury, this will be my last picture posted on Mercury Visuals. I had a great time bringing this blog to life and helping Ryan fill it with local content. Thanks a bunch for taking the time to stop by our little slice of the internet. - Nick Iwanyshyn, nickiwanyshyn@gmail.comGUELPH, ON. March 17, 2009 - Emergency
workers attend to an injured man on the corner of Woodlawn Road West
and Silvercreek Parkway North yesterday afternoon following a crash
between a motorcycle and a minivan. The driver of the motorcycle
was rushed to Guelph General Hospital with non-life-threatening
injuries following the collision just after 3 p.m. The 40-year-old
Guelph man was driving north on Silvercreek Parkway and turning left on
to Woodlawn Road when his Kawasaki collided with a van driven by a
Guelph woman, 30. She was driving south on Silvercreek and entering the
intersection on a green light, police said. The man suffered injuries
to his right leg and was taken to hospital by ambulance. (Guelph Mercury, Nick Iwanyshyn)
