A couple nights ago I had the pleasure of shooting RCAC 819 Skyhawk Sqn. ACR.

My wife is currently the Sqn’s Commanding Officer and all her cadets put on a fine show. Seems like our whole life has been intertwined with cadets.  Jo and I were both Sea Cadets as teens and that is where we met and also where we both served as Officers.  Due to circumstances Jo moved over to the Air cadet side a few years after we married and has been a CO for about 15 years now.

Cadets is a great youth organization and is almost free to join.

There are many summer opportunities at camps where cadets can learn many things and even get summer employment as a senior cadet.

This event is a sort of end of year thing where the cadets showcase what they have learned during the year.

There is, of course, an inspection and cadets put on displays for the Reviewing Officer

and the friends and family who attend.

The show was impressive and greatly enjoyed by all in attendance.

Last week it was my pleasure to once again be the Official Photographer for the BCSSRU Provincials.

It is a yearly event featuring the top 39 High School Rugby Teams from across British Columbia.

Sixty Five games are played over the four day tourney!!

Needless to say the action was nonstop and fierce!!

Over the course of the four days I captured some 14,000 images and in the end after culling and editing

I delivered near 1300 images.

While this is a grueling event to shoot it is also fun and exciting and I hope to be able to cover it for years to come.

Once again this year I was fortunate enough get the gig of being the Official Photographer for the BC Boys AA and AAA rugby championships which are held at the end of May right here in Abbotsford at Exhibition Park.  It is a 3 day tourney that features 48 games and often has 4 games happening at the same time.  The job of photographing all this games is very challenging and I must admit pretty darn exhausting.  This year the bronze medal was won by Yale Secondary from right here in Abbotsford which in fact makes them the Public School Champions as once again the Gold and Silver medals went to Shawnigan Lake and St, Georges.  It was sunny and warm from start to finish and the action was intense throughout.  Once again a good time was had by all and I am already looking forward to covering it again in 2016.

If you would like to see all the images from the tourney just click this link.