~ Monday ~

BUSY week ahead. I have 2 nights where I'll be at work from 7:00am - 8:00pm. For a teacher spending that long at school is not fun. At least I'll have some spring break to relax and visit with my Mom and Dad....can't wait to see them.

I did some edits of Cheryl Lynn....here they are:

Fiddle Medley 2 by Lizzy Hoyt

Lizzy on youtube. :)

~ Oiler WIN!!! ~

Every win now is HUGE for the Oilers. Loved to see them run away with a game after all these O.T. games they lost.

This week at work has been C-R-A-Z-Y busy. LOOKING FORWARD to the weekend.

Here is a Lizzy Hoyt Concert Edit.....:)

~ More Hoyt ~

Today, I think the kids were all LOOPY from St.Patrick's day....so many were off the wall. Anyway, I threw together these edits from the Lizzy Hoyt concert.

~ April Lane ~

Another edit of April.

~ April Lane ~

An edit of a teacher friend April Lane.

~ Jessica and Joel ~

More edits of Jessica and Joel. :)

~ Nestor ~

A picture taken last summer my buddy Nestor and an edit of the awesome Lizzy Hoyt....

~ Lizzy Hoyt Live in Vegreville ~

A talented musician and local talent came out to Vegreville. She played for a SMALL crowd but still managed to give everyone present a wonderful show. I'd like to thank Lizzy for allowing me to bring my camera and take some shots of her performing, those were a lot of fun. The two musicians she played with were also very talented. Here is one of my first few edits, more to come as I get to it. :) Check out Lizzy Hoyt's website at http://www.lizzyhoyt.com/

Ohhhh and to the Oilers, GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, losing another in O.T. again, this is one frustrating hockey club.

~ April Lane ~

An edit from a former shoot with April...she was fun to work with and I just love my new lightroom presets so I was enjoying playing with some of my older shoots.

~ Friday is Here ~

The weekend has arrived. I am so tired, time change, report cards....it just seemed like this week drained a lot out of me. Looking forward to some time to rest and re-charge the batteries.

~ HDR Attempt ~

I am an HDR noob....here is 3 shots I took on my way to work today. I hand held these from my car, too lazy to get the tripod set up, was also late for work.

I had a BAD day at work, hoping to have an awesome weekend and let some stress go. :)

Finally getting some new edits done for Jessica and Joel. They are a lovely couple getting married this summer and guess who has the honor of shooting their wedding? :)

The Cranberries - Zombie

This song is awesome. :)

~ COLD Weather ~

I love Alberta, -40 and then by the end of the week, supposed to be +8. Crazy days of March, March Madness for shure.

I am off to work, just did a quick edit from back when I started doing model photography. I had the chance to shoot with the awesome AntiSaint, aka Christina. She is a talented model, has some really cool ideas and looks when shooting with her. She is a blast to work with and really knows how to give the camera some great looks.

As for the Oilers....they picked up a point in Montreal, I guess it could of been worse. But it was a typical Oiler loss....give up the lead....choke in overtime by taking dumb penalties.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Well, hopefully my report cards can be wrapped up today.....(crossing fingers and toes)
-Randy

~ Engagement Shoot ~

I really hate this time change stuff, spring forward sucks. :)

~ Lou-Anne ~

Jenn's buddy Lou-Anne likes to tease me about the Oilers. She recently lived in Alberta but is now back in Ontario (center of the Universe).....she likes to call once and awhile and try and talk like she knows about hockey. On Saturday night the Oilers layed a beat down on the Leafs, so Lou-Anne now has to have her facebook profile changed to show she lost a bet....and that the Oilers rule forever and ever. :) She knows the Leafs suck but she claims it doesn't matter, for some silly reason. She even still thinks Sundin is a Leaf.....hee hee.

This is a pic of her when she was living in Oil country. :)

~ Anti Saint ~

A recent edit from an older shoot. This is retro weekend. :) Felt like doing some edits. :)

~ First Shoot ~

This is a fave shot from my first time working with a model....doing tfp. I love this shot and just did a re-edit of it. :)

~ Self Portrait ~

Messing with my 50mm today and did another self portrait. :) These are sure tricky to do. I am also gonna shoot more of my cats, by special request. :)
-Randy

~ Snow ~

We were going to Edmonton to hit Red Willow and pick up our friend Ellen...however the snow was NASTY and we stayed home. Hmmm, March isn't messing around.

Here is another picture of Nahla Pearl, who at this moment is curled up in my lap sleeping. She is REALLY warm. :)

Go Oilers tonite vs the Make Beliefs heheheh

-Randy

~ Weekend is Here ~

So I did some art today, took a sketchbook picture and tried colouring it on my computer using photoshop. It's not what I imagined, or how I'd like it to look. But for a first attempt in a few years I am happy with it. :) I would love to colour like a pro....and paint digitally....maybe one day I'll master it all. :)

~ Friday ~

Oilers lose again.....this team is starting to get scared of success. Seems they like losing to all the teams they should be winning against. Sigh......

Anyway. it's the weekend, yippeeeeeeeeee. I am telling myself I NEED to work on an art project this weekend. I hope to post it here as soon as it's done....or maybe even post a work in progress shot. I am craving to do some digital art and hope to have something to work on quite soon.

Here is a recent picture of Nahla Pearl, my wife's kitty on her fave spot....(top of our fridge)....I am tall enough to take pics of her up there. I forget all you vertically challenged people can't...muhahahhahah, it's fun being 6'7".
-Randy

~ Wild Weather ~

MARCH in like a Lion for sure. This weather was crazy, I looked out my window this morning and saw the snow blowing in our back yard. I left as early as I could and as I drove through massive drifts in town, heading toward the highway, I knew this would be a risky drive. When I got out by the Wal-Mart I could hardly see the Tim Hortons at the side of the road. When I left Vegreville and reached the highway the area I was able to see around my car was maybe 40-50 feet. I turned around when it was safe and came home. I heard the busses were not running so I decided to not risk the drive as the radio was saying the roads were NOT good.

Anyway, I am looking forward to the weekend, hoping the weather relaxes a little. Work is stressing me out, I feel like there is so much to do and that I am behind it all constantly. **sigh**

I did buy a new watch and swiss army knife, lol...don't ask....but these 2 purchases make me happy.....I know....I am a strange dude. :) Here is a shot of a good friend and teacher, Lindsey at our staff meeting. Shot with my 50mm, it's a cool St.Patty shot. :) There wasn't any alcohol in her cup...hehehhe, our staff meetings might be more fun if there was. :) heheheh.
-Randy

~ Tuesday ~

Going to go see a doctor about my back and leg tonight after school. Hope he can restore my leg, still have limited feeling in it. I know, not so cool. I hope I can get myself fixed up soon.

Not much is new. I am on twitter now, if you noticed on the top of mine blog. It's an interesting little website. I added a lot of the artists I admire and people involved in comics. Yes I am a comic book geek, lots of them in boxes in my basement.

Anyway, have a great day everyone out there in the blog universe.
-Randy

~ New Surround Sound....oh yeah and a Good Weekend!!! ~

Well, it was a great weekend. Enjoyed time with my sweetheart....got to go to Red Willow....Pastor Dan you rock as always. :) I got to see the High Roller briefly......aka Trevor Boller. Then we had a funny experience at a Moxies. Our waitress came and was explaining a dish to my beautiful wife. She had a Freudian slip and said "the dish comes with a curry dick", then proceeded to blush, nervously laugh and apologize profusely to my wife for her slip. We had a good laugh. I think she deserved a good tip for her humor.

Jenn also was an awesome wife and allowed me to get an early Anniversary present. I got a lovely surround sound system from Costco. It's an LG and it's a home theater in a box deal. We set it up in our basement.....it is pretty sweet. Now when I watch Oiler games in the basement I can shake my fillings out. How sweet it is to be a home owner and not a rented. My neighbours would hate me if I was renting, **evil grin**.

Oilers also won!!!! Yippeeeeeeee, the Mac-T roller coaster continues. Only was I'll love him and want him to keep his job is if he brings home the cup...heheheh. I am hard to please.....give me a break, they have been mediocre for too long for him to get breaks from the fans. :)

Well, I am gonna have a good sleep and good week (fingers crossed) spring come soon please. I am posting some pictures of my awesome cats. They were so cute. It was a typical cat weekend here at our home. :)

-Randy