Posted in Events, Ryder Photo, Stuff, tagged waterdown, kids, snow, photo, snowman, photography, ontario, canada, contest, "Ryder Photography", sculpture, prizes on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The results from the Waterdown Snow Sculpture Contest are in!
GRAND PRIZE WINNER – Keiran Griffin of Waterdown with his medal bearing trio of Inukshuks and snow penguin.
RUNNER-UP – Samantha Appleman of Waterdown with her colourful Underwater Garden.
Congratulations to both Keiran and Samantha! They both win a great collection of prizes from our sponsors:
Thank you to [...]
Posted in Events, Ryder Photo, Stuff, tagged "Ryder Photography", canada, contest, kids, ontario, prizes, sculpture, snow, waterdown on February 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
When Boston Pizza in Oakville tweeted today they were having a Snow Sculpture Contest I thought let’s have one in Waterdown & Flamborough!
So here’s the scoop – last minute, but it’s for fun!
Build a snow sculpture of any kind, can be a snowman, a dinosaur, an igloo or whatever takes you like as long as [...]
Posted in Ryder Photo, Stuff, Weddings, tagged wedding, portrait, photo, photography, ontario, canada, "Ryder Photography", Burlington, wedding favor, Paletta Mansion, wedding favour, wedding gifts, wedding guests on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Instead of a cute, tacky or even cheesy, wedding favour for your guests consider giving them with the opportunity for a professional portrait and present them with a print before they leave your wedding reception.
Posted in Stuff, Thomas, tagged excited, fun, happy, kids, kindergarten, photo, photography, school, The Ryders & Family, Thomas on September 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
On the first day of JK Thomas sleeps in! He never sleeps in. Why today and not a Sunday? I pull back his curtains and raise his blinds, bright sunlight streams in across his bed onto his face, but not a motion. I poke him, nudge him, tell him it’s time [...]
Posted in Ryder Photo, Stuff, tagged "Ryder Photography", kids, photography, portraits, special offer, summer on June 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Summer is right on our doorstop and there’s nothing quite like the soft, diffused golden light that accompanies warm summer evenings. It’s a great time to get the family together for a fun summer photo session. A stroll down at Spencer Smith Park or along the trail at Paletta Mansion, a picnic at Webster’s Falls [...]
Posted in Ryder Photo, Stuff, tagged "Ryder Photography", Burlington, fire, fire fighters, grass fire, Kerns Rd, ontario, photography, waterdown on April 18, 2009 | Comments Off
As I was heading for home today I saw smoke from a grass fire and a fire truck racing to the scene. I had just finished up shooting a wedding and was loaded with camera gear so of course I had to take the opportunity to take some shots. The fire apparantly started when an [...]
Posted in Stuff, tagged "Ryder Photography", Brad Pilon, Eat Stop Eat, fasting on April 16, 2009 | Comments Off
If your doctor has ever asked you to do a 12 hour, or worse yet, a 24 hour fast before blood work or surgery you likely grumbled and groaned, wondering how you will ever get through the fast without eating. You stomach maybe rumbled for food, you might have felt a tad nauseous, [...]
Posted in Stuff, tagged 24 hours, Brad Pilon, calories, Eat Stop Eat, eating, fasting on April 15, 2009 | Comments Off
Today is my first 24 hour fast on Brad Pilon’s Eat Stop Eat program. I’ve never been a fan of fasting in order to reduce body fat because fasting causing your body to go into starvation mode, right? Wrong! Since my educational background is nutritional sciences I was intrigued to read the results of Brad’s [...]
Posted in Stuff, The Ryders & Family, Thomas, tagged England, kids, Middleham Castle, Thomas, trip, UK, York Minster on March 24, 2009 | Comments Off
It’s taken a while for me to get to this post but here’s the review of our trip to the UK.
January 18th Thomas and I boarded a flight from Toronto to Gatwick, his first trip away from home. The 10-day trip had a few family related purposes and consisted of two plane trips and [...]
