Sister Philipa at 33

Canon EOS 20D

Jennifer turns 33 today. As a girl, she was in convent school at Sacred Heart in Halifax. She was to be a nun named Sister Philipa. Before she took her vows, her family moved to Windsor, and she met me in The Coach & Horses when I was singing in a band called Elephant. That was in 1991. We got married in 2000, and today we have two boys--Nathanael (3) and Jonah (8 months), with a third on the way in August.

These are amongst the first photos I took with the 20D. Jen is sitting on our living room couch reading The LaSalle Post while I delved into the camera manuals, monkeyed with settings, fiddled with features, and fired off all kind of test shots. At the time, I only had the EF 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 lens, so I'm right on top of her. I really like the rich red tones in the third, darker shot. These were taken on January 5, 2006.

I think the photosmart 735 is officially out of the camera repertoire, as useful as it was. It was always only on long-term loan from my in-laws. I'm going to leave it in the roster, though, because photos taken with it will no doubt be appearing here.

Stephen Harper will be at the Hilton in Windsor at 7 a.m. An eleventh hour stop because the Windsor-Tecumseh riding is so close, a win by Fuschi, bumping Comartin from the House, could clinch a Conservative majority. All politics aside, I'm just going to get the shot.