Steve's Photographs http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/ 21 rows en-gb 60 Ottawa O-Train http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c1212569.html A 3-car commuter train, with Bombardier Talent carriaged, that is a nice, quiet train to ride on, I just wish OC Transpo would expand the line a little further both ways, because, right now, there are just five stations. It's the train from nowhere to nowhere. Ottawa Ontario Canada city ville "Breton Flats" "OC Transpo" O-Train train "Bombardier Talent" BR643 "low-floor diesel multiple unit train" locomotive Bombardier Talent railroad rail "chemin de fer" tracks railway "public transit" "public transport" "public transportation" "transports en commun" "commuter train" winter hiver snow neige "Bayview station" Monday 19 February 2007: A 3-car commuter train, with Bombardier Talent carriaged, that is a nice, quiet train to ride on, I just wish OC Transpo would expand the line a little further both ways, because, right now, there are just five stations. It's the train from nowhere to nowhere. Ottawa Ontario Canada city ville "Breton Flats" "OC Transpo" O-Train train "Bombardier Talent" BR643 "low-floor diesel multiple unit train" locomotive Bombardier Talent railroad rail "chemin de fer" tracks railway "public transit" "public transport" "public transportation" "transports en commun" "commuter train" winter hiver snow neige "Bayview station"

An Ottawa O-Train with evil red eyes. The middle of the O-Train. People waiting for the O-Train on a cold day in Ottawa. Ottawa OC Transpo O-Train. Ottawa OC Transpo O-Train. Ottawa OC Transpo O-Train. Ottawa OC Transpo O-Train. Ottawa OC Transpo O-Train. Ottawa OC Transpo O-Train. The interior of the O-Train. The O-Train pulling into Bayview station. High-angle shot of the O-Train. An O-Train passing behind an abandoned, empty billboard. A OC Transpo Bombardier Talent O-Train Passengers boarding the O-Train. The O-Train at the platform at Bayview Station. The O-Train in a trench. The O-Train in a trench. The O-Train in a trench. The O-Train arriving at Bayview station on a winter evening. The O-Train arriving at Bayview station on a winter evening. The O-Train arriving at Bayview station on a winter evening.

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]]> Mon Feb 19 2007 VIA Rail Canada http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c1210874.html Photos of VIA Rail locomotive, trains, and stations, taken around the Ottawa, Ontario area. VIA Via Rail railway railroad train station Canada locomotive General Electric GE P42 Genesis diesel locomotive General Motors f40ph 2 Saturday 17 February 2007: Photos of VIA Rail locomotive, trains, and stations, taken around the Ottawa, Ontario area. VIA Via Rail railway railroad train station Canada locomotive General Electric GE P42 Genesis diesel locomotive General Motors f40ph 2

My brother getting on a Via Rail train. My mother looking down the platform. A Via Rail train waiting at Fallowfield Station. Ottawa Train Station (Via Rail). Another shot of the Ottawa Train Station. The interior of the Via Rail Ottawa Train Station. The main ticket counter of the Via Rail Ottawa Train Station. A Via Rail General Electric P42 Genesis locomotive. A Via Rail train approaching the Merivale Road crossing. A Via Rail train crossing Merivale Road. Another Via Rail General Electric P42 Genesis locomotive crossing Merivale Road. A Via Rail General Electric P42 locomotive... Another Via Rail General Motors Diesel F40PH-2 locomotive. A Via Rail train with a General Motors F40PH-2 diesel locomotive. The rear end of a Via Rail train.

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]]> Sat Feb 17 2007 STO Buses from Gatineau/Hull, Quebec, Canada. http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c1120598.html Buses from the fleet of La Société de transport de l'Outaouais, mostly Nova Bus LFS buses, and mostly taken on Rideau and Wellington streets on the Ottawa, Ontario side of the Ottawa River. Thursday 26 October 2006: Buses from the fleet of La Soci_t_ de transport de l'Outaouais, mostly Nova Bus LFS buses, and mostly taken on Rideau and Wellington streets on the Ottawa, Ontario side of the Ottawa River.

A mixture of OC Transpo and Société de transport de l'Outaouais (STO) buses on Rideau Street in Ottawa. An STO Nova Bus with a Sunoco ad on it. Another STO Nova Bus in front of Parliament. An STO Nova Bus MCI Classic on Wellington Street in front of Parliament's Centre Block. An STO Nova Bus LFS on Wellington Street in front of Parliament's Centre Block. A Société de transport de l'Outaouais Nova Bus LFS low-floor bus at the Promenades de l'Outaouais STO terminus. Two Société de transport de l'Outaouais Nova Bus LFS low-floor buses at the Promenades de l'Outaouais STO terminus.

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]]> Thu Oct 26 2006 Police Cars. http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c1102147.html Mostly either Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptors or Chevrolet Impalas. Spotted on the roads of Ottawa and Montreal. Thursday 5 October 2006: Mostly either Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptors or Chevrolet Impalas. Spotted on the roads of Ottawa and Montreal.

A Montreal Police van at the corner of Sainte Catherine's and Guy. An electric car belonging to Montreal Police. A Montreal Police Ford Crown Victoria police cruiser on Sainte Catherine's. Montreal Police Ford Crown Victoria police cruiser and fire department Chevy Impala. Montreal Police Ford Crown Victoria police cruiser on Sainte Catherine's. Close-up of the police incident... Close-up of the police incident... A Montreal Police Chevy Impala. A Montreal Police Chevy Impala. A Montreal Police Chevrolet Impala police car. Two Montreal Police Ford Crown Victoria police cruisers. A long exposure of a City of Ottawa Ford Crown Victoria police car.

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]]> Thu Oct 5 2006 All-New Montreal Snapshots, July 2006! http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c1023561.html From when I visited Montreal for the day on July 14th, 2006, the first time I've been back to Montreal since moving to Ottawa in December 2004. For other Montreal shots, please see the original "Montreal Snapshots" album at http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c668209.html and the "Black and White shots" album at http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c554149.html N.B. The police car photos that were originally included in this album have been moved to the new "Police Cars" album at http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c1102147.html Search terms: STM bus Novabus "low-floor bus" LFS "Novabus LFS" Novabus Classic STM "Société de transport de Montréal" MTC "Montreal Transport Commission" STCUM MUCTC "public transportation" "public transport" public transit McDonald's Metro subway skyscrapers Place Ville-Marie Sainte Catherine's Ste. Catherine's shopping centres shopping centers malls police cars cruisers "Ford Crown Victoria" "Chevy Impala" "Chevrolet Impala" "Ferrari 308" Sunday 16 July 2006: From when I visited Montreal for the day on July 14th, 2006, the first time I've been back to Montreal since moving to Ottawa in December 2004. For other Montreal shots, please see the original "Montreal Snapshots" album at http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c668209.html and the "Black and White shots" album at http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c554149.html N.B. The police car photos that were originally included in this album have been moved to the new "Police Cars" album at http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c1102147.html Search terms: STM bus Novabus "low-floor bus" LFS "Novabus LFS" Novabus Classic STM "Soci_t_ de transport de Montr_al" MTC "Montreal Transport Commission" STCUM MUCTC "public transportation" "public transport" public transit McDonald's Metro subway skyscrapers Place Ville-Marie Sainte Catherine's Ste. Catherine's shopping centres shopping centers malls police cars cruisers "Ford Crown Victoria" "Chevy Impala" "Chevrolet Impala" "Ferrari 308"

The McDonald's in Beaconsfield, on Saint Charles boulevard. Approaching downtown Montreal. The front of a STM Novabus Classic bus at Lionel Groulx Metro station. Atwater Esso in summer. A STM Novabus Classic bus at Lionel Groulx Metro station... The de la Cathédrale complex. The Phillips Square McDonald's. Sainte Catherine's around Phillips Square. Crossing Sainte Catherine's in Montreal. The exterior of Complexe Desjardins. A Ferrari 308 in front of Place des Arts in Montreal. Reflections in the front windshield of a Montreal STM/MTC Novabus. Just for Laughs van in Montreal. The corner of Sainte Catherine's and McGill-College. Place Montreal Trust office and shopping complex. The corner of Sainte Catherine's and Mansfield. Sainte Catherine's near Metcalfe. Interesting traffic at Sainte Catherine's and Peel. The corner of Sainte Catherine's and Stanley. Sainte Catherine's looking east from Stanley. An Urgences-Santé ambulance... The Dominion Square building at the corner of Peel and Sainte Catherine's. Montreal, Peel street, looking south towards the CIBC building.

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]]> Sun Jul 16 2006 Ottawa Snapshots: Suburban Ottawa http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c1004830.html Shots of suburban Ottawa, mostly Nepean, though there are a few of Kanata and other areas outside of the downtown core. Many of these photos were moved from my main Ottawa Snapshots album: http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c883962.html Tuesday 27 June 2006: Shots of suburban Ottawa, mostly Nepean, though there are a few of Kanata and other areas outside of the downtown core. Many of these photos were moved from my main Ottawa Snapshots album: http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c883962.html

Greetings from Beautiful Casselman, Ontario. Some intersection somewhere near South Keys Mall. Merivale Road in Nepean. Wendy's and Tim Horton's on Merivale in Nepean, Ottawa. Merivale Zellers Merivale KFC and Jumbo Video Merivale Pizza Hut Ottawa newspaper boxes. Dairy Queen and CJOH-TV (CTV) station. The Comic Book Shoppe. CJOH TV station (CTV) Shell station framing Pizza Hut. Merivale HMV. Merivale branch of The Beer Store. Merivale Blockbuster Video. Merivale McDonald's restaurant. Merivale Toys R' Us store. Merivale Mall with Farm Boy food store. Future Shop and Best Buy. Fortune Express Restaurant in Kanata. Roadwork on Meadowlands in Nepean. Mysterious hatch on Meadowlands in Nepean. McDaniel's Independent Supermarket on Meadowlands in Nepean. A Ford Crown Victoria taxi. Wendy's/Tim Horton's dual restaurant drive-through. Friendly Cuts barbershop at Merivale Zellers. Merivale Esso in Nepean. A 1970s Corvette Stingray with its hood up. Truck with Big Mac advertisment at Merivale McDonald's. My sister at the Glen Scottish Restaurant in Kanata. Ottawa Ford Crown Victoria Police cruiser A tanker truck depositing gasoline at the Esso at the corner of Merivale and Meadowlands. The Experimental Farm. Two cyclists on the bike path around the Experimental Farm.

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]]> Tue Jun 27 2006 Ottawa OC Transpo buses http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c1002200.html I think I've now taken enough pictures of City of Ottawa OC Transpo buses to warrant a new collection. What else is there to say? For a more thorough look at Ottawa buses, check out Steve's Greater Ottawa Bus Gallery at http://ottawabuspage.fotopic.net/ (this gallery is from a different Steve, by the way). Bus buses coaches Ottawa Ontario Canada New Flyer Invero articulated buses Chrysler Orion Novabus GMC public transit public transportation transport Sunday 25 June 2006: I think I've now taken enough pictures of City of Ottawa OC Transpo buses to warrant a new collection. What else is there to say? For a more thorough look at Ottawa buses, check out Steve's Greater Ottawa Bus Gallery at http://ottawabuspage.fotopic.net/ (this gallery is from a different Steve, by the way). Bus buses coaches Ottawa Ontario Canada New Flyer Invero articulated buses Chrysler Orion Novabus GMC public transit public transportation transport

Ottawa OC Transpo bus at Carling and Holland. Ottawa OC Transpo bus Inside an OC Transpo bus. The 86 OC Transpo bus on Meadowlands in Nepean. OC Transpo bus on Meadowlands. OC Transpo Articulated Bus turning on to Merivale. OC Transpo Articulated Bus turning on to Merivale. OC Transpo bus picking up passengers. A bus picking up a passenger on Meadowlands. The OC Transpo information and ticket office in Rideau Centre. An OC Transpo articulated bus on Richmond road between Bells Corners (Nepean) and Kanata. An OC Transpo bus on Hazeldean. OC Transpo bus on Meadowlands in Nepean at night. The 86 bus about to pick me up on Meadowlands in Nepean. The OC Transpo 86 bus after dropping me off at the Mackenzie-King Bridge Transitway stop. The 7 OC Transpo bus picking up a passenger opposite the Rideau Centre. The front of an OC Transpo articulated bus. An OC Transpo articulated bus at night... Two OC Transpo New Flyer Invero buses. An Ottawa OC Transpo New Flyer Invero bus at the Hurdman Transitway stop on a rainy night. An OC Transpo New Flyer Invero bus with a large Samsung ad on it. An OC Transpo New Flyer Invero bus at a traffic light on a rainy night. An OC Transpo Nova Bus LFS bus on Ottawa's Mackenzie King Bridge. The south entrance of the RIdeau Centre in winter.

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]]> Sun Jun 25 2006 Formula 1: Canadian Grand Prix http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c975799.html This will be a "photo a day" album, sometimes more, sometimes less, because I took a lot of photos at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve racetrack the four times I've attended the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002) and it will be too formidable a task for a procrastinator like me to even attempt to scan all of the interesting Formula One photos that I've taken at once. Some of the photos of Michael Schumacher and Scuderia Ferrari were moved from my "Ferrari Passion" album. Tuesday 30 May 2006: This will be a "photo a day" album, sometimes more, sometimes less, because I took a lot of photos at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve racetrack the four times I've attended the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002) and it will be too formidable a task for a procrastinator like me to even attempt to scan all of the interesting Formula One photos that I've taken at once. Some of the photos of Michael Schumacher and Scuderia Ferrari were moved from my "Ferrari Passion" album.

Wurz gets airborne! A Jordan-Mugen-Honda car spins out. Ferrari Formula One car cloaked... Michael Schumacher getting into Formula One Ferrari car. Michael Schumacher rounds the curves.

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]]> Tue May 30 2006 Varmints, Critters, and other animals. http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c960698.html Just a place to put animal photos, mostly of my pets. I wish there could be more exotic animals here, but I haven't even been to a zoo or a circus since I was a kid, let alone gone on safari. I want to try and make it my personal mission to somehow get a photo of a real-life elephant this summer, but there aren't any that I know of in Ottawa. Some of these photos were taken at Rye Hill Country Cottages, Holdenby Road, East Haddon, Northamptonshire, a former farm that is a fine place to stay in central Britain if you like being around animals, especially cats. http://www.ryehillcottages.co.uk/ Wednesday 17 May 2006: Just a place to put animal photos, mostly of my pets. I wish there could be more exotic animals here, but I haven't even been to a zoo or a circus since I was a kid, let alone gone on safari. I want to try and make it my personal mission to somehow get a photo of a real-life elephant this summer, but there aren't any that I know of in Ottawa. Some of these photos were taken at Rye Hill Country Cottages, Holdenby Road, East Haddon, Northamptonshire, a former farm that is a fine place to stay in central Britain if you like being around animals, especially cats. http://www.ryehillcottages.co.uk/

Steve Brandon holding Harry the Cat at Rye Hills. Steve Brandon holding Harry the Cat at Rye Hills. Goat at Rye Hill Cottages, East Haddon, Northamptonshire. Pooped squirrel on steps in Montreal. Close-up of the pooped squirrel. Ember the cat being sniffed by Sam the dog. My mother feeding my two big dogs, Sam and Luke. Brushing my cat Ember. Brushing my cat Ember. Ember the cat jumping off the air conditioner. Ember the cat rolling in the dirt. Ember the cat and Luke the dog. Luke the dog with Ember the cat in the background.

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]]> Wed May 17 2006 Ferrari Passion! http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c952959.html A gallery for all fans of the "Prancing Stallion". This gallery'll have photos I've taken over the years of Ferraris on the streets of Montreal, on the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve racetrack during supporting races for the Canadian Grand Prix of Formula One, and in 1/18th model format, courtesy of Mattel's Hot Wheels. For the race photos, I like that it's honest-to-god stock car racing using street legal cars that you can actually buy at a dealership (well, if you have that kind of money), not just race cars with a fiberglass shell that's made to look, cosmetically, like an actual model of car but which, other than maybe the chassis, bears no resemblance to anything you'll find off a NASCAR racetrack. This album is dedicated to Sega, for bringing us the finest arcade and videogame Ferrari action in the Outrun series and in the arcade/Dreamcast game Ferrari F355 Challenge: Passione Rossa. UPDATE: All photos of Michael Schumacher and the Marlboro Scuderia Ferrari racing team were moved to my Formula 1: Canadian Grand Prix album (where they belong). Tuesday 9 May 2006: A gallery for all fans of the "Prancing Stallion". This gallery'll have photos I've taken over the years of Ferraris on the streets of Montreal, on the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve racetrack during supporting races for the Canadian Grand Prix of Formula One, and in 1/18th model format, courtesy of Mattel's Hot Wheels. For the race photos, I like that it's honest-to-god stock car racing using street legal cars that you can actually buy at a dealership (well, if you have that kind of money), not just race cars with a fiberglass shell that's made to look, cosmetically, like an actual model of car but which, other than maybe the chassis, bears no resemblance to anything you'll find off a NASCAR racetrack. This album is dedicated to Sega, for bringing us the finest arcade and videogame Ferrari action in the Outrun series and in the arcade/Dreamcast game Ferrari F355 Challenge: Passione Rossa. UPDATE: All photos of Michael Schumacher and the Marlboro Scuderia Ferrari racing team were moved to my Formula 1: Canadian Grand Prix album (where they belong).

A Ferrari 360 Modena pulls into the pits. Yellow Ferrari and Lamborghini. Asian girl looking in Ferrari. A Ferrari 348. Ferrari 355 big and small! Ferrari 355 big and small! Ferrari 355 big and small! Ferrari 355 big and small! A Ferrari Wheel meets a Mattel Hot Wheels Ferrari F355! Close-up of the Enron Ferrari 360 Modena. Ferrari 355 on Aylmer Street in Montreal. Double-O-360 Ferrari. Ferrari 360 Modenas at a A second shot of the Enron Ferrari A Ferrari 360 Modena with an ironic sponsor. Great Ferrari 360 Modena shot ruined by fence. Off-centre Ferrari 360 Modena. The tail ends of three Ferrari 360 Modenas. Ferrari 360 Modenas in the distance... A procession of mostly yellow Ferrari 360 Modenas. US Air Force Ferrari 360 Modena? Ferrari 360 Modena Turquoise Green Ferrari 360 Modena. Ferrari 360 Modenas racing in slick conditions. Some kind of old Ferrari racing car. Ferrari 360 Modena parked at hotel. Ferrari 360 Modena parked at hotel.

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]]> Tue May 9 2006 Ottawa Snapshots http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c883962.html From now on, the Ottawa Snapshots album will be devoted only to photos either of central Ottawa (downtown, Centretown, the Glebe, etc...) or of MAJOR attractions elswhere in the Ottawa area. The photos of suburban Ottawa that used to be in this album have been moved to my new "Ottawa Snapshots: Suburban Ottawa" album (http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c1004830.html). And the photos of OC Transpo buses that used to be here now have a home in the "Ottawa OC Transpo Buses" album (http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c1002200.html). For photos of downtown Ottawa taken on Canada Day, 2005, please see the album at http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c601094.html Wednesday 8 March 2006: From now on, the Ottawa Snapshots album will be devoted only to photos either of central Ottawa (downtown, Centretown, the Glebe, etc...) or of MAJOR attractions elswhere in the Ottawa area. The photos of suburban Ottawa that used to be in this album have been moved to my new "Ottawa Snapshots: Suburban Ottawa" album (http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c1004830.html). And the photos of OC Transpo buses that used to be here now have a home in the "Ottawa OC Transpo Buses" album (http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c1002200.html). For photos of downtown Ottawa taken on Canada Day, 2005, please see the album at http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c601094.html

Elgin St. McDonald's Elgin St. McDonald's sign left Elgin St. McDonald's sign right. War Memorial Cenotaph seen from Elgin Street. Elgin St. Wendy's. Place Bell Canada Ottawa City Hall Rideau Canal looking north from the Mackenzie King Bridge. HMV music store in Rideau Centre as seen from stairs. Front of Rideau Centre HMV. Rideau St. McDonald's at night. The Rideau Canal and Parliament at night. Two Ford Crown Victoria Military Police cars. A new Mini Cooper from BMW. University of Ottawa's Montpetit building... University of Ottawa's Montpetit building... Petro-Canada gas station at the corner of Rideau Street and King Edward. Rideau Street Blockbuster. Rideau Street at Night.

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]]> Wed Mar 8 2006 The Ghost of a Christmas Long Past http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c785053.html A repository of Christmas photos of me as a little kid in the late 1970s and early 1980s which I'm scanning as part of an ongoing Christmas feature in my blog (http://kiyone.blogspot.com). I'm adding them as I scan them, so this album will grow at a rate of one photo a day until I run out of good ones. All dates approximate, and some may even be a full year off. Monday 5 December 2005: A repository of Christmas photos of me as a little kid in the late 1970s and early 1980s which I'm scanning as part of an ongoing Christmas feature in my blog (http://kiyone.blogspot.com). I'm adding them as I scan them, so this album will grow at a rate of one photo a day until I run out of good ones. All dates approximate, and some may even be a full year off.

Steve Brandon as a one-year old, Christmas 1975. Steve Brandon during the nativity scene in the pageant. Steve Brandon as a teapot at preschool Christmas pageant. Steve Brandon as one of the Three Wise Men. Steve Brandon as an angel in a preschool Christmas pageant. Steve Brandon as an angel... uhh... again. Steve Brandon, Christmas morning, 1979. Steve Brandon getting held by Santa Claus. Steve Brandon and Christmas tree. Steve Brandon eating Christmas supper. Steve Brandon and siblings with snowman. Steve Brandon with his Christmas presents, 1980,

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]]> Mon Dec 5 2005 Mega-Panoramas http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c745428.html Panoramas assembled from multiple shots. For Fotopic search engine purposes, these panoramas are of people in the stands at the Canadian Grand Prix of Formula One taken from my seats at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve racetrack on Ile Notre-Dame in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in June 2002, and of South Keys Mall in southern Ottawa. Sunday 30 October 2005: Panoramas assembled from multiple shots. For Fotopic search engine purposes, these panoramas are of people in the stands at the Canadian Grand Prix of Formula One taken from my seats at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve racetrack on Ile Notre-Dame in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in June 2002, and of South Keys Mall in southern Ottawa.

Aylmer street in Montreal's McGill Ghetto. Panorama shot of the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve racetrack taken on Formula One Canadian Grand Prix weekend in June 2002. South Keys Mall, Ottawa, October 2nd, 2002. Sunset over the Billings Bridge OC Transpo Transitway stop. Ottawa Evening Panorama. Downtown Ottawa panorama. A panoramic montage of the corner of Sainte Catherine's and Stanley in downtown Montreal. South Keys Mall in southern Ottawa, take two.

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]]> Sun Oct 30 2005 The great London & England Photo Dumpatorium http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c732829.html A depository of various photos I've taken (or which were taken of me) in London and the rest of England when I visited in the year 1984, as a 9-year old boy, and as an adult in the summers of the years 1997 through 2000. Please also see the gallery entitled "London; Panoramic Shots, July 2000": http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c559794.html Wednesday 19 October 2005: A depository of various photos I've taken (or which were taken of me) in London and the rest of England when I visited in the year 1984, as a 9-year old boy, and as an adult in the summers of the years 1997 through 2000. Please also see the gallery entitled "London; Panoramic Shots, July 2000": http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c559794.html

The scenic British countryside... A glider landing in a field near Rye Hill Cottages, East Haddon, Northamptonshire, England. My brother heading towards the glider... More of the glider. Yet more of the glider. The glider cockpit... Piccadilly Circus in the spring of 1998. Piccadilly Circus on July 1st, 1998. My parents and I at Dartmoor National Park in Devonshire. Council House, Birmingham, England. Queen Victoria statue, Birmingham, England. Lovely central Birmingham. McDonald's and Harrod's at Heathrow Airport (EGLL) duty-free shopping concourse.

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]]> Wed Oct 19 2005 Paris, France, July 1997. http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c731834.html Photos I took on a weekend in Paris, France, in the middle of July, 1997. Wednesday 19 October 2005: Photos I took on a weekend in Paris, France, in the middle of July, 1997.

Eurostar train at Waterloo Station in London. The McDonald's across the street from Gare du Nord station. A McDonald's menu in France. Notre Dame de Paris cathedral. Steve Brandon in front of Notre Dame de Paris cathedral. Tour Montparnasse at night. The glass pyramid in front of the Louvre. The Venus du Milo. Bushes in front of the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower. Steve Brandon in front of the Eiffel Tower. The Statue of Liberty Torch replica at Place d'Alma. Burger King menu in France. Avenue des Champs-Élysées in twilight. Publicis cinema in Paris showing <i>Beavis and Butt-Head Do America</i>. Arc de Triomphe in twilight. An Asian girl standing at a Paris bus stop. People looking at Auguste Renoir's Vincent Van Gogh 1889 self-portrait at Musée d'Orsay/

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]]> Wed Oct 19 2005 Self-pics http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c727480.html The black sheep in most photographers' rolls of film, an experiment which rarely comes out looking good at all, with terrible overall composition and usually horribly embarrasing "foreshortening": the self-pic. <br> So, here's a collection of self-portraits I've taken, mainly with disposable cameras but a couple of them are digital, for all of you to enjoy. Or get nightmares about. Saturday 15 October 2005: The black sheep in most photographers' rolls of film, an experiment which rarely comes out looking good at all, with terrible overall composition and usually horribly embarrasing "foreshortening": the self-pic. <br> So, here's a collection of self-portraits I've taken, mainly with disposable cameras but a couple of them are digital, for all of you to enjoy. Or get nightmares about.

Steve Brandon's first attempt at a self-pic ever. Steve Brandon on a boat in the Saint Lawrence River, in Montreal. Steve Brandon at Rye Hill Cottages, East Haddon, Northamptonshire, England. Steve Brandon near Stonehenge Steve Brandon at Notre-Dame-de-Paris cathedral Steve Brandon, at Eiffel Tower park. Steve Brandon holding Sailor Moon laserdisc. Steve Brandon at Piccadilly Circus, London. Steve Brandon at (old) Tate Gallery, London. Steve Brandon holding a can of Heinz Sailor Moon spaghetti. Steve Brandon gives an indirect kiss! Steve Brandon at Princess Diana's Cenotaph. Steve Brandon in front of island where Princess Diana is buried. Steve Brandon photobooth picture. Steve Brandon self-pic in a mirror, with dramatic lighting. Steve Brandon in the family room of his old house. Steve Brandon holding a Millenium Actress DVD. Steve Brandon eating a McDonald's french fry. Steve Brandon in front of blurry Parliament, Ottawa. Steve Brandon in front of blurry Parliament, Ottawa. Steve Brandon as the Thnikkaman. Steve Brandon next to a payphone, woo hoo! Steve Brandon and Conservative lawn sign. Steve Brandon and Conservative and Liberal lawn signs. Steve Brandon at Fallowfield Station. Steve Brandon in front of a Via Rail Train. Steve Brandon eating a Beggin' Strip. Steve Brandon, Amateur Artist. Steve Brandon and the Fortune Express Ceiling Steve Brandon at Merivale Zellers. Steve Brandon at Merivale McDonald's. Steve Brandon inside a Hyundai Sonata. Steve Brandon and the Scottish insults. Steve Brandon reading a menu. Steve Brandon and a Ferrari F-355. Steve Brandon and a Ferrari F-40. Steve Brandon Steve Brandon at Merivale Blockbuster. Steve Brandon mowing the lawn (front view). Steve Brandon mowing the lawn (from above). Steve Brandon on the grass. Steve Brandon holding his OC Transpo bus pass photo card. Steve Brandon on the pay phone. Steve Brandon on the pay phone. Steve Brandon in front of Parliament. Steve Brandon at Mongolian Village.

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]]> Sat Oct 15 2005 Montreal Snapshots http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c668209.html Just various photos I've taken in and around Montreal over the years. A lot of them were either taken at the Canadian Grand Prix of Formula One (in 1998, 2002, 2001, and 2002) or at events linked to Formula One, but, if I ever re-scan my actual Formula One pictures (featuring race cars and drivers), they will be in a separate album. This album will grow as I find more interesting photos. Saturday 27 August 2005: Just various photos I've taken in and around Montreal over the years. A lot of them were either taken at the Canadian Grand Prix of Formula One (in 1998, 2002, 2001, and 2002) or at events linked to Formula One, but, if I ever re-scan my actual Formula One pictures (featuring race cars and drivers), they will be in a separate album. This album will grow as I find more interesting photos.

Steve Brandon in front of the Sun Life Building, Montreal, 1980. Optimistic children in Montreal, 1980. Steve Brandon at Lego Exhibition. Steve Brandon near Place Bonaventure A McDonald's in Old Montreal, 1989. The Montreal skyline at sunset, Winter 1994. MusiquePlus in 1994. Fountain at Fairview Pointe-Claire shopping centre. Sainte Anne's road, Sainte Anne de Bellevue, 1994. Macdonald High School in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. A girl working at a convenience store in Beaconsfield, 1994. A McDonald's on Sainte Catherine's near Guy, 1994. A church of the Filipino Montreal's Olympic Stadium in 1994. Humvee advertising Pokémon the Movie 2000. Humvee advertising Pokémon the Movie 2000. The lobby of the Famous Players Paramount cinema in Montreal. The Famous Players Paramount cinema, 2000. A classic MG car... MG Cars... A girl photographing a car, June 2001. Montrealers in various stages of blur. The downtown Montreal skyline as seen from Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve racetrack. A pleasure boat, Ile Notre Dame, Montreal. A Chrysler PT Cruiser advertising the movie Osmosis Jones. A 747-400 passes by an apartment building in Valois, Pointe-Claire. The western part of downtown Montreal, looking eastwards. Shipping containers on flat cars at Canadian National's Turcot Yards in Montreal. A Montreal Transit Commission security van at an Esso station, A Hydro-Quebec electric substation in Dorval. A phone booth in front of the IBM Marathon building, IBM Marathon building in Montreal. The Molson Centre & the southern part of downtown Montreal. The IBM-Marathon building in Montreal. Montreal seen in the distance through trees. Crowd on Montreal's Île Sainte-Hélène. Friendly people wave from a boat. Kimono girls, June 2002. Formula 1 fire marshalls on a Chevrolet pick-up truck, Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, 2002. Place Vertu from the air.

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]]> Sat Aug 27 2005 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Day 2005. http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c601094.html (Excerpted from <a href="http://kiyone.blogspot.com/2005_07_03_kiyone_archive.html#112034550716848702">this entry in my blog</a>.) After supper, I walked back up Metcalfe to watch the fireworks at Parliament, though I didn't want to be too too close, so I decided to watch them from Metcalfe. The concert was still going on, so I had to sit through several songs by Sam Roberts, or whomever it was on stage. My legs were pooped, and, since there was nowhere to sit, I just had to kneel in the seat. Then some drunk kid comes up to me and asks me if there's a camera hidden in the bag to look up women's skirts or something... actually, I couldn't quite tell what the **** he was muttering about other than "camera" and "bag". Finally, after 10 p.m., the concert ended and the fireworks started. And they were... firework-y. What's there to say, really? They were pretty good as far as fireworks go, but they weren't exponentially all that much better than what I'd have seen at Centennial Park in Beaconsfield some 90 miles to the east. I don't know. I guess I was just expecting what should be the "king of Canadian fireworks displays" for the year, but it was only a little bit better than what a mid-sized suburb can do for pyrotechnics. They did have some neat fireworks that dispersed the sparks in almost a perfect ring. I don't really have any suggestions as to how Ottawa can make the fireworks show even better, I just like being critical. I snapped a couple of dozen pictures of fireworks, but I was largely disappointed with how the pictures look, because I had the camera set to nighttime exposures and kept on getting jostled left and right by people in the crowd, so the photos ended up blurry or trippy. They're interesting, if you view them as "experimental art" photos, as my mother told me to claim, but I can see the value of having a tripod for nighttime photography (not that I would have been able to take photos in the street). I didn't stick around for the entire fireworks show. I left about, by my rough estimates, ten or fifteen minutes early and headed as quickly as I could down the packed Metcalfe Street to the bus stop on Albert, where, very fortunately, an 86 bus was waiting, and, even more amazingly, while it had a larger-than-average number of people for just before 11 p.m. at night, it wasn't remotely as crowded as my sister had warned, so I had no difficulty getting a seat on the bench at the back of the bus (if I can't get an entire two-people seat for myself, I'll sit on a bench seat since I'm shy and random strangers have much less of a tendency to talk to me if I'm sitting on a bench instead of a two-people seat. I wish OC Transpo buses had some of the one-people seats like the Montreal buses have.). Saturday 2 July 2005: (Excerpted from <a href="http://kiyone.blogspot.com/2005_07_03_kiyone_archive.html#112034550716848702">this entry in my blog</a>.) After supper, I walked back up Metcalfe to watch the fireworks at Parliament, though I didn't want to be too too close, so I decided to watch them from Metcalfe. The concert was still going on, so I had to sit through several songs by Sam Roberts, or whomever it was on stage. My legs were pooped, and, since there was nowhere to sit, I just had to kneel in the seat. Then some drunk kid comes up to me and asks me if there's a camera hidden in the bag to look up women's skirts or something... actually, I couldn't quite tell what the **** he was muttering about other than "camera" and "bag". Finally, after 10 p.m., the concert ended and the fireworks started. And they were... firework-y. What's there to say, really? They were pretty good as far as fireworks go, but they weren't exponentially all that much better than what I'd have seen at Centennial Park in Beaconsfield some 90 miles to the east. I don't know. I guess I was just expecting what should be the "king of Canadian fireworks displays" for the year, but it was only a little bit better than what a mid-sized suburb can do for pyrotechnics. They did have some neat fireworks that dispersed the sparks in almost a perfect ring. I don't really have any suggestions as to how Ottawa can make the fireworks show even better, I just like being critical. I snapped a couple of dozen pictures of fireworks, but I was largely disappointed with how the pictures look, because I had the camera set to nighttime exposures and kept on getting jostled left and right by people in the crowd, so the photos ended up blurry or trippy. They're interesting, if you view them as "experimental art" photos, as my mother told me to claim, but I can see the value of having a tripod for nighttime photography (not that I would have been able to take photos in the street). I didn't stick around for the entire fireworks show. I left about, by my rough estimates, ten or fifteen minutes early and headed as quickly as I could down the packed Metcalfe Street to the bus stop on Albert, where, very fortunately, an 86 bus was waiting, and, even more amazingly, while it had a larger-than-average number of people for just before 11 p.m. at night, it wasn't remotely as crowded as my sister had warned, so I had no difficulty getting a seat on the bench at the back of the bus (if I can't get an entire two-people seat for myself, I'll sit on a bench seat since I'm shy and random strangers have much less of a tendency to talk to me if I'm sitting on a bench instead of a two-people seat. I wish OC Transpo buses had some of the one-people seats like the Montreal buses have.).

Crowd on Rideau Street, Canada day. The corner of Wellington and Elgin, at Cenotaph, Ottawa, Canada Day. Parliament through the gates, Ottawa, Canada. Parliament buildings, Ottawa, Canada. The peace tower at Parliament, Ottawa, Canada. Parliament, the Peace Tower, and the Canada Day crowds, Ottawa. View of downtown Ottawa from Parliament Hill. Parliament from Metcalfe. Corner of Metcalfe and Sparks Street, Ottawa, Canada. A statue of nude women dancing. A statue of a bear pawing at a salmon, Ottawa, Canada. Steve Brandon eating a McDonald's French fry.

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]]> Sat Jul 2 2005 Drawings http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c598021.html This is mainly for new drawings as I create them, but I am planning on scanning and adding a few of my old drawings. Unless stated otherwise, these drawings are done with coloured pencils, mainly Berol Prismacolor. If you're interested in getting in touch with the artist, you can reach me <b>at</b> my <b>gmail dot com</b> box, just take my name <b>Steve Brandon</b>, and add a dot in between my first name or my surname. Thursday 30 June 2005: This is mainly for new drawings as I create them, but I am planning on scanning and adding a few of my old drawings. Unless stated otherwise, these drawings are done with coloured pencils, mainly Berol Prismacolor. If you're interested in getting in touch with the artist, you can reach me <b>at</b> my <b>gmail dot com</b> box, just take my name <b>Steve Brandon</b>, and add a dot in between my first name or my surname.

Just someone I knew once... A drawing of Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher from <i>Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman</i>. A piece of <i>Sailor Moon</i> fanart I did of Minako Aino (Sailor Venus) A drawing of an Amazon Indian girl mixed with a leopard. MS Paint picture based on Lifeforce (1985) MS Paint picture of Dawn of the Dead (1978) A Drawing of Piccadilly Circus in July 2000. A Drawing of people in Trafalgar Square with the National Gallery in the background in July 2000. A drawing of Covent Garden market in London in July 2000. A Crayon Drawing of Piccadilly Circus. Drawing of an Asian girl photographing an Austin-Healey car. A Crayon Drawing of Avenue des Champs Elysees, Bastille Day weekend, July 1997. RCMP Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor drawing. A Ferrari Enzo drawing. A Ferrari Testarossa drawing. A Ferrari F430 Challenge drawing. Bumblebee Camaro Drawing. An oil pastel drawing of a Ferrari F430. A Ferrari 360 Modena Spider drawing. Chervrolet Corvette Stingray drawing. A drawing of the rear of a Ferrari F430 Berlinetta. An oil pastel drawing of a Ferrari Mondial Quattrovalvole. An oil pastel drawing of a Porsche 944.

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]]> Thu Jun 30 2005 London; Panoramic Shots, July 2000 http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c559794.html Just a bunch of panoramic photos, mostly street scenes, I took around Wesminster, London (and London Heathrow Airport) in July 2000 with a Kodak Advantix disposable camera. Some of them are a bit out of focus, but it's a disposable camera, hence, no way to adjust focus. I scanned them big (300 dpi resolution), I could probably scale them down 50% without significant loss of detail, but I like how "immersive" an experience viewing photos scanned this big are. Monday 30 May 2005: Just a bunch of panoramic photos, mostly street scenes, I took around Wesminster, London (and London Heathrow Airport) in July 2000 with a Kodak Advantix disposable camera. Some of them are a bit out of focus, but it's a disposable camera, hence, no way to adjust focus. I scanned them big (300 dpi resolution), I could probably scale them down 50% without significant loss of detail, but I like how "immersive" an experience viewing photos scanned this big are.

Admiralty Arch from Trafalgar Square A British Airways 747-400 with the Nami Tsuru livery. Covent Garden. Haymarket Street, looking north towards the Trocadero building. Three historical double decker buses at the London Transport Museum. Planes parked on the The London Transport Museum at Covent Garden. Piccadilly Circus crowd shot, July 2000. St Pancras station and Euston Road. Trafalgar Square, looking north, towards the National Gallery.

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]]> Mon May 30 2005 Black and White shots http://stevebrandon3280.fotopic.net/c554149.html Taken around Montreal in November and December 2003, mostly on the eighth floor of Concordia University's Hall Building, which was undergoing extensive renovations at the time (and looks like a scene straight out of Silent Hill without the zombie things), and at Dorval Airport (which is officially called Pierre Elliot Trudeau Airport now). Before anyone asks, these aren't digital shots which I desaturated in Photoshop, these are shots taken with a roll of actual black-and-white Kodak film, which I bought on a whim out of curiousity. Also, the "banding" in the sky in some of the shots isn't my fault, it's the way the photographs appear on the Kodak CD I got when I developed the film. Thursday 26 May 2005: Taken around Montreal in November and December 2003, mostly on the eighth floor of Concordia University's Hall Building, which was undergoing extensive renovations at the time (and looks like a scene straight out of Silent Hill without the zombie things), and at Dorval Airport (which is officially called Pierre Elliot Trudeau Airport now). Before anyone asks, these aren't digital shots which I desaturated in Photoshop, these are shots taken with a roll of actual black-and-white Kodak film, which I bought on a whim out of curiousity. Also, the "banding" in the sky in some of the shots isn't my fault, it's the way the photographs appear on the Kodak CD I got when I developed the film.

Just a Pharm Escomptes Jean Coutu pharmacy on the ground floor of another new building at Concordia University. This was a I think this looks like the 1940s, except with Starbucks. It's at the Faubourg Sainte-Catherine market complex near Guy-Concordia Metro. This is the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University, which was still being built at the time. The eighth floor of Concordia's Hall building when it was undergoing extensive renovations. The corner of de Maisonneuve and Mountain (de la Montagne) Picking someone up from Dorval airport. Negotiating the mysteries of the Coca-Cola machine. Negotiating the mysteries of the Coca-Cola machine.

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