Canada Day

Liberal party and official oposition leader Michael Ignatieff walks in the the annual Silly Summer Parade on Whyte Avenue in Edmonton on July 1, 2009.  (Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal).

LaTeesha, an English bulldog gets a free ride during the annual Silly Summer Parade on Whyte Avenue in Edmonton on July 1, 2009.  (Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal).

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Kyle MacNamara

Kyle MacNamara, Scotiabank’s Managing Director and Head of Small Business poses for a photo outside Scotiabank Place in Edmonton on June 25, 2009. He has written the book Get Growing: Keys to unlocking the potential of your small business.

Shot with a Canon 5D, 24mm f1.4 , 1/2500sec, ISO50 and two Canon 550EX’s with Pocketwizard Flex5’s and a Lastolite EzBox softbox.

Cheer Coach Dianne Greenough

Cheer Coach Dianne Greenough from Ryan Jackson on Vimeo.

Dianne Greenough (centre bottom) is the coach of the Edmonton Eskimo Cheerleaders and Victoria high school cheer team. She has been coaching for over 32 years and has won hundreds of provincial, national and international awards. Here she coaches the Victoria senior team  at Victoria high school in Edmonton on June 24, 2009.  (Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal).

Peter Burns, left, and Dom Kinisky do flips as Dianne Greenough coaches the Victoria senior team  at Victoria high school in Edmonton on June 24, 2009.  (Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal).

Africa Centre

I had a ten picture photo story on A1 and A3 today which was cool. I actually shot all these images back in March but they weren’t published until Alex’s story ran on Africa Day today.

A boy walks towards the Africa Centre located at 13160 127 St. in Edmonton on March 17, 2009.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

A fellow student squeezes six-year-old Sebrine Addus’ cheeks at the Africa Centre located at 13160 127 St. in Edmonton on March 17, 2009.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Twelve-year-old Isaac Menghisteab, left, and his ten-year-old brother Ebenezer play an educational video game at the Africa Centre located at 13160 127 St. in Edmonton on March 17, 2009.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Youth play basketball at the Africa Centre located at 13160 127 St. in Edmonton on March 17, 2009.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Members kneel and pray at the Africa Centre located at 13160 127 St. in Edmonton on March 17, 2009.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Students do their homework with a tutor at the Africa Centre located at 13160 127 St. in Edmonton on March 17, 2009.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Alysha Mannix, 20, plays a board game with Sebrine Addus, left, and Anna Wadosseat the Africa Centre located at 13160 127 St. in Edmonton on March 17, 2009.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

A girl puts together a puzzle at the Africa Centre located at 13160 127 St. in Edmonton on March 17, 2009.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Tesfaye Ayalew, Executive Director of Edmonton’s Africa Centre poses for a photo at the centre located at 13160 127 St. in Edmonton on June 11, 2009. Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

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Training for Afghanistan at CFB Wainwright

Canadian Soldiers with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry hang out in a LAV-3 in a replica of Afghanistan’s Camp Nathan Smith at CFB Wainwright in Wainwright, Alta. on June 10, 2009. The replica base is used to train soldiers for the real thing. Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Canadian Soldiers with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry hang out in a LAV-3 in a replica of Afghanistan’s Camp Nathan Smith at CFB Wainwright in Wainwright, Alta. on June 10, 2009. The replica base is used to train soldiers for the real thing. Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

A UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter takes off  at Air Field 21 during Exercise Maple Guardian at CFB Wainwright in Wainwright, Alta. on June 10, 2009.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Barbed wire is coiled around the guarded entrance to a replica of Afghanistan’s camp Nathan Smith during Exercise Maple Guardian at CFB Wainwright in Wainwright, Alta. on June 10, 2009.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Tents set up at a simulated Kandahar Air Field during Exercise Maple Guardian at CFB Wainwright in Wainwright, Alta. on June 10, 2009.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Click on the above image to see a 360-degree panorama of a simulated camp in Afghanistan at CFB Wainwright.

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Brittany and Brett Wedding – Saskatoon Wedding Photography

The first of the six weddings I’m shooting this year. I’ve known Brittany and two of the bridesmaids since grade 10 so it was a fun day to shoot. Here are some of my favorites. You can find more pictures in the Portfolio section.

End of CN Rail in Girouxville

End of CN Rail in Girouxville from Ryan Jackson on Vimeo.

CN Rail has announced that they are canceling service to the village of Girouxville, Alberta located 450KM north-west of Edmonton in the Peace River region. Some residents fear the loss of the train service will kill local businesses and inevitably the town which has a rich French Canadian heritage. Video by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Ernest Johnson owns Merlot Agriculture Services Ltd., a producer car loading station in Girouxville, Alberta. Johnson must re-locate his business to the nearby town of Falher which may kill his home town. CN Rail has announced that they are canceling service to the village of Girouxville, located 450KM north-west of Edmonton in the Peace River region. Some residents fear the loss of the train service will kill local businesses and inevitably the town which has a rich French Canadian heritage. Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Lifetime Girouxville residents Armand Boisvert and wife Rollande.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Alain Johnson with Merlot Agriculture Services Ltd. directs grain into a producer car.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Murlark Rally – Go 500kms in 2 minutes!

Murlark Rally – Go 500kms in 2 minutes! from Ryan Jackson on Vimeo.

Driver Brian Birch and his navigator Bill Bakelaar start a new section during the 500 kilometre, 13-hour 2009 Mudlark TSD Rally that ran from Calgary to Cochrane overnight May 2nd to 3rd, 2009.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Driver Ian Seda checks his wheel for damage near Rockyford after miscalculating a turn and going into the ditch during the 500 kilometre, 13-hour 2009 Mudlark TSD Rally that ran from Calgary to Cochrane overnight May 2nd to 3rd, 2009.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

A view from Journal photographer Ryan Jackson’s rooftop camera during the 500 kilometre, 13-hour 2009 Mudlark TSD Rally that ran from Calgary to Cochrane overnight from May 2nd to 3rd, 2009.  Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Here is how I mounted my Canon 1D-Mark III for the time lapse video. I build the bracket from scrap wood and two giant suction cups from Princess Auto. I then used a tie-down strap wrapped around the inside to keep the mount and cups squeezed down. I used a Canon 24mm f1.4 lens and kept it at f1.4 most of the time. I ran a 10-ft USB cable from the camera to my laptop so I could control it with my laptop.

At night I set the camera to ISO6400, f1.4 in Av mode with -1EV exposure compensation. This gave me around 1/200 sec which was surprisingly fast for night shots. As the sun came up I lowered the ISO more and more until I was at ISO100, f1.4. I set the Canon software to take one picture every five seconds. In total 5315 frames were taken. I put them into a video using Final Cut Pro. For some of the parts in the video I play at 60fps. Most of it is at 30 fps.

*** Check out more photos and my first story ever published in the Journal ***

New Canadian Citizens

Left to right. Dostukmanim Alizasa from Azerbaijan, Pek Ngoh Leong from Brunei, Kingsley Savariraj from India, Bhanu Pathak from India and Irina Makowsky from Ukraine swear in as Canadian citizens during a citizenship court at the Edmonton law courts Saturday during Law Day at the Edmonton Law Courts on Saturday April 18, 2009. Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

Easter Egg Hunt

Margaret Paproski helps her sons Peter, left and Henry hunt for eggs during the Sweet Treat Hide and Seek egg hunt at Fort Edmonton Park in Edmonton on Saturday April 11, 2009. Plastic eggs were hidden throughout the park for youngsters to find and redeem treats. Photo by Ryan Jackson/Edmonton Journal

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