Best of 2014

Sgt. Bjarne Neilsen changes his prosthetic leg while attending a training camp on February 8, 2014, for an upcoming Arctic expedition. SAGE Magazine/Matthew Usherwood

JP climbs at Vertical Reality climbing gym in Ottawa on February 22, 2014. (Matthew Usherwood)

Simon Valiquette starts off on Pieta di Roma 5.11a at Down Under in Luskville, Que. on April 3, 2014. (Matthew Usherwood)

 Prime Minister Stephen Harper shakes hands with the President of the Republic of Peru Ollanta Humala Tasson in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April. 10, 2014. iPolitics/Matthew Usherwood

The casket of former deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray is carried by pallbeaers into Congregation Machzikei Hadas in Ottawa on April 25, 2014. iPolitics/Matthew Usherwood

Retired Captain Sean Bruyea poses for a photo at his home in Ottawa on May 8, 2014. SAGE Magazine/Matthew Usherwood

Lauren Hall (R) leads while Anika Todd (C) and Kirsti Lay (L) follow in hot pursuit during the Grand Prix Cycliste Gatineau on June 7, 2014. Canadian Cycling Magazine/Matthew Usherwood

A man runs on a back road in Gatineau on June 19, 2014. (Matthew Usherwood)

Performers sore through the air during the Canada Day festivities in downtown Ottawa, July 1, 2014. Matthew Usherwood/Ottawa Sun

Maxime St-Jacques rock climbs during sunset in Gatineau Park, Que. October 10, 2014. (Matthew Usherwood)

Robert Elrick poses for a photo at his home in Ottawa on October 30, 2014. SAGE Magazine/Matthew Usherwood

Conservative MP Scott Reid met with iPolitics’ journalist BJ Siekierski at his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on December 10, 2014. iPolitics/Matthew Usherwood

An Ottawa police officer stands watch over two arrested men at Tangar Outlets Mall where a shooting occurred in Ottawa on December 26, 2014. Matthew Usherwood/Ottawa Sun

Floralove Katz holds an American and Canadian flag while listening to speeches before taking part in a walk from Parliament Hill to the U.S. Embassy in memory of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, in Ottawa on April 22, 2013. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood

Armenian protesters lay roses in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 during a protest in Ottawa on Wednesday, April. 24, 2013. The Turkish government still denies that the Genocide ever happened even after many countries have recognized it. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar walk down the Hall of Honour on Parliament Hill during her official visit to Ottawa on April. 25, 2013. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood

National Capital Bouldering Series

I was recently asked to shoot the NCBS at my climbing gym Vertical Reality. I really enjoyed the experience and I hope to shoot it again.

Here is my best of

Climbing Video #1

In Multimedia we had to make a video. Here is the one I made.

Check it out

Video

Climbing

Ever since I've started climbing i've always wanted to photograph it, but every time we get to the boulders I always just end up climbing the whole time. When I realize that I haven't taken any pictures we are to pooched to climb anymore. This summer I plan to do a lot more climbing photography and submit some to Gripped magazine and hopefully get published. I know I need to improve my angles and my composition but that comes with doing it. It's actually pretty challenging getting a good shot.

Here are some photo's I took this past summer. Their not that great but I still like them!