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

Richard Vallance Janke takes a moment after placing a candle on the tomb of the unknown solider during a candle light vigil at the National War Memorial in Ottawa to show his respect to Cpl Nathan Cirillo on October 25, 2014. Cirillo was shot and killed in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. Matthew Usherwood/ Ottawa Sun

Emeritus Physics Professor Peter Watson poses for a photo at Carleton University in Ottawa on October 29, 2014. Sage Magazine/Matthew Usherwood

Katherine Stewart poses for a photo at her home in Ottawa on October 29, 2014. Sage Magazine/Matthew Usherwood

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

Prime Minister Stephen Harper pictured in his office in Ottawa on Friday, October 31, 2014. iPolitics/Matthew Usherwood

New Frames!

Here are a couple of frames that I have taken over the past couple of weeks. 

Sandra Pupatello takes a step back while listening to one of the candidates during the Ontario Liberal Leadership Candidates third debate in Ottawa on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood

Taffy Lane residents of Orleans in Ottawa, Wednesday, December 19, 2012, take the Christmas spirit to heart and light up the night literally by decorating their houses every year with thousands of Christmas lights and decorations for everyone to see and enjoy. (Matthew Usherwood/ Ottawa Sun)

Idle No More Ottawa led a march of about 1000 Aboriginal people from Victoria Island to Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Dec. 21, 2012, to show their anger against the federal government’s changes to legislation which will affect treaties and traditionally used lands. iPolitics/ Matthew Usherwood

Customers rushed around to different stores at Rideau Centre to find the best sales during Boxing Day in Ottawa on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. (Matthew Usherwood/ Ottawa Sun)

Ottawa Valley Silver Sevens #24 Dylan Pudrycki(R) gets denied by Rochester Monarchs goalie #20 David Battisti(L) during their PeeWee Minor AAA Brooks division Bell Capital Cup Championship game at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. (Matthew Usherwood/ Ottawa Sun)

Polar bear dippers braved the frigid waters of Brttania Beach in Ottawa to take part in the annual Sears Great Canadian Chill polar bear swim on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (Matthew Usherwood/ Ottawa Sun)

Easter Weekend

Here is some shots I took over the weekend.

Good Friday

First Fans in line to get round 1 Senators playoff tickets at Scotiabank Place.

Game winning goal celebration in double overtime.

Candle light vigil for 95th Anniversary of Vimy Ridge.

The Past Week

This past week has been really good for work, I've been busy pretty much ever day working for various news agencies.

Here is some of the Stuff I have shot.

OTTAWA, ON: March 1, 2012 - Panelist’s from left to right, David Elder, John Lawford, Tim Smith and Mark Blevis met at the University of Ottawa to provide a thorough examination of Bill C-30 (Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act) in front of a televised crowd. iPOLITICS/ Matthew Usherwood

OTTAWA, ON: March 1, 2012 - Panelist’s, John Lawford, listens to David Elders opinion during the examination of Bill C-30 (Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act) that took place at the University of Ottawa in front of a televised crowd. iPOLITICS/ Matthew Usherwood

OTTAWA, ON: March 2, 2012 - 28-year veteran of the Ottawa Police Service, Charles Bordeleau, was selected to be Ottawa’s new Police Chief at the Elgin street police station on Friday, March 2nd, 2012. Matthew Usherwood/ The Ottawa Citizen

Oliver Horn took on the hight winds Saturday afternoon with a little snowfering at Britannia Beach. Matthew Usherwood/ Ottawa Sun

Oliver Horn took on the hight winds Saturday afternoon with a little snowfering at Britannia Beach. Matthew Usherwood/ Ottawa Sun

OTTAWA, ON: March 5, 2012 - Pat Martin, NDP MP for Winnipeg Centre, spoke to a crowd of about 300 people on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, March 5th, 2012, to give his opinions about the robocall scandal that has many Canadians demanding answers across Canada. iPOLITICS/ Matthew Usherwood

OTTAWA, ON: March 5, 2012 - Supporters, representatives from political parties and NGO’s took to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, March 5th, 2012, to voice their opinions and concerns about the robocall scandal that has Canadians demanding answers across Canada. iPOLITICS/ Matthew Usherwood

OTTAWA, ON: March 5, 2012 - Supporters, representatives from political parties and NGO’s took to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, March 5th, 2012, to voice their opinions and concerns about the robocall scandal that has Canadians demanding answers across Canada. iPOLITICS/ Matthew Usherwood

NCAFA Championship Wrap up Weekend

Two days, 8 games and 18 hours later I have finished my football shooting weekend! I was hired by the Ottawa Sun to cover all the games in the NCAFA Championship wrap up weekend (National Capital Amateur Football Association) It was quite the task because I would spend 9 hours each day shooting straight football. The only breaks I had were the 15 minute warm up times before the games and the 8 minute half times, but I had a lot of fun shooting it! Here are my favorites of the two days and a link to the rest at the Sun website.

Click to see other pictures!

WRECK MMA Unfinished Business

I had the opportunity the other night to cover WRECK MMA Unfinished Business for the Ottawa Sun. This was an experience I'll never forget. Being right beside the cage makes the fight so much more intense, plus I shot it so it's a win win for me. Here are my favorite shots of the night plus the link to the rest of the photo's on the Ottawa Sun website.

LINK to the other photos

Page 1

Today one of my pictures was published front page of the Ottawa Sun. I'm super stoked about it! I never thought I would make front page right now. It's super inspiring to see your image on the front page.

Here is a link to the article it is linked to. LINK

Better quality

Army Run in the Capital

I was hired by the Ottawa Sun to shoot the Annual Army Run on sunday. The magnitude of people that came out to this event was pretty overwhelming. It's really inspiring to see this many people supporting our troops and to see the injured soldiers run the 5k and Half Marathon races. Some of the images are on the Ottawa Suns website and Others are in Todays paper.

Here is the best of.

Runners getting ready moments before

Injured soldiers starting

Joshua Karanja walking over to recicve his dog tags after just finishing the Half Marathon in first place

Mayor Jim Watson greeting participants

First Aid Worker waits to help any sick or injured participants

More Skateboarding and Published

Here are two more shots I took the other day of Bryce at legacy skatepark.

Yesterday I was hired by the Ottawa sun to shoot the Gee Gee's home opener game. I was pretty rattled at the turn out of people that came. I think it was around 3000 people. I didn't know there was such a huge fan base for University football in Ottawa

This one is on the Ottawa Sun website

This one is published in todays paper