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2009 Wedding Review

I thought it was about time that I posted a 2009 Weddings in Review slide show. These are the images that stood out for me this year…

You can see 2008 by going top the menu above and selecting Galleries…

January 28, 2010 - 7:31 am

Luc-Rock - Love them! So glad we chose you for our 2010 wedding!

photoVanBeek is moving to the Market!

This hasn’t exactly been kept a secret but it also hasn’t been officially announced.  The photoVanBeek studio is moving from its current location between Elgin St and the Canal to the Byward Market (1 York St at Sussex).  The new studio will feature a large shooting space and will be surrounded by the Market, The Chateau Laurier, Major’s Hill Park, and the National Gallery of Canada. Our projected opening time is this coming April after renovations are complete.   Stay tuned!

A blank canvas waiting to become a studio

February 24, 2010 - 11:25 pm

Jerome - Hi Andrew,

Great news, best of luck!

February 22, 2010 - 9:30 pm

Brian - Congrats! Looking forward to seeing what it looks like after the renos! Looks like you will ahve lots of space!

February 22, 2010 - 2:54 pm

Andrew d’Entremont - That’s awesome! Great location!

Another place to be…

From the same trip as the last post, here is a view near Manang, Nepal. In this image you can see Manang way below, the Annapurna peaks at over 8000m above, the Gangapurna glacier and its lake, as well miscellaneous other interesting stuff. If you are ever in Manang, make sure that you take the time to do this little side trip. It brings you to about 4700m.

Places you would rather be right now…

Just in case you are not tired of winter yet, here’s something for you.  If you click on the image below you will be taken to a beach in Thailand from last March. Click and drag your mouse or use the controls to navigate the image. Don’t forget to go full screen!

February 20, 2010 - 3:19 am

Susan Hydzik - Love the photograph, and the 360 view! Awesome location and beautiful photography :) .

Lost in Translation… Argentina 4/4

While traveling around Argentina, we would occasionally come upon something that struck us a funny. It was funny mainly because it was just stuff you would never see here and well, I just have a weird sense of humour. Enjoy!

As an english speaking person of Dutch decent, I was offended by this on behalf of my grand-mother (my Oma)

Strangely, this brand has not taken off here in Canada...

Should I be worried that I found this funny?

I wasn't sure what exactly they were selling...

I refuse to explain this one...

Where’s your website? Uh…. My BLOG ate it…

After thinking about it for a couple of years, my old web site is no more!

If you’re a regular viewer of my BLOG, you may have noticed a lot of changes going on over the last couple of weeks. This was done to absorb any unique information from my old site, into the new blog site. So literally, my BLOG ate my web site. All blog content is still intact.

Update your links accordingly!

Alex Black – The Trials of My Acoustic

Back in September I had the pleasure of working with singer/song writer Alex Black to put together a collection of images for her new EP (The Trials of My Acoustic). Below are the images as they are used on the CD.

Have a listen on MySpace

Join the Alex Black Group on Facebook for information on where to see Alex play and for the upcoming CD release party at Zaphod’s

Argentina 3/4

In this post from Argentina we travel from the beautiful city of Rosario to Buenos Aires.

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February 1, 2010 - 10:09 pm

steve - Those pictures are amazing, vibrant and clear.

Argentina 2/4

This part of the trip took us out of Mendoza into the heart of the Andes Mountains. At 6962m, Aconcagua is the highest mountain the Americas and the highest outside of Asia. In a rental car we crossed desert at 36C, the alien landscapes of Valle de Luna, and the beautiful city of Cordoba – a great place to celebrate the arrival of 2010.

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January 26, 2010 - 5:03 pm

Eric Hutton - Your shots of Aconcagua were looking so familiar. I took some from the Chilean side four years ago, very similar looking; narrow valley with little vegetation and Aconcagua towering in the background.

Let the Argentina posts begin…

Despite having taken about a fifth the number of pictures that we normally do when traveling (we were enjoying the time off too much I’m afraid), I still have 4 posts to come with pics from Argentina.

This first post covers our time in the western part of Argentina in Northern Patagonia and then in Mendoza which is Argentina’s wine region.

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January 25, 2010 - 11:26 pm

Sharlene - What’s behind door 26? It’s tantalizing.

January 22, 2010 - 3:31 pm

Michelle Davidson - Andrew great shots! Your pictures always make me smile and make me anticipate the shots you will take for our wedding. Looks like you had an amazing time!

January 21, 2010 - 2:41 pm

Martin - Great pictures as usual Andrew – they make me want to go there right now!

January 21, 2010 - 2:34 pm

Chatelaine - Beautiful location and gorgeous pictures! Glad to hear you enjoyed your vacation (ps. we leave for East Africa in 3 weeks!)

January 21, 2010 - 12:12 pm

Christine - Excellent! My favourite annual post of yours! (I need to get out more.. :) )

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