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Photos from Turkey

Nathan Colquhoun — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:56:40 +0000

It took forever to get these up but here are some photos from our Turkey Trip. You can see the whole set here.

I Am In Turkey

Nathan Colquhoun — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:40:11 +0000

No real reason, just a good collision of fortunate events and here I am for two weeks.

Photos from Turkey

Iceland Photos

Nathan Colquhoun — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:34:24 +0000

Some friends and I went to Iceland last week. It was more of a spur of the moment decision after watching Sigur Ros’ documentary called Heima, which is the most remarkable cinematography I’ve seen in a film, and a few months later we were on a plane. It was extremely cheap (plane, food, car rental, cottage all for under $1000 a person) and our travel points flew us for free, so it was kind of a no brainer. Then after seeing photos from the internet, I could not wait to see this new wonderland. The pictures took me a while to get them all together since we had a lot of work to get done since we were away, but here are the much asked for photos from the trip. Stephanie will be posting her photos as well in which time I’ll update this post with a link to hers. We also brought a wedding dress, just because it made taking pictures even more entertaining.

UPDATE: Steph posted her Iceland photos here.

The country was unreal. We said it was like visiting a new planet every day.

1. Moss was everywhere, fields of bright green moss growing off lava rock wherever you looked. It was soft and squishy to walk on and is unlike any landscape I’ve seen.
2. Lava fields and volcanoes. Dan and I climbed an active volcano and stood on top and could see the lava rock fields that extended over 20 kilometers.
3. Glaciers, this was awesome.
4. Caves, I think I could live in one.
6. Waterfalls, every single moment you could look in a different direction and see water falling, and it’s so beautiful.
7. Ocean, contrasted with the black beaches and lava rock, it just stands out different and is so beautiful.
8. Mountains, we stayed in a cottage on the side of one, and it was unreal.
9. Geysers and Hot Springs, the water smells horrid, but still is unreal.

Our days were full of watching these sites. It never stopped. By far the most visually stimulating experience I’ve had and my favourite country for sites. It was a phenomenal ten days. Here is some of my favourites. You can see all the photos here and below I’ve pasted some of my favourites.

Iceland Teaser

Nathan Colquhoun — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:25:00 +0000

Because we dont have internet I haven’t been able to update my site on our Iceland trip, but here is a little teaser.

Family Thanksgiving

Nathan Colquhoun — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:56:16 +0000

Rachel loves to take photos. I like to be behind the camera. So after getting the cheesy hanging from the tree and peeking out from trees shots out of the way, we started to get a bit more creative. Here was a few that we took this afternoon with the family.

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Samuel Lukhele from Swaziland

Nathan Colquhoun — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:57:29 +0000

Rachel and I spent a few weeks in Swaziland a few years ago with the Lukhele family. Samuel stole all of our hearts as soon as we met him. I wrote about some of his quotes back when we were there. He asked so many questions about the most ridiculous things because he was so curious about the world, and this was at his old age. It was beautiful. He knew how to care and he knew how to rest. I just remember watching him sitting on his chair and enjoying life, I loved watching him so much I just couldn’t stop taking his picture. At one point, as I was reaching my limits of physical exhaustion after five minutes of digging a hole he told me to stop because “there is no need to die today.” Samuel’s physical body died this week. May God be with your family and all those who will miss you from day to day.

Donlands and Mortimer with The Wilderness of Manitoba

Nathan Colquhoun — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:56:09 +0000

The Sarnia music scene is unbelievable. For a city our size (73,000), we bring in some great bands and the people in Sarnia are awesome. Tonight was Empty Spaces 19th show and it was excellent. The two local opening acts were excellent (Kirk Ramsey and Katie Moran). The two bands that came from Toronto blew my mind; Donlands and Mortimer with The Wilderness of Manitoba Both were full of excellent music, with obviously brilliant musicians. They were tight, exciting and really drew in the crowd. The Sarnia crowd knows how to love on a band. Dance a lot and give them encores, even if you never heard of the band before. Seriously, bands from out of town absolutely love playing at Empty Spaces shows because of the reception they get from the crowds of people that have never heard of them. If you get a chance, go listen to both those bands. Here are some of my favourite pics I took from throughout the night.

Click here for the full album or scroll to the bottom for a new feature I’m gonna try on this site for showing pics.

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Fancy Car

Nathan Colquhoun — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:27:15 +0000

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Couch on Road at Night

Nathan Colquhoun — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:33:48 +0000

I know, brilliant title. A few weeks ago, Troy and I decided that putting that couch in the middle of the road could make for some fun pictures one night. We were right. That’s what we did tonight at 1am.

David Bazan in Pontiac, Michigan

Nathan Colquhoun — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:37:33 +0000

Last night I went to Pontiac, Michigan to watch David Bazan and his band at the Crofoot. It was great. Sort of reminded me of watching Further Seems Forever play. A few older dudes with thick beards and a few young guys with thick beards genuinely loving what they were playing and feeling every word sang and every note played.