NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY – DOWNTOWN OTTAWA – AUGUST 2020 Downtown Ottawa is home to many National Heritage Buildings. This is Postal Station B (or Central Post Office), built in 1938-39 when Confederation Square was redeveloped. It was designated as a heritage building in 1986. Now primarily an office building, Canada Post still maintains a postal outlet…
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This post is part of a series called Fireworks The 3rd show of 2019, entitled “Up and Down”, was presented by the Greek Firm of Pavlos Nanos. “As you are reading this, you might be wondering what makes this look so special even if you’ve seen massive fireworks in the past. Our show will leave…
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This post is part of a series called Fireworks The first show for 2019 was presented by Pirotecnia Igual Sa from Chile, entitled “Dancing for the world”, described as follows: “Dancing for the World is the explosion of a dream, creativity, smiles, colors and everything our soul seeks to be happy every day. In our journey…
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This post is part of a series called Fireworks The 5th and final fireworks display in the 2018 Sound of Light was brought to us by Royal Pyrotechnie, a Quebec company that has been lighting up the night skies since the founder first competed at Expo ’67 in Montreal. The theme for the show was…
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This post is part of a series called Fireworks The 3rd night of the 2018 competition was presented by the German team NICO. The soundtrack (below) was perfectly matched to the fireworks. 1. Star Wars Main Theme, John Williams 2. Unstoppable, Harry Gregson Williams 3. Skyfall, Adele 4. Eye of the Tiger, Survivor 5. Eclipse…
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This post is part of a series called Fireworks The first night of the 2018 Casino du Lac Leamy’s fireworks competition “The Sound of Light” by the Spanish team Pirotecnia Zaragozana SA. The fireworks were launched from a barge on the Ottawa River on the west side of the Alexandra Bridge and across from the…
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