At the end of every year, I enjoy reviewing the people, places, and events that I've managed to capture in a photograph. This year had its challenging moments, as Nova Scotians felt the wrath of nature's fury with wildfires at one moment and record flooding the next. It's pretty difficult to reduce some of the thousands of images I've filed on assignment into 20 or so images, on balance, this is how I saw 2023.
Without sounding hyperbolic, this job is a privilege and I don't know what I'd do if I had to actually work for a living. Can't wait to see what will come my way in 2024.
Skaters take in a mid-afternoon skate on the Oval in Halifax Wednesday January 11, 2023.
Halifax Mooseheads Dylan MacKinnon , drags down Quebec Ramparts Daniel Agostino during QMJHL action in Halifax Thursday January 12, 2023. MacKinnon was given a holding penalty on the play.
A youngster stops to inspect the large painting, 'Miss Chief's Wet Dream' by artist Kent Monkman, as the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia offered free admission on Heritage Day in Halifax Monday February 20, 2023.
Members of the Halifax regional police emergency response team, take a man into custody from a Robert Drive home in Dartmouth Monday February 6, 2023. Loud bangs could be heard when officers moved into the dwelling and Halifax fire was called to the scene shortly after.
Saint Mary's Huskies, Lucina Beaumont and Kobayashi Aki celebrate their 68-56 victory over the Acadia Axewomen to take the AUS womens bball title in Halifax Sunday February 26, 2023.
Outfront Media worker, Stephen Oliver, pastes a new ad atop a former AGNS ad with a "Maud Lewis cat", on a billboard on Wyse Road in Dartmouth Monday March 27, 2023.
Beachgoers are silhouetted on a boardwalk at Rainbow Haven Beach Park, Wednesday April 26, 2023.
An aerial view of the destruction on Carmel Crescent in the Highland Park subdivision in Hammond Plains, following the recent wildfire, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Over 150 homes were destroyed in the fires that tore through several subdivisions south of Halifax. Mosquitoes are seen at last light as the smoke from the Barrington wildfire, works as a filter to a glowing orb that is the setting sun, near Lockport, NS Thursday evening June 1, 2023. A destroyed car and home are seen on Carmel Crescent following last week's wildfire in Hammonds Plains, NS Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
Halifax regional firefighters carry a dog that they had just resuscitated after it had been pulled from a fire in a suite on the 2nd floor of One Oak Street in Dartmouth on June 20, 2023. The firefighters handed the dog to its owner who was waiting in a nearby car and taken to an animal hospital.
Fishermen are seen as heavy fog rolls in over the city, seen at the Mackay Bridge in Halifax on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. When asked if the mackerel were running, one of the men replied, "Yes, away from us."
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his son, Hadrian, are seen with some indigenous women at the opening of the canoe/kayak venue for the North American Indigenous Games on Lake Banook in Dartmouth Monday, July 17, 2023.
Julian Albert from Team Saskatchewan prepares to fire an arrow at a 3D target in the woods during the 3D Archery compound 19U male competition at the #D Archery venue at the NAIG in Millbrook, NS Tuesday July 18, 2023.
David Knowles checks out a damaged stretch of Woodville Road. following Friday evening's epic rainstorm, in West Hants, NS Saturday, July 22, 2023. Knowles gave the road a hard pass and decided to drive around to check out the family farm. Four people were swept away and died during the devastating storm.
Members of the Toronto Argonauts celebrate a punt return TD by teammate Javon Leake against the Saskatchewan Roughriders during CFL Touchdown Atlantic action at Huskies Stadium in Halifax Saturday July 29, 2023. The Argos beat the Riders, 31-13.
Scientists from Dalhousie University, conduct a dye-tracing study via the cooling water outfall from Nova Scotia Power’s Tufts Cove Generating Station in Dartmouth Thursday August 10 2023. The study involves releasing 500 liters of a dilute solution of a dye into Halifax Harbour and tracking how it disperses throughout the harbour.
Surfers take advantage of the waves, brought from Hurricane Franklin, passing far offshore in Cow Bay NS Thursday August 31, 2023.
Paddlers from the Rideau Canoe Club, celebrate their victory in the Open Mixed C-15 500 metre final (war canoe) at the 2023 Canoe Kayak Canada Sprint National Championships on Lake Banook in Dartmouth Thursday August 31, 2023.
A man gleefully tears up a rainbow flag he had swiped from a teenage pro-trans rights supporter as marchers, taking part in what organizers called a "1MillionMarch4Children", head towards the Grand Parade after facing off with counter-demonstrators in Halifax Wednesday September 20, 2023.
Lt. Christopher Quigley embraces his wife Deena and sons, Harvey, and Harrison as young Victor looks on, at the homecoming ceremony for HMCS Montreal from its 6-month deployment in the Indo-Pacific...at HMCS Dockyard in Halifax Tuesday, October 3, 2023. Amongst its duties, HMCS Montreal took part in Operation Savanne, where it supported Global Affairs by assessing issues with a devolving situarion in Sudan.
Tom sneaks a dart from the window of his basement apartment next to Halloween caricatures in north-end Dartmouth October 30, 2023.
Brazil's famed striker, Marta, has her shot blocked by Canada's keeper Sabrina D'Angelo during their international womens friendly in Halifax Tuesday October 31, 2023.
A Halifax regional police officer surveys a car that inadvertently drove into the showroom at the Swish Clean-it Centre in Burnside November 21, 2023. There were no injuries.
Hobo, the companion of a resident of the designated camp for those experiencing homelessness, stands on a pedway made of pallets at the ballfield turned campground in Lower Sackville Wednesday December 6, 2023. A resident told me that 50 people live here.