This summer Montreal, along with other Canadian cities, played host to the FIFA under 20 World Cup. Being big soccer fans Chris and I went to quite a few games but a real highlight for me was the Portugal Gambia game. We live in a Portuguese neighbourhood so we were able to buy our tickets from the local grocery store. The owners there sold approximately 2500 tickets from their little store! At the game most of the crowd was in Portuguese colours and were intensely invested in every move. It was quite a dramatic game with Gambia competing well even though they were down a man for much of the game. Luckily for us, and most of the crowd, Portugal ended up winning the game. Watching the games this summer it was so exciting to see people of all different backgrounds coming out to support their team. Montreal is such a great city for diversity. It's one of the things I like most about this city.

More from that fall day in Vaudreuil.

A few weekends ago Nancy and I went for a drive along the shore of Vaudreuil looking to make pictures. I find nature or landscape photography to be very challenging and so I was happy with the few successful images that came out of that day. I am always better when there is a human element involved like the stone walls in the last 2. Give me a forest of trees to photograph and the images always come out chaotic and nonsensical. It's nice to know one's limits I guess. Since this realization I don't get so upset when having difficulty with nature as a subject. I'll always give it a try all the same!

Photos of Alice on the ferry. The top one is very much inspired by back of the head master Marjaana Kella, a Helsinki photographer whose Reversed Portraits were features in Walrus and Prefix a few years ago. To see more of her work click here.

Unfortunately Chris has been sick recently and so I have had the opportunity to photograph him on the couch a number of times. I hope not to be able to do this any more. Although he is a docile subject right now I would rather that he was feeling better.

At the Kingston Antique fair a few weekends ago.

The final photos from that great weekend. The top is the birthday boy, my Dad Tom Hutchinson, at 60, or almost. The second is the tepee that 10 of us shared, lit up by the fire we had going inside.

More from the weekend with Dominique. This whole event was actually orchestrated by my Dad. For his 60th birthday he wanted my whole family to spend the day with Dominique, do a traditional sweat lodge, and stay in a tepee. Luckily Dominique was amazing and the tepee was very comfortable (top photo). The sweat lodge was a real test of will though. I, who doesn't particularly like hot temperatures, managed to stay in for the full two and a half hours! It really was a spiritual experience and a test of willpower. The bottom photo is our soaked clothing drying in the sun. All clothes that went into the sweat lodge (and us women had to be almost fully covered) ended up soaked with sweat. We did go for a cold dip afterwards though. No photos were allowed in and around the sweat lodge area.

A few weeks ago I was privileged enough to spend the day with Algonquin medicine man Dominique (T8aminik) Rankin. The first photo is Dominique explaining how the trees are his ancestors and how he feels their presence whenever he walks in the woods. The second photo is a trail marker in the woods. The third photo is Dominique at the edge of the bison enclosure.

More photos of young photographers at F/start this past summer. To see more from this series check out Oct 2nd, Sept 30th, and Sept 2nd.

Was away in beautiful Kingston, Ontario for a few days. Nice to be somewhat in the country again. Here are photos from another country day: at the St Marie de Kent Fair in New Brunswick this past August.

An old building near my house that will soon be completely gutted and made into condos. Ahh beautiful window light!

Photos of Nancy Kendle. Nancy and I taught together at f/start this summer. On a field trip I noticed these beautiful lighting situations and so I asked Nancy if she would allow me to take her portrait. She agreed and so we ran around taking these photos during a break.

I had a really relaxing weekend for once. Some relaxing photos above.

More photos of Chris' grandmother Bernice Giddens (called Nan by all) from a weekend in August when we stayed with her in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. In the top she is showing us her princess Diana mug from her mug collection and in the second she is showing Chris an American seviceman's bible from WW II. To see more photos from our weekend with Nan check out Sept 12th's post.

So for thanksgiving dinner last week I was given the job of topping and tailing the green beans and cutting up the squash. So of course I used the opportunity to take some photos of these beautiful vegetables. Also, if you're in Montreal check out Mark Slutsky's show "Looking Around" at General 54 (54 St Viateur W). His photos are HDRs from around the neighbourhood and they'll be up till Nov 24th.

Chris and Todd do the dishes and drop the spoon between the slats.

Happy Canadian thanksgiving! Here are photos from another big holiday weekend around here: St Jean Baptiste. A bunch of us went for a one night canoe camping trip that weekend. Some beer was consumed as you can see.