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I’m starting to think that I enjoy taking pictures of bugs and other creepy crawlies too much. I keep finding them in my files when I’m going through these kinds of “end of the year” reviews.
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I’m starting to think that I enjoy taking pictures of bugs and other creepy crawlies too much. I keep finding them in my files when I’m going through these kinds of “end of the year” reviews.
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I’m starting to think that I enjoy taking pictures of bugs and other creepy crawlies too much. I keep finding them in my files when I’m going through these kinds of “end of the year” reviews.
If I’m being kind to myself, I simply say I’m a nature lover. My kids must think I’m a bit buggy.
Whatever the case, the natural world continues to catch my eye as I look for points of beauty and grace while filling in as a “sometimes” photographer for the Sun.
Dancers in the Ballet Community Group in the 12 years & under category create a line of patterns during their performance of "Celestial Sky" during the last day of dance performance for the Brandon Festival of the Arts at the Manitoba Centennial Auditorium. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)
Thankfully, there have been more than enough news and imagery on the human end of things to round off my year nicely — from graduations and ballet to a few lucky shots that had more to do with being in the right spot at the right time than any real skill on my part.
The photos in this collection represent some of my favourites of the year that was 2023.
» Matt Goerzen, editor
Recipients of a Masters of Education degree crowd around the camera moments before heading into Brandon University's Healthy Living Centre for convocation. In total, 56 BU students received a Masters of Education degree this year. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)Mating marsh bluets congregate around the shallow waters of the Lake Clementi shoreline on a hot afternoon. The marsh bluet is a kind of damselfly species that are found near lowland lakes, ponds and marshes across Canada and the United States. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)A spider chows down on an aphid while perched on a blade of grass in a canola field in the RM of Cornwallis. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)Assiniboine Community College student Jasmin Jade Jimeno waves to her mother back home in the Phillippines via video phone while dressed in her graduation gown, while her friend and fellow ACC grad Javier Pena Garcia taps out a message. Jimeno graduated from ACC's Food Processing program with distinction, and hoped to land a job with Maple Leaf Foods here in Brandon doing quality control. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)Brothers Peter Gero, from left, Walter Gero and John Gero are the grand newphews to Joseph and William Paris, two brothers who were part of the original No. 2 Construction Battalion, a predominantly black battalion that was formed in 1916 during the First World War in Nova Scotia. Since learning of their grand uncles' heritage earlier this year, John, Walter and Peter laid a wreath at the cenotaph during Brandon's Remembrance Day ceremony at the Keystone Centre this year. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)Three butterflies land on a bright yellow wildflower along a trail in the Brandon Hills Wildlife Management Area. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)The Scotia Tower building on Rosser is refleced in a giant puddle on a parking lot along Princess Avenue following a spring rainfall this year. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)Six-year-old Madison MacDonald from Minto walks her saucer sled up Hanbury Hill on a windy afternoon in February. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)A gaggle of Canadian geese gather on the ice along the banks of the Assiniboine River underneath the First Street Bridge. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)More than 230 long exposures capture the movement of a single wind turbine and the movement of the stars around the North Star along a gravel road at the St. Joseph Wind Farm near Altona, MB during the Labour Day weekend. The wind turbine nacelle gradually moved into the direction of the blowing wind over the course of an hour, while the blinking lights at the top of the turbine reflected off the turning blades of the tower. Along the horizon, you can see a muted display of the Northern Lights. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)A massive blue firecracker explodes in the skies over the Brandon Riverbank Discovery Centre, marking the end of Canada Day 2023 festivities in the city. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)
