
A cyclist makes their way past a bed of dandelions in Ottawa, Ontario on May 20, 2013. Many people were seen in the nation’s capital hitting trails and open water to enjoy a near 25 degrees Celsius Victoria Day.

People are silhouetted against the Peace Tower after playing frisbee in Major’s Hill Park on a warm spring evening in Ottawa, Ontario on Sunday, May 5, 2013. Photo/Cole Burston


Director of TUC Capital, Stephan May poses for a portrait in their Kanata office on Thursday, April 11, 2013. (Cole Burston/For Ottawa Business Journal)

OTTAWA, May 8, 2013 (Xinhua) — The Tian Guo Marching Band of Canada marches the downtown streets of Ottawa, Canada, leading to a Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) gathering on Parliament Hill on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 to celebrate 21 years since Falun Dafa’s first introduction to the public by founder Li Hongzhi on May 13, 1992. Practitioners of the spiritual movement combining meditation and slow moving exercises are under persecution in China, a campaign initiated by the Communist Party of China after its emergence in the 1990s. (Xinhua/Cole Burston)

OTTAWA, May 8, 2013 — Girls take pictures of themselves behind the Human Rights Monument as youth from St. Theresa’s Church in Ottawa, Canada, participate in a pro-life vigil. The church group, along with many others has a firm stance against female genocide, the act of mothers aborting babies if they are a female and not the gender they were hoping for. (Photo/Cole Burston)

A generous spread of my photos from a recent assignment for Global Business Travel Magazine. The assignment was to photograph some tourist spots in Toronto with an iPhone using filters. Definitely one of the more fun assignments I’ve had.

Cape Breton University Capers’ Orange Army reacts to a play during the Capers’ consolation final against McGill Redmen, during the CIS Basketball Championships on Saturday, March 9, 2013, in Ottawa. Cole Burston/CBU

David Smith of Creative Kosher Catering prepares some fruit for the 2013 Ottawa Women’s Sedar at the Agudath Israel Congregation on Sunday, March 17, 2013. The evening filled with food, dancing, history, and good friends is a night to raise awareness of domestic abuse. Cole Burston/For Ottawa Citizen

MP Rob Merrifield poses for a portrait in his Ottawa office, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Cole Burston/For The Globe and Mail

A woman walks down the snow covered front steps of Parliament during a storm in the nation’s capital on Wednesday Feb. 27, 2013 in Ottawa. (Cole Burston)
Hamie and Line Saikaley are closing their doors of ‘Hamie’s Diner’ after 17 years of serving up Breakfast on the Beechwood Ave. block that was ravaged by a 2011 fire. The sale of the property which they leased, to develop condos will forever change the face of the area. (Photos by Cole Burston)