Well, it’s not easy to change the early morning behaviour of my six year old, Olympics or not. Trying to get the young fella to “get cracking” so we could make it out to see the torch be run down Denman street was no easy task. I awoke to the sound of helicopters that were tracking Govinator Arnold Schwarzenegger through his leg of the relay in neighbouring Stanley Park so the mood was already heightened in our house. Shuffling down the street with sleep in his eyes and me time checking out loud every couple of minutes to make sure the he understands that the torch waits for no one.

When we arrived the sirens and rolling lockups of the police motorcycles was already in full effect. Squeezing in kitty corner from Olympia Pizza the we caught up with the corporate preamble and then there it was…the torch, team of support staff, and camera crews there were documenting the event. And then it was gone. In fact I don’t even know who was holding the torch for that leg to be honest. I was just trying to snap a few good shots and make sure that Noah could see the event without getting pushed about.

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Now I am not going to give anything away here but I will say that the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies were much better that I thought they were going to be. I have seen most opening ceremonies in recent years and this one does more than hold it’s own. Sure there are some moments that maybe a bit too Canadiana but hey that’s what sells a country these days. Union Jacks for the Eiffel Tower for France and the Statue of Liberty for the good old US of A, it’s what the people seem to want.

The feeling of winter is conveyed through some great yet simple techniques of fx and lighting. There were stand-ins for stars and dignitaries with exception of one huge Canadian star that brought the house down with song in a surprise appearance.

The fact that there is a roof on the place does not get in the way of the event at all. Well maybe for the pre-show and I suspect that will get sorted too. The show runs 2.5 hours  and considering that this was the first dress rehearsal and the third rehearsal overall it went off with only a few tiny glitches. One more full dress rehearsal should take care of what did not go on cue.

There were plenty of stand-ins and blanked out names that will be replaced by the stars of sport but even though it was just a dress rehearsal it really did flick the switch for me and the family. We will watch the real ceremonies on Friday from the comfort of our own couch knowing that we did share the some of that experience. Oh and I won’t have to choke back cheap beer in an expensive plastic cup while watching it.

The one thing I can say is that there will be fireworks that are launched after the show from the roof of the giant dome.

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Walking around on Sunday you could feel the pre-Olympic fever that was beginning to crackle to life in the city. The downtown core was a buzz and the GE plaza was pretty jammed with skaters and spectators alike. I shot this looking down through the new glass domes that were part of the recent GE expansion and revitalization of the Robson Square rink.

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This is the first time I have noticed the official Olympic US Network here in Vancouver. It almost looked like the many movie sets around town where we put stickers like this to masqueraded as a US city. Not this time though the big cock is in town for real. I did notice that they were parked close to the GE rink though. I guess old habits die hard.

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I shot this 3D rendition of Miga at the Pacific Centre mall. I am not much of a mascot fan but like the 2010 ones. This execution was very well done I though. The only lame thing that I saw was the 3D trademark near his foot.

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