Colin Chisholm’s favourite photos from 2018

We capture a lot of moments in people’s lives from throughout the region. Terrifying moments, joyful moments, new beginnings, painful ends, and everything in between.

Sometimes we come prepared, camera ready, fully charged with an empty memory card, subject in frame and other times we’re at a breaking news scene and trying to make sense out of a chaotic situation – either way, we have to be on our game at all times to get that shot, the photo that helps to tell the story, or in some cases, tells the whole story and then some.

COLIN CHISHOLM From left, Jennifer Dill, Donna Eldridge, and Kathy Riley try to stay warm inside a makeshift tent. They spend the night inside it each year to bring attention and awareness of the plight of homeless and displaced people.

COLIN CHISHOLM Cindy Porter, standing next to her husband, said she was terrified as the brush fire inched closer and closer to her home.

COLIN CHISHOLM Elizabeth Smith, who’s been playing the piano since she was a young girl, bids a fond farewell to the Big Valley Swing Orchestra after 15 years.