So hard to have excuses these days.

A Winnipeg-based, legally blind commercial photographer is the winner of the CNIB Eye Remember national photography competition.
Tara Miller, 39, was the only legally blind photographer among the five finalists and she was the top vote-getter in the national public voting contest that ended June 30.
The CNIB held the contest to promote public awareness of glaucoma.
Miller was born with congenital rubella syndrome — which leads to cataracts — and developed glaucoma at 16. her eye sight deteriorated to the point where she was legally blind at 33.
Miller’s winning photo — a shot of a lightning storm over a field of sunflowers at sunset, called Fortuitous Twilight, was taken last August between Headingley and Starbuck. The same photo won best in show and best colour print at the 2011 Red River Exhibition Photography Salon.
She’s been working as a commercial photographer for three years.
"Yes, I’m legally blind but I want to take that extra step and be known as that legally blind commercial photographer," Miller said. "I like the idea of recognition."
Miller and her husband operate 100 Acre Woods Photography.

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Good apples

Chris Nestor wants Toronto commuters to know that not all TTC operators are bad apples.

In the wake of several recent photos of TTC drivers caught napping and texting on the job, Nestor lauded the TTC subway conductor who went beyond the call of duty on Family Day to show his seven-year-old niece, Madeline Diecidue, and four-year-old nephew, Matthew Diecidue, how he operates the subway train.

“It was the very first time my nephew and niece ever rode a subway and this conductor really went out of his way to show them the control panel and how he operated the train,” said Nestor, 48.

Matthew and Madeleine had the opportunity to thank TTC subway operator Keith Butler in person Wednesday.

“He was extremely kind to the children. We just wanted to say thank you for being such a great conductor, and allowing the kids to see the control panel and have their picture taken with him to commemorate the kids’ first subway ride,” Nestor said.

Butler, who has been employed by the TTC for 18 years, said he’s always happy to show kids how a subway train works.

“I have a nine-year-old son myself and he loves trains, so I know kids and trains go hand-in-hand,” Butler said.

“I do it all the time and the kids get a real kick out of it when they get to blow the horn,” Butler said.

Nestor and his nephew and niece rode the subway from Kipling Station to the Eaton Centre.

“It was like riding in a bat cave,” said an elated Matthew said.