View from the Cypress Switchback
This past weekend I took my first trip up to Cypress mountain. At the switch back I stopped to take in the view over looking the Lions Gate Bridge and the entrance to Burrard Inlet. I watched another photographer who had set up a photo shoot of a model and had studio lights that were powered by a generator. The morning turned into a great snowboarding day.
Fireworks over English Bay
August 3rd Fireworks
On August 3rd I went to watch the fireworks on English Bay. In the past I have been one of the lucky people who got to see them up close and personal from a boat. This year it did not work so the mission was to photo them. At ten o’clock they started and the crowd on the beach did their usual Ooooohhs and Awwws. I’m not sure if they were the most spectacular I have ever seen but it was a very nice evening to be out and enjoying Vancouver at it’s best. For more photos check out my link at Fireworks
Beach Volleyball
UP UP and OVER
On the July long weekend I went down to Kits beach and took some photos of beach volleyball action. This was the first time I have shot the sport and it was alot of fun. Amazing athletes in heated action. Check out the rest of the pics at Beach Volleyball
Excuse Miss may I see your PCOC card
English Bay mayhem
When the temperature sneaks above 20 degrees in Vancouver and its a Sunday English Bay becomes a mecca for vessels of all shapes and sizes. In front of the Jericho Sailing Center you can spot sailing dinghies, kayaks, pleasure crafts and ships. And on this one particular Sunday a lone stand up paddle boarder seemed to be getting lot of attention. It seems she did not have her PCOC card with her, ahh just kidding she forgot to put on a life jacket before heading out into the bay. The water is pretty cold out there so even though the air temperature is warm that water is still very cold.
Scotia Bank Half Marathon Vancouver 2011
18KM Water Station
On Sunday I went down and took some photos of the Scotia Half Marathon at the 18km water station. Instead of just taking shots of the participants running I thought I would throw in a little hydration action.
Check out more photos at: Scotia Bank Half Marathon
Life Guard
A person once spoke about responsibility and said that, for them the challenge is “respond-ability”, how to respond to what life asks us. We have to be prepared.
A New Road Travelled 2
- A very junky yard
It is important to free one’s heart and soul of life’s clutter so you can see the righteous path. “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. “
A New Road Travelled
Continue at your own risk
To keep your freedom one has to maintain your heart much like a mountain pass road. If you do not keep up and plow thru the storms you will become trapped in a cold lonely place.
“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”
Chasing the Light Week 2
Muskrats sunning themselves
This photo was week 2 of my Fall to Winter project. It was the middle of the week at the Regina Sailing Club on Last Mountain Lake. I saw this muskrat out on a rock on a very windy late September day. I quickly shed my clothes and walked into the water waist deep trying not to disturb this muskrat. As it turned out their were actually three sun bathers on this rock.
Boundary Bay Viewpoint
Today I took a drive along the Ladner Trunk road past the Boundary Bay airport. I had heard there are a lot of eagles in this area. I found many young eagles along this road sitting in the trees. This one I found perched in the bog along the dike.
Chasing The Light
Chasing the Light Week 1
It was Sept 21, 2001 when I started a project that was inspired by Jim Brandenberg. What he did was take one photo per day for a whole season. My version of this project was to take one photo a week from the first day of fall to the first day of winter. Things started out pretty good with the fall colors and all but it became very hard during the last few weeks to get inspired by the prairie winter. I missed my project objective by a couple of weeks. Things have changed since that project came and went. Film cameras went out and digital cameras came in. I have come a long way equipment wise since my 35m Pentax camera of 2001. Over the next few weeks I will once again attempt to take one photo per week till the first day of summer.
