Solar Charging
Sometimes an hour in the sun is all it takes to recharge your batteries. Jericho Beach this afternoon between 4 and 5 PM.
Sometimes an hour in the sun is all it takes to recharge your batteries. Jericho Beach this afternoon between 4 and 5 PM.

Here in Vancouver, we had been spoiled by dry and sunny weather for the first month or so of Autumn. Things are back to normal now as the rains have returned.…

· In Passing · Geometry & Light
I was out for a walk this morning and chose to mix it up with a new destination. I headed up to Queen Elizabeth Park and after walking around for a bit noticed…

The work week after a long weekend always seems extra busy. One less day to get the same amount of work done or so it seems. There was a natural break for me…

· In Passing · The Shape of Places
We had our feast earlier this weekend so I took advantage of the continued warm weather for a walk at Spanish Banks and Jericho Beach this evening. A lot of…

I received my Ricoh GR iii back from the service centre last week and I'm happy to have my take-everywhere camera back. It was a busy week which led to a busy…

· The Shape of Places · Human Traces
Christine and I booked this past week off for some much-needed downtime. We decided that rather than get on a plane we would take advantage of the extended…


Christine and I spent a couple of hours enjoying the late summer afternoon in Olympic Village. We walked around the village but most of that time we were…

· In Passing · From Other Days
Today was a little cooler, cloudier and windier than we've been used to all summer. Autumn is definitely on the way. Still, it was a nice day to be outside and…

· In Passing · Workbench
A few color versions from yesterday's Summer Haze photos. The smoke today has let up a little bit!

Smoke from forest fires rolled into Vancouver over the weekend bringing poor air quality and smoky haze with it. So far this summer, we have been fortunate to…

Some photos from a 20-minute walk in Mt. Pleasant between Main & Quebec and 5th & 8th Ave. My GR3 is out for a sensor cleaning so I pressed its older sibling,…

· Shared Spaces · In Passing · The Shape of Places
A warm but blustery late August morning on the seawall at Coal Harbour and Stanley Park.

I often find spending some quiet time at a favourite viewpoint can be helpful in clarifying my perspective. Other times it's just nice to be outside on a warm…

A few quick iPhone photos from this morning (again in the XPan ratio). The colors and light caught my eye while cutting through a colourful alley between Main…

· In Passing · From Other Days
Out for an early walk this morning around the neighbourhood. I'm really enjoying the tiny Voigtlander 35mm f2.5 Color Skopar as a walk-around lens!

Some black and white vistas from my flights to and from Edmonton this week. I never get tired of the window seat flying over the Rocky Mountains. The quality…

I was watching a YouTube video today about the Hasselblad XPan. The XPan is a circa 1998, 35mm film camera that takes panoramic images by exposing a wide…

· In Passing · The Shape of Places
Some black and white versions of photos from this morning.

· In Passing · The Shape of Places
It's the BC Day stat holiday here in British Columbia, also known as the "Civic Holiday", most provinces observe a day off on the first Monday of August and…


· In Passing · The Shape of Places
Vancouver is going through one of it's rare hot spells. Today is forcast to reach 29°C which is well past the melting point for most Vancouverites. I was out…

· The Shape of Places · Human Traces
I was out for a short drive this morning before heading to Spanish Banks to take some low tide photos. The first two photos here are from the Southwest Marine…
