flowers

shopping for flowers on robson street in vancouver.

vancouver canada, juno awards

the juno awards are happening in vancouver this weekend/there are a few street parties on grandville street. since nickleback forgot to send me an invite to their private party, i wondered around and took this shot this eve. more to follow...

spring in vancouver

hummm.. i'm taking pictures of flowers again. however, in the spirit of "what is see and how i see it", this is what caught my eye today.

vancouver, olympic city

i'm re-visiting this version of a photo series i did earlier in the year / to help me get use to the new MacPro monitor.... or just another excuse to post the shot / always liked it.

yesterday

vancouver flower power

i was out shooting 'video' today / experimenting. along the way, i took some stills of the spring 'bloom'. i really like this one.

colour

i took delivery of a new laptop computer this week. thought i would look to shoot some simple, colourful photographs to see how they looked on screen. yikes! very vibrant on this end... but i like the shots. (sorry to those that received this post twice).

will there ever be a book?

lots of rain today on canada's west coast, so i spent some time working on line. came across this document / it was-is a 'book' proposal i had done a few years back (click to enlarge on blog). i think i'll revisit this idea. i'm sure there will be a flood of publishers pouncing on this.... please leave a number and my people will get back to your people..............

vancouver canada

i was downtown today, scouting photography locations for some friends. they are thinking of having a portrait shot in an alley. this is my take on a spot that caught my eye.

vancouver

the bedding plants are in the ground.

blast from the past

i don't really want to post family shots on this blog, but this one is kind of fun. the shot is of me, my sister, and twin brother, taken on our 2nd birthday. you can see a young gal in the background trying to crash the party. guess we were pretty popular with the ladies back in the day. (wonder what happened)?

vancouver canada

so, i had quite the journey today. spent 5hrs plus walking the town, camera at the ready. returned to home base, and reviewed 200 plus frames. and what do i do? post a shot of a door and a bus??

ok, this was what i was thinking. i flat out like the light/colors of the door shot, so that's that.. the bus... well, photographs of transit rides, are time capsules. that is to say, the streets, the buildings, will evolve slowly over time, but vehicles, and the advertising on them, suggest a moment in time. (just like the sunglasses worn in a 2 year old photo... dates you in an instant).

that's my justification for these 2 shots......... oh, and the exercise didn't hurt i suppose....

blog postcard

i'm having a mailer (postcard) printed to help promote my blog. i asked an art director friend of mine from Los Angeles if he would design something simple/contemporary. this is what he came up with and i like it. please let me know your thoughts. (i've posted the front and back of card). thxs

vancouver canada

i did the walk to eastside downtown/chinatown today. this is what i saw, and how i saw it.

re run / retread saskatchewan canada

i was out shooting today (a very fine day no less), but it was all sea/sky, and boats. boring, i know. returned home and finally got around to entering a few images in a photo competition. (deadline at midnight). came across this shot . one of my favorites i produced last summer in SE Saskatchewan.
i posted this awhile back, so as clay the dentist would say... "it's a retread".

whistler skyline

this shot is for my pal steve. he thought i should take a few shots other than the vancouver skyline. i went to whistler, but it still looks kinda the same / just less colour. and i thought they had snow up there??? enjoy steve!

vancouver canada

Yikes, another postcard. but...... i was there shooting some video and i had to hang out for awhile to get the city lights. don't hate me....

vancouver canada, olympic city

i'm thinking that some of you will be relieved that i didn't take yet, another shot of english bay. i set out on the north side of stanley park, and found a few locations.

the statue is called 'Girl in Wetsuit'. the plaque states "she represents vancouver's dependence on the sea". can't image how may photographs have been taken of this piece since it was installed in 1972. this is my version.

second shot is a small waterfall in stanley park. enjoy.

Caption Winner!

CONGRATULATIONS! to the grand prize winner of the first 'post your favorite photo caption'.

the esteemed panel of judges (me), had to go with JR's musing. but wow, there were so many funny and clever submissions.... now JR, as part of the contest rules, you have to take tommie d. for a beer, burger, and answer a skill testing question. then you get your favorite '8x10' photo from my blog, and then..... well..... you'll have to give tommie a ride home. you're living the charmed life of a winner my friend....

THIS IS THE WINNING CAPTION:

Beer, baggies and a love baton 'this big' Kinky Tom describes his Valentine take down by the west ends 'love police' as - painfully satisfying.

boise lechner

i came across this portrait today. it's part of a series i shot awhile back, late 80's i believe. i posted one in the series a few months ago, but this is my favorite. i think this will bring a smile to all the people who knew boise.