Today is the first day of one of the best events up at Whistler/Blackcomb, the Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival or the WSSF. This year, due to school, I am unable to attend any of the event really. Though with our wedding on April 23rd, I might get to drop by and say hi to the variety of WSSF event crew I've met while being a photographer up there in … Continue Reading »
When it is not raining, I tend to walk from the WestEnd to the Burrard Street SkyTrain station and on my way I always walk past this waterfall. This particular one is at the corner of Thurlow and Melville and it is definitely one of the nicer ones in the city. I remember someone telling me a while ago that the reason why various buildings in a downtown centre have waterfalls … Continue Reading »
Super Pipe on Blackcomb in Whistler/Blackcomb With the recent decision by the IOC to have Skiing Half-pipe as a event at the upcoming Winter Olympics in 2014 in Sochi, I thought I would look through my various skiing superpipe photos from the recent Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival in Whistler. The skiers were MUCH better than the snowboarders. The snowboarders were either still drunk, or really hung-over and were unable … Continue Reading »
Today is kind of the chilly and cloudy sorts, so I thought I would try and add a bit more colour to your day by uploading one of the cherry blossom photos I took while over at the VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver. I did bump up the vibrancy a little to bring out the colours in the drab cloudy day. Hope you like it, I have taken a bunch of … Continue Reading »
An adult bald eagle perched in a tree in Helliwell Provincial Park on Hornby Island BC. Even though I don't have much time these days to head outside with the camera, I do seem to have a lot of photos I haven't uploaded to Flickr. I do have roughly 2500 photos stored on my laptop, so I am sure I can find something here and there to post up for your … Continue Reading »
A psuedo-HDR of the lighthouse at Atkinson Point in West Vancouver (also known as Lighthouse Park). What do I mean by Pseudo-HDR? Typically, HDR photograph consists of multiple exposures such as -3, 0, +3. Though when you do not take multiple-exposures you can sometimes still create an HDR looking image like the one above. Granted, the program you use (such as Photomatix Pro) will help a lot when using 1 RAW file. … Continue Reading »
Where you expecting to see a wild dolphin? Unfortunately, I do not have photos of them in the wild, but I have seen them swimming along side a cruise ship I took up to Alaska one year. The above photo is of one of the three Pacific White-Sided dolphins at the Vancouver Aquarium. You'll notice the front fins are deformed, as this particular dolphin was caught up in a fishing net … Continue Reading »
It came and is now gone, I guess that's how Spring Break is supposed to go right? It was a week long and it was definitely needed. School has been pretty full on, especially with just finishing up our midterms our finals are not very far away (in April). So what did we get up to? It was a nice and relaxing time, which is what I wanted before going back … Continue Reading »
The flurries started yesterday and the flakes got bigger and bigger throughout the evening. We woke up to a few inches of fresh snow this morning. Now I understand some people really hate the snow, but I love the snow. Robyn and I popped out for a little walk around in the snow with camera in hand. One things we noticed was the varying amount of snowmen/woman on our walk. … Continue Reading »
How can Shoreline Birds and DNS be talked about in the same title? Well, let's find out! I understand that not everyone likes watching birds, or looking at photos of birds etc, well tough luck! These little guys (Oyster Catchers) can be typically seen foraging among the mussels on low tide near 3rd Beach in Stanley Park. Their colourful bills definitely make them stand out when you're walking the seawall as does … Continue Reading »