April 2009

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april in the gardens

april in the gardens

vanilla sakura van dusen gardens, vancouver first tulips van dusen gardens, vancouver It has been a very busy month for me and Resistance almost stopped me from getting to the Van Dusen Gardens for my monthly shoot. I’m glad I made it there though as Spring has firmly taken up residence at the 55 acre [...]

up close and personal

up close and personal

japanese dolls asakusa, tokyo   ninja dolls asakusa, tokyo ice cream asakusa, tokyo One of the interesting purchases I made in Japan was at the beginning of my trip when on our first day there, I bought a Kenko No. 3 close-up filter at Bic Camera. It was a rather serendipitous find for only US$14. [...]

photo of the day

photo of the day

sakura tokyo, japan

photo of the day

photo of the day

wind in the wisterias hama-rikyu gardens, tokyo

roppongi hills

roppongi hills

tokyo skyline roppongi hills, tokyo Roppongi Hills was completed in 2003, long after my last visit here fifteen years ago. Built by Japan’s wealthy property magnate, Minoru Mori, the building has been the site of a number of unfortunate accidents and deaths feeding into feng shui beliefs that the location is cursed. None of that [...]

beneath an african sky

beneath an african sky

african montage * photos used with the permission of Ryan Snider Today’s photo might be a bit confusing considering I am in Tokyo at the moment but good news must be shared no matter what. I am very pleased to let you know that I am joining David duChemin and Ryan Snider on a socially [...]

photo of the day

photo of the day

temple lights asakusa, tokyo

photo of the day

photo of the day

cocoon building tokyo, japan Not much chance to take pictures yet so here’s one from our first day out and about in Tokyo. Hopefully tomorrow we’ll get a chance to photograph “old Japan”.

photo of the day

photo of the day

ohayo tokyo shinjiku, tokyo Good morning from Tokyo! One thing about jet lag is that as a photographer you have no trouble getting up in the morning when you first arrive in a time zone 15 hours ahead. We were all up before 5 am today and I shot this image from our balcony on [...]

photo of the day

photo of the day

sayonara vancouver yrv We are on our way! Not much time to blog right now so I’ll catch you on the other side of the Pacific

news news

news news

It’s been a while since I did a news news posting so time to catch up with everyone on a few things. Two more days until I leave for Japan–sugoi! It has been 15 years since I was last in Japan so it will be interesting to see how much it has changed. Of course [...]

hello hellebores

hello hellebores

hello hellebores! vancouver bc It seems we have another aspiring photographer in the family–my sister. Recently she received her very own copy of Bryan Peterson’s Understanding Exposure from yours truly because I refused to share my signed copy with her. An avid gardener, she sent me the photo above from her spring garden with a [...]

i like tomatoes!

i like tomatoes!

We’ve hit the halfway mark in my Microstock course and my brain is on overload. I’ve taken a peek at Lesson 5 and it doesn’t look like Pete is going to let up on us. Each week he has challenged everyone to research the business and make choices about what to shoot based on what [...]

photo of the day

photo of the day

burrard bridge vancouver, bc