Project 52 - week 13

Spent the Easter weekend on Vancouver Island, the weather was unseasonably spectacular. This shot was actually captured with the iPad from my morning coffee and news station. Just ten minutes earlier the basin was shrouded in a layer of fog, but as the sun peaked over the eastern hills, it burnt off rapidly revealing this glorious morning.

Project 52 - Week 12 Earth Hour

Earth Hour last year seemed to fizzle, it snuck up on me without me even realizing as there was limited media discussion or representation. This year was much better, Tara and I had dinner by candle light, lit the fire, played music on a portable system and soaked up the warmth. I wish we could morph Earth hour into something that was more permanent, instead of just patting ourselves on the back once a year for turning off some lights. When you look at how big of a difference there is when many of the commercial businesses and offices in high rise towers turn their lights off, it's hard to wonder why many of them are left on overnight, when no one is there.

Open Fire on a chilly night for earth hour, heat and light!

Project 52 - 2013 Week 11. Hoya ND400 Neutral Density Filter "Black Glass"

A much better image utilising the benefits of the ND400 can now be found here

After doing a little ebay shopping, my Hoya ND400 Filter arrived in the mail. I haven't fully tested it yet, but have taken a few sample shots with it to get a feel for how it works and how to compensate for the 9 stops of light it cuts out. My primary intention is to use it with water images. This little water fall on the Baden Powell Trail was the first one I got to stop at and take a few shots. It was bloody cold so couldn't sit still for too long, but still got some fun results!

Project 52 - 2013 Week 10

Still shooting hoops outside through the winter, when the sun is out for long enough to evaporate some of the water from the court. Its cold, especially when the breeze is coming off the water at the beach adjacent to the courts, but it makes you feel great!

Splash

Project 52 - 2013 Week 9

I have been wanting to shoot this for some time now. Walking to the bus on a sunny morning I would often see the way the trunks and lower limbs of the maples that line some of my local streets glow with the greeny-yellow colour of the thick moss that covers them. Without the thick canopy that adorns them in the summer months, the sunlight penetrates and gives a dappled, magical appearance that follows the "infinity" pattern as they continue on down the street as far as you can see. I raced out on a sunny morning this week and tried to capture the image as best I could without the power lines, street lights, vehicles and parking signs from getting in the way, it was kind of tough actually, but this image tells the story in part.

Moss Covered Maples - 8th St Kitsilano

Project 52 - 2013 Week 8

We have recently taken to hiking on the North Shore on the weekends. Its so lush and green over there. Beautifully fresh and crisp, but sometimes pretty wet too. The twin canyon loop trail takes you from Lynn Valley over towards the base of Mt Seymour along the river and then back via the Bayden Powell trail and finally across the Lynn Canyon suspension bridge, as shown below in the quickly failing evening light....