I came off the red-eye this morning from Vancouver to Toronto and went straight to work (for the fourth time this year–oof), and wondered if my day at the office would seem to go on forever. Then I remembered today I was to have a leisurely lunch with JMV, who I met in Vancouver in [...]

Tonight was one of the funniest Vandigicam outings I’ve ever been on. I came up with this idea just before the weekend, something silly that served as a break from any sort of “serious” photography: a Photo Scavenger Hunt that I modified for the group.
A bunch of us met at Havana on Commercial Drive, [...]

Vandigicam meetup by m.d.
Tonight was my first Vandigicam event since Code Blue a year ago. Vandigicam’s grown a lot since last summer, and I knew maybe half of the bunch who turned up at the Inukshuk at English Bay, but everyone was very friendly and a good sport about having their photo taken. Me, I’m [...]

I’m quite fond of this picture, but I don’t think many people have seen it. I took it last June on a photowalk around Jericho Beach in Vancouver for the Intertidal Arts Project, created to make “ocean floor art” to be washed away after the lowest tide of the year at 1:30pm.
Apparently there were [...]

A horrific look and an elegant stance by goddess_spiral
They recently did a second Portrait Throwdown, and this is one of my favourites, by Rachael.
The Toronto Flickr group is meeting next week for a photowalk followed by a gathering in the Green Room, but I’d give a big toe to be back in Vancouver with the [...]

Vandigicam FIGHT CLUB [photo by filmgoerjuan]
Brilliant!
This one’s doctored by Filmgoerjuan. See here for comparison to the original movie poster.

I’m VERKLEMPT — how could I not be after seeing this???

Last Saturday the people in Vandigicam threw a farewell party for Laura, the lady who started the group back in March. She’s seen Vandigicam grow and flourish, and in a day or so she’ll be returning to her home in Atlanta — earlier than planned. I really wished I could’ve been there to take part in the surprise bash, but it looks like they moved the mountain partway to Mohammed because Mohammed couldn’t get to the mountain.

I went to New York over the weekend and phoned them briefly when I was sitting on a Central Park bench Saturday evening. I think they knew how much I wanted to be there, and that there was no reason more compelling than why I could not.

Long live photography!

Did I mention I was verklempt? What a stellar bunch of people! *sniff*

We were very protective of “our” bench during HSBC Celebration of Light. This was before the China’s fireworks, on Aug 3. Two days later, I was booking a flight to New York because they found a tumour in David’s left lung.
Life changed literally overnight for David and me.
Here’s a timeline:
Aug 5 (Fri) - after feeling [...]

In the span of one day I’ve uploaded one more photo of Van Dusen Gardens.
Now that’s progress.
Actually, I did a whole lot of other necessary things wedding-related so Flickr was relegated to the backburner. Makes me wonder how I managed to hold a full-time job, take university courses, and occasionally take part in extra-curricular activities [...]

Rachael’s birthday was on Tuesday, so in the afternoon we (being Rachael, Pidge, Richard, and I) went for a photowalk through Chinatown, shooting with the theme of RED.
Hendrik, who was in Edinburgh that day, also participated in the red-themed photowalk, taking some amazing shots around the city. Seeing his Edinburgh photos brought back memories, I [...]