For those who’ve never been to Vancouver, here’s an aerial shot I took nine days ago that’ll give you an idea of the lay of the (so-called Lotus-)land. This is one of the better aerials I have of Vancouver — you can see the surrounding areas quite clearly and its location in relation to the [...]

When day meets night, it sets the sky on fire:

Taken from Prospect Point in Stanley Park, Vancouver.

(Written after midnight on Saturday, July 5th.)
What a day! We went sightseeing from 9:00 this morning to midday, taking in a trip up the CN Tower followed by a one-hour tour of the Rogers Centre (formerly Skydome), lunch at Richtree, then it was off to the airport to catch our flight. I just happened [...]

Take, for example, this photo at Canada Place. The clouds are pretty threatening, but provide a contrasting backdrop to the brightness of the sails to the west and the cranes to the east.
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I took this photo below in the bridge walkway between Waterfront Skytrain Station and the Seabus terminal (you can see [...]

My flight to Toronto’s been delayed, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to post a few pics. Yesterday was a full day of family and friends and airports and beaches and — goodness gracious — enough food to feed an army.
I took my father and brothers to the airport yesterday morning, where they boarded [...]

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Man, did I ever need a tripod for this one. I made do by steadying the camera on the balcony railing on my scarf, bumping up the ISO, and using the 2-second timer.

No visit to Vancouver would be complete without dining here at least once. I always have a fresh coconut. I’d eat one of these a day if I lived in the tropics!
I had meant to shoot both sides of the platter to make this diptych, but when I was framing it all I could think [...]

There’s a single seat at the back of the (newer) Skytrains in Vancouver that faces to the rear, and I always try to get it so I can take these motion blur shots when the Skytrain picks up speed departing the stations. Unless riding at night that back seat is usually taken, but if you [...]

Not for the faint of heart, I still prefer it to the expensive Capilano Suspension Bridge ($26.95 for an adult as of this writing, and there’s no family rate!). Lynn Canyon is quieter, it’s still impressive, and better yet — it’s FREE! (No gift shops, either.) I took this with my cameraphone this afternoon, I’ll [...]

My visit was supposed to be a surprise for the kids, but the older three managed to find out I was here, anyway! I had an early appointment on Saturday morning for a haircut by my regular hairstylist in Vancouver (she works from home), and I asked Allan to pick me up from there with [...]