Couple Too

Yaletown - June.00
Another picture from the same shoot...

Couple

Vancouver Public Library- June.00
This blog is meant to be a collection of my favorite pictures, past and present... so here is a favorite picture from 2000.

Ropes

Ropes on the Dock - Nov.05

Cowichan Bay

Boats on Cowichan Bay - November.05
This time in black and white...

Fog

Fog in Cowichan Bay - November 2005
Herein lies the reason that there haven't been a whole lot of posts this month... lousy weather and for the last 4 days; thick, pea soup fog. I used a bit of artistic license with this shot... adjusting the color and switching it to water color in Photo Shop.

Boys

Boys - August.05

Sisters

Sisters - January.05

I Give Up

Vancouver Neighborhood
September, 2005

Tummy

Vancouver Neighborhood
September, 2005

Fall Colors

Thurlow Street, Vancouver
October 2005 - I never realized that a block off Robson, Thurlow turns into this beautiful little pedestrian street.

Playing

Playing
March, 2005

Mama's Boy

Mama's Boy
June, 2004

Country Road

Country Road
Kangaroo Valley, April 2002 - Yep. Still recycling old pictures. But I like this one... shot through the windshield of Loren's car as we ambled through the Kangaroo Valley. (Hang on, Loren doesn't amble...)

Kennedy

Kennedy
Circa June 1999 - I realize I am supposed to be publishing new pictures here as well as old pics- but new ones will still be a few days coming ... Meanwhile, here is another one of my favorite pictures...

More Frangipani's

Frangipani's
Cronulla,NSW March.04

Baby Booties

Baby Booties
Seattle,WA July 2001

Cotton Candy

Cotton Candy ~ August.04
Image shot in cross-process.

Coast Guard

Canadian Coast Guard ~ September.05
Canadian Coast Guard building on the pier in Ganges Harbour, Salt Spring Island. (Picture taken just this afternoon! How's that for recent?!)

Men at Work

Pool Builders ~ September.05
This picture makes me laugh... I had been taking pictures of another guy placing shotcrete in a whirlpool. These guys were taking a break, and suggested I take their picture before I left!

Chinese Lantern

Chinese Lantern ~ August.04
... or is it Japanese?

Piper

Piper ~ August.02
Love the little dimples in the elbows!

Hope-Princeton

BC Mountains ~ June.05
A bit of a grey afternoon on the Hope-Princeton Hwy. Driving back from a pool inspection at Manning Park Resort, I entertained myself with my camera. Got to watch those crazy female drivers!

Oceanside, OR

Jayna on the Beach ~ September.99
Weekend trip to the Oregon coast...

Ferris Wheel

Luna Park ~ April.04
Ferris wheel with full moon through the fog... spooky!

Mailboxes

Mailboxes ~ August.98
Sea Village is a village of floating houses down at Granville Island. I worked in a floating office next door. The mailboxes for Sea Village were at the top of the ramp down to our office.

Waikiki Beach

Loren @ Waikiki Beach ~ January.01
Poor Loren, anytime he goes anywhere with me, he feels like he has his own paparazzi! "Do you have to take pictures ALL the time?" he is fond of asking. I have to thank him for his considerable patience. Here I snapped him with cross process film at Waikiki beach.

Cold November Day

Dana ~ November.98
Digging deep in the archives for this one! That's what I like about this blog, it brings all my favorite pictures together ;) I like this one of Dana... we took it on a cold November Day at Granville Island. I was shooting black and white pictures for a photo course.. thus the need to shoot in cold temperatures.

What a Dill

Anethum graveolens 'Mammoth' ~ August.05
Did some research on dill and did you know... 'Although dill is native to the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions, the name probably comes from the old Norse word dilla, which means "to lull or put to sleep." In colonial America, children were given dill seeds to chew on during church to keep them quiet, giving rise to the common name "meeting-house seeds." '

Wooden Roller Coaster

Wooden Roller Coaster ~ September.05
Heading up the incline on the old wooden roller coaster at Playland at the PNE. (Pacific National Exhibition.)

Gettin' Figgy With It

Figs ~ August.05
I took this picture for Loren, because he loves figs. Sadly they are without their ricotta and honey a la Jamie O... but still tasty anyway.

Tattoo Booth

Tattoo Booth ~ September.05
Picking out their temporary tattoos at the PNE.

Wave Swinger

Playland ~ September.05
Black and white photo shoot at Playland @ the PNE. I used Kodak Plus-X 125 - f/16 @ 1/125... playing with point of departure again. (I think it's safe to leave comments again. I think I've worked a way around the spammers!)

That Rocks

Beach Rocks ~ August.05
Final fave picture from the still life "series". I collected these rocks from Crescent Beach and they sit on my window sill when they aren't posing for pictures. (I took a series of photos last week at the PNE fair, so watch for them coming soon!)

Very Ferny

Fern ~ August.05
The theme was green... another picture from the still life roll.

Your Local Branch

Some Kind of Cone ~ August.05
For more information, please visit your local branch.

An Apple a Day

Granny Smith ~ August.05
Here is a play on another picture I took... the pear one! (See below.) I tried out a new film... Reala. I've used it before, but wasn't too impressed. Maybe because it was on the old Pentax. With the Nikon, however - I am duly impressed. I am very happy with the series of still life pictures I shot. Will be sticking with Reala - photography just got more expensive. (Don't even talk to me about digital cameras and saving the cost of film - because I am not listening!)

Kitten

Dale's Kitten - Backyard, Summer 2003
It's really too bad that kitten's grow up to be cats ;) I was lucky to get this shot... this little kitten was all over the show. I think this is the only shot I got on black and white... was very fluky.

Hibiscus

Hibiscus - Collaroy Plateau, NSW - April 2000
Hibiscus flower growing over a brick wall... spotted as I was walking down steep Alexander St.

Quite the Pear

Pear Still Life - November 2003
Asian pears shot for a photography class.

Bridges

Bridges Restaurant - Granville Island, August 2005
The same sign as yesterday's post, zoomed out a little... (This scan is a little dark. I did manipulate it in PhotoShop, but hard to lighten up that left corner w/o sacrificing the rest of the shot. The original image is much clearer.)

Bistro

Bridges Restaurant Sign - Granville Island, August 2005
Yes! I have fresh stuff here! Here is a close up of the restaurant sign at Bridges restaurant. In the real shot, the 'ST' are in focus and jump off the picture, and the background isn't so dark on the right.

Nest Egg

Nest Egg - May 2004
Still life of organic eggs in vintage bowls.

Chive Flowers

Chive Flowers - May 2004

Big Yawn

Odessa - Granville Island, Vancouver - circa 1999
Another find, in amoungst my shoeboxes of pictures. Look at that big yawn!

Flamingoes

Flamingoes - Honolulu Zoo, December 1991
Yes, still digging around in old pictures. I came across this one... there's something about it that I like??

Caesar's Palace

Caesar's Palace - Las Vegas, December 2004
I liked how the Roman statue complimented the Christmas tree.

Alexander

Alexander - Surrey, August 1989
Wow... I am really scrapping the bottom of the barrel here! Actually, this is one of my first attempts at children's photography!! I was babysitting the little boy, and taking care of the neighbor's rabbit. For some reason, I thought it would be a good idea to take the picture of them sitting inside my dad's wheelbarrow!

Anybody Home

Back Door - Vancouver, April 2005

Fur Hoodie

Fur Hoodie - Studio Lighting, November 2003
One of my first attempts with studio lighting and a model. It's a lot harder than it looks in the magazines!

Red Coil

Public Art - Vancouver Law Courts - October 2003