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  • My Favourite Places – Mackenzie Beach

    “The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach. I have heard them all, and of the three elemental voices, that of ocean is the most awesome, beautiful and varied.” ― Henry Beston, The Outermost…

  • My Favourite Places – Banff

    My Favourite Places – Banff

    Since frigid temperatures are negatively impacting my photography hobby lately, my next few posts are going to be about some of my favourite places.   A couple of days ago I was looking at pictures from a trip to Banff in October 2012 so I’ll start there.  I could easily place Banff in my top three…

  • Taking A Chance

    This is one of my favourite pictures I’ve taken this year… (but it almost didn’t happen)… My birthday this year was a significant one.  I wanted to mark the occasion by doing something I’d never done before and by going somewhere I’d never been before. But, once I booked the trip with Ocean Adventures to…

  • Shannon Falls

    These are the last waterfall pictures from my trip to the Great Bear Rainforest (and Vancouver) in June.  These falls are just outside Squamish, BC on the scenic Sea to Sky Highway to Whistler (I’ve been to Whistler once, and it’s on my list of places to visit again…I have a very long list of…

  • Brandywine Falls

    Brandywine Falls, near Whistler, British Columbia, June 2013…

  • innocence

    If you’ve read my blog for awhile you’ll know I have a soft spot for bears (while at the time being deathly afraid of them).  Of the bear pictures I’ve taken this one is my favourite just because I love the expression of innocence.  He wasn’t scared or aggressive with us as we watched from…

  • Artistic Effect

    Just was playing around with the Artistic Effect in iPhoto on my iPad with these photos from the Great Bear Rainforest.  I probably rely on the effect a little too much for photos that don’t quite turn out, but it’s the closest I’ll ever come to being an artist (you know, since I can draw…

  • inspiration

    I’ve been very fortunate in the last few years to see some pretty amazing scenery in my travels.  I’ve posted a picture previously of the last morning on my trip through the Great Bear Rainforest as we headed back to Hartley Bay to meet the plane. But while the scenery itself was spectacular throughout the…

  • denial

    Since spring/summer weather was so late to arrive this year, I’m in denial that today is the first day of fall… so here are some pictures from the Summer Solstice at English Bay in Vancouver.  It was a beautiful evening and it felt like everyone in the city was out enjoying the warm summer night.…

  • The Road Not Taken

    I realized as I was going through my photo library today that I like to take pictures of roads. One of my favourite poems is The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. So, today’s post is a combination of two of my favourite things (and yes, the last picture is not of a road, but…

  • Sunset Silhouettes @ English Bay

    English Bay in Vancouver is one of my favourite places. These shots are from a beautiful Friday evening in June where it seemed like everyone was just happy to be outside enjoying the longest day of the year, watching the sunset at English Bay.  I focused in on these two as I found his body…

  • Hot Springs for the Weary Traveler

    I’m not naming many of the inlets we visited on our trip through the Great Bear Rainforest because most of the other tour operators don’t visit them, and we were asked not to name them if we were posting stories/photos on the internet once we got home. However, the hot springs at Bishop Bay (where…