Rogue Cloud

I found this cloud a while back and I keep returning to it, trying different effects. It may be my favorite shot of Vancouver; mostly water and sky. The sky usually darkens from the east here and clears from the west. And there are often clouds over the north shore mountains.

The Pond's Edge

November light.

Pond

The surface of a pond might be a little magical. You have to be careful not to spend too many hours staring into it ... or too few.

Granville Island Autumn

During my first few years in Vancouver I lived in the False Creek area and watched Granville Island grow up. I used to take my children for walks along the seawall. This morning I went for a short stroll there before having breakfast in the food court of the Granville Island market.

Pitt River Revisited

I finally got around to figuring out the latest Photoshop High Dynamic Range tool. If you have a tripod, and the time to take two or more photos of the same scene, you can get greater control of your depth of field and exposure.

October Sky, Vancouver

More hand-tinting (well, hand and mouse) but with broad strokes this time. I have a complicated (as complicated as I get anyway) relationship with nostalgia. When I figure it out I will tell you about it. One of my favorite bands in the 1970's was Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks. I can relate to his anachronistic stance. And his music gets to me. The photo was taken with my Panasonic point & shoot.

Forest Near Jericho Beach

When I was growing up on the prairies in the 50's and 60's there were always photos and postcards around that were hand-coloured or hand-tinted. I liked the effect, even when it was a kitschy travel photo-card from some obscure tourist spot. Maybe especially if it was a kitschy photo-card. I had just started acquiring the coloured pencils and spray-can lacquer to hand-colour photographs when I went digital and now I do it with Photoshop.

Colouringbooks were one of my favorite indoor childhood pastimes. Individually painting in the leaves in a forest shot is a good way for an insomniac photographer to spend the late-night hours.