I was out photographing New Westminster’s annual Hyack International Parade last weekend. Save for one photo, I took up a personal challenge to photograph with just one lens, my Nikon 500mm f/5.6 super telephoto.
Hyack International Parade 2024
Farewell to summer fireworks festival 2022
New Westminster, B.C, sent summer off with a bang of fireworks on August 27, 2022. Festivities earlier in the day included artisan market vendors and exhibitors. Here are my favourite photos that I shot from my balcony.
Cute owls in the Thompson-Okanagan, B.C.
I was camping in the Thompson-Okanagan region of B.C., in June 2020 when during one of my walks I happened across two short-eared owls. I was not too close, but my super-telephoto lens brought me in closer for a look as they were seemingly involved in sibling preening behaviour....
The historic town of Barkerville, B.C.
A highlight of my 10 day campervan trip throughout BC, Banff, and Jasper National Park in September, 2020, was a visit to the historic town of Barkerville, BC. Barkerville is located near the Cariboo Mountains 80 kilometers east of Quesnel. The secondary road (Highway 26) off from the main...
The surfer town of Byron Bay, Australia
I returned to Australia for a 12 day trip in July 2019, anchoring out of Brisbane. The highlight of this trip was a 3 day visit to the surfer town of Byron Bay, just 93 kilometres south of the Gold Coast. Byron Bay, a population of about 10,000 is...
The majestic Banff & Jasper National Parks
In mid September, 2020, I ventured from my home in Vancouver, B.C., on a 10 day camper van road trip and headed points north to escape the smoke from forest fires in adjacent U.S. states. It wasn’t an easy escape, the smoke was still pretty thick when I overnighted...
The enchanting seaside city of Barcelona, Spain
From mid October to early November, 2018, I embarked on a 4 week trip to Spain and Portugal with my friend Blaine, also from Ottawa where I lived at that time. I joined Blaine in Barcelona after finishing up my trip to Venice, Italy. The AirBnB for our 5...
Taking in a multi-day photography workshop in E.C. Manning Park, B.C.
The stars lined up for me this summer (2020) as I was able to attend Jess Findlay Photography’s annual Manning Park Wildlife and Mountain Vistas multi-day workshop from July 12th – July 15th. Although photographers from all over the world would typically be welcomed to attend this workshop, given...
The beauty of Birkenhead Lake Provincial Park, B.C.
Near the end of June, 2020, I set out on a 5 day day camping trip to explore the Sea to Sky Highway (route 99) up to Lillooet then looped back down through Cache Creek and Route 5 through Kamloops, Merritt, Hope, then home via the Trans Canada Route...
Camping in E.C. Manning Park, B.C.
With COVID-19 restrictions my travels abroad came to an abrupt halt since March 2020. The silver lining, however, was that exploring my “own backyard” here in the province of British Columbia (B.C.) was an exciting new lure since June 1st, 2020 when the provincial health authorities allowed resident-only camping...