Photography

From Lost Lagoon to Lake Louise

Posted by chris on July 14, 2010 at 12:08 pm

It’s mid-July and so Scott and I are preparing for our next road trip.  Several times a year we load the BBQ, coolers, picnic basket and backpacks into the car and drive into the mountains.  I really enjoy living beside the ocean but every few months I get the itch to visit our great Canadian [...]

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On Erwin Olaf

Posted by chris on January 10, 2010 at 8:38 pm

Scott and I went to Europe in June 2007 and while sightseeing in Amsterdam, I visited the Reflex Modern Art Gallery.  The gallery, small and several blocks from the Rijksmuseum, was exhibiting large photographs of women (and one man) variously standing and sitting alone in modernist interiors.  The photographs were enormous and filled the walls.  [...]

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Epic Road Trip to the Northwest Territories

Posted by chris on September 10, 2009 at 1:46 pm

Scott and I spent the last 2 weeks of summer driving up to Yellowknife and back.  We travelled from Vancouver across BC to Jasper in the Rockies, and then almost due north through Alberta to the 60th parallel and NWT.  We spent a few days in Yellowknife and then returned through northern BC with a [...]

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Indian Pipe

Posted by chris on August 8, 2009 at 10:03 pm

Scott and I drove out to Manning Provincial Park, 250 km east of Vancouver, for a Canada Day BBQ and hike this year.  We stopped at a few different spots to hike through the forest.  Scott spotted this fantastic little plant in a pine grove less than 100 metres from the parking lot just inside [...]

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Japan December 2008

Posted by chris on August 8, 2009 at 3:59 am

Scott and I have done a fair bit of travelling these last two years, including our most recent trip to Japan [PHOTOS] for Christmas. It was my first trip to Asia, though Scott’s been to HK and Sri Lanka. Christmas in Japan was interesting. We rose before the sun and took the bullet train from [...]

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Paris White Dinner

Posted by chris on August 8, 2009 at 3:56 am
Paris White Dinner

A favourite shot from our trip to Paris [PHOTOS] in June 2007. Scott took this picture of the 2007 White Dinner. We walked from the Louvre to the Arc de Triomphe along the Champs Elysees and noticed an unusual number of people wearing white and carrying picnic baskets, card tables and folding chairs. By the [...]

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The Garden (May 2007)

Posted by chris on August 8, 2009 at 3:21 am

A picture of our back garden:

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English Bay (May 2007)

Posted by chris on August 8, 2009 at 3:15 am

One of my favourite pictures of English Bay:

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