POTM – January 2019
A new year and a lot of changes. So far, the most expensive has been a new car. My old reliable was getting old. I had it for over 13 years and 200k. It was time to upgrade, and upgrade Read More …
Art is a Joke
I was having coffee with a friend today and came up with the analogy that creating artwork is like telling a joke. A joke needs to be shared with other people, but sometimes those other people may not “get it”. Read More …
POTM – December
last month was a bit crazy, between the flu, and a few commercial shoots, I did not get many personal shooting done. i did Put together this image from a previous shoot Happy Holidays
POTM – October 2018
I had a tough time choosing the photo of the month this time around. One reason is that I did not get out as much as I wanted to, another reason was that I was biased toward fall colours, however Read More …
Keep It Simple
Sometimes when taking a photo it is tempting to include a lot of “stuff” to give you more to look at. Often it is better to get rid of all the extraneous and simplify the composition. This photo was inspired Read More …
POTM – August 2018
August was a tough month photographically. the weather is not very dramatic, it is very busy at work, and as a consequence, I find it very hard to get out to take photos. I did get out to Port Renfrew, Read More …
Botany Bay
I could not sleep this morning, so I decided to drive to Port Renfrew on the west coast of Vancouver Island. This is a 110 Km drive each way on a very windy road (very fun to drive if you Read More …
Lup with flame
A couple of months ago I took some photos of my friend Nevada dressed as Lup. One of the images needed a flame. I tried creating one in Photoshop, but I was not really happy. As I am trying to Read More …
Ants Version 1
I have been teaching myself Java programming lately1. I have some long term projects I would like to explore, but I have come up with a little program where “ants” learn to find “honey” while avoiding a strip of “flypaper”2. Read More …
POTM – July 2018
The month of July has been very hot. In fact many heat records have been broken. This is not news, but I have never been great in the heat. I can easily get heat exhaustion, if not heat stroke. Maybe Read More …