Out of Concern for Mom on Flickr.
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Explained the old saw ‘Step on a crack, break your mother’s back’ the other day. Walks in the park have gotten a bit more challenging for Trajan in light of this information. Lisa’s back continues to be without problem though so, absent any evidence to the contrary, it appears to be working.
Meh. on Flickr.
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In case your lust for overpriced pub food with pretensions to gourmet hasn’t already been satiated by the Cactus Club at Burrard and Dunsmuir (about 3 blocks away), Robson St (about 5 blocks away), English Bay (about 10 blocks away) or, any of the couple dozen other locations throughout the lower mainland, fear not. The gargantuan Cactus Club on the west side of Jack Poole Plaza at the Convention Center is opening soon.
Belca Belfoca Test on Flickr.
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I’ve had this Belca Belfoca folder rattling around in a box for well over 20 years. Not a camera with terribly much to recommend it, a three speed ‘Junior’ shutter topping out at 1/100th of a second, scale focussing, stamped metal construction. Heck, probably the best feature of this camera is the giggle-inducing ‘bonotar’ lens but, I figured what the heck and ran a couple rolls through it last weekend.
Well, it works. Results were much more drastically hurt by my myopic attempts to scale focus than from anything to do with the camera itself. It’ll go back to rattling around in a box for another 20 years and, if I can still get 120 film then, I may shoot another couple rolls with it.
Open Air, Self Service Book Store on Flickr.
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In Birch Bay, Washington. Great idea, there’s a bin to donate ‘new stock’ and a box to leave your four bits (50¢) per book.
A lesson taught on Flickr.
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That’ll be the last time that flower pot gets lippy.
Abandoned, Alone on Flickr.
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Birch Bay, Washington
Made Real by Photographs on Flickr.
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Susan Sontag knew that of which she spoke. Way back in 1973, she wrote in ‘On Photography’ that ‘…people in industrialiazed countries seek to have their photographs taken—feel that they are images, and are made real by photographs.’
Have been re-reading On Photography for the last month or so. It’s taking a while because I keep going off on tangents, dipping into my library or the internet to reference photographers she mentions. It’s shocking to me just how applicable a book written 40 years ago is to photography today. I’d suggest even more so now than when I first read it 20+ years ago but, I might be wrong on that.
When I first read it, I was a worldly, jaded youth. Now, I’m just a starry eyed man approaching middle age. If you have an interest in photography and haven’t read it, I suggest doing so ASAP.
On Photography
Skeletal on Flickr.
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A long time ago, this building had a whole lot of passion.
Tropic of Vancouver on Flickr.
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Trajan was pretty excited to meet his first parrot on English Bay last night. Actually, I think it’s a Macaw but, still, beats the hell out of yet another pigeon or seagull!
Watch that last step on Flickr.
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Point Grey stairwell. $6 Million doesn’t buy what it used to.
A Place for Unspeakable Rituals on Flickr.
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This altar in Coal Harbour Park is a place where strange and unspeakable rituals take place in the setting sun. Best to steer clear!
Garden Whimsey on Flickr.
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An outtake from a shoot last week with the lovely Teresa Marie at UBC’s Nitobe Gardens.
