Cool Colours: Blue & Green and In Between
Blue & green and in between. I have included two diptychs using the top image of a wavery reflections of a dark tree in a pool in the Pacific Spirit Park. This first is combined with cracked paint on a … Continue reading Cool Colours: Blue & Green and In Between
Dots & Spots
Every so often I get in the mood to play with words, and try and define them in my head. Dots. There’s the word dot, which rhymes with spot, and looks a lot like a spot, only perhaps dots are … Continue reading Dots & Spots
Real vs Fake
A couple of weeks ago I was walking downtown to the Convention Centre to get my first vaccine. I took a small ferry over to the large Yaletown park and then followed along Homer St, feeling pretty safe as it … Continue reading Real vs Fake
Natural/Unnatural : Focussing on Details
I’ve spent this COVID winter going around the neighbourhood taking macros of tree bark and urban debris. In March I started combining them into diptychs, trying to find a commonality between the details of the two very different items. Abstract … Continue reading Natural/Unnatural : Focussing on Details
Natural & Unnatural: A Visual Discourse
For my 2020 Photos in Review I wrote: “My COVID walks took me along less-peopled back alleys, side streets and busy thoroughfares, just myself and my camera. There wasn’t much to photograph and I doubt very much I’ll be writing … Continue reading Natural & Unnatural: A Visual Discourse
The Colour of April
Since I’m into doing diptychs and triptychs I thought I try out a few featuring the colour of April. In March the colours are fairly consistent, lemon yellow, spring green, various shades of pink and white against a dark sky … Continue reading The Colour of April
A Dialogue Between Natural / Unnatural Textures
I have been attempting a new series inspired by my COVID walks through back alleys and deserted park areas by creating a series of diptychs that are a dialogue between the natural (tree bark) and the unnatural (urban decay). I posted … Continue reading A Dialogue Between Natural / Unnatural Textures
Attempting to Take Photos of the Local Birds
One thing about trying to learn something new is that sometimes it takes awhile… Due to lack of photographic subjects in Vancouver this winter I turned my mind to learning how to take photos of birds. From the little ferry … Continue reading Attempting to Take Photos of the Local Birds
Now I Am Reduced to Duck-Watching
Up to this point in my life I haven’t spent much time bird-watching. But with COVID I’ve discovered ducks and all sorts of other waterbirds. Of course I knew about Mallards, the male with its eye-catching iridescent green head, one of … Continue reading Now I Am Reduced to Duck-Watching
Rocks with Holes in Them
Sometimes there are good explanations as to why stones have holes in them. Lava is one of them. All the boiling bubbling lava suddenly hardens to rock when it hits the cold outer surface of the planet. All of these … Continue reading Rocks with Holes in Them
