A Chilly Night in Chinatown

I shot this photo around 12:30am Victoria, BC. I always enjoy going out and shooting photos late at night. There’s usually minimal people around the city is quiet. Don’t get me wrong, I love shooting at 9pm too when there are people everywhere, but the two times are totally different experiences. When I lived in …

The Empress Hotel 35

This hotel in Victoria, British Columbia is outstanding! I love old buildings and this one does not disappoint. Normally I would have shot photos of this place a little wider than the 35mm I was shooting, but I only brought my Fujifilm x100T (with a fixed 35mm lens) with me to Victoria so 35 was …

A Dark Night in Victoria

I was hanging out one night visiting with some family and around 10:30 everyone was off to bed. I was pretty tired, but I knew it was good opportunity for me to go out and shoot some photos. It was cold and snowy, so it wasn’t exactly a nice time to be out and about, …

An Oak Bay Sunset

While I was visiting family in Victoria I had a lot of nice opportunities to walk around the shoreline of the and enjoy the views. This particular evening I wasn’t even planning on going out, but I saw the sunset happening and since my in-laws live across the street from the beach I ran out …

Vintage Snowman

My wife bought this awesome vintage snowman decoration for our house. I think it was supposed to just sit on your lawn or something, but I thought it would look better on our fence, so that’s where I put it. I love the smiling face of the snow man so I got a little closer …

Watching a Movie

I was out walking around taking pictures a couple days ago. As I was walking through this park by the lake I couldn’t help but notice a movie set. I stopped to take a look and ended up chatting with a couple extras and some other people that were there watching. The movie they were …

Fired up!

I was just walking down the street with a friend of mine and this dude was walking towards us. I didn’t even notice him at first because I was talking. As soon as I did notice the dude he yelled “Double high fives!” to me and friend lol. He was clearly fired up and rather …

Leica Guy Mike

I walked into the dollar store the other day and I noticed this guy walking down the isle with a camera around his neck. As I passed him I couldn’t help but notice it was Leica around his neck. If I see a dude with a Leica, I’m gonna stay something and I did. We …

Summer Streets

The streets in Kelowna during the summer months are great. Lots of people around, things are happening and the trees are green again. Those leaves really do add a nice touch of colour to pictures. The trees would probably look better with a little less movement in them, but I’m ok with out this one …

Since I was Out

I was on a location photoshoot this past weekend and when we left the location I accidentally left at light stand on location. The photoshoot went a little long and by the time I got home and realized I forgot the stand it was already dark. I figured since I was out I might as …

Punch Buggy

I was just standing on the side of the street waiting to cross and there was a group of people on the other side of the street doing the same thing. I saw the cool VW Bug coming down the street so I figured I’d get a picture. When I first looked at the picture …

Cam in Pandosy

My son Cameron and I went to Subway for lunch on the weekend. We just walked there from our hour in Pandosy (a neighbourhood here in Kelowna). Since I had my camera with me we just stopped for a couple pictures along the way. It’s always good to get pictures of the kids because they …

The Van Fits In

I’m a Westy guy, but this Eurovan fits right in with this scene. I was just driving down this street one day and noticed the van. I pulled over and shot a few photos. I actually took this picture a couple months ago, I just forgot all about it. Anyhow, I like the van and …