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Shutter released

If you are looking for a new coffee shop to try in Vancouver, do check out Re-entry on Main Street near 28th Avenue. I can’t recommend their coffee personally (because I don’t drink it) but I’m told...

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Line up to see Cat Women on the Moon.

I love this series of photos by Susan Burnstine as featured in a gallery at File Magazine. It inspires in me both a desire to run out and photograph animals, and break out my neglected pinhole camera.

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Jaws

World Toy Camera Day was a very rainy one here in Vancouver, so Kirsti and Christopher came by to shoot indoors with my lights. As you can see from the photos, we were a bit goofy (or at least I was)....

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Japanese Tea Garden

I was in San Francisco for nine days at the beginning of October, and even though I was able to get my film back two days after my return I have still haven’t managed to upload many shots to Flickr....

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Shivering toward its own creation

“I like to live in the sound of water, in the feel of mountain air. A sharp reminder hits me: this world is still alive; it stretches out there shivering toward its own creation, and I’m a part of it....

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A very tall tree in the tea garden

I’m up for the second time this morning after a very late night of going to bed at the magical hour when 2am becomes 1am again. I was looking at my cell phone when it changed back. I don’t think I’ve...

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You are so much more than your thinking mind can comprehend

The title of this entry is the gist of something my yoga teacher said in class on Saturday morning a few weekends ago. We are so much more than the thoughts that limit us.

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Big Sister. Little Sister.

Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland is looking for more people to take part in their mentorship program in 2008. I became involved with the organization last year, and thought I’d share my experiences....

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Holga Show 2.0

I have one of my Holga photographs in an online show at the Photomedia Centre: Holga Show 2.0. I had work accepted in 2006 as well, and I actually prefer the selection and presentation of that show to...

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Spring magnolias

Taken with a holga “macro” – a holga with a close-up filter over the lens.

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Five good things

1. Getting my apartment sorted out after too many days of living in the mess created by repairs in part of the space. 2. Starting to read The World Without Us. 3. Having my hair cut shorter, but not...

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Portland Artist – Theo Ellsworth

Title: Starlings at Twilight I was less impressed with the Saturday market in Portland on my latest visit than I was the previous time I was there. It seemed much more crafty and junky with fewer...

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Starlings Take Flight

This is my favorite shot taken on my Portland trip. I love watching birds take flight. I keep meaning to write about the good summer I have been having but so far I haven’t been able to find the time....

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Magic in the Landscape

Out for a Paddle Taken from the train window, somewhere near Tacoma, Washington. I really wish I was better about keeping up with what’s going on at local galleries, because too often I see shows just...

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Inside the Abandoned House

A few shots taken with my holga inside an abandoned house, from a few weeks back. It’s a location I’m hoping to return to sometime soon and do a more thorough job of photographing.

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A Little Bit of News

The problem with looking back at what I was up to this time last November is realizing I was a much more productive artist then, and I was actually selling work. It’s easy to focus on the things I’m...

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Wholeness

Traveling to Bowen Island just got a whole lot faster, easier, and fun with the introduction of the Granville Island Water Taxi service. Boris and I took it over to Bowen on friday evening, and came...

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Christmas baking and a Few Good Things

It is Sunday afternoon and I’ve decided to take a break from the frenzy of Christmas baking I’ve been up to for the last few hours. I haven’t done baking for Christmas in a few years and I am trying...

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Sale: Metal Prints at Etsy.com

I’ve decided to put all of the metal prints I have listed in my Etsy shop on sale. The regular price is $45, now on sale for $35. This does not include shipping. Below are detail shots of two of the...

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Path of petals

“Pain and conflict are, to a large extent, the result of a discrepancy between the way we think others should treat us, react to us, and appreciate us, and the way they actually do. Many of our...

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