Monday, November 29, 2010

I Miss Miss Banks

This is a picture I took of my best friend at the end of summer.  We grabbed our dogs, books and a big blanket and took silk cusions to lie on the grass and soak up the last rays of the Septembers sun.  Heading into winter it is always good to remember a moment of warmth.  This lady is an eternal source of laughter, strength, comfort and love to me.  She lives in London and I miss her immensely.  

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Little Girl Lost


This was taken on-set for a student film.  The little girl's name is Sofia and she was adorable!  She was the smallest and most excited child running around on the playground. Trying to capture her in a slow moment of reflection was an exercise.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Moon Hunting

Mega and I went out on a mission to capture the moon.  After seeing snippets of it poking around the Yaletown high-rises, we finally found it shining bright on the seawall.  I did not have a tripod, and holding Mega in one hand and a Starbucks in the other it was quiet tricky. But I managed to balance on a tremendously chilly railing to stop some of the shake.  

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Old Man Winter Has Arrived


Vancouver is known for its beauty, rain, healthy lifestyle and warm people. Compared to all other Canadian cities, our own provides a well balanced temperature control, usually this comes at the loss of a regulated water density- resulting often in too many consecutive rainy days.   It rains and it pours, but when it's summer it's glorious- never too hot, and when it's winter it is cold- but not freezing like Toronto or Ottawa.
This year however, Old Man Winter has come early and come angry.  I was out the whole day in -5 degree weather with my feet submerged in one foot of fresh snow.  The last time I felt this cold was December 2007 on a trip to the big Apple with my Mum.  It was so freezing then that we had to duck into a Starbucks between each store to warm up on our Christmas shopping mission.   I vowed to my Mom then, who was pressing hot chocolate on me as if it was the sun itself, that I would never live in a place so cold that it felt like the air wanted to wear my skin. But here I am, in mid-November immersed in a cold so chilly that I want to invent a way to wear my Bed as a wardrobe.  I suppose if the season has arrived and there is no chance of immigration to Hawaii, I better invest in ear muffs, fur, hot snaps and wellington boots.   Despite all the cold however, the snow really does make Vancouver sparkle.  I will use it as inspiration for more photographs.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

To A Skylark


Hail to thee, blithe spirit!
   Bird thou never wert - 
That from heaven, or near it,
   Pourest thy full heart
In profuse strains of unpremeditated art
  ...
Teach us, spirite or bird,
  What sweet thoughts are thine;
I have never heard
  Praise of love or wine
That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine. 

                                                   - Shelley 

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Mega Anarchy



I was taking my dog Mega for a walk this evening and I came across a dock on the water lined with eerie orange lights.  the lights were built in the ground and were radiating against pillars holding up a dock.  I put my oh so obedient beast next to the light and got some pretty cool pics.  I think he looks like a Roman creature in this shot, he is very regal and if he was a person, he would have made a great Augustus. Although Mega is of the Canine species, and not the feline, I devote Blakes poem "The Tyger" to his beauty and strength. 

"Tyger Tyger burning bright
In the Forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye 
             Could frame thy fearful symmetry?" 
                                                                           -William Blake 

Monday, November 15, 2010

A Bold Assumption


I live in Yaletown and on my morning walks to get coffee there are chalk drawings from the local community centre.  This one is probably my favourite yet.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Ode to Autumn




My Newest Muse


I am a very proud Aunt and welcomed my new nephew in August.  He is a divine little boy and is a constant source of inspiration, everything from smiles & forgiveness to a whole new way of looking at life.