Back in the news!

The City of Duncan Totem Photography Policy - the one I've had a bee in my bonnet about for the last couple of months - is back in the news today.

The Globe and Mail ran a story about it today. Check it out.

Every time a story on the issue runs, the city just looks stupider and stupider.

I have since found out that the story ran in the Winnipeg Free Press, the Lethbridge Herald, The Vancouver Island Business Examiner, Imaging Insider, Arts News Canada, Shaw TV, A-Channel Victoria, Global TV Victoria, CHEK TV Victoria and the Western Canadian News Photographers Association.

From the bow

The sandstone cliffs of Gabriola Island from the bow of an 18' Whaler.

Sunset arrival

A cruise ship approaches Vancouver as the sun sets. This was taken from a BC Ferry crossing from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo.

Golden moment

I got this on the same evening as I shot "Evening Cast." I stopped at this lake at the perfect time just before sunset and caught the wonderful glow of the early autumn colors.

Shooting the shooter

Deddeda Stemler, on assignment for the Globe and Mail, shoots me for a story the Globe is doing on the Duncan totem photo policy. Last I heard, the story is supposed to run in the Wednesday, Sept. 26 issue. It was a great pleasure for me too meet Deddeda and I learned a fair bit just watching her in action. She has a great portfolio online at www.deddeda.com.

Contre Jour

I love shooting against the sun. This was on a boating trip from Nanaimo through the Gulf Islands on Saturday. For those of you who are wondering, "contre jour" translated from French means "against the day." It's a photographic term used for shooting into the sun - or any main light source, for that matter.

Stupid

There's absolutely nothing wonderful about this picture. It's just that every now and again, you see a sign that's so stupid it just begs to be shot. You'd think that if the term "hand brake" is going to be used in a sign, a more appropriate icon would have been used. I like to thank BC Ferries for providing me with this laugh.