The Corporation

The Corporation Says: "You are a valued cog.....er ....member to the corporation. Your input....er....hard work is the grease that keeps the corporation moving into the future. For your valued work one extra hour for lunch has been precisely allocated to your nutrition break. Please remember that you will be working one hour later for lack of productivity."

Location: Hell's Gate, Fraser Canyon

Time of Year: May 16, 2009

Other Info: This shot is of the cogs that run the water wheel for the gold panning exhibit at Hell's Gate. The corporation quote, is something that I have been toying around with in my head and actually used it, a different version, on my mothers day card to my lovely mother this year. This year's card featured Sponge Bob Square Pants and was hot pink. Written inside, with love and care, the corporation slogan crediting one extra week vacation for a job well done. Many people give flowers I give an extra weeks vacation, not paid vacation, mostly because I am a jobless, hobby enthusiast at the moment.

Losing your Marbles.......

Location: Hell's Gate, Fraser Canyon.

Time of Year: May 16,2009

Other Info: Crossed a bridge.....walk up a path..............take note of the sign which is 90% helpful. Now how to contact Helen about said, "lost marbles".

One art equals many crafts

Location: Kitchen Table (once again)


Time of Year: May 18, 2009


Other Info: Arts and crafts at the table, trying out the old adage that running with scissors will put out your eye. I figure we are blessed with two eyes so live a little and run with scissors. Thinking now have the scissor blades closed no use in putting both your eyes out. This shot is an HDR overlay of three shots edited to my, and possibly, your liking.

Location: Kitchen Table

Time of Year: March 2009

Other Info: Maybe wondering who the model is in this shot.....well it myself. The process of this shot me setting the timer on the camera and running to the mark and crossing my fingers that the shot turns out. I think it is successful for what I had to do to get this shot.

Simplistic Conifer

Location: Whytecliff Park

Time of Year: May 3, 2009

Other Info: I just like how simple, at least to myself, this shot feels. The greens and yellows pop out nicely in contrast to the grey shaded background.

Are You Ready?

Location: Downtown Vancouver


Time of Year: May 2008


Other Info: Saw this sign and found it a little humourous. Hopefully Tom Cruise doesn't rage when he reads this post.

Whytecliff Park

Island connected to the shore via rock scramble.


Lone tree on the Island looking out south west into the Straight of Georgia.



Shot is to the south with West Vancouver in the background.



Location: Whytecliff Park, West Vancouver (Near Horseshoe Bay)


Time of Year: May 3, 2009


Other Info: Park has quiet a bit to offer with hiking trails, Island off shore that is accessible by a rock scramble path, and a beach. The Island that is located offshore, I figure through deduction, was once connected to the mainland. Striations mark up the mass of granite, which has a higher resistance to erosional forces than the rock that connected it to the mainland. The rock on the island has been smoothed thanks to processes of erosion wind, water and ice.

Aloutte Lake

Location: Allouette Lake, Golden Ears Provincial Park

Time of Year: March 2009

Other Info: This is ,what think, a jewel in the Fraser Valley located near Maple Ridge.
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/golden_ears/

Ancient Script

Location: Richmond B.C., Buddhist Temple

Time of Year: April 2009

Other Info: According to my guide , not a monk a "Norman", this ancient Chinese scripture of which "Norman" could not read. Funny/awkward story on what I now call the "Norman Incident" I know I'm a handsome man, my self proclaimed nickname is "Handsome Thunder". I made clear to "Norman", I have a wife and am Happily married, didn't stop Norman from hitting on me as he figured statistically that he had a chance, the odds are he would get struck by lightening before that chance would occur. My analytical mind has gone over what occurred that day,about a thousand times, there was nothing lost in translation and it definitely was not culture gap. I remember that wishing my wife was here as wearing a wedding ring and giving my honest word that, "I was married" wasn't enough to stop what is known as the "Norman Incident".