This is an old photograph taken in Bordeaux, France in 1991. Being from western Canada, where no buildings are more than about 50 years old, the old buildings and doors of Europe are of great interest to photograph. This one was extra special because of the junk mail stuffed into the slot.
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Otis the Goatis – Portrait of a Melancholy Ungulate
I have rarely been able to take a good portrait style photo of a person. I don’t seem to be able to get the subject to relax and it often ends being a little awkward. Not awkward like Ralph Eugene Meatyard’s portraits, but you get the idea. This (sad to say) is probably my best “portrait” that I have taken. It’s something that I would like to work on.
Rialto Beach
My family and I took a trip out to the Washington coast and ended up at Rialto Beach. The sky was so amazing. As usual the picture doesn’t do justice to the actual scene.
Crosspoles
This is a photograph of a horse rounding the turn setting up for jumping a set of crosspoles. I like this one because of the basically monochrome browns of the horses hooves and the sand contrasting against the freshly painted bright white and blue poles.
Catamaran – Puerto Vallarta
When my wife and I went to Puerto Vallarta for our 15th wedding anniversary we got a great deal. The only catch was our return flight left at 2:00 am so we had a lot of time to kill between checking out of the hotel and catching our flight. It gave us time to watch a last sunset and I caught this shot during the sunset.
I like this one in both the muted beige tones and in black and white.
Irrigation
I drove by this turf farm for weeks thinking “one of these days I need to stop and get a shot of the sun setting behind the sprinklers.” I finally stopped on this one particular evening and I am very happy with the result.
Goat Bridge
Goat on a bridge.
John Deere – Shadow of the Steering Wheel
It was a little precarious standing on the fender of this antique John Deere tractor at the Log Barn near Enderby but there’s just something I like about shadows and vivid colors so I took the chance. What a risk taker you’re probably thinking.
Fencepost – Kalamalka Lake
My family and I went for a bit of a drive last weekend up the valley to see the beautiful fall colors. It was a good thing we did because the next day the temperature dropped to -10 C and now all the leaves are brown. This photo is for my wife. She just loves pictures with rows of various colors kind of like this one.
Little Door
This is an image of a young girl standing in front of a door that is “just her size”. I love the vacant stare that she has and the way that she is almost standing at attention.
This was taken at Fort Rodd Hill near Victoria, BC.
