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Vancouver based photographer, writer, educator & speaker. Official Fujifilm X Photographer.

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Canada approved the Johnson and Johnson vaccine today, bringing us to a total of 4 vaccines approved for use here. The light at the end of the tunnel feels brighter this morning, and my thoughts are drifting to planes, hotels, city streets and meeting strangers with my camera. So, here is a photo from my last trip to Paris; a week spent on the streets of that magnificent city with friends.
Airports always have the best light, don’t they?
I miss New York, with all of its wonderful people and photographic opportunities. As we start to see the flicker of light at the end of the COVID tunnel I am planning trips again, tentatively, and NYC is very close the top of the list. I can’t wait to be back.
Winter has finally arrived in Vancouver, bringing with it sub zero temperatures, windchill, and a light dusting of snow. These are actually fairly rare conditions here, contrary to popular opinion, so It is always fun to get out and shoot when the light is right. That was not the case today sadly, but it did prompt me to go back through my library and find some winter photos from years gone by. All images taken with Fujifilm X series cameras of course.
Winter light is still the best...
I made this photograph a little over four years ago, while beta testing the then unreleased Fujifilm X100F. The X100F was the fourth iteration of a camera series that changed the course of my life, and this remains one of my favourite images taken with an X100 camera.
“Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.”
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”
Summer in Toronto...

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