December 25, 2009
last summer i rented a 50-500mm telephoto zoom and had a blast capturing the wildlife around Lost Lagoon, here in Vancouver’s idyllic Stanley Park. this christmas i wanted to capture the wonder and beauty of the many brightly coloured lights we decorate our homes and businesses with to help dispel these dark days of winter …
May 30, 2009
I was tempted to title this post “I need more money!” after one of Sarah Richardson’s comments from her “Sarah’s House” HGTV series when she realizes that, in order to get the look she wants in her home, she needs more money. Two things happened recently that have me bemoaning that same litany. Renting that …
May 25, 2009
On the Victoria Day weekend during on of my usual walks around Lost Lagoon, I noticed that the new bird houses that the Nature House had just put in were starting to attract residents. Sparrows had already moved in and were rearing chicks; swallows were begining to take an interest in the bird-houses-on-poles that had …
May 20, 2009
I have been using a 20 year old film-type 35-105mm ƒ3.5-4.5 macro/zoom that my sister lent me just after I bought my K20D camera. This was one of the prime reasons I bought a Pentax … I can use lenses made for older (sometimes much older) Pentax film cameras. This lens was only made from …