Chronicles

I never meant to retire so soon, but life had other plans! About a year ago, I found …

Tomorrow I say goodbye to my best friend. The decision is never easy, but this time is …

For the first time since 1989 I am unemployed.

Twenty-six years of continuous full-time employment in high-tech. I guess that’s a pretty good run. I experienced many good times, including the tec …

On February 3rd, 1916 the Centre Block of Canada’s Parliament Buildings burnt to the ground, the result of a carelessly discarded cigar in a waste basket in one of the reading rooms. Only the librar …

I’ve given up on “Mostly Wordless Wednesday”. It wasn’t working for me. I don’t want to wait to post my photographs mid-week, especially since they are often posted to other sites, such as F …

Some people carry a camera with them wherever they go. I don’t but I’ve started carr …

This is just a quick follow up to my last post, where I said I was going to play tourist …

Stop me if you’ve heard this one.

Actually don’t, because I already know you have.

Remember that post from …

They say it’s the closest a man can feel to the pain of child birth. There are many women who have experienced both who say that it is worse. I once spent a night in the hospital because of one and …

The Prince of Wales Bridge is an old railroad bridge spanning the Ottawa River between Ontario and Québec, built in 1880 and now abandoned and covered in graffiti. A couple of friends dragged me out …

First, some words. This is “Mostly” Wordless Wednesday after all.

So far, MWW has been photographs from the archives, some dating back several years, that fit into a particular theme. That chan …

I saw her walking across a park in Savannah, Georgia, talking incoherently to herself. Her face had such amazing character that I knew I wanted to photograph her. The problem is I’m terrible at appr …

Yes, I had G.A.S., but I took care of it, at least for now.

Most photographers are ver …

Ok, this one is definitely for the photographers. If you have no interest in photography …

Sweet Smoke of Incense

In the summer of 2012 I had the opportunity to spend two weeks in Paris. It …

A selection of photographs from my trip to Rajasthan, India in February and March of 2013.

As a photographer I struggle at times. I think every photographer does. We either get into …

Yesterday I came home from work to find a nice surprise waiting for me on my doorstep. Actually, it wasn’t much of a surprise since I received a notification from UPS around 1 o’clock telling me t …

Well, 7 posts in and already I managed to take a long break.

Am I surprised?

No …

The Casino Lac Leamy Sound of Light Fireworks Competition is an annual 5-night event in Gatineau, Québec, just across the river from my hometown of Ottawa, Ontario. I’ve been photographing for this …

I enjoy reading, although I don’t spend enough time doing it. Mostly I read mainstream f …

Yes, on occasion I will work as a volunteer photographer. I will go out, make photogra …

This is the second, and last, trip report that I will be re-publishing from the Light Café newsletter. Again, the distribution of this newsletter was so small that few people would have had the chanc …

This may seem like cheating, but I’m going to re-publish an article I wrote for a photography newsletter. The newsletter was born from an online photography forum which, while the site is still func …

Ever since I started photography seriously, I’ve had one challenge that continued to …

Why not a blog?

I’ve always thought I’d like to write. Not professionally, but just as a creative outlet. I’m not going to create the next Great Canadian Novel. This isn’t a new desire. In …