Last Summer in Whiterock

Here's a shot from last summer. I love trains. I shot this one while I was on the beach in Whiterock BC.

It's been a long time

There will be new photos here soon. I've been absent from my photoblog because I've had a fractured right foot. It's been difficult to get around, and so I haven't been doing any photography for the past 6 weeks or so. My foot is getting better though, so I will be back at it soon.

In other (and totally unrelated) news, here's a little clip from one of my many hilarious answering machine messages that I get from friends:

Mark, are you there? (MP3).

From the floor

Hey, I was exploring the dark corners of my old hard drive when I came across a bunch of photos from the Canon EOS 10D. These ones didn't really make it past the editing room floor, so to speak. But with today's improved software, I was able to restore these to the way in which I'd originally indended them to look.

Computer trouble

I know it's been a while since I've posted anything here. That's because I've been having major computer problems--well, problems with Windows is more accurate. I need a Mac G5 or something.

Calla Lilies

These are some Calla Lilies that I photographed about a year-and-a-half ago. They've been sitting in my image database all this time. When I initially took the photos, I shot them in RAW mode, so that I could obtain the highest possible image quality my digital SLR was capable of. Unfortunately, back then (and probably still today) the capabilities of the hardware exceeded that of the available software. Now, finally there is RAW conversion software that is suitable enough to allow me to translate the image to print (or screen) to be viewed in the original way that I intended.

Scenes from Suzaka City

Suzaka City is where my friend Reno lives and teaches. This is where I stayed while I was in Japan--more accurately, this was our base camp for all the traveling we did, because we were hardly ever home while I was there.

Most of the time I was there, it was very cold in Suzaka City. It was basically still winter, although they were expecting spring to come very shortly. As it turns out, it was the coldest it had been in Suzaka City in twenty years.

One morning, on day four of my adventures in Japan, I woke up very early. It was so cold in Reno's house that I could see my breath. I got up, opened the door and looked outside. It was snowing. There was a few inches of snow covering everything. I picked up my camera and shot a photo of Reno's bike:



I went back inside and quicky jumped under the nice, warm Kotatsu. (A small heated coffee table with a quilt that you sit cross-legged under. Every Japanese household has one.)



Reno got up a little later and we had some riceballs and coffee for breakfast.



A little while after that, we ventured outside. I thought it would be a good day for photos with the fresh new snow on the ground.



It was sunny for a little while, but still very cold, and a new storm system was also blowing in, with more snow coming.