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  • Exploring Gabriola Island

    Exploring Gabriola Island

    Just a short 20 minute ferry ride from Nanaimo, is the wonderful Gabriola Island, but I’d never really explored it before. I recently spent the day exploring it with my camera and had a great time.

    Morning Light at Gabriola Island

    The rock formations there are simply amazing. The many patterns left on the rocks create such such unique foregrounds for photos that I didn’t want to put my camera down, but it’s nice just to spend some time wandering about, enjoying it all.

    Intricate patterns created by time and the elements

    In places the shoreline has been sculpted by the ocean to create what looks like a covered walkway, or a stone covered pathway along the water.

    Waves of Stone

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    Photography on beautiful Gabriola Island, BC

  • Whiffen Spit Phogtography

    My plans for some early morning landscape photography were derailed by heavy fog near the ocean, so I adjusted them and went to a location where I figured I could use the fog to my advantage and make some interesting photographs; Whiffen Spit.

    birds on log on a foggy day at the shore
    Two crows perch on driftwood at Whiffen Spit

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  • Exploring the Olympic Peninsula

    The Olympic Peninsula (and Olympic National Park) is just a short ferry ride across the Straight of Juan de Fuca from Victoria, and somewhere I’ve been meaning to visit for years.  I’m glad that I finally did!

    US flag waves on back of ferry across the Jaun de Fuca straight
    Victoria recedes in the distance as MV Coho departs for Port Washington

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  • The Wonders of Sombrio Beach

    Sombrio Beach is a place I’ve been meaning to check out for quite some time.  In fact, a few weeks ago I actually drove there (it’s around an hour drive pst Sooke, along a the twisty West Coast Road), but when I arrived, both parking areas were full and the gravel road leading to it was lined with cars on both sides for some distance up the hill, so I decided to try again another day.  I’m glad I did, because when I returned this time, there were only a few people camping on the beach and it was a great day to explore.

    a wood plank bridge crosses Rosemond Creek
    One of the many small bridges on West Coast Road, heading towards Sombrio Beach

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  • A Hike Around Botanical Beach

    A Hike Around Botanical Beach

    I arranged for a small group from my local photo club to go on a day trip to Botanical Beach.  The beach is best seen at low tide, when the many unique features can be more easily observed, and the water doesn’t keep you off the beach.  This took a bit of coordination to get the timings right and as the day approached, it looked like we might be more in danger of getting wet from the rain than the ocean.

    black and white image of Botanical Beach showing rocky shore and some trees under dark clouds
    Moody clouds over Botanical Beach, BC.

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  • Ice Shots on the Beach

    It was about a degree below freezing with just enough of a breeze to make it seem much cooler down at Sandcut Beach, but the sun was out and it was a beautiful day for photography. Look out from the beach and on most days you can see the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. I have heard there and many excellent photographic opportunities there and hope to check it out myself some time in the future.

    Log on beach overlooking rock and Olympic Peninsula
    Looking across the water at our American neighbours 

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  • Starting the Year Off Right

    This year I want to take more photos both locally and when I am away from home.  I started off the year with a trip to the Tofino area, where I had the chance to do a good amount of shooting and appreciating that beautiful area.  January is frequently stormy and this year was no different.

    The stormy weather whipped up the waves at Cox Bay
    The stormy weather whipped up the waves at Cox Bay

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  • Time Changes Everything

    One thing is certain… no matter what else is happening, time goes on.  And with it, things change.  Some so slowly it’s almost imperceptible, while other things so quickly it seems if you blink you might miss them.  Somewhere between the extremes is the changes that take place in autumn.  Slowly the leaves start to change colour, at least on certain types of trees and other plants.  Then they begin to fall cover the ground like a colourful carpet.  Around here the rain starts to become more frequent and the rivers and creeks start to flow more swiftly.  In some cases they go from being almost totally dry stream beds to rushing flows of water.

    Ayum Creek is little more than a dry stream bed dotted with a few puddles in Late September
    Ayum Creek is little more than a dry stream bed dotted with a few puddles in Late September

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  • China Beach as the Fog Lifts

    Beach Birds

  • Sheringham Point Lighthouse

    Sheringham Point Lighthouse Panorama