On THE Road With The A7R III

Prelude: Kitsch.  Tackiness.  History.  Fun.  Adventure!  Photos. Route 66. The 'Mother Road'.  The mother-effing road of no less than our collective consciousness. And I mean that in an awe-struck way. An old, blind-in-one-eye Bloodhound, contentedly basking in the sun... a white, weather-worn porch swing creaking slowly in a gentle breeze... an occasional, barely detectable scent …

Travelling Light In The Matrix (Ottawa’s Kontinuum)

This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.  -Morpheus   …

Carp’s Diefenbunker – The Coldwar Frozen In Time

Canadian Forces Station Carp, AKA the 'Diefenbunker', is a 4 story, 100,000 square foot underground nuclear fallout bunker located in Carp, Ontario - a short 30km west of Canada's Parliament Hill in downtown Ottawa. Built during the height of the cold war era between 1959-1961, its purpose was to house and safeguard approximately 535 government …

Gatineau’s (Enchanted) Jacques-Cartier Park

As part of the Canada 150 Celebrations this year, Jacques-Cartier Park in Gatineau is featuring the MosaiCanada event where-in plants have seemingly sprung from the ground to take on human, and sometimes bizarre non-human, form - like something from the imagination of Alan Moore or J.R.R Tolkien. These 40 massive plant sculptures along a 1km …

A Greek Odyssey Part 1 – Athens

We spent the first 3 days in Athens, a city of old and new. It's almost surreal to be in a city which is many ways is like many other major cities - the hustle-and-bustle of traffic, apartments and store-fronts, restaurants, businesses... and yet, around every corner, is a piece of ancient history and early civilization.   …

What’s In My Travel Bag (2016 Edition)

Now that summer is 'officially' here I admit I'm starting to feel the pressure! Vacation is fast approaching, and this year is a 'travel year' (we save up, and try to 'fly somewhere' every-other-year if we can). Although my motto is  'Travel light, live the moment, capture the serendipity!', this year's destination, Greece, has been on our 'bucket list' …

Granville Island

On our trip to Vancouver we stopped at Granville Island. Granville Island is a peninsula across from downtown Vancouver; once an area of industry its been converted into a hot, urban shopping region (and to be honest, a bit of a 'tourist-trap') The shops are mostly small, independent artisan and craft shops, though there's also …

The Ideal Travel Kit

--- PART 1 ---- THE IDEAL CAMERA DEFINED Just what is the 'ideal camera'? The very un-sensational answer is... that "it depends". Primarily, it depends upon the intended use. The camera is, after all, a tool.  And that old adage 'the right tool for the right job' applies to the craft of photography just as …