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Posted on 10th April, 2026
Shortly before Christmas, I wrote up a little blog on my favourite twelve images from the year. I set myself a limitation of only being allowed one image from any particular trip. You can see the twelve I chose and read a little bit about them in my last blog. Some of the choices were...
Posted on 20th December, 2025
After bailing out last year - for reasons I forget - I decided to do another top X images this year and I've been extra generous to myself and chosen a 'top' twelve for the year! It's always fun to do this and I actually found making the choices reasonably easy....
Posted on 21st July, 2025
Nearly two years since our visit and I am finally writing up the final blog about our amazing trip to British Columbia. Looking back through the photos has reminded me, if I needed it, just what a wonderful experience it was. A magical time. A magical place. We made the long drive north...
Posted on 4th February, 2025
At the turn of the year the kind folks at Calibrite sent me a Calibrite Photo Kit to try out. This consists of two items – a screen calibration device and a camera profiling device. Having been producing my own prints for the best part of 20 years now, I’m well aware of the...
Posted on 20th September, 2024
We arrived in Ucluelet late afternoon and, having checked in to our room, headed out for a little wander around the harbour. Here we were most surprised to see a pack of five or six marauding river otters, jumping from pier to boat to pier, in search of fish I'm guessing! I only had my...
Posted on 11th September, 2024
Our next destination was Tofino - as the crow flies, not a huge distance to travel, but reaching it by mainstream roads involved doing what amounted to three sides of a rectangle. Given the scenery most of the way, this was no hardship. I was also very keen to visit the famous Cathedral...
Posted on 6th August, 2024
It's taken me a while - nearly a year to be precise - but I thought I'd best write up our time on Vancouver Island whilst I could still remember everything. It seems to make best sense to split it into four blogs, covering each of the places we stayed. I had long wanted to...
Posted on 20th December, 2023
More years than not I try to consider what are my favourite photos from the year, as it's always fun to review - occasionally I get round to blogging about it! As I've just allowed myself one per season this year, that makes it quite quick and easy to write up. They are very much...
Posted on 22nd November, 2023
Our last full day - how can a week go so quickly? We got up early for a quick dip in the hot springs at Bishop Bay - I was somewhat ambivalent about doing this but in fact it was lovely - like a giant and constantly hot bath! Before that I found myself photographing rocks, yet again - it...
Posted on 20th November, 2023
The day began with thick fog. We could hear the wolves howling again, although not so close and visibility was restricted to a few metres - wonderfully atmospheric but perhaps not ideal wildlife spotting conditions! Nevertheless we went towards the shore in the zodiacs and waited...
Posted on 14th November, 2023
We woke to the sound of howling wolves - coastal wolves, to be precise. It had to happen, didnt' it? Just when you thought things couldn't get any better, it seemed they could! We went up on deck and, although it was still relatively dark, you could clearly see them on the shore....
Posted on 31st October, 2023
Based on the weather the previous evening, I woke hoping for some atmospheric conditions. I was not disappointed and emerged on deck to find plenty of low cloud and fog clinging to the forested hills surrounding the inlet. I dare say everyone else was hoping for another warm and sunny day -...