BLACK BEAR IN DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER!

Wow: A black bear managed to get to DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER today riding in a garbage truck! Funny it appeared right in the heart of downtown pretty much right across the street from the Christmas Market! That will REALLY get those Germans wanting to come and visit now! Two of their favorite things…. Christmas Markets and Bears all in one convenient Location. 🙂 Here is the full story and a spot...
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SPEAKING ABOUT CATARACTS AT THE SEVA AGM

On December 2nd I had the pleasure of speaking at SEVA’s Annual General Meeting. I was able to share my personal experiences with Cataract Surgeries performed in Western China / Eastern Tibet in the Hospital that SEVA helped fund! First time showing images from this most recent trip and it was great to share them. Very nice audience! Thanks to Penny Lyons, Heater Wardle and everyone who...
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SHOOTING GOLF FOR BC RENAL AGENCY

Shooting Golf in December? I had the great fun of working with Jared Provost and Alexis Whatley from the BC Renal Agency to do a photo of Jared golfing. He is a Kidney Dialysis patient, but that is not stopping him from doing fun things. We laughed a lot so he must be having fun. Final shot chosen will appear in my portfolio section soon enough. Not sure which one yet… Here is...
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LANGARA SEMINAR

Well I missed getting a photo with all 27 of the Langara First Year photography students, but here are some of the batch who kindly hung out afterwards to chat. I had the great pleasure of chatting with them about photography and I really appreciated their interest and enthusiasm. I had a great time and hope they did too. I wish them all well as they pursue their photographic endeavours! Eric...
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STOLEN IPHONE RETRIEVED IN “BIG STING!”

**I tweeted about this when it happened but the story really did require more than 142 characters! Here is the whole whale of a tail… ;-0 Oct 5, 2011 My phone “went missing” yesterday and was retrieved by me & cops using “find my phone!” i got it within 9 hrs! Battery was only 17% left! If I was one hour later, I would have been out of luck! In short I didnt...
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150 POUNDS OF KITTY LITTER!

I bought 150 pounds of kitty litter today! Really! – Big sale at Costco. I feel and equal amount of shame and satisfaction at the same time. Funny enough… it is a bit weirder once you see the photo since that is TWO HUNDRED POUNDS of Killy Litter… It seems I already had one here! How embarassing.
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TRYING TO GET TO REMOTE HUANG HUA… FIASCO EXTRAORDINAIRE

It might seem easy enough, but getting basic transport to the small town where the marathon was taking place was just a crazy adventure… an array of subways, trains, buses, cabs, hitchiking, etc. A 3 hour trip took me SEVEN HOURS!Little did i know the village I was asking for was SO tiny that no one really knew where it was and how to help me.Fastest train in China. 339 km per hour…...
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