A little bit of this and a little bit of that

Today was a beautiful day and I decided to play tourist for a day and run around taking some pictures. Actually for most of the day I was pretty uninspired taking shots of the mountains and buildings and didn't really come away thinking I had done anything creative. As I was out I ran into a stranger who was a photographer that had his camera with him and he instantly spotted me with mine. I stopped to talk to him and compare cameras and he said that he had his camera since just after Christmas and he was already over 4000 shots. As I left he said to me "shoot lots!" and gave me a smile. That little exchange lifted my spirits. Here are some shots from today.

Three little house boats.

In with the new reveals the old.

I am just a bit ....

Isn't this the Starbucks girl?

Grandfather, Father and Son

Snakes and Ladders

Stairs

Under the Lions Gate Bridge

And finally the Inukshuk, which is what they are using for the 2010 Winter Olympics as the logo

Night Shots on a cold Vancouver Evening

Lately the weather in Vancouver can be summed up in two words, wet and cold. Tonight was no exception but I wanted to get out and snap a few photos. I shot all of these handheld because I didn't have a tripod with me so I cranked up the ISO to 1600 and shot as wide open as I could for most shots. Here are a few shots and I would have stayed out a bit longer but my fingers were frozen.

This shot below is of the Lion outside of the Vancouver Art Gallery.

































This shot is of the Countdown Clock for the 2010 Winter Olympics Games to be held in Whistler, BC.

There is a group of graffiti art that is on the North off ramp of the Granville Street Bridge that goes onto Seymour Street that has been there for some time now. I am surprised that the city has not done anything about it but personally I think it is a tasteful display of an urban artform and perhaps since there are no depictions of violence and obscene language in them they are ignoring it. I did use flash on the individual shots of each piece of artwork to bring out the colors.