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preliminary edit of some photos from my trip to hong kong and macao.

i’ve never travelled outside of north america or have been to such a far place alone. 

they are incredible cities, there are a few more places in asia i would like to visit before returning, but i already can’t wait to go back.

do yourself a favour and if you ever go; stay in kowloon, its dirty and reeks like your favourite dive bar, cheap beer and food of questionable health and safety standards but it was the best i’ve ever had.

except for chicken feet, too fatty for me.

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snapshots with the X-Pro2

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Visiting my grand parents in Tampa, Florida.

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Our awesome boss took everyone up to Pemberton for two days, we saw the Nairn Falls and Shannon Falls. I didn't know British Columbia had so many waterfalls and I didn't know they were all made of timeless beauty.

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Some VFW favourites, featuring Aaron, Erik, Helen, Sandra, A guy with the dopest Rick Owen sneakers and Robert.

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The work fam and I hiked up Lynn Valley today and I played with the in camera HDR capabilities of my 5D3. All photos taken with a 16-35 f/2.8

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Fun times at Khatsalano

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Chinese Orchestra

A small ensemble from the Sound of Dragon music festival came to the local library to play a few pieces of music from different cultures, Iranian/Persian, north western and south eastern Chinese and a few Indian and Israeli tunes were played by the four members.

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Updating the Richmond News "Stock" photo files

Got to wander around again, we needed shots of crowds and people that were coming to and from the train station, walking down the street, etc

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Another case of "making something boring interesting"

There was a CPR demonstration in Richmond for Good Turn Week, a week sponsored by Scouts Canada to promote and encourage people to do good deeds, be it helping an elderly person with groceries, donating blood or learning CPR.

I used what I learned at the Chapters closing to my advantage, the bodies on the floor made a great – albeit weird  – pattern, and I wanted to exploit it, I shot wide and from high up but there was little or no light, nothing opening a door and windows could solve.

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Look at me I'm a fashion photographer

Kwantlen Polytechnic University's school of design threw a fashion show at a local casino, I got to photograph it! 

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Making Something From Nothing

A Chapters in Richmond is closing down, which isn't very newsy or interesting, nor is it a hard hitting documentary. It's our job as visual journalists to make that "boring" stuff pop, I don't think I did a very good job with this assignment but I did deliver by deadline which is all we can ask for in a fast paced environment.

Nobody at Chapters could talk, every employee spat out the same corporate PR sentance – "Unfortunatley, I cannot comment on the closing of our store, all questions should be directed to our head office in Toronto at 416...yadda yadda yadda."

That also made it a challenge to get more information, these photos were shot at around 3:00pm PDT, meaning the office in Toronto would be closed so information was hard to get a hold of.

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Richmond’s children were out hunting for easter eggs this year but at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery, it isn't the easter bunny that leaves out the sweets but the Easter Salmon who leaves plastic eggs and foam salmon for the kids at the 120 year old Steveston heritage site.

Saturday morning was a prime time to search in all the nooks and crannies of the cannery as well as learning about our provincial and national heritage – especially for the adults whom most had a cup of coffee in hand while their little ones scurried about the cannery.

“This is our first time at the cannery for Easter,” said Sharleen [last name held], who was here with her two year old son, Bradley, “He’s having a lot of fun, I know he’s enjoying himself,” she smiled.

Bradley wasn’t the only one having a blast in the cannery, about another dozen children were all hunting for the Easter Salmon’s eggs and about the same number of adults followed them around herding them to the treats and away from the other children.

The Gulf of Georgia Cannery wasn't the only place in Richmond that was celebrating easter. The Easter bunny visited a number of community centers throughout the city, South Arm Community Center, Thompson Community Center and West End Community Center all got visits from the bunny itself and hosted games as well as arts and crafts activities for kids to enjoy after chowing down on chocolate.