photography

light in the darkness

April 21, 2019photography, Uncategorizedcamellia, condolences, Easter Sunday, photography, Sri Lanka, sympathyAndrew Seal View all 4 comments

Yesterday I took this picture of one of our beautiful camellia’s illuminated by the afternoon sun. Today I was going to post it for a happy Easter Sunday but now it evokes a very different emotion with the news from Sri Lanka this morning. I post it now with a heavy heart and send heartfelt condolences and sympathy to all those suffering so far away but yet so close, and hope that its beauty will help ease the pain of yet another dark day.

a moment of reflection

April 12, 2019photography, Uncategorizediphoneography, Nitobe Memorial Garden, photography, reflections, UBCAndrew Seal View all 6 comments

Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Nitobe Memorial Garden on the University of British Columbia campus this morning this moment of reflection made my day,
hopefully it will make yours too.

Vimy Ridge Day 2019, commemorating the 3,598 killed and 7,004 wounded members of the Canadian Corps at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in Northern France from April 9th to 12th, 1917, with photos from our moving visit to the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Vimy in 2012. 🇨🇦

that moment when

March 29, 2019photography, Uncategorizedfigurines, glass sculpture, Golden hour, magical, photography, silhouettes, sky, sunsetAndrew Seal View all 3 comments

you have to pause and simply marvel at the magic before you

Last night I was reading on the sofa and looked up to see these silouettes on my windowsill appear against the sky of a glorious sunset. A magical moment that needed to be savoured and recorded until the setting sun was gone and the magic was over.

in the key of ❤️ third movement

March 28, 2019photography, Uncategorizedcousins, family, love, Music Room, photography, PianoAndrew Seal View all 2 comments

One piano, two cousins, four little hands.

The joy of our two beautiful granddaughters playing together last weekend.

A reminder of the the first two movements in the key of ❤️

❤️❤️❤️

Fisherman’s Wharf, Vancouver in the Sunday sunshine today.

the day after

February 11, 2019photography, UncategorizedKitsilano Beach, landscape photography, photography, snow, urban landscape, Vancouver, Vancouversnow, winterwonderlandAndrew Seal View all 5 comments

Familiar to many of you, my favourite muse, Kitsilano Beach after yesterday’s snow.

For more wintery images of this special place visit backdrop to a life: Part 1 and Part 2

moment of reflection

February 7, 2019photography, Uncategorizediphoneography, photography, reflections, Thursdaymotivation, VancouverAndrew Seal View all 2 comments

Yesterday’s moment of reflection for today’s Thursday motivation

welcome to the family

February 5, 2019Photo Essay, photography, UncategorizedArt, Art studio, cameras, loyalty, Pentax, photographyAndrew Seal View all 5 comments

After many years of faithful service my Pentax Kr, my fourth Pentax since 1970, finally gave up the ghost. You will have seen many of its creations on the changing palette since I first started blogging in 2013.

I’m happy to report that a used Pentax K5 in perfect condition joined the family on the weekend and already feels very much at home. Clearly the beginning of another beautiful friendship as you can see from this morning’s walk.