EDMONTON, CANADA. (December 2012). Animals like to stay warm by the fire, too. Permanent photo link here (view larger). Original photo properties: Olympus E-620 dSLR, Leica D Vario-Elmarit 14-50mm f2.8-3.5 ASPH lens at 42mm (84mm, 35mm equivalent), Manfrotto MKC3-P01 tripod, manual focus and aperture priority via LiveView, 3.2s f6.3, ISO 100, 2962 x 3949 pixels (after crop), RAW.

EDMONTON, CANADA. (April 2012). Team Polaroid.  True colour and friendship will save the world. Permanent photo link (view larger) here. Original photo properties: Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Model 2 with fixed 116mm f8 glass lens, Impossible PX 70 Color Shade by Nigo (ISO/ASA 125), Manfrotto National Geographic Tundra NGTT1 tripod, Polaroid tripod mount #111, Polaroid remote shutter button #112, manual focus, TIFF scanned by Canon CanoScan LiDE 200 scanner from instant print.

EDMONTON, CANADA. (June 2011). Delectable French macarons are the only dessert fit for a king.  Picture available for sale as prints.  Original photo properties: Olympus E-620 dSLR, Leica D Summilux 25mm ASPH f1.4 lens (50mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, single autofocus, aperture priority, matrix metering, 1/25s f4.5, ISO 200, 3978 x 2652 pixels (after crop), RAW.

EDMONTON, CANADA. (January 2011). In 2011, the bear is still king :) ... and the love affair with instant cameras continues. Is the Fujifilm Instax 210 instant camera the modern-day Polaroid? Purists balk that Fuji's Instax film is almost too good and, therefore, lacks soul. I tend to disagree - the fun, heart, and instant gratification of seeing a photo develop right before your eyes certainly aren't lost on these new Fujis, and this is what matters. Permanent photo link here. Original photo properties: Fujifilm Instax 210 instant camera with Fujinon 95mm f14 lens, Fuji Instax Wide film (ISO / ASA 800), close-up lens attached, built-in flash diffused with Charmin toilet paper(!), handheld, zone focused, JPEG scanned from instant print.

EDMONTON, CANADA. (September 2010). Last watermelon of summer. Permanent photo link here. Original photo properties: Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Model 2 with fixed 116mm f8 glass lens, Polaroid TZ Artistic Giambarba (expired) film (ISO / ASA 100), handheld, manual focus, JPEG scanned from instant print.

ROME, ITALY. (June 2008). Poor Pooh Bear ... hung by the ears! Picture available for sale as prints. Original photo properties: Olympus E-410 dSLR, Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm lens at 42mm (84mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, single autofocus, manual exposure, matrix metering, 1/125s f6.3, ISO 100, 1970 x 1477 pixels (after crop), RAW.

EDMONTON, CANADA. (January 2010). After a long winter, we're declaring it spring. Picture available for sale as prints. Original photo properties: Olympus E-410 dSLR, Leica D Summilux 25mm f1.4 ASPH lens (50mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, single autofocus, manual exposure, centre-weighted average metering, 1/50s f1.4, ISO 200, 3648 x 2736 pixels, RAW.

EDMONTON, CANADA. (November 2009). For available-light photography and thin depth of field, there's no substitute for fast lenses. Here's a test shot from my new Panasonic Leica D Summilux 25mm f1.4, one of the few truly wide-aperture options available for Four Thirds cameras. Somewhat rare, this was a difficult lens to track down. Picture available for sale as prints. Original photo properties: Olympus E-410 dSLR, Leica D Summilux 25mm f1.4 ASPH lens (50mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, single autofocus, manual exposure, matrix metering, 1/60s f1.4, ISO 100, 2671 x 3535 pixels (after crop), RAW.

LUND, SWEDEN. (April 2009). Smoothie bear. In a pinch, the legacy OM Zuiko 50mm f1.8 performs admirably as a studio lens. Picture available for sale as prints. Original photo properties: Olympus E-410 dSLR, OM Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f1.8 lens (100mm, 35mm equivalent), Manfrotto Tundra NGTT1 tripod, 3-second mirror lock, manual exposure and focus via LiveView, centre-weighted metering, 1/30s f2.8, 2415 x 2552 pixels (after crop), RAW.

EDMONTON, CANADA. (May 2007). Hanging out with the editor of daily starfish and waffles, shooting candids with my new camera. Original photo properties: Olympus E-410 dSLR, Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm lens at 90mm (180mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, single autofocus, aperture priority, centre-weighted average metering, noise filter off, natural saturation, -1.0 sharpness, 1/4s f5, ISO 800, 3648 x 2736 pixels, JPEG.