Yes, yes, yes, this post is a a little on the late side but I have been sick and sleep has been my friend. That and FarmVille. Last Saturday afternoon the stars aligned, or at least the weather, and I was able to go my first photowalk with the TriCity Photo Club around Granville Island. There had been several cancelled outings in the last couple of months. Also the aforementioned club now  has a brand spanking new web design that is live, it is no where near finished. so consider it a work in progress. I am hoping to get out this weekend and join another photo group for a walk around Steveston in Richmond as long as the weather holds. I do have to update this blog more often or else what is the point of having it.

As I was saying, typing, I went out with the TriCity Photo Club for an afternoon walk around Granville Island in Vancouver, a tiny spit of land dedicated to artists, and cement manufacturers. The last couple of outings for this group have been rained out, and this weekends outing was almost going down the same path. The weather held but just barely. This limited the amount of people, who were willing to brave the possible rains with high end electronics, to three but it was still good to get out with the camera.

In the last couple of months I have been on Granville Island with my camera three or four times and a couple of other times without my camera. Combine that with very grey skies and it being pretty bright out meant I wasn’t feeling very confident. I did manage to capture one very nice image while out there.

A close up on some tiny moss on some old logging equipment on Granville Island. The equipment is underneath the antique crane on the back side of the island. The grey skies were a boon to this shot, since I could use them as a soft box to diffuse the available light.

This was take with my D200, and Tamron 17-50mm lens.

• Focal Length: 44mm
• Shutter: 1/2s
• Aperture: f/4.5
• ISO: 100

I joined the TriCity Photo Club in September and they were without a website. Do mainly to the fact they did not know who was in charge of it. So I was asked if I could make a new one for them. It didn’t take too long to design and execute but it was a little frustrating to get the site launched. But the guys and gals at BlueFur.com, their support team and I did manage to work it all out and the site was up in time forthe last meeting of the club. Please take a second to check out their new site at TriCityPhoto.ca. The group is happy with the look and I know there is a lot of work to be done. As soon as I get some info from them I will update the site. I am also on the hunt for a good WordPress image gallery plugin that does not rely on flickr. Since most of the members are not on flickr.

I am hoping to get out this Sunday with the No Compacts Allowed! photo group and go on a dusk tour of the Steveston area in Richmond. Again this is weather dependent, but if the Weather Network can be trusted, it should be decent. This will be the first outing in while for me where I have nothing on my mind but photography. I am not going to be stressed about all the little things in my head. Lets also hope that Sunday night, I get off my ass and publish some of the photos for this outing and not wait a week to do so.

Thanks for the read. Brennan the Vyper