Life of Dave

Life of Dave

Sunday, November 19, 2017

My Capture Photography Festival 2018 Canada Line Competition entry


(I entered the "Capture Photography Festival 2018 Canada Line Competition" today and thought I'd post the Artist Statement and the five photos that I submitted.)

The arrival of the digital camera age has enabled me to carry a camera in my pocket on an almost full time basis since the purchase of my first non-film point-and-shoot in 2007. And now of course it’s even easier due to the prevalence of an integral camera included within every smartphone. In my everyday travels in and about Vancouver I strive to document the city’s evolution in varying perspectives, from natural phenomena, in this case seasonal canopies (spring, autumn and winter), to construction projects, i.e., a very specific cut and cover project employed to create the King Edward subway station.

Although a theme was not specified this year, my "Capture Photography Festival 2018 Canada Line Competition" submission none-the-less has one relating to canopies and covers. An archival photo of mine documents the initial cut and cover construction method employed to create the King Edward Station in and around 2007. Last year I photographed the station’s continuing evolution that added residential accommodation above it. Rounding out the Canopy/Cover theme are seasonal displays of regional leaves and blossoms, and snowfall (incidentally occurring outside the station), closing with an avian canopy of regional crows during their daily aerial commute across the city.

Autumn Canopy (2009)
Avian Canopy (2010)
Cut & Cover at King Ed Stn (2007)
Snow Cover at King Ed Stn (2016)
Spring Canopy (2014)

Saturday, November 4, 2017

Seasonal Smorgasbord

We've really had a smorgasbord of weather lately. As I write this post its snowing outside. I fondly recall that last weekend the mercury hit about 18 degrees. Then by mid-week the forecast was predicting a temperature plunge with at least a possibility, if not a likelihood, of snow for this weekend. Needless to say I pushed up snow tire installation on my schedule, at least to Shauna's car. She has to traverse the hills of West Van while my office in is the flatlands of Richmond.

It turns out my Monsters Inc. pumpkin was a pretty popular choice this year; I saw
about three of them in my neighbourhood.

Only a week post-pumpkin and we've already had a dusting of snow
(Wednesday night), which evidently was more of an accumulation elsewhere
in the region.

Does this mean one of the big sparrows at Olympic Village has now been
crowned "The Great Pumpkin"?