I had just come out of Stong's and saw this beautiful light to the south. I thought "Damn, I should have had the camera in the car" but when you're on your way to Stong's you don't always think about the camera. You think about dinner food for growing teenage boys. I threw the groceries in the car (there was no fruit) and raced home at 15 km/hour behind everyone else that was shopping. I put the groceries away in record time and this time grabbed the camera and headed out to the closest place I thought I would see the sunset. That would be Marine Drive Lookout. It's the place we like to go and rest when we're riding, where even in January it's warm when the sun's out.
I was about ten minutes too late. That beauty light that I'd seen was mostly gone, but heck I had the camera so I shot a few frames and figured "I could fix it in post" as they say in the film biz. Well they're right. I ran it through a couple of programs, tweaked it a little here and there and came up with an acceptable image. I hate going out with the camera and coming back with nothing. I'd gone out last night to shoot a new building at UBC but I was about two hours two late for that one. I thought it would photograph well at night but I was wrong. I'll try that one again sometime at twilight. That's the shot just below.
Fundraising for the Ride to Conquer Cancer has been going very well. With cash donations that I'm picking up on Tuesday, I should be around $2100 and that's from only about a dozen donors and I still have four months left....lot's of time for other people to donate. Now at least I'm motivated to ride my bike when I can and it will probably help motivate me to commute to work more often.
The 2010 Winter Olympics are one week away with the opening ceremonies on Friday February 12th. Yikes! Parking restrictions are in effect all over but it won't get really crazy until tourists start arriving next week, then watch out. I hope to go to Holland House in Richmond at Minoru Ice Rink. It sounds like that would be really good time there, lot's of beer and herring.
What is the new UBC building? Also, I don't really understand the Olympics houses. Can you just waltz in and have a beer and a herring? Are the kind of like cultural exhibits like at Expo?
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I'm going to research this building. It was completed in the fall and is quite striking. As for Olympic Houses, yes most are free to get in (if you don't mind waiting in line) but beer and herring will cost money. I'm not sure about exhibits, I think it's mostly native food and drink.
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