I like the use of concrete in the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. I just got back from a ten-day study trip to Barcelona, Spain, and have almost 2,000 photos to process. Here's the first one I'll post.

I stumbled accross the remains of an old house in the woods on Mount Rigaud, and thought it would be a good place to make some sparks. Shown here is William of @johnabbott who scaled the old chimney and

One morning last winter, I went to a yacht club in Pointe Claire, Quebec before work to catch the sunrise. It was clear and cold. For this shot, I merged multiple exposures in Photoshop in order to keep

Roots in the Hills

This fall, a friend and I went out to shoot the sunset. It was looking pretty grey, when all of a sudden the sun burst through under the clouds, and we got a few perfect minutes of golden light. I shot

Location: Saint Augustine Beach, Florida, USA Camera: Pentax K-s2 and a vintage 70-200mm Shutter Speed: 1/1000s Aperture: f/5.6 ISO: 100 Focal Length: 200mm

I took this photo last winter near Rigaud, Quebec. I went out snowshoeing in the fields one evening and came accross this beast. Camera: Pentax Ks2 Lens: kit lens Shutter Speed: 30s Aperture: f/4 ISO:

Camera: Pentax K3 Lens: vintage Pentax 50mm f/2 Location: Rigaud, Quebec Shutter Speed: 1/180s Aperture: f/2 ISO: 100 Focal Length: 50mm

Wide angle lenses are great toys to play with. Camera: Pentax K3 Lens: smc Pentax-DA 14mm f/2.8 ED Location: Ottawa, Ontario Shutter: 1/2000s Aperture: f/2.8 ISO: 100 Focal Length: 14mm

Plant life has taken over an old rotting fencepost. Camera: Nikon D7100 Lens: AF Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Shutter Speed: 1/200s Aperture: f/8 ISO: 200 Focal Length: 60mm

Shown here are Quebec's Gatineau (left) and Ontario's Ottawa (right), separated by the icy water of the Ottawa River. The interconnected cities bridge two provinces and two languages. This photo was taken

Here's a macro photo of a miniature landscape in the bark of a weathered tree. Camera: Nikon D7100 Lens: AF Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Shutter Speed: 1/100s Aperture: f/10

This photo was taken at Pink Lake in Gatineau Park, Quebec last fall. Gatineau park is a huge forested area close to Ottawa, where I live, and it offers numerous hikes. On the drizzly day I shot this,

Camera: Nikon D40 and kit lens Shutter Speed: 1/200s Aperture: f/5.6 ISO: 200 Focal Length: 55mm

There are endless worlds to explore with a macro lens. Here's a shot of a tiny moss formation on the bark of a living tree. This is so tiny that I didn't even notice the little vertical sprout until I

Here are some photos of bulrushes. Last week I went snowshoeing on Ottawa's greenbelt, a network of trails that wrap around the southern part of the city. I came across this wetland, and got some macro

Here are some crazy twisted shapes I found looking closely at a vine. Camera: Nikon D7100 Lens: AF Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Shutter Speed: 1/160s, 1/200s Aperture: f/10

Here's a juxtaposition of manmade conditions and nature's response to those conditions. A vine has grown around the wire. Camera: Nikon D7100 Lens: AF Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D Location: Ottawa, Ontario,

I was fascinated by the layers of life forms growing on this dead bit of wood, with its bark cracked and peeling. Camera: Nikon D7100 Lens: AF Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Taken with the Nikon D7100 and AF-S DX Nikkor 18-140mm f/3.6-5.6G ED VR Shutter Speed: 1/500s Aperture: f/5.6 ISO: 200 Focal Length: 140mm Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada