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The Fall Colours at Butchart Gardens, Ross Bay Cemetery, and Hatley Castle : On Sunday, October 18th, a small group of photographers from the Harbour City Photography Club of Nanaimo made a day-trip to Victoria to photograph the colours of Fall at the world famous Butchart Gardens, the Ross Bay Cemetery, and Hatley Castle (which now houses Royal Roads University). We concentrated mainly on the Japanese Gardens at Butchart Gardens and the Japanese Maples had turned a beautiful scarlet red. Many of the flowers and plants in the Gardens were still covered in the morning dew and that made for some interesting images. We then went to the Ross Bay Cemetery where my main goal was to find and photograph the grave of the famous BC artist Emily Carr, which I did. I also photographed the Cemetery a little differently this time as I tried using my beloved Sigma 150mm macro lens to to shoot objects from a distance and try to isolate my subjects with a shallow depth of field. We ended the day at Hatley Castle and I think we were all running out of steam by then plus the good light was leaving rapidly (at least that's my story). Anyways it was a very good day and I will probably go back again this Fall for another trip. It gets five stars out of five on the Brad Powell list of best places and times to photograph on Vancouver Island!!

The Fall Colours at Butchart Gardens, Ross Bay Cemetery, and Hatley Castle

Jasper, Alberta : Scenes from a fall weekend spent in beautiful Jasper National Park in Alberta. I was there attending the "Head for the Hills" Photography Seminar run by Bob Goertzen of RG Photography based in Edmonton.

Jasper, Alberta

Ucluelet Black Bears : In mid-September a group of avid wildlife photographers from Nanaimo made the trip across Vancouver Island to Ucluelet to photograph the black bears at the Thornton Creek Hatchery. The Thronton Creek Hatchery supports large runs of chinook, coho, and chum salmon. The salmon were actively spawning in the creek and we saw many bears that day going up and down the creek and across the tidal flats in pursuit of the salmon. One bear even ended up walking down the boardwalk that follows one side of the creek, causing just a little bit of excitement amongst us photographers! This is a very beautiful spot and a great spot to photograph black bears going after salmon.

Ucluelet Black Bears

Some Of My Newest Images : Stop here first for some of my newest images. It's a mish-mash of images that show what I've been up to lately photography-wise!

Some Of My Newest Images

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Kids Portraits by bradpowellphoto.com

Mystic Beach, Vancouver Island, Canada. This beautiful beach is part of the Juan De Fuca Marine Trail and one of my favourite places to hike. Mystic Beach on the Juan De Fuca Marine Trail

Standing out from the crowd.

Street life in Vancouvers East End

Images from Butchart Gardens in Victoria, BC

what species of Hummingbird is this? Leave a comment to tell me!

The Legislature in Victoria

This was my first visit to the beautiful Barton & Leier Gardens and Gallery in Yellowpoint. Grant Leier and Nixie Barton, 2 local artists have created the most wonderful gardens around their gallery and have decorated them with many "unique" and interesting items. A visual feast for photographers!

Ross Bay Cemetery

Scenes from the 2008 Coombs Rodeo on Vancouver Island

More scenes from the 2007 Nanaimo Empire Days parade

Our Legislature at night from across Victoria harbour.

Massive Douglas Firs tower over the trail in Strathcona Park

Scenes from the 2009 Chinese New Years Parade in Chinatown, Vancouver, BC

Street Life in Vancouver's East End

a windy day on the ocean off Dallas Road in Victoria, BC

Some examples of my wedding photography

More scenes from the 2007 Nanaimo Empire Days parade

Some examples of my wedding photography

Kids Portraits by bradpowellphoto.com

The gorgeous colours of Fall in the Japanese Gardens in Butchart Gardens in Victoria, BC

images from the 2009 Snowbirds air show over Nanaimo

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