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Snowdonia National Park || North Wales [Gogledd Cymru] - Part II

2011-08-19T17:04:00.000-04:00

Here's some more of the wonderful Snowdonia National Park. Later on in the image sequences the sun had finally popped out from behind the dense clouds and all I can say is WOW! The place became even more awesome. Again do enjoy the pics. :)

As we were leaving Snowdonia I was able to catch this cool shot.

The last two pics are of my good friend Josh. I appreciate the assist on a small get-a-way from the chaos of London mate. Thanks 'n'God bless ya!

Snowdonia National Park || North Wales [Gogledd Cymru] - Part I

2011-08-19T16:11:00.000-04:00

This past week-end my good friend Josh and I journeyed to Gogledd Cymru -North Wales. The place was breath-taking in its beauty and looked like it was ripped right out of the pages of Tolkien's tales of Middle-Earth. Given the riots and all that were consuming London and the rest of the UK, a peaceful photo journey was a welcome diversion. We headed toward Snowdonia National Park. Another friend's mom (her name's Jo) once told me "Wales is God's own country"...I'm quite inclined to agree...that line stuck with me as I took these images. Please enjoy the pics....and forgive my flubbing of any place names as English and French I'm good at...Welsh? Not so much. :)

Lake Tal-yLlyn

Llyn Trawsfynydd

The following was too funny to pass up taking a snap of. :D

Blaenau Ffestiniog (at least I think it is)

S.P.Q.R. V | Now We Are Free...

2011-08-19T15:32:00.000-04:00

Here are the last bits I've chosen to show from my day at the re-enactments hosted by the museum of London. As the sun had set it was a great day of photo ops. Enjoy...

S.P.Q.R. IV | Roma Victa!!

2011-08-01T19:19:00.000-04:00

More Snaps from the games and to quote Cassius from the film Gladiator:
" Ferocious mercenaires and warriors from all brute nations, bent on merciless destruction, conquest. Your emperor is pleased to give you the barbarian horde! "
Sorry...couldn't resist. :D

S.P.Q.R. III | He will bring them death, and they will love him for it.

2011-08-01T18:51:00.000-04:00

The cruel emperor Domitian presides over the ensanguined pageantry that plays itself out upon the sands of the Colosseum. He is not, it seems, in a giving vein this day.

The mob that is Rome concurs.

And yet another gladiator meets his Fate upon the blood soaked sands of the Coliseum.

Yet Domition's prurient tastes are not yet sated as he awaits greedily for more.

S.P.Q.R. II | On this day, we reach back to hallowed antiquity...

2011-08-01T18:27:00.000-04:00

Here's some more images from the re-enactor exhibit about Ancient Rome I attend this past week-end. More will follow soon. Enjoy!

S.P.Q.R. I | Are You Not Entertained?!

2011-07-31T17:43:00.000-04:00

Step back nearly two millennia with me to another place. This past sunny week-end, I visited an event hosted by the Museum of London at Guildhall Yard. It was an exhibit featuring Imperial Roman era re-enactors engaged in gladiatorial combat. The following is only a taste of more stuff I'll be posting as the week goes by. From them, you'll get an intimation of the dream that was Rome or perhaps--some would say--nightmare. Enjoy these first fruits...mores's on the way. Oh and Roma Victa. ;)

Stonehenge | Avebury

2011-07-31T17:09:00.000-04:00

Here's the photos of both the Stonehenge & Avebury sites...very cool places...nice bunch o' rocks.

I must say I really love the next two...

And lastly...my buddy Josh's a nice guy but one hell of a camera hog. :D
He can't resist gettin' his big ol' head into one o' my shots!!
Here's the bucolic and ancient setting with and without my crazy @$$ bro's head. ;)

Longleat Safari - Labyrinth Snaps

2011-07-31T16:55:00.000-04:00

These were some snaps of the labyrinth at Longleat. I processed them in Lightroom to give 'em a more artful look.

Longleat Safari

2011-07-31T16:50:00.000-04:00

Long time since I've posted...a while back--'round Easter--I hung out with my friend Josh 'n' his family 'n' took a tour of a safari park named Longleat, here in the UK. Spiffy place I must say! :)

I also scoped out the globally famous UNESCO world heritage site of Stonehenge for the first time; plus the similar site of Avebury. Just beautiful places. I took snaps of 'em with a cool camera my friend had recommended: the Canon IXUS 130. Here are some snaps, hope you enjoy.

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

2011-02-07T19:09:00.005-05:00

Here are several snaps taken at a beautiful New Year's festival in London's Trafalgar Square on Sunday; celebrating the Year of the Rabbit.
Happy Chinese New Year! And may the luck o' the rabbit be with everybody. :)

...Lest We Forget...

2010-11-10T18:00:00.006-05:00

It's been nearly a century since the "War to End All Wars". We're now some 4 generations removed from the Second World War. Nearly all those who fought in those two wars have crossed Onward. We have to remember the blood that was shed for the freedoms we now enjoy through those conflicts.

To remember not just soldiers, but resistance fighters and ordinary men and women and children who did what they could to keep the light of Humanity shining in its own darkest hours. Not too long ago, I was privileged to visit several memorial sites in Normandy. I thought it timely to mount some images of those locations; including a ceremony with actual veterans.

As you look at them, do remember the current wars that rage around the globe. Many of our brothers, sons, daughters, sisters and mothers and fathers and friends fight in them, have been maimed by them...and have died in them. Please...let's just pause to remember those who's blood has been shed fighting for our sakes; regardless of politics. As Time moves forward--leaving its winnowing marks on our current generations--we must pledge to never ever forget...

On The Eve of All Saints' Day - Sacred Spaces Con't

2010-10-31T10:44:00.006-04:00

To push things into the sphere of the sacrosanct.; here are some more snaps of the Cathedral of Coutances in northern France. It's a part of the Sacred Spaces series that I am working on. All Saints' Day (also called All Hallows or Hallowmas) commemorates all those who have attained the beatific vision in Heaven in Western Christianity. The day is observed principally in the Roman Catholic Church; as well as some branches of the Anglican denomination on November 1st. Enjoy.

In The Spirit of the Season...

2010-10-30T18:13:00.004-04:00

Keeping in theme with the Halloween season, I'm posting a few pics of some graveyards that were taken in a photo shoot experiment in Normandy. Enjoy 'em and Happy Halloween. (insert the sound of ethereal malevolent laughter) ;)

The Normandy Cat Story

2010-10-24T12:12:00.011-04:00

So I, and my buddy Josh, are traveling along the highways and byways of Normandy and stumble upon a WWII site that has trenches and old war equipment on display. Figuring it'd be a great photo op; we decide to stop. On site, we see all this cool military equipement and stuff. I'm taking photos like a man possessed.

As I take a photo of a trench, my pal Josh decides to stride into my shot...yet (expletive-ing) again; with his usual "too-cool-for-school" attitude in full effect to boot. I mean, honestly! (chuckle) The jerk. Lol! I yelled at him to get outta my shot. He made some kind of gesture after this photo was taken. One which I took and may publish later--or better yet--use for blackmail purposes. Hmmm...I'll figure it out eventually. Heh-heh...

In any event, we make our way 'round the trenches and bunkers...awesome stuff...

only then to behold the following around a turn in the trench...a family of seemingly orphaned kittens. Right in the middle of a old battlefiled. Now both I and JK are thinkin': "Odd! But cool photo op."

Soon enough, the Mom shows up and has a mouse in her mouth--family dinner presumably--and is mewling for her kids. It's an oddly bucolic event in the middle of a place with such dark history.

However, in the rush to photograph this little family, I failed to see one of the little tykes was right near my leg just behind me. I stepped back and felt the ground softer than it should've been. Black on Black violence is so sad. It really has got to stop. Heh-heh. Well, the poor thing yeowled in pain and the mom hissed and almost was ready to scratch my eyes out. Don't mess with a mama and her baby. In any case, as you can see below, the little wee one was none the worse for wear. And Mom and I made peace. I don't have a photo of it but she'd even came and rubbed up against my legs twice and purred...so all's forgiven.

So in the end, Josh and I, hit the road and left this little feral family to itself in the middle of the WWII trenches. With a parting photographic shot, mom gave me a last look of admonition; as her family sat down to fresh mouse for dinner. Feeling sheepish, I promised her I'll do penance and do better by my four-legged friends.

Mont St. Michel - Redux

2010-10-23T10:42:00.009-04:00

Here's a few more photos of both the interior and exterior of this rather inspirational place. Enjoy.

Seascapes - The Normandy Coast

2010-10-23T10:20:00.006-04:00

Here's few more seascape shots of France's Normandy D-Day coastline. The winds were ice-cold...intense... yet nothing can be said for how breath-takingly beautiful the beaches were in all their starkness. I was blessed to be able to see it. Enjoy.

Normandy, France - October 2010

2010-10-17T11:27:00.012-04:00

I've just gotten back from a good holiday with a great old friend. Took a thousand plus snaps. I went to Granville, Mount Saint-Michel, Coutances, Caen, Omaha/Juno/Utah Beaches, Dieppe, Vimy Ridge and more. Met some interesting people along the way...one of whom said she was a young child participant in the French resistance during WWII. It was an absolutely great and fun trip; full of history. 'Cept my friend Josh always got in the way o' my shots. LOL! The damn camera hog. ;)
Anyway, enjoy some of the photos.

Herstmonceaux Castle Medieval Festival 2010

2010-08-29T21:00:00.007-04:00

I got invited to go to one of those re-enactor festivals for the 1st time today. It was rather interesting with regard to practising some portrait photography (as well as some landscape photography too). Enjoy the slice of the some 400+ photos I snapped.

Sacred Spaces - a continuing series...

2010-04-08T08:15:00.004-04:00

Images of a lovely church that I wish I could remember the name of in St. Albans, just north of London, UK.

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Wales Redux

2010-04-08T07:52:00.004-04:00

Another look at Western Britain's God's country...

A Snippet of Wales

2010-04-05T18:44:00.003-04:00

...like the mother of a good friend said: "Wales is God's own country" Just Beautiful.

An Excursion to Bath

2010-03-28T13:03:00.005-04:00

Edinburgh Scotland

2009-12-27T23:13:00.004-05:00

Parisian Highlights 2009

2009-12-27T22:49:00.006-05:00

Winterscapes II

2009-02-04T19:32:00.001-05:00

Sacred Spaces --- a series

2009-02-04T19:27:00.000-05:00

Where Angels Walk II

2009-02-04T19:22:00.000-05:00

Southern Hemisphere Sunsets

2009-02-04T06:32:00.000-05:00

Some Divine sunsets at the twilight hour in Aus...

Random Shots

2009-02-04T04:50:00.000-05:00

Some other shots I thought were interesting...

This is a photo of that beautiful water fountain
at the Palais de la Concorde in Paris, France.

This is an image of a wonderful little cove that a
friend took me to south of Sydney, Australia.

This one is entitled "Armageddon Skies Down Under".
It was taken from my apartment while in Syd.

This one is entitled "A Moody Day at the Harbour".
Taken on a variably cloudy day near the Sydney Opera House.

This is of the Cathedrale Building in Montreal, my hometown.
It was caught on a clear crisp Autumn day.

Where Angels Walk --- a series

2009-02-03T17:13:00.000-05:00

Here's some photos of my flight over the great Pacific Ocean
on my way home to Canada from Australia last year.

Southern Hemisphere II

2009-02-03T14:27:00.000-05:00

More Oz imagery....

Southern Hemisphere I

2009-02-03T14:22:00.000-05:00

These are some images from my stint in Australia...more where that came from and I will post them up soon.

Winterscapes

2009-02-03T12:30:00.000-05:00

Here's a few more images taken during January.

January Sun

2009-02-02T13:29:00.000-05:00

Okay this is my new photo blog. I have an art blog and a website but I thought it would be a good thing to start posting a photoblog. Why? Just because. This photo was taken sometime in January along side the St. Lawrence River in Montreal(Lasalle) Quebec. Enjoy!