Yohei from Tokyo

I was waiting in the park for Tyler, and this friendly stranger approached explaining he had just arrived 3 weeks ago from Japan. Every day he comes to this same park and speaks with native English speakers to practice listening and speaking (he wants to have better scores at school for listening tests). So he's spoken with 60 people in 3 weeks, and takes a selfie with each one. We scrolled through a few of them on his phone. And after all the leg work of the stranger project was done (minus me actually taking a photo as well), I asked if I could get a photo of him too. There's his thumbs up! Yohei really enjoys Vancouver and said it's full of much more nature than Tokyo. He seemed impressed by how many people ride bikes and go running in the city here. After about 10 minutes he politely said goodbye and carried on.

Ski Rixen - Not So Quiet Waters Park

I was invited out to the Ski Rixen in Quiet waters park to get some shots of some of the amazing wake boarder's that were going to be there last Friday. Certainly will not be my last.  Now I just need to change up some angles and find a way to get closer. Shot all these with my 85mm prime.

~Carl~

St. lves Beach at England

Lena

Feral Kittens

Lumix G5, Lumix 100-300mm

Our friend, Bob, affectionately refers to them as his "Grand Kids". These two were hiding in the bushes in his backyard. They are very timid, and get scared easily, so I had to be extremely stealthy with my shooting. The G5's optional electronic shutter really helped because the E-shutter makes absolutely no noise at all.

--Warren

Vintage Scene

Lumix LF1

This was shot in Carmel during the Motorsport Reunion Week. It was in the early evening, and I had a really nolstalgic feeling when looking at this vintage Porsche 550. When I took the picture, I had a B&W image in mind.

Too bad the car had a a web site address graphic on it, which kind of ruined the illusion. :)

--Warren

Commercial Pier - Lens Testing

I met a Photographer on Craigslist looking for some new glass. We hit it off and now i have a new buddy to shoot with. Turns out she has a bag of amazing glass as well. Also turns out I have a new camera to test it out on.

Most of these shots were taken with the Nikkor 14-24mm and one with the 24-70mm. I purchased a D810 a couple weeks ago. Its as if a whole new world has opened up.

~Carl~

FYI - I do enjoy the Photo forum and realize that jumping onto a larger platform will also muddle the personal experience that is very difficult to duplicate on todays social super highway. Sometimes being ok with no change is the best kind of change.

A Face in the Crowd

Lumix GF1

Shot last weekend at the Mid-Autumn (Mooncake) Festival in Chinatown.

Happy 10th Anniversary to us! I thank all of you, my FPCF Friends, for making this blog a really fun and interesting place to be.

I decided to continue as-is for now, and I will send out a more detailed private email with my additional thoughts on the topic, but for now, please continue contributing as you have been doing.

Gail and I will be away for a couple of months and I'll be enjoying our blog from afar. Please keep posting! I want to see what's happening back home!

Seeing the the world through you eyes and vision is very important to me.

Happy Shooting!

--Warren