Had I been thinking I would have gotten out a week earlier to shoot the fall colours. While there was still lots of vibrant colours some...

A very personal part of my photographic journey is volunteering as a special event photographer for non-profits I like to support. Here's...

A definite highlight of this trip was a morning at the My Son temple ruins. An hour inland from Hoi An lies a long abandoned Hindu temple...

This was my third visit to the ancient trading/fishing village of Hoi An, just south of DaNang. Founded in the 15th century the area...

Circumstances changed and I was back in Vietnam only two months after the last visit. Another opportunity to see friends, eat and do a...

Many visitors to Vietnam all express a similar sentiment - life takes place on the streets. Cafe's on sidewalks, curb side storefronts,...

A few numbers for you to ponder. There are 38 million people here in Canada, 8.3 million people just in the city of Hanoi. My home...

I splurged for a morning with a local (OK, he's Russian but has been in Hanoi 8 years!) professional street photographer to take me on a...

What trends on social media, and its influence, is interesting. A short time ago somebody posted a selfie on Instragram of them posing by...

Nobody could say the streets of Hanoi are dull. At the same time, there is predictability and after a while (as a foreign visitor) and...

Like many countries in Asia, the motorbike is part SUV, pick-up truck, mini van and all purpose delivery vehicle. I spent some time the...

Here in Hanoi it is customary for entire graduating classes (high school and university) to attend The Temple of Literature (a thousand...

Over the years I have often been on the receiving end of all sorts of advice (much of it very useful) on all things photography - gear,...

The alarm was set to get me up before dawn on our last full day in Halifax before flying home - all so I could get the 'right' light at...

Ever since I was a kid the Bluenose II has been on the back of the Canadian dime. The boat is a Canadian icon. I've been three times to...

Here is the GPS track of the trip. Only leg it didn’t capture (I forgot to turn it on) was the Top of the World drive outside Dawson...

The car handles SO much better since the tires were taken off in Dawson City and all the mud pressure washed off the insides of the rims....

I stayed an extra day in Dawson Sunday to relax after driving 2,000 km on the Dempster. This gave me an opportunity to go back to the...

5,200 km on the first half the trip (over 2,000 on gravel, dirt, mud). Hard to put in to context until I see the Garmin GPS track I'm...

For those of you old enough to have seen Dr. Zhivago do you remember how his whole face would light up when he would see the Ural...