[Ken Gray] It has been some time since I featured a blog on photography. Today I seek to correct that imbalance. I have owned Canon equipment in the past but that predated my serious interest in digital photography. In 2005 I purchased my first set of Nikon gear, a D50 body with two lenses and... Continue Reading →
I am looking forward to visiting with others who graduated from Victoriaโs Oak Bay High School fifty years ago, the Class of 1975. As interest spreads my guess is that around fifty of us will show up at a Victoria hotel in early June, hoping that we are recognizable and we will recognize others. I... Continue Reading →
Ours is not the first generation to take up the cause of the protection of liberty. Whether Canadian or American, we are likely not the last. We typically associate such struggles with failed states often in the global south and elsewhere--Myanmar, South Sudan, Russia, El Salvador, China. We have memories of two world wars from... Continue Reading →
Pictured here with MaPaw, Kathie, Juno is a popular dog blogger who has been far too quiet in recent months. Many of her blogs appear here. Today, I am 5 years old. Hard to believe isnโt it? Or is it? I am in good physical condition. MaPaw cares for my diet, my teeth, and my... Continue Reading →
Dear reader, I am honestly trying to do something different here; I promise. I am struggling to put aside my obsession with US presidential race memes (go here if you have not seen my growing collection). While thinking to myself recently, lo and behold, almost immediately, the image above landed in my social media feed.... Continue Reading →
By Samantha Hurley, a photographer and a journalism student at the University of Georgia โ Sept. 13, 2024 in the New York Times [Visit the link to view images] [With thanks to Peggy Wilmot for the share, I am pleased to learn of Samantha Hurleyโs considerable talent and determination as a budding โblind photographer.โ Rather... Continue Reading →
When visiting Victoria recently I finally had the opportunity to watch and photograph parasailers. At other times, driving by Clover Point on Dallas Road, I would often glimpse brightly coloured sails that looked like miniature parachutes, a semi-circular chair cum hammock for an airborne sailor. As we were always going somewhere else and there was... Continue Reading →
Itโs just a number, couched between 65 and 67, not one of the โbig onesโ where birthdays are concerned, not yet 70, but certainly no longer 50. Today is little different from yesterday, but today I turn 66. No song today like When Iโm 64, but the musicโand my lifeโ goes on. Thankfully. The number... Continue Reading →
Statue of a paparazzo by sculptor Radko Maฤuha in Bratislava, Slovakia Vermin; the bottom-feeders of journalism; the worst version of photographic artists. My initial thoughts about paparazziโthose independent photographers who take pictures of high-profile people; such as actors, musicians, athletes, politicians, and other celebrities, including royalsโwas poor to say the least. I had just watched... Continue Reading →
Another in our โThe shorter the word, the bigger the meaningโ series Now four years old, dog-blogger Juno is a Labradoodle living in Summerland in the interior of British Columbia. Real estate agents bring cards; musicians bring EPs; academics bring recently published books. We all need something, a token, a symbol, with which to introduce... Continue Reading →
Take Note - Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray 