For my bedroom remodeling project, I had some prints made of three photographs that I shot while at a conference in Vancouver this past June. The photoshop used a Chromira continuous tone printer and Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, and the results were stunning. I bought three identical frames and mounted them as a triptic. Screen res versions are linked below; click on the thumbnails to view the larger images.
Near the University of British Columbia (UBC) campus is a clothing optional beach. During some conference mixer, I snuck away and made my way over to said beach, camera in hand (get your mind out of the gutter). Beach access is very limited at that particular part of the UBC campus thanks to precarious cliffs and a safety fence. I walked along the fence until I came to a steep, rough-hewn wooden staircase that wound down the cliff. Not noticing the signs which declared my destination to be the “Clothing Optional Beach,” I made my descent.
When I got down to the bottom, I marveled at the beauty of the crashing waves, the mountains in the distance, and the setting sun. Large logs, stripped of their bark, lined the beach, and I sat down on one to rest my weary legs. I soon noticed that one of the logs beside me was moving, and I quickly realized which beach it was that I had stumbled upon. A few sagging, middle-aged men with skin bronzed the same color as weathered cedar were spread out on the logs, taking advantage of the “optional” feature of the beach.
Averting my scarred eyes, I made my way out to the end of a jetty, where I sat for close to two hours snapping more than two hundred pictures with the Canon S50 that I had with me. A few playful sea lions, flocks of seagulls, and random commercial and recreational boats contributed to a spectacle of nature that was more engrossing than most television. The three pics above were among my favorite shots from the evening.
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