Festivals

Last weekend featured both the Powell Street Festival (celebrating Japanese-Canadian culture) and the Vancouver Pride Festival. Both events afforded some good people watching opportunities...




Some interesting East-meets-West clothing combinations, such as the Fan Man.




This little girl was adorable, very interested in everything around her, including a snappy dog. Her Grandma had to continually hold her back, although she is releasing her in this picture.




This Taiko drumming performance was impressive. The man on the left with his foot way up in the air was very enthusiastic, and I love the very serious expression on the woman at the front of the line on the right.




There was also a Japanese rock band "Paris in Tokyo" performing all sorts of crazy stunts like playing guitars through their legs and behind their backs, but the funniest part of the whole performance was that no one was up close to the stage except for a pack of amateur photographers all doing their best paparazzi impersonations. So naturally, I shot the shooters.


So, moving on to the Pride Festival - unfortunately I missed the parade but there was still the stationary part of the festival to enjoy.



This guy surveying the scene sums it up for me pretty well.

Botanical Garden at UBC

Haven't had a chance to blog or upload photos lately, so there's a few sets to talk about. The first is from the Botanical Garden at UBC; after working there for the better part of two years, I finally made it inside - for free!

I tried to get a perspective on these plants which gave the impression that I had been shrunk down and was in a land of giant plants, since these were pretty big to begin with. In fact, they were as tall as I am!



The different steps of the grain and varying colours of the fresher and more weathered sections caught my eye.



This fruit was not low-hanging. There were broken ones all over the ground, but I had to stretch up to capture this one. I liked the leaf as a backdrop and the bokeh were a nice bonus.