Standing guard against ominous clouds in Ganges Harbour, Seahorse witnesses the first morning of winter 2015/16
*posts are likely to be intermittent from December 24th to January 3rd; best wishes to the followers of Salt Spring Photos!
Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron

I enjoyed working with a group of wild horses this week.
This is a five foot wide commissioned piece by local artist Peter McFarlane. It needed to be shown as it might appear displayed on a wall. The piece includes a wooden cleat to help it lie flat and away from the wall. An interesting shadow is created when properly lit. This implies motion I think, and adds visual interest.
Like all of Peter’s pieces, this one is built from reused/recycled material. The circuit boards are lit so that the colour are true and the solder is alive but not shining.
I look forward to more photographic challenges like this—in the home-based studio space. During the long, dark, temperate rainforest winter. :-)

Maybe it’s just me.
But once we get to the time change, spring skies and spring temperatures, it just doesn’t feel like winter anymore.
I like the startlingly blue sky, the fresh air, and leaving jackets behind.
Much more than I like seasonal allergies.

Interesting walk—in a very different landscape—around ‘The Quarry” near Cobble Hill and Shawinigan Lake. It’s an easy detour when travelling from Salt Spring Island to Victoria (via Vesuvius-Crofton ferry).

12:25 pm just minutes from the hustle and bustle of Ganges:
Another spectacular winter day, this one hiking the trails around Mount Maxwell’s summit.
Photographs of Salt Spring Island and areas reachable by ferry and road (and sometimes off-road).