Might return to shooting on automatic.

At the best of times, for the most part, I'm not thrilled with the lighting and/or colours between the end of Autumn and the beginning of Spring. Today I had the added frustration of not being able to get any of my exposures right. *ugh* Maybe it's time to hang up the old NIKON and take up spoon polishing instead.

Well, with a 'little' help from photoshop elements, I managed to ?salvage? a couple of shots from today. The whole day wasn't a bust though - we stopped for a couple of "Olivier's" coffees and cookies. 😀

Les photos:

First shots of the 2026

Happy New Year. A brand new calendar to fill with plans, goals and good intentions.

And a new year of photo posts for me. It's not a milestone year or anything like that, but I just checked and my first post was seventeen years ago. Wow. I thought my skills would have improved and I'd have more impressive photographs posted by now. But I don't.

But, hey, mediocrity isn't going to stop me from shooting and posting. It's a habit I'm not quite ready to kick just yet. 

So, the first outing of the new year was to visit The Rosemary Brown Recreation Centre in Burnaby. Rosemary Brown was the first black woman elected to the provincial government.

So, here are some of my first shots of 2026 before, at the centre and a few random shots after.