under cover
34 photos
in explore
68 photos
... I have no idea how the following ended up in that popular stream as they aren't of cats, dogs, birds, trains, plastic toys or dramatic and over-processed landscapes ... nevertheless, the...
seen in september
21 photos
... a small collection of suburban scenes as they presented themselves to me on one of september's 30 days
people in the frame
212 photos
people going about ...
victoria bc
1319 photos
... a capital city
downtown walkabout
30 photos
oak bay bc
723 photos
... you have to live somewhere ... for a while, for me, it was here (august 2004- march 2020)
saanich bc
261 photos
esquimalt bc
22 photos
... place of shoaling waters
view royal bc
7 photos
colwood bc
13 photos
langford bc
20 photos
street views
223 photos
... van isle roads travelled
intersections & roundabouts
63 photos
city streets
225 photos
...views from the sidewalk/side of the road.
miscellany of shops
61 photos
diptych & triptych
40 photos
commerce on city streets
dine around town
88 photos
fish & chip shops
10 photos
corner stores
65 photos
... portraits of a vanishing institution ... indeed, as of july 2023, 37 corner stores in this collection are no more; in some instances new stores under fresh branding have replaced the old but in...
barbershops
7 photos
Where a guy can get a haricut on the island.
douglas street
349 photos
... a picture trip from mile "0" in victoria james bay to saanich north quadra at gabo creek
side of the road
21 photos
waiting for the light
67 photos
... to change
the bus stops here
88 photos
6 crosswalks
6 photos
... 8"x10" views
crosswalks two
9 photos
... widescreen views
pay for parking
20 photos
24 parking lots
24 photos
... paved paradise
a miscellany of parking lots
40 photos
in-car-cerate
11 photos
no exit
27 photos
... no way out
end of the road
19 photos
... it all, inevitably, ends somewhere
fill 'er up!
5 photos
your speed
6 photos
... driving around town
signs
34 photos
... spreading the word, informing and instructing
no no no (signs)
38 photos
... do i have to spell it out for you?
12 more no nos
12 photos
... don't you dare even think about it! ... the price paid for a civil society??
kids at play (signs)
10 photos
say please
6 photos
... civility is a good thing
utility boxes
11 photos
... those ubiquitous boxes by the side of the road
canada postes
20 photos
painted posts
12 photos
12 big sticks
12 photos
totem poles
5 photos
... first nations' art.
obelisks
6 photos
wood pallets
17 photos
... skids
campers, trailers, motor homes (profile views)
13 photos
campers, trailers, motorhomes
30 photos
umbrellas/sunshades
27 photos
6 red umbrellas
6 photos
12 more red umbrellas
12 photos
... a common sign of summer, like dandelions and butterflies
big green
96 photos
fences, walls, hedges, barriers
164 photos
gates, arbors, trellises, pergolas
26 photos
boundary corners
8 photos
urban forest
153 photos
home fronts
123 photos
... primarily in and around victoria bc
24 fairfield home fronts
24 photos
I've worked on a home fronts project for many years. This is a chapter on homes from Victoria city's Fairfield neighbourhood. Inspired and validated by Henry Wessel's "House Pictures" and...
home fronts (low rise)
36 photos
fire escapes
11 photos
... get out!
home fronts (high rise)
9 photos
the belmont
6 photos
... tower on a rockland hill; (eventually) 36 views
the promontory
10 photos
a big one
on the corner
83 photos
corner lots
12 photos
... residential landscapes
the blue door
20 photos
... because not all doors are red
the red door
48 photos
... something about feng shui and red doors
the yellow door
17 photos
back & side doors
15 photos
... more than one way out
leave a light on
32 photos
from the back porch
12 photos
a series of 12 views taken from 2014 to 2018
back yards
68 photos
the back side
14 photos
the garden hose
18 photos
... a familiar and common object seen in various settings
a window into ...
13 photos
it's a gas
8 photos
... gas meters in all their various shapes & arrangements
hoops
14 photos
... see also: (www.flickr.com/photos/bcpaterson/galleries/72157667310663...)
hockey
6 photos
... the national game
baseball
10 photos
trampolines
7 photos
living by water, folio 1
17 photos
living by the water, folio 2
18 photos
the day no one
6 photos
bleacher seats
12 photos
fog, mist, wind, rain, snow
155 photos
autumn leaves
34 photos
... the falling leaves drift by my window / the autumn leaves of red & gold
threesomes
18 photos
... three of a kind
demo con reno
195 photos
demolition, construction & renovation ... human spaces transformed
big crane in the frame
24 photos
... obvious presence and the not so obvious
house build
27 photos
... plywood & 2x4s
house lift
12 photos
interiors
7 photos
closed
13 photos
... as in no longer open for business
only a memory
36 photos
... all gone
fire
7 photos
water views
144 photos
... I live on an island
sub/urban beaches & shorelines
57 photos
meandering around the CRD's coastline
12 mcneill bay views
12 photos
12 oak bay views
12 photos
... the light and colours of my local bay as seen at various times of the day.
bowker creek watershed
114 photos
... the creek flows south from its headwaters at the University of Victoria through neighbourhoods in Saanich, Victoria, and Oak Bay, before entering the ocean at oak bay near the Oak Bay Marina ......
lakes & ponds
5 photos
water (not just for drinking)
13 photos
a walk in uplands park
24 photos
24 scenes from all 12 months of the year
local parks
77 photos
... a mix of the natural and man-made
park boundaries project, folio 1
12 photos
... 8x10 (portrait) views
park boundaries project, folio 2
19 photos
where urban parks meet the road
along the beaten path
9 photos
palm trees
24 photos
aspen poplars (a series)
7 photos
... uplands park, oak bay bc
pampas grass
8 photos
flowers
5 photos
the more the merrier
daisies
13 photos
forsythia
19 photos
... genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae (olive)
kayaks, canoes, & paddle boards
31 photos
If you like my photography, I have produced a small book of 28 images from this collection. For info, see here.
park the boat
40 photos
... somewhere on dry land
bc transit
13 photos
A collection of images primarily taken in and around Victoria, BC.
trains, boats, planes
11 photos
murals & frescoes
14 photos
A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other permanent surfaces. A fresco is a technique of mural painting executed upon wet plaster.
pictographs
1 photo
creative spirit
26 photos
christmas spirit
15 photos
saanich fair
18 photos
... since 1868
self
5 photos
my flower garden
1 photo
oh deer
7 photos
... urban ungulates
a dog's life
16 photos
animals & birds
5 photos
genie
2 photos
... the cat
dinah (1999-2016)
2 photos
good night, sweetie
frankie albert (??-2013)
3 photos
Frankie joined our household in April 2012 ... and sadly, left us one year and a day later ... he was the greatest.
desmond digby (1999-2011)
4 photos
A portrait album of Desmond (1999-2011) ... with the occasional photo of him with his litter-mate sister.
black & white
3 photos
grayscale experiments
saturna island day trip, may 2019
1 photo
... with the victoria camera club
matching pairs
102 photos
iPhone SE
5 photos
fujifilm x-t30ii
7 photos
fujifilm x100f (2024)
36 photos
fujifilm x100f (2023)
115 photos
fujifilm x100f (2022)
207 photos
fujifilm x100f (2018-2021)
1087 photos
... my primary camera as of august 2018
fujifilm x70
735 photos
... my camera of choice from February 2017 to august 2018; still use on occasion
canon powershot g16
275 photos
... my camera of record from March 2014 to February 2017
canon powershot g10
167 photos
... my camera of choice from mid-2009 until early 2014 at which point sensor dust rendered this beloved camera quite useless in that it was impractical to fix
nikon coolpix s630
3 photos
nikon coolpix p4
63 photos
nikon coolpix e5600
84 photos