You'll never believe what just happened at Canadian Tire.

There I was, shopping for some sh*t tickets for the RV when a proper commotion erupted just in front of me.

Brawling on the floor amidst a pile of spilled $20 camp chairs were a pair of human beings fighting over the very last Hamilton Beach Convection Toaster.

''I was here first!'' yelled the blue-haired one on the left, ''No, I was here first!'' yelled the red-hatted one on the right, until a third voice chimed in.

''Can't we all just get along?'' said the employee while separating the two grapplers.

"I'm offended" complained a random onlooker.

''That's racist'' complained a gleeful spectator while pointing at a Black Friday promotional poster.

That's when the idea hit me. What if you could shop for your favorite things in a virtual store without the hassle of engaging with humans? And what if your favorite things happened to be highly insightful photography courses that teach you practical ways to make the best out of your photography?

And then I wondered, where could you find such a magical store? For the life of me, I couldn't figure out this puzzle until I remembered a line from an old movie ''If you build it, they will come''.

So that's exactly what I did.

I built it, and here it is. www.fototripper.com/store/category/online-photography-cou...

The Fototripper Black Friday Sale Ends on Sunday and I promise there won't be any fights in the aisles. You can enjoy 50% off any off my tutorials without having to fight through a scrummage over future landfill trinkets.

Thanks for reading
Gavin Hardcastle

P.S. This never actually happened... well, not to me anyway, and probably not in a Canadian Tire store, but who is to say it didn't happen somewhere at some time?

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We've been scouring Nova Scotia for what's left of the fall colours and it's slim pickins.

Hurricane Fiona wiped out the bulk of the leaves before they had the chance to turn and last week's storm didn't help.

I did manage to get lucky with this random creek not far from where I live.

I'm finding that the best spots aren't even in the parks or even labelled as a hotspot. I think those are my favorite kind.

Thanks for looking.

Gavin

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Deep in the wild rain forests of Vancouver Island there exists an emerald-green slot canyon.

If you're willing to take a kayak or in our case a ridiculous inflatable dinghy, treasures await.

For this shot, I had to dangle my bum cheeks in the freezing cold river so that I could point the camera up towards the green glowing ceiling of the cave.

It's one of the places I miss the most about Vancouver Island.

Thanks for looking
Gavin

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Watch my latest episode here www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcFRzhm86K0

I did type out a long and wonderful description for this post but upon hitting the upload button the site locked up, killed my upload, and deleted my prose.

It was a one-time deal I'm afraid so now you just get this whinging complaint. Well, assuming the upload works this time...

Thanks for looking
Gavin

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Back in the autumn of 2021 we took a trip out to Milk River in Alberta to explore Writing On Stone Provincial Park.

We enjoyed two wonderful nights at the campground and now this place is etched into my heart.

If not for the brutal winds it would have been utter heaven. I'd be very interested to visit during the winter months and might even make another journey out there.

I'll be posting a video about the creation of this image tomorrow.

Thanks for looking
Gavin

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