Pixel Darkroom Photography

The old Portman Bridge, still in use today and shown below, will be taken down after the completion of the New Portman Bridge, still under construction. I cross this bridge over Fraser River at least once a week, when traveling from Coquitlam to Surrey on Trans Canada Highway 1.
I would love to shoot more (mega?) construction photography, and when I got into photography, this was one of my dreams. I’d love to shoot oil rigs, construction of dams, bridges, mines, cranes and other (mighty) machines, you name it.

I went with my friend Ugur downtown to shoot fireworks today. We had a great time and grabbed a few good images. The bridges were full of people (both the one we shot and the one we were on) and it may have been a great picture to shoot photograph all the photographers from the other side of the street ["Maybe one day we'll do you too..." - Finucci brothers], but it was impossible to cross. Traffic wasn’t stopped and some of the images even have camera shake (or should I call it “bridge shake”) due to some of the buses driving by in the middle of some longer exposures. It was a great view to see all the trails that the boats would make, the helicopter and it was just a great view. Ugur is a fun guy and a great photographer. Here’s a link to some of his images.
I will post some hdr and other images in a different section of this website. Until then, this image will suffice as the picture of the day. Here’s 285 images so far. God bless you and thank you for stopping by.

I shot these amazing backlit clouds on my way home. The structure is the Portman Bridge over the Fraser River, which will become the west bound of Trans Canada highway. They’re building a new bridge for the eastbound and a bunch of connections. The clouds were amazingly lit as the sun set below the horizon and with as much rain as we’re still getting here (in June!) I knew I had to grab a shot, for such sight is rare. I’m behind in posting the images, but I shoot them every day. Thanks for the patience and thanks for stopping by.

sunset clouds over bridge