Vancouver recently lay under cover of fog for days. This prompted me to grab my camera to find out what could be captured of such mysterious atmospheric conditions. I ventured out into Stanley Park with a tripod one night only to discover that there really isn’t any light to work with. I couldn’t discern the skyline through the thick mire. In fact, I could hardly even see a few meters in front of me. I called that mission off and headed out the next day over Burrard Bridge, around False Creek, and back to the West End by way of Gastown. This time I did not bring a tripod—hence the grainy quality of some of these later photos, all of which were shot by hand with a fixed 35mm lens.

False Creek Seawall
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 5
Shutter Speed
1/60 sec
Focal Length
42.0 mm
ISO
400
Exposure Value
10.6 EV
Gull In The Fog
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 5.6
Shutter Speed
1/60 sec
Focal Length
55.0 mm
ISO
450
Exposure Value
10.9 EV
West End Fog
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 5
Shutter Speed
1/100 sec
Focal Length
24.0 mm
ISO
400
Exposure Value
11.3 EV
Perched On The English Bay Inukshuk
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 5
Shutter Speed
1/80 sec
Focal Length
42.0 mm
ISO
400
Exposure Value
11.0 EV
Old Bones
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 4
Shutter Speed
1/60 sec
Focal Length
28.0 mm
ISO
400
Exposure Value
9.9 EV
Burrard Fog
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 5.6
Shutter Speed
1/125 sec
Focal Length
18.0 mm
ISO
200
Exposure Value
11.9 EV
Coal Harbour After Dark
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 18
Shutter Speed
30 sec
Focal Length
18.0 mm
ISO
200
Exposure Value
3.4 EV
Reflections In False Creek
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
Aperture
ƒ / 1.8
Shutter Speed
1/25 sec
Focal Length
35.0 mm
ISO
800
Exposure Value
6.3 EV
Terminal Night
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
Aperture
ƒ / 1.8
Shutter Speed
1/60 sec
Focal Length
35.0 mm
ISO
1250
Exposure Value
7.6 EV
Chinatown Plaza
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
Aperture
ƒ / 5.6
Shutter Speed
1/25 sec
Focal Length
35.0 mm
ISO
800
Exposure Value
9.6 EV
Gastown In The Fog
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
Aperture
ƒ / 1.8
Shutter Speed
1/60 sec
Focal Length
35.0 mm
ISO
800
Exposure Value
7.6 EV
Gastown In The Fog
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
Aperture
ƒ / 1.8
Shutter Speed
1/60 sec
Focal Length
35.0 mm
ISO
560
Exposure Value
7.6 EV
Tourist Clock
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
Aperture
ƒ / 1.8
Shutter Speed
1/60 sec
Focal Length
35.0 mm
ISO
560
Exposure Value
7.6 EV
Purple Haze
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
Aperture
ƒ / 1.8
Shutter Speed
1/60 sec
Focal Length
35.0 mm
ISO
2500
Exposure Value
7.6 EV

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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.