Here’s an event of many stories! First of all, Beto’s Burrito is a children’s picture story book written in collaboration by Tom McDaniel and his daughter Cassie McDaniel, and beautifully illustrated by Cassie as well! The story behind how the book came together was most inspiring, as father and daughter have not spoken to each [...]
The Richmond Hill/Markham Chinese Business Association hosted their annual Mid Autumn Festival Fundraising Gala at Markham’s Hilton Suites, inviting all its members and community leaders to recognize and reward the efforts of local business leaders who have made contributions to the economic prosperity in the community and raise funds for a new York Region Police [...]
From time to time I do look back at my old photos to see if there’s anything I missed, photos that I discounted as uninteresting at the time. Here’s a set from the Markham Fair during the summer of 2006 when brought along my film camera. I probably didn’t consider these shots worthy back then [...]
Chloe and Chelsea spent an afternoon exploring the urban nature park at Evergreen Brickworks (ebw.evergreen.ca) and occasionally stopped to pose for photos. Occasionally meaning 30 milliseconds. Kids will be kids and of course will run around climbing things giving the photographer and camera a good work out. A suggestion from these two for next photo [...]
The Richmond HIll/Markham Chinese Business Association hosts another Wine Tasting event for their members at Willow Springs Winery, an unique winery located in Stouffville just north of Markham. RHMCBA members were introduced to wine tasting, knowledge, and appreciation of fine wines. After the second glass, business to business networking was in full effect! The RHMCBA [...]
On the last day, we took a train for a day trip in Budapest. I regret not spending more time in Budapest, its definitely an unique city and deserves at least two full days. Full of character and lots to offer for photographers. European trains are nice. We all slept through the train ride. We [...]
More Wien! Always important to start off the day strong. Like this Expresso. and Cappy!!!! Vespa. Maybe Heart Break in Deutsch is the same as Heart Burn in English? Triple Threat -30%. The subway system is modern. Unlike the TTC. Yes another cafe. The day before we passed by this cafe, according to the Guide Book, its [...]
And we get ready to head to Vienna from Prague! If you haven’t, take a look at Part 1 and Part 2 of my trip. First thing was to fuel up with cheap food and groceries as we knew Prague things are cheaper. So I had some Fried Cheese. and Fried Chicken. Billa was one [...]
Our second day in Prague was a bit rainy on and off. As true hardcore photographers, we obviously didn’t bring umbrellas or rain jackets. I actually didn’t even have a jacket on my trip! Continued from Part 1: http://va-photography.com/my-trip-to-europe-part-1-prague/ When weather became worse, we took refuge in a cafe for some expresso. Soon it was [...]
Travelling is something I wish I could do more often if I had both the time and money. An opportunity came up and off we went to Eastern/Central Europe! I’ll be posting in parts as we explored Prague, Vienna, and Budapest. Here’s part 1. The trip went through a bit of a rocky start with [...]