A Vincent Mounier Photography Blog
Water Comes, Water Goes
November 12, 2006
[Entry delayed in order to post the previous, time-sensitive one]
Last night the house’s plumbing went AWOL and having to spend 12 hours with no water triggered all kinds of memories.
It was almost two years ago now, yet it seems like yesterday. The place was Lighthouse condo #1, West End of Little Cayman Island in the middle of the Caribbean. A particularly nasty previous hurricane season had left its scars, huge waves having battered down the shoreline and swept aw...
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Remember? Are you kidding me?
November 11, 2006
Today, as I walk through an immense field of red poppies gently dancing in a breeze of ignorance, I look at all those people and wonder what's going through their heads. They are wearing a flower this morning, wore a costume for Halloween and will probably have jeans on at work next Friday just because everybody else does it. So what? What about a meaning?This being said, I don’t want to remember. I’m actually trying very hard to forget. To forget that Canada keeps getti...
Mad Vancouver skies
November 10, 2006
The sky is what we turn to when inspiration is needed. It’s where we end up when inspiration once and for all becomes unnecessary.The sky is the ultimate limit, painted with many of our fears, safe keeper of most of our dreams.Skies are moody like the Sea and ever-changing like seasons, in turn pure and featureless and then suddenly as complex as chaos itself.And the sky is where I love to be; it’s where I instinctively look where I step out, where I assess the outcome o...
Tropical Vancouver
November 10, 2006
Since there are no tropical storms roaming around the Caribbean at this time, the West Coast has decided to pick up the flag and go ahead with some nasty weather of its own. The Seattle area is issuing Gale and Flood Warnings for tonight and as for us, well, here's part of the Environment Canada special warning:Greater Vancouver3:36 PM PST Thursday 9 November 2006Wind warning forGreater Vancouver continued Strong southeast winds of 70 to 100 km/h will increase to 120 thi...
The Anniversary Gallery is Online
November 5, 2006
With the coming of my one year anniversary in Vancouver, I've collected my favorite pictures (they all appeared on the blog this year) and whipped out a new gallery of 50 Vancouver and BC shots. Nothing new in there if you've been reading the blog, but it's fun to have them all together to browse through. I'm also preparing a new HDR-related gallery that will be a witness to my fumbling around this fascinating emerging technique, which will - mark my words - in time become...
Tide rises, BC Ferries fares follow
November 4, 2006
But sadly, only the tide will come down. As if life wasn't expensive enough in BC, the only ferry operator - holding an absolute monopoly on boat travel around the province - has decided that Sergio Leones' "For a Few Dollars More" title would make a great marketing plan and they will squeeze those dollars out of travelers' pockets.As of November 10th at noon (just on time to cash in on the long week-end increased traffic), BC Ferries will see their fares sail ...
Stepping into the invisible world
November 1, 2006
Sunset has come and gone silently and the chilly night has begun extending its cloak over the lower mainland. It's not completely dark yet, however, and I can see perfectly well around me despite the lack of daytime color. The forest is quiet but I meet a few late silhouettes walking their dogs or coming back from a trail run. I put my MP3 player away, preferring to enjoy the ever-present roar of the river. Fall has triggered new rainfall and the volume and level of the wa...
A Smart shell
November 1, 2006
EasyPark, one of the major public parking companies in Vancouver, offers a 50% rebate to environment-friendly cars. All hybrids get the discount which has just been extended to Smart Cars.Yeah, but Smart Cars… I can see some heads shaking. I wouldn’t want to be sitting in one of those when another real car or a SUV smashes into it!Well check out this video of a crash test. The Smart Car driving at 70 mph (or 110 km/h) collides head on with a cement wall. You’ll be amazed...
A bridge over the Fraser River
October 31, 2006
The city of Richmond lies south of Vancouver. It doesn’t have much going for itself. Flat, populated, and with an odd mixture of industrial and agricultural land, it’s a place that you won’t visit unless you have a purpose. That could be flying into the Vancouver Int’l Airport, which I’ve done, photographing the [[Yearly cranberry harvest]], which I’ve done too, visiting the Night Market, which, well, I’ve done again, or buying a generic digital camera battery, which I w...
Clouds proving that nature always beats fiction
October 28, 2006
A long rainy day, and at the last minute, magic. This is for Emma, in a very humble attempt at making us dream and wander, and be free. Thanks Emma!
Of magic, and unseeing eyes
October 26, 2006
If eyes are a mirror into one’s soul, does anybody around me even have a soul? (Sour grin)Eyes are shifting uneasily, biased and afraid. They stare straight ahead into nothingness, preoccupied and worried, or just inert. They reflect neither joy nor interest, no spark, no life. They are tired and worn out.All those eyes seem to have forgotten how to shine and smile. They have retreated behind high invisible walls, the impenetrable defenses of shades or the anonymous shel...
When the fog creeps in
October 25, 2006
Last Saturday night, Vancouver was invaded by the most amazing fog bank I have ever seen, seemingly seeping right out of a scary movie. Of course I was stuck at work without my camera, watching helplessly as extraordinary landscapes were drawn at my feet. As soon as my shift ended, I rushed back home, grabbed the camera and ran back downtown to at least capture the fog from street level. Here are a few views of Gastown and Canada Place.