Oh Behold What Beauty in the Sky!

Even though I love the photo below, taken while driving over the Lion's Gate Bridge a couple of weeks ago, I keep on thinking about 'the one that got away'.
The clouds and the sky and the sun were playing in 3-D so beautifully this day, and around the time I snapped this photo I was looking over in awe at the scene.
I was very lucky to stick my camera out the window, blind (yes I still prefer watching the road to getting a good photo), and capture this much.

The photo doesn't do the scene justice, as photos sometimes do, but I think you get the idea.

Dew, Log and Mystery Photo

Hey Everyone!

Enjoying a frosty week here in Vancouver and starting to take some photos again after a little hiatus while I've been 'focused' on other things.

I'd like to throw this first photo in and ask if anyone can take a guess at what it is!? (I don't think it's that hard, but I thought the shot turned out pretty cool for what it is)


I've gone for a few walks as I like to do this time of year and happened upon a Pieris shrub with some morning dew and a nice, serene log floating in the pond at Stanley Park. I hope you enjoy.

LAS VEGAS - Allat Style

The dynamic duo of Steve and Nila were lucky enough to have a weekend in Vegas last weekend. It was a gift from family and turned out to be our honeymoon! We didn't count on that and are fortunate to have such nice folks around us. : )

In the end, 3 days in Vegas was fun, but really re-iterated that all the glitter and shine of the western world isn't really in our field of vision anymore. For most that know us, we still long for the old country and I'd take a stroll down one street in Paris over anything I can think of doing in North America at this point . . . sigh.

That doesn't mean we didn't have a good time, it just isn't the same as everybody else would do in Vegas, I'm sure.
Here is a brief overview and a few photos . . .

Overwhelmed by heat the first 2 days and thankful for $1 water bottle street vendors

Saw Cirque de Soleil's 'Zumanity' show - fuckin' awesome!!
(no pics allowed)

Stayed at the only hotel that caters to kids *_*
(I had a vasectomy 12 years ago why?)

Had a REALLY big margarita!

Saw Llama's, Lions and Dolphins!

Bright Lights, Neon Girls and a woman's favourite Shoes

and, of course, VEGAS AT NIGHT

Thanks Mom and Al!

Hummingbird on Lantana

While Nila and I were in Las Vegas last weekend, I wasn't particularly inspired to take very many photos.
I will post a little montage a little later, but here is one of my favourite photos.
Of course, there is no way you would really know it was even taken in Vegas, and that isn't really important.
It was just a beautiful surprise on a nice day.


Of course, with my current penchant for 'ttv' photos, I did just a little photo manipulation to give the shot a different context. Enjoy.

Steve Allat: OVEREXPOSED

I've been selling on Etsy for just over a month now, and am very happy to have been chosen to be featured in a few 'Treasuries' so far, with this one offering the most lucrative 'Exposure' to date.

The things I won't do to become a world famous photographer.
You can check out the featured Treasury here: http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=72583
My Etsy storefront is available here: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6754209


Any special requests? ; )

Thunder and Lightning in Vancouver

Wow. It's been so long.
Being from Ontario, where thunderstorms are part of the summer season, it's been a long, long time coming.
Since living on the coast, I can only ever remember a few claps of thunder and a couple bolts of lightning over the past 10 years.


Tonight, however, after going outside after an afternoon matinee to discover it had rained, Nila and I decided to walk the 'long' way home in hopes of some more rain.
Well, we got a little sprinkle, and about 2 hours of thunder and lightning!!! What a show. 1000x better than the movie could have ever been, and that's the non-ugly truth! (hint hint)

We were drenched when we got home - we didn't have/or want an umbrella and strolled happily along the whole way. It's a pleasure to welcome a warm summer rain onto yourself.

This photo doesn't do the evening justice, but I was excited to even capture one shot at all!!

Another old 'new' photo

I love looking through old photos I've taken.
This one was actually taken about 7 or 8 years ago with my first digital camera - a 1.1 megapixel Olympus Stylus.
Of course, it didn't have the moon in the background at the time, but that's the beauty of the digital age!
The photo of the moon is just a few years old, but I think the two blend together quite nicely.