Out side of Valemount BC we came across BEARS!!

Well ok ok I will admit these are not actual real bears! I mean they are so well made and life like it can be hard to tell that they are in fact a tourist attraction at some backwoods last chance gas place near Valemount BC. But it you look closely they are statues in the parking lot :)

A couple of time a week I will wander over to the railtown JJ-Bean for a morning coffee. I as always take my camera and I always try and walk a different route. Today I decided to walk the long way around only to discover that the railtown JJ-Bean is closed today for renovations. I in fact even knew this… It was plastered all over the door and counter for at least the last week…. I even read it and made a mental note that they would be closed…. I remembered none of this till I got there. :) I instead walked to the Hogan’s Alley over in china town and these are the photos.

Yup. We were at it again! It was street performing time for My Friend Lisa again this afternoon/tonight.

We all met up on Granville Street and found us a sheltered spot out of the rain and we played a bunch of songs. In fact we played a bunch of songs for nearly 4 hours at various spots along Granville street. We had an awesome visit from a man named Arnold. He was really drunk, and he had an upside down cross tattooed on his forehead. Thankfully Lani who is very experienced at dealing with the drunkin Arnold’s of the world was able to get him to not sit down smack dab in the middle of our circle.

We sort of had a nice rotating cast of performers that came and went as their schedules allowed, and worry not Renee for next time we will totally remember to bring out the awesome Casio of DOOM!!! for you to rock out upon. Although I have to say you were doing pretty good with the making up songs as we went!!

While the Leica M9 doesn’t preform like the new Canon’s in low light, it is still pretty remarkable at night time photos. The highest ISO is 2500 which compared to ISO 25600 that the new 5D has seems quite low, but it is still quite useable. While there is a fair amount of grain at these higher ISO’s it is a more natural film like grain which can really add to the mood of some photos.