Wandering Vancouvers Downtown – jerk with a camera

Having had a crazy week with lots and lots of pretty intense peopling (they now call me Pizza Daddy and I am not going to tell you why) I felt that some quality alone time with strangers that I don’t speak to and my favourite new camera Combo.

A solitary figure seated on a public bench overlooking the Vancouver Orpheum Theatre with a marquee display, captured in a candid moment of urban solitude. — **Camera**: *Hasselblad 503CXI with its 100 megapixel CFV 100 digital back*
**Lens:** *the silly sharp Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 60mm F/3.5 CB Lens.*

An anonymous city dweller takes a moment of respite on a bench outside the Vancouver’s Orpheum Theatre, framed by the urban architecture and the soft daylight

I drove downtown and parked at a meter. When I discovered what that meter cost $6 per hour I drove literately around the corner to a different meter around the corner that was a mere $1 an hour variable pricing for the win I guess :)

Minimalist stairwell with number '2' painted in red, captured through a Hasselblad 503CXI camera — **Camera**: *Hasselblad 503CXI with its 100 megapixel CFV 100 digital back*
**Lens:** *the silly sharp Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 60mm F/3.5 CB Lens.*

Stark minimalism meets urban exploration in this Hasselblad 503CXI capture, where the solitary number ‘2’ stands out against the stark stairwell backdrop.

I still have to say that driving somewhere for the purpose of photo wandering is still pretty odd to me. In the past Photowanders were always a walk with a camera to go to a particular destination I would leave one place with the expressed desire to end up at another place. I might have taken an indirect route if time would allow but the location, the starting point, the time allowed, and the destination was genreally set by the activity at the other end. The general aimless wanders were often not how photo wandering would happen. So the idea that I am able to simply choose the place that I want to go and then wander without purpose is a little bit odd. Awesome! but Odd.

Industrial detail of rusted natural gas pipes against a concrete wall, captured by a Hasselblad 503CXI — **Camera**: *Hasselblad 503CXI with its 100 megapixel CFV 100 digital back*
**Lens:** *the silly sharp Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 60mm F/3.5 CB Lens.*

Exploring the industrial veins of the city, this image highlights the textured decay of natural gas pipes, taken with the precision of a Hasselblad 503CXI camera.

I had wandered some of these places the other day with Doogie the Leica and the Hasselblad loaded with film but when I got the film back and went thought the photos I had a few missed opportunities and figured a revisit would be in order.