One evening during the summer, Deb and I decided to go for a bit of a photowalk… or rather, a photodrive. We headed out to Langley to shoot some old trucks that we saw a few weeks prior. We got a lot of great images and this is one of my favourite. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do

Last year fellow photographers Chris+Lynn started something. They called it “Cans for Comments.” Within a few days of starting it there were dozens of photographers all over the world doing the same. This year we’ve decided to do it again.

Basically the way it works is that for every comment you leave on our blog between now and Dec. 15 we will donate one can to our local Food Bank… except this year we’re doing things a little bit different.

You may or may not know that cash is 3 times as valuable to the Food Bank than actual food. For every $1 that is donated they can buy $3 worth of food. With that in mind we’ve decided that instead of donating a can for each comment, we’ll donate $1 for each comment. This way we’re able to feed more hungry families this {insert holiday of your choice here}

I’ll be posting a random photo every day (or 2) so you have something new to comment on too YAY!

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I’ve made this post sticky, so you’re all reminded each time you visit that we’re doing this. Please leave a comment

Wow… Seriously, I must apologize… no posts in like 20 days when I said we’d post something every day or 2. We just moved at the beginning of the month, and it’s thrown our plans for a bit of a loop, so in light of that we’ve decided to extend cans for comments until the end of December. Please, comment!

What’s the longest distance that you can swim? Personally for me, I can make it about 2 lengths in the pool before I have to take a breather, however I had the pleasure of doing some photo coverage for some people who can swim a whole lot farther than I can. On Saturday I was volunteering for the Vancouver Open Water Swim Association, or VOWSA for short. It was their annual Bay Challenge, which is a 10km swim across the bay from Lighthouse Park ending up at Kitsilano Beach.

Does this guy look like he has just swam 10km? Not to me! Alan Bell was this year’s winner in the solo category with a time of 2 hours and 41 minutes!

We started off at Sandy Cove in West Vancouver, which is a beautiful secluded little beach. There were 7 teams and 12 solo swimmers.

3…2…1….GO!

After swimming for up to 4.5 hours, the swimmers then run up the beach and through the finish gate. It was a gorgeous day too!

You are probably wondering, what do you win besides the satisfaction of reaching a personal goal…? Well everyone is entered into a draw to win great door prizes from all of their sponsors (including us!), but the winners get their name on the Percy Norman Cup!

Here are some details of the cup. I love the engraved pictures depicting the swim across the Bay.

For more information about VOWSA and their history, or if you want to become a volunteer (it is a 100% volunteer-run organization), please check out their website. They are having their last challenge (the Kitsilano Challenge) of the year this Saturday so if you are in need of something to do, please go down and check them out!

The “Cans for Comments” drive has ended with most of the blogs out there, however ours is still continuing until this Saturday. We’re running ours longer because our blog is so sparkly and new that we probably don’t have the traffic that some of the more established blogs do.

So keep leaving those comments!

I forgot to mention in my previous post who actually came up with the “Cans for Comments” idea.

Chris+Lynn deserve all the credit for coming up with this awesome idea. They have a large list of who’s also participating. I think everyone’s deadline is slightly different.

Thanks Chris and Lynn for coming up with this idea. Not only is the holiday season always a good time to donate, but especially now with such a crap economy.

EDIT: So apparently I’m mentally deficient. I DID mention Chris+Lynn in my post about the cans. Oh well…

I’ve decided to follow in the footsteps of another local photographer, Chris+Lynn and participate in their “Cans for Comments” drive. Basically, for every comment posted to our blog, we will donate a canned food item to the local food bank. I’ll do this from now until Dec. 20