Brendan's Adventures

The oldest city in North America, Quebec City, Canada, is known for its cobblestone streets, Old World European charm and romantic corners. What many people fail to realize, though, is that Quebec is an ideal vacation spot for the entire family. It offers many of the best aspects of Europe without the long flight and [...]

I’m almost as sad to end the content of the #ExploreBC project as I was to finish up the tour.  The truth is that the province provided me with so many great bits of content.  Every single day there was a new adventure, each completely diverse and almost all very exciting.  Moreover, the photo opportunities [...]

I lay there in deep struggle, my face firmly press to the cold granite, and my thoughts clouded by the pain felt in my fingers.  I look down at my elbow as a small trickle of blood begins to roll down and drop the ground below. “I’m dying up here,” I call down to those [...]

The glider takes a mere couple of seconds to hop off the runway in Pemberton, British Columbia.  At first, it feels like the sports car of airplanes.  My feet lay almost flat with my waist as I am squeezed into the cockpit as aerodynamically as possible.  But it isn’t until the pilot shuts off the [...]

I roll out of the bed I spent my teens sleeping in and stumble into the basement of the house where I was born.  It has changed since my early days.  It used to be unfinished, a mere cement cave, the envy of all my friends.  We’d spend hours down here playing hockey without ever [...]

I’ll likely have a full article about Barkerville, British Columbia in a couple days or so since my time there was as strange as it was interesting.  However, for now I’ll give you the photo of the week which I shot around one in the morning.  I had set out to see if I could see [...]

In the decade known awkwardly as “The 2000s”, North America saw a vast exodus of population towards the suburbs of cities.  In search of large backyards, “safer” neighbourhoods, and bigger houses, people vacated the core of cities across the continent.  However, in doing so they also seem to have vacated the heart of the community.  Sure, [...]

As a Canadian, I have seen the northern lights on quite a few occasions.  However, I don’t think I’ve seen them since I was an age that was able to properly appreciate them.  As I’ve gotten more and more into photography, I’ve seen countless numbers of northern lights photos from around the world.  They quickly [...]

Over the past three years I’ve survived without the use of a cell phone.  Whenever someone needs to get a hold of me there has always been good old fashioned email to rely on.  I never felt the need to be diving head first into a smart phone to keep up with everything happening in [...]

On another incredible day of this epic #ExploreBC campaign (check out the facebook page here), we set out in a float plane from Prince Rupert to visit the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary.  Despite the name, this is not a zoo nor is it a wildlife park.  Khutzeymateen is essentially a massive protected zone along an [...]

If you’ve never heard of Haida Gwaii you’re not the only one. In fact, when I mentioned to my family that Haida Gwaii was on our itinerary for BC the usual response was “where is Haida Gwaii?” To be fair, had I used the colonial name of the Queen Charlotte Islands most would have sorted [...]

Exploring British Columbia has been amazing so far.  But I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t a challenge as a photographer.  With so much on the go during the day, and very late/early golden hours, it has been nearly impossible for me to shoot photos at the right time of the day.  However, the [...]

As someone who has always enjoyed watching wildlife in its natural environment, and photographing it, whales have always kept my interest. A big part of it is the fact that we simply just can’t observe these great animals in their natural environment the same way that we do animals that share our realm.  We don’t [...]

While we were in Campbell River we got the opportunity to ride along on a mail run to some of the islands nearby that are only accessible by float plane or boat. If you look at a map of Vancouver Island, you’ll see a speckling of islands scattered between the big island and the mainland. [...]