Dreaming Tree

If my memory is correct, and it often is not, this tree lives in Kenya. I was on my way back from a day of wildlife viewing in the Masai Mara (National Park) when the sun poked through the clouds and winked at this tree. There are few places more beautiful than Kenya; the clouds dance about the horizon, full and  bursting with energy while the sun softly skips across the landscape, pointing out things such as this lonely tree along the way.....

Horses in the Snow

Back in March I ponied up my motorcycle and headed south to Mexico for two months. The route basically followed the coast down to LA, inland to Utah, then down the Baja California and back via the mainland. The trip itself was a grande adventure in which I met many characters, slept with rattlesnakes and lightning storms, and covered 15,000 km.  I took with me my (at the time) new Canon 5D and documented the trip through both HD video and pictures. Here is one of the pictures: this was taken in Utah just outside of the Bryce Canyon National Park. For some reason I was under the impression that Utah was hot and desert-like the whole year around; I was wrong. This snowstorm crept up on me and I spent half a day trying to outrun it!

The video taken from this trip can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/user/brendanpreston#p/u/4/ejC7F1bDwTc

Haines, Alaska

Every fall my old man and I try to make it to Haines, Alaska for the Coho run. The weather is brisk, the mountains are snowy and the eagles and bears are fat from feasting all summer. This year we were accompanied by my girlfriend and a co-worker....and of course, my girlfriend took home the biggest fish! A story that quickly circulated around the office and one sure I haven't heard the last of.  I didn't upload the pictures of her trophy, but it was about 20 lbs! Enjoy these other pics. Oh, I've also included a few pictures from last year.

Technicolour Zebras

I kind of stumbled upon these zebras in more ways than one. I was visiting Kenya's Massai Mara in 2007 (during the post-election riots) when we came around a bend in the dirt road and there, seemingly waiting for us, posing, was this majestic zebra. The pictures sat in my hard drive for months until the digital dust was blown off of them when I was trying to find pictures for a show in a coffee shop in Vancouver. After much tinkering and messing about, these are the results.

Streetlight People

I got home from work today and decided that I would/could/should update the Ol' Blog. Sifting through the depths of my laptop I came across a few pictures that were taken at some point this winter in Vancouver. I think I was attempting to make a panoramic from the Granville bridge (which I'll upload at some point) but thought that these were pretty groovy pictures as well. When I look at these pictures for some reason Journey - Don't Stop Believing plays around in my head. Anyways, that's probably just me. Enjoy.