Photos by Stephen Gower

I recently returned the Yashica MF-2 camera I bought earlier this year.

About a month ago my wife and I made our usual trek to see her parents.

I recently purchased a Yashica MF-2 35mm viewfinder camera.

Recently my wife and I were able to get to a couple of diffferent live sporting events: The Ottawa Black Bears vs.

Christmas 2025 was a different one for us; on the outside it was much the same - we stayed with my wife's parents for Christmas and New Year's.

My wife gifted me a drone for Christmas - the DJI Mini 4K.

In case you're interested, the title of this post is inspired by a French song we heard every year in elementary school: C'est l'Halloween by Matt Maxwell.

Back in April, I went for a long walk with my dog.

There's a short street near my office that I've been to several times.

You can view the full album for my challenge entries on Flickr.

This past Monday, Hiro's Photo Composition Challenge started, beginning with the Rule of Thirds - a basic photography composition challenge that most beginner photographers learn.

I discovered a long time ago at certain restaurants that utensils are occasionally magnetic.

On New Year's Day, my wife and I went for a walk in nearby Sunshine Alley.

Winter and Christmas provide an excuse for people to decorate their house with inflatables and lighting - not dissimilar to Halloween.

On Friday December 6th, my wife and I went to see the Ottawa Charge take on the Montreal Victoire for a PWHL game at the Canadian Tire Centre.

My dog Bailey sure knows how to set her cuteness factor to 11.

I was out walking at lunch yesterday and was keeping my eyes open for some interesting "banal", everyday photo opportunities.

My friend Mike wanted to take his drone out again and thought that the rapids on the Ottawa River at Bate Island would be an ideal spot.

I can't believe I have a photo blog and haven't shared a picture of my dog.

My best friend - Mike - recently bought a drone.

Our neighbourhood seems to be getting into the Halloween spirit in a big way this year.

On Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, my sister-in-law asked us to take photos of her and her friend wearing carved pumpkins on their heads.

Over the weekend I was listening to some music on my iPod Touch rather than streaming, and took my dog out for a walk through our nearby mini forest.

I took a lot of photos between September and October this year and until now I didn't get around to pulling them off the camera SD card and save them to my hard drive (and One Drive too, for good measure).

I think it's safe to say that the results I get from this lens are not going to be great without ideal natural settings.

I took this photo 20 days ago (along with a few other photos of the bookstore), but never really did anything with it.

An image that I call "LINE UP STARTS HERE".

Various photos from the 2024 August Long Weekend in Northern Ontario August 2024, Whitefish River First Nation, Sony ILCE-5000 (α5000) August 2024, Manitoulin Island, Samsung M-G996W (Galaxy S21+) Rear Main Camera

On Saturday July 27th I went for a bike ride to cross the Chief William Commanda Bridge in Ottawa, ON.