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I've always loved looking at pictures -- whether by artists or by people who are just trying to provide casual documentation of their everyday lives. I especially admire an image if it can make me smile, forces me to look twice, or helps me see something differently.

Increasingly, I find photography to be one of my favourite hobbies; I look forward to shooting whenever I find the time and try to capture the world around me in interesting ways. As Marshall McLuhan once said, “photography has the ability to turn all human artefacts into art.” To me, that statement was something of a challenge...

Thanks to every one of the more than 13,000 flickr users (!!!) who have dropped by my photostream as of January 2012. That there've been more than 63,000 views of my pictures is pretty awe-inspiring to me.

And here is the cranky-sounding bit: This is a photo-sharing site, so I will immediately block you if you "favourite" my images but have no postings available for me to see on your own stream. And please, if you like one of my shots well enough to want to blog it (let me know) or if you'd like to use an image for commercial purposes, ask me for my permission; all photos taken by me are © and all rights are reserved. Thanks.