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Highway junction

04 Saturday Jul 2020

Posted by Ricky Leong in Arizona, photography, random, rural, Travel

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Highway junction

Snapped this scene through the window of a bus back in December, while I was making may way from Phoenix to Las Vegas.

(On a technical note: I wonder if the speed of our vehicle created some kind of rolling shutter artifact in this picture, as I’m not certain the sign in the foreground was quite so slanted in real life.)

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Masked Conversation

03 Friday Jul 2020

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, art, Calgary, Canada, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Masked Conversation

From the beginning of June, when the figures in the sculpture called Conversation outside the Hudson’s Bay department store in downtown Calgary were fitted with face masks. Seeing how those two can’t really keep a proper physical distance, face coverings seemed to suit their needs.

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Making a house a home

02 Thursday Jul 2020

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, art, Calgary, Canada, photowalk, random, urban

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Making a house a home

Part of a striking mural in the west end of downtown Calgary.

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Happy Canada Day!

01 Wednesday Jul 2020

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Maple Leaf forever

Happy 153rd birthday, Canada! To all my fellow Canucks out there, please enjoy the holiday and celebrate safely.

I had intended to take a short break from the blog for a few days during my last vacation this winter. The days stretched into weeks as things got busy when I returned to work. Then, the weeks stretched into months as we all tried to get used to our new “normal” brought to us by COVID-19.

Today marks what it meant to be a return to regular posting here. There are loads of pictures from the “before times” I have yet to share. Some of the more recent ones — many from that aforementioned vacation and through the start of the pandemic — I haven’t even edited yet, so that’s on the to-do list.

And there might even be the occasional word or two, should the circumstances demand it.

As always, thank you for dropping by this space. Wishing you all well, wherever you are!

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Paseo

18 Saturday Jan 2020

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Paseo, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This is a quick smartphone snap from down on Stephen Avenue in downtown Calgary, just minutes into 2020. This is a pedestrian-only area during the day but normally open to cars after 6 p.m. In the small hours of January 1, 2020, the people of Calgary had clearly decided otherwise.

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Abandoned

17 Friday Jan 2020

Posted by Ricky Leong in Canada, montreal, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Quebec, random, Travel, urban

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Abandonné, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

This building in Montreal’s Griffintown used to house a pizzeria.

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da.

16 Thursday Jan 2020

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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da., Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Part of a sign on a storefront in Calgary’s Chinatown.

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Moody stairs

15 Wednesday Jan 2020

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Canada, montreal, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Quebec, random, Travel, urban

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Escaliers, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

From my very brief visit late last year: A beautiful transition from Montreal’s Underground City up to the ground-level concourse at the Centre de commerce mondial.

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Illustration

14 Tuesday Jan 2020

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, art, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Illustration, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

It is difficult to appreciate this mural along Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest in Montreal from up close, at street level. I didn’t get to take in its full scope until I saw it last November from one of the upper-floor lounge areas at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

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Bank and Baron

13 Monday Jan 2020

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Bank and Baron, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This historical building along Stephen Avenue in downtown Calgary, a former branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia, is now home to a pub.

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Journalist by trade, photographer for fun. I help make multi-platform content at Postmedia in Calgary. Opinions expressed here are my own.

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