Welcome to the Byward Market, Ottawa, as seen through my eyes. The market is a high traffic tourist area so getting images away from the madding crowd (...)

While walking the streets of the Market area I became captivated by the many reflections offered by the storefront windows. They make for intriguing v (...)

In this scene a flight of fancy is taking place. Reality intermingles with other dimensions. You decide which is real.

I was about to pass by this non-descript building when the wind chased an errant cloud off the Sun's face. The resulting reflections from a nearby sky (...)

However, reality is never far below the superficiality of the Byward Market. Below the feigned gaiety of the tourists lie the mean streets and the hum (...)

Where do they go, they who are homeless? This man was wrapped like an egyptian mummy, shivering in the sharp air, his ragged breath a cloud before his (...)

The irony, of course, is that the Byward Market is a zone of plenty and a playground for the wealthy. You can buy anything there. The bakery sends del (...)

Morning has broken and so has this man. Someone had given him a coffee and he huddled there so as to not lose any precious warmth. As bad as the night (...)

The richness of the Byward Market assaults the senses, except those of the ones who can only feel the pang of hunger.

The market is also justly famous for its restaurants. This provides image opportunities for your humble photographer. This diner caught my eye.

Here I am pretending to be Claude Lelouche. I was actually trying to capture the sunlight glittering off the silver ice buckets. I was quite pleased t (...)

Maybe it's just me but I get captivated by sunlight streaming through a window. I pretended to be an asian photographer when I composed this shot.

OK ... cliché shot ... but I likes the pretty hearts I does. The image speaks to me - Canadian hearts. OK ... sappy ... so shoot me

Och aye ... 'twas a banner day in the market. While the market is a heritage zone, many of the buildings are quite drab. Owners try to spice things up (...)

By the way, this is a reflection. I was going to image the building across the street but the reflection was way better. I got some strange looks from (...)

The pattern of these stacked chairs in the morning sunlight is what drew me to take this shot. This sort of thing has been done before but not by me. (...)

In this shot I tried to capture the rising sun's glow in the base of the glass. It worked but it was only after processing the image that I notice the (...)

Images are where you find them. I had a strong need to talk to a man about a horse so I deked into an alleyway to take care of that matter. Turning ba (...)

Again, this is a case of crossing the street and finding that the reflection is more interesting than the original subject. It also makes use of the m (...)

You will have noted that I didn't pass judgement on the previous art piece. Art is available in the market for all wallet sizes. This image captured t (...)