I recently had the opportunity to go to Nashville for a conference. It was a great experience where I met a few people and felt inspired by the things I saw. I might share a bit more about it, another time.

One of the added bonuses included taking a break from the everyday. I tend to let other things take control of my life and so it was great to spend a few days surrounded by things that I love…and, of course, a camera in hand. Vancouver is beautiful but has become a little cliché. Because I don’t take pictures of people, Vancouver is too perfectly beautiful. Being in a new city is great to find inspiration.

I didn’t take a lot of pictures. Nashville, while it’s an older city, has been re-developed a lot. After a rainy Saturday, I was walking behind Capitol Hill. I took the normal shots but then noticed the reflections in the ground.

In my photography, there are certain themes that will come out. One of those themes is reflections. Maybe it’s the idea of the imperfect view that I like.

Ghost signs are another theme. Nashville had a lot of old faded signs on buildings. I think that’s mainly because they had a lot of brick buildings, without windows, next to parking lots. It’s as though before the parking lot there was once a building, long forgotten.