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Your guide to a photo-centric day trip in Vancouver by @littlebrownfox

When your camera is as compact as a point-and-shot but as high-quality as a DSLR, it’s the perfect excuse to play local tourist for a day. Armed with a Canon PowerShot G1-X Mark II , three leading creators gave us the grand tour of their cities.

When your camera is as compact as a point-and-shot but as high-quality as a DSLR, it’s the perfect excuse to play local tourist for a day. Armed with a Canon PowerShot G1-X Mark II, three leading creators gave us the grand tour of their cities.

Not your average adventurist- Megan McLellan aka @littlebrownfox- acted as the head tour guide/ croissant connoisseur in Vancouver. Naturally, as one half of the travel and lifestyle blog fieldandforest.co, she has the whole day trip routine down to a science. Nature views + afternoon tea +the ultimate-all-in-one camera = 100. Below, we break down the best daytrip photo locations as seen through the lens of @littlebrownfox.

Though she spends her days chasing the most beautiful scenes, for this travel photog nothing quite measures up to the comforts of home. Thus Megan begins her daytrip at the “fox den”. *Bonus points for the natural light* Paired with the G1-X Mark II f/2.0 portrait lens, it’s a winning equation.

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Next she ventures waayyyy up- 450 feet to be exact. For treelined vanishing points, the Capilano Suspension Bridge is the ticket. Only problem: when everything looks so picture perfect it can be hard to decide what to shoot. Lucky for Megan with her G1-X Mark II in hand, she can capture macro details or far out scenes, there’s no need for extra lenses.

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After that Megan throws it back to 15th century China. The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is all good vibes and enchanting visuals. Designed around the harmony of four elements: rock, water, plants, and architecture; every lighting change unveils a new colour and texture to explore. Jade green water brings the yin; sun warmed limestone brings the yang. Abiding to this no stress zone, the high dynamic shooting range of the G1-X Mark II makes shooting in high-contrast even more intuitive.

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Next stop: Megan calls it “a great place to cozy up with a book, an almond croissant, and a tea,” and truth be told Matchstick Coffee Shop is really good at doing just that. A++ on the ambience scale, the specialty coffee roastery is a prime location for an impromptu portrait session.

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For the grand finale to your photo-centric daytrip Stanley Park’s Oceanside paths are where it’s at. Peddle it out to Siwash Rock at sunset for a chance to put the G1-X Mark II’s 1.5? CMOS Sensor to the test.

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Check out the #GSERIESDAYTRIP website to learn more.

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