Patrick Viau

Patrick Viau My name is Patrick Viau and I'm a content creator currently based out of Ottawa, Canada and I'm pass

I’ve been meaning to post this image for over a month, but I clearly underestimated how little time I’d have to do liter...
12/14/2025

I’ve been meaning to post this image for over a month, but I clearly underestimated how little time I’d have to do literally anything once our little girl arrived this summer. Dad life moves fast!

This was taken on our last night in the north of Spain before heading back to Barcelona for the final couple of days of our trip last year. The skies were pretty clear, which is never ideal for photography, but we still got some really beautiful light and colours, even without the clouds doing their thing. Thanks for stopping by and checking out my post. Have yourselves a great weekend!

I've been wanting to see this spot again since the first time I came here a couple of years ago in the late fall. I didn...
11/03/2025

I've been wanting to see this spot again since the first time I came here a couple of years ago in the late fall. I didn't get one of those wild, colourful sunsets I was hoping for, but I did get some decent soft light before a cloud swallowed the sun on the horizon. Guess I’ll just have to keep coming back until I get that perfect sunset.

Hard to believe it’s already been 11 months since our Spain trip. This shot came together on our last night in Barcelona...
10/01/2025

Hard to believe it’s already been 11 months since our Spain trip. This shot came together on our last night in Barcelona, before heading off to Basque Country in the north. The skies didn’t deliver the clouds I was hoping for, but the golden light made up for it. We stumbled across this random little beach with very interesting boulders, just minutes from where we were staying in Canet de Mar.

As I was setting up the camera, working out the best composition for this scene, my wife strolled right into my frame and insisted I turn it into a mini portrait session before the light disappeared. And really… what kind of husband would I be if I said no to my one-month-pregnant wife asking for photos at the beach while mother nature served us this light? In the end, I’m glad she walked into the frame because this turned out to be one of my favorite shots from the trip.

I visited this location 2 or 3 years ago and spent quite a bit of time searching for a composition, but nothing really s...
09/09/2025

I visited this location 2 or 3 years ago and spent quite a bit of time searching for a composition, but nothing really spoke to me that day. I knew I’d eventually come
back for another try. Although I enjoy going on photo adventures with like minded people, this time, I went on my own allowing me to slow down and tune everything
out giving me the chance to really connect with the scene. It was also nice to return to what brought me to landscape photography in the first place, shooting
waterfalls which I have not been doing much this past year or two. Thanks for stopping by!

Last weekend, we drove over two hours chasing moody skies to shoot a waterfall—rainy and overcast was the goal. Naturall...
07/29/2025

Last weekend, we drove over two hours chasing moody skies to shoot a waterfall—rainy and overcast was the goal. Naturally, the weather had other plans. By the time we got there, it was bright, sunny, and far from ideal for waterfall photography. But the trip wasn’t a total wash. On the way back, we had an incredible surprise, a mama bear and her two playful cubs putting on a show. Sometimes, nature has better ideas than your shot list.

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