Al Harvey was born and raised in Vancouver, BC. For more than 30 years he has travelled the province, the country and the world as a photographer. He now has almost half a million images in his stock library (www.slidefarm.com). Al is an active backpacker and kayaker, and his ocean-kayaking expeditions have taken him along many hundreds of kilometres of wilderness shoreline. He plays hockey twice a week in season, enjoys astronomy and geography, and is known for brewing fine homemade beer.