This is my entry for Gra­ham’s monthly Pho­tog­ra­phy Hunt. The theme for Sep­tem­ber is “favorite time of the day”.

Sun­set Over The City

Evenings. Sun­sets. The day is almost over, it’s now time to relax. I some­times wish I were a morn­ing per­son because I find the idea of wak­ing up a bit before the world does a very good one. But I’m use­less in the morn­ing… so I set­tled for dusk.

To me, dusk brings peace. After a day of work, we all have two main things in our minds: eat and sleep. I take my time for both. I’m still Euro­pean and tend to eat much later than the aver­age Cana­dian fam­ily. I enjoy prepar­ing din­ner (I’m not a “soup and salad” kind of per­son) and tak­ing my time to eat.I go for walks, I take baths, I meet with friends… I love dusk.

Bei­jing By Night

I’m a night owl. Even as a kid, I couldn’t sleep at 8pm like most of my class­mates. I liked stay­ing up and I just wasn’t sleepy. In Junior High, I would lis­ten to the radio all night, tucked in bed. In High School, I started draw­ing and read­ing at night. Now, I mostly blog, use the com­puter, watch movies, talk… Night is a cre­ative time for me.

When­ever I’m trav­el­ing I enjoy tak­ing walks at night. Most cities aren’t as dan­ger­ous as peo­ple say and night­time is just unique. Some cities awake, some sleep, some have a wild side that you would have never thought they had, some are very conservative.

What is your favorite moment of the day?

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