September 2008
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By Sabrina on September 27, 2008
Today I learnt something new and exciting from my PPSOP classmates which sent me into the “dim room”. Several people have been showcasing photographs that are both black and white and colour all in one image. They are very interesting photographs as they throw the emphasis on the subject in colour by neutralizing the background [...]
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By Sabrina on September 24, 2008
Frequent visitors to this blog will notice three new recently acquired books by Freeman Patterson on my bookshelf. Even though I am slowly making my way through Photography and the Art of Seeing, I was so impressed with both the style and content that I bought the whole set of his instructional books on photography [...]
Posted in landscape |
By Sabrina on September 23, 2008
In July I bought a membership to the Vancouver Aquarium with the intention of spending time photographing the sea life that lives there. Last Saturday was the first chance I had in a couple of months to return and shoot pictures like the jellyfish on the left. They were mesmerizing to watch as they swam [...]
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By Sabrina on September 22, 2008
Vivian Ward (aka Julia Roberts in the movie Pretty Woman) has many memorable lines one of which is when she steps into the elevator at the Beverley Hills Hotel–”Well colour me happy, there’s a sofa in here for two!“. She must have felt the way I do this week when I put my new magenta [...]
Posted in landscape |
By Sabrina on September 17, 2008
The survey is all done and no-one picked “bottled water”! Yes that is the correct answer. This is a photo of bottled water taken in my hotel room after I read Freeman Patterson’s chapter on thinking sideways. Enough said.
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By Sabrina on September 16, 2008
When I was growing up, we had a dog named Lady who was a cross between a Rhodesian Ridgeback and a German Shepherd. I remember driving home with her in a big box in the back of our Jeep and from that day on she was a part of our family. Each morning she would [...]
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By Sabrina on September 14, 2008
“No regrets”. That is something my Dad used to say and words that I have tried to live by in all that I do. Life is already challenging enough without trying to second guess the choices before you make them or wishing you had done something differently after a decision has been made. There are [...]
Posted in landscape, nature |
By Sabrina on September 11, 2008
Recently I changed jobs allowing me more time to pursue photography in earnest. This week though I did not have much time to get out with my camera until tonight. My friend Keith and I have wanted to do an Ottawa Haunted Walk for a while now so we decided to catch a bite to [...]
Posted in architecture |
By Sabrina on September 7, 2008
Flying into Ottawa today I read a magazine article about what inspires photographers. The tagline was “finding your own photo style is a journey, not a destination”. For some time now I have been living with the realization that my life has been more about destinations than the journeys. My new love of photography and [...]
Posted in musings |
By Sabrina on September 6, 2008
All week I’ve been looking forward to the walking tour through Chinatown and Gastown anticipating all the wonderful photo opportunities a different culture presents. Also my friend Alexandra was in town to do the tour with me. We met when we both took Bryan Peterson’s Seattle workshop last month. The three hour tour began 20 [...]
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By Sabrina on September 5, 2008
While at VDG on Monday, we ended our visit with a trip to one of our favourite gift stores located at the Gardens. The store was a little empty but there were lots of unopened boxes filled with exciting new things that will soon appear on the shelves; I can’t wait! Since taking up photography [...]
Posted in flowers |
By Sabrina on September 2, 2008
This month’s theme from my photo circle is The End of Summer. With a limit of four photos to post, it’s a good thing there are other avenues to share some images for September. The only challenge left is to take photos or should I say, to create images that reflect the change in season. [...]
Posted in flowers
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