February 2009

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february in the gardens

february in the gardens

canada goose van dusen gardens, vancouver It’s the last day of February and time to head to the Van Dusen Gardens as part of my project to document the gardens each month this year. Other than a sprinkling of snowdrops to remind us spring is just around the corner, the scene was as to be [...]

photo of the day

photo of the day

evergreen hemlock valley, bc

photo of the day

photo of the day

retired skis hemlock valley, bc

news news

news news

I’ve been off line for a few days due to my travel and social schedule but the world keeps turning so here are some updates… Pete Souza, the official White House photographer, has popped a signed copy of his latest book in the mail. In his email he mentioned that he was in Ottawa on [...]

learning my lines

learning my lines

sabrina’s beach clearwater, florida Line is considered by photographers as one of the most important building blocks of visual imagery. Expressed through length, character, orientation, thickness and in relation to other lines, this fundamental element is visible through its tone and colour and because of the area each side of the line. A line of [...]

photo of the day

photo of the day

frozen wall single hdr image winterlude, ottawa

seeing twice

seeing twice

florida palm tampa bay, florida As the images from our Tampa weekend begin to trickle in, I am most curious to see how each of the workshop participants viewed the world around us. Standing in the same spot, it seems our photographs would be similar and this is made even more so because we are [...]

photo of the day

photo of the day

birds of a feather

birds of a feather

egret’s wing homosassa springs, florida Right now I am enjoying the last few hours of beautiful Tampa weather before I have to head back into the cold. This has been an absolutely fabulous weekend, topped off yesterday with our visit to Homosassa Springs where virtually every species of animal and bird found in Florida can [...]

photo of the day

photo of the day

egret tampa, florida

photo of the day

photo of the day

tampa evening skyline tampa, florida

from yvr to tpa

from yvr to tpa

original image processed in photomatix Julieanne Kost based on her book Window Seat. This wonderful collection of images reminded me of when, as a child, I used to fly into JHB (Johannesburg, South Africa) and see all the swimming pools below. I can’t remember when I changed my mind and started to choose the aisle [...]