June 2009
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By Sabrina on June 30, 2009
speedwell van dusen gardens, vancouver It’s all about colour at the Van Dusen Gardens! Flowering dogwood trees greet visitors at the gate followed by the last whispers of Japanese irises and then garden comes alive with all the colours of summer. In this month’s photo I used two techniques that I would normally use on [...]
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By Sabrina on June 28, 2009
giant arbutus mount parke, mayne island
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By Sabrina on June 26, 2009
tequila sunrise world rose festival, vancouver
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By Sabrina on June 22, 2009
five sails vancouver bc Today I have just a short post that should bring a little chuckle to you all. For a few weeks now I’ve been meaning to get my eyes checked. I was having trouble focusing when taking pictures and by this I do mean ” I ” and not my camera. This [...]
Posted in architecture, black and white |
By Sabrina on June 21, 2009
marilyn monroe world rose festival, vancouver There are times when I especially miss my father and today is one of them: Father’s Day. A few years ago I decided that on these special days I would try to do something that we would have done together or something he would have enjoyed. When my sister [...]
Posted in black and white, flowers |
By Sabrina on June 19, 2009
fallen flowers van dusen private garden tour A reminder to readers to leave a comment and your name will be entered into the contest for my first giveaway — a signed copy of Within the Frame by David duChemin. If you’ve been living in a cave for the past three months and haven’t heard of [...]
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By Sabrina on June 18, 2009
hebenton’s flower van dusen private garden tour, vancouver
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By Sabrina on June 16, 2009
snap! van dusen private garden tour
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By Sabrina on June 15, 2009
david and me “within the frame” book launch party, vancouver The title of today’s post comes courtesy of the big guy himself, David duChemin. A few months ago David was on a list of top ten photographers along with Gavin Gough He tweeted to me: “in the company of giants..always nice to be among people [...]
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By Sabrina on June 14, 2009
house beautiful vancouver bc It was an early start this morning to do the annual Van Dusen Private Gardens Tour; nine gardens on the list but five that we definitely wanted to see. The photo of the day goes to the Shepherd Garden on Somerset Crescent. There was nothing–absolutely nothing–I would change about this garden. [...]
Posted in architecture, photo of the day |
By Sabrina on June 10, 2009
Last night I tweeted a link on 80+ photographers to follow on Twitter and a couple of hours later @MattBrandon replied that he was hurt his name wasn’t on the list. He was only joking of course and promptly responded by creating his own “Follow Wednesday” list that included only me and @GavinGough. What’s funny [...]
Posted in musings, people |
By Sabrina on June 8, 2009
hush by donald cameron Gaining inspiration and valuable insight through the works of others has become an important part of my learning and so today I am introducing a new feature to my blog titled in focus where I’ll interview photographers I’ve stumbled upon on this journey. These are not necessarily well-known people but photographers [...]
Posted in black and white, in focus, interview, landscape, people |
By Sabrina on June 5, 2009
african montage 2 photos used with the permission of ryan snider Great news this week via an email from Ryan Snider who is leading a socially responsible photographic safari to Kenya in January 2010; we have met the minimum number of participants to start planning our trip! There is still room for others to join [...]
Posted in animals |
By Sabrina on June 1, 2009
poppies van dusen gardens, vancouver In three simple words uttered by a child is something I’ve only just begun to understand and fully appreciate: the “why” we take photographs. David Sanger’s recent entry on his blog titled “Authenticity” explains this well. Photographers should seek to make images that mean something and our images should reflect [...]
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