July 2009
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By Sabrina on July 31, 2009
sun worshipper van dusen gardens, vancouver As usual I am cutting it close with my monthly image from the Van Dusen Gardens but I had a good reason, honest. Today is the first day of my weekend workshop with Bryan Peterson and he was bringing with him my new 300 mm f/4 lens. I [...]
Posted in closeup, flowers |
By Sabrina on July 26, 2009
No. 5 seattle, washington I get so excited when I think of the prospect of three unadulterated days of photography. The last time I did this was back in February in Tampa, Florida when I met my photog friends Sue and Ron for the first time and we played together for three days. Before [...]
Posted in macro, musings |
By Sabrina on July 23, 2009
elycia #3 stanley park, vancouver
Posted in black and white, people, photo of the day |
By Sabrina on July 21, 2009
elycia #2 stanley park, vancouver
Posted in people, photo of the day |
By Sabrina on July 20, 2009
elycia #1 stanley park, vancouver I really didn’t know what to expect but as you can tell from the title, this year’s Worldwide Photo Walk in Vancouver was something very special. Like +32,000 people across the world, a group of photographers met to spend a couple of hours shooting pictures. We began our walk [...]
Posted in people |
By Sabrina on July 19, 2009
Early on in my learning journey someone asked one of my PPSOP instructors how people were able to get their images looking so sharp and rich in colour. Until then I was still shooting jpgs and wasn’t using Photoshop very much at all. When it was explained to us that many photographers shoot in RAW [...]
Posted in black and white, flowers, photoshop |
By Sabrina on July 18, 2009
stanley park seawall vancouver Just posting a quick snap of some of the photogs on Vancouver’s Photowalk today…we sure created a stir. Over the next few days I’ll post some of the better images but as it stands right now, I am not sure I’ll have anything decent to submit to the contest. We [...]
Posted in people |
By Sabrina on July 15, 2009
lily pond van dusen garden, vancouver Today I participated one of the rituals of life–a funeral. It was a beautiful service punctuated by a teary-eyed solo by the deceased’s son-in-law and a heartfelt eulogy by her grand-daughter. Mrs. Hentzen was a teacher and through her vocation she had an influence on a great many people [...]
Posted in black and white, flowers, musings |
By Sabrina on July 12, 2009
free fall van dusen garden, vancouver This past week I had a bit of a free fall, a sudden, sharp decrease in the quantity of time I normally reserve for learning photography. Last year all my ducks were in a row. I changed jobs resulting in a work-life balance I hadn’t had in the previous [...]
Posted in flowers, musings |
By Sabrina on July 9, 2009
the bird garden van dusen private garden tour
Posted in birds, nature, photo of the day |
By Sabrina on July 8, 2009
midas touch world rose festival, vancouver I have decided to make a small–or big–change depending on how you see it. By using a wider template for my blog, you can now view the images I upload in their full web size. The blog that inspired this change is called The Big Picture. The images you’ll [...]
Posted in flowers |
By Sabrina on July 5, 2009
the wood shed mayne island, bc
Posted in photo of the day |
By Sabrina on July 2, 2009
the gift Weddings are about details and moments. The thing about moments is that by their very definition, they are fleeting. Catching them requires a little bit of luck and a healthy dose of anticipation. Since most weddings follow a similar path, anticipation becomes a photographer’s best friend in the quest to capture the important [...]
Posted in people, weddings |
By Sabrina on July 1, 2009
the rings the favours the reception tent So much about a wedding is in the details. Brides know it and so do the photographers. This past weekend I had the opportunity to see what this was like first hand when my friend and co-worker Rebecca graciously allowed me to tag along as she got ready [...]
Posted in weddings |
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