By Sabrina on August 22, 2011
Today I am delighted to introduce Julie Treanor to you all. I say “introduce” because I don’t think many of you know Julie but by the time you finish reading this interview with her
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By Sabrina on May 19, 2011
“If you keep the ordinary images, you reward yourself in the wrong way” ~ Larry Towell
Posted in animals, black and white, dogs, workshops |
By Sabrina on May 18, 2011
After chasing dogs around on the street, I was happy to head out to the beaches, an area along the lake where dogs can run unleashed.
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By Sabrina on May 17, 2011
As if on cue, the fire alarm sounded just as we gathered to register for the Magnum workshop at Ryerson University. In amongst the crowd I caught a glimpse of Larry Towell
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By Sabrina on May 16, 2011
I arrived home last night and am trying to get back into the groove of this other life. From the tweets and and emails I received last week,
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By Sabrina on July 2, 2010
First of all I would like to thank Sabrina for inviting me to write a guest post on her blog. It is not easy for me to write about myself, but we thought sharing a few small success stories might encourage and motivate others.
Posted in africa, animals, guest blogger, lessons in learning, nature |
By Sabrina on March 11, 2010
Norm, the computer guy, dropped by my desk the other day. Every office has a Norm–a likeable, geeky guy who speaks the Truth without even realizing it. He saw my new photo canvas of the leopard in a tree and commented how a picture like that could have been taken in a zoo.
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By Sabrina on March 3, 2010
Most, if not all, photographers know about Henri Cartier-Bresson’s “decisive moment”. To loosely paraphrase, it’s a fleeting slice of time when as a photographer, your eye and camera are synchronized by intuition to capture something that once it passes, is forever lost.
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By Sabrina on March 1, 2010
A really quick post this morning…I am coming to the end of the initial processing of my images from Africa. It has been slow going for several reasons, one of which is that I am trying to learn Lightroom and integrate it into my workflow.
Posted in africa, animals, lightroom, photoshop |
By Sabrina on February 25, 2010
young male lion maasai mara, kenya
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By Sabrina on February 23, 2010
Last month on my blog I mentioned I was invited to be part of a very special project Images without Borders. This week I am chuffed to be one of the featured photographers on their website along with Craig Ferguson, an Asia-based photographer from Australia.
Posted in africa, animals, black and white, lessons in learning, lightroom, photoshop |
By Sabrina on February 10, 2010
running gnus on our walking safari
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By Sabrina on February 8, 2010
This week I thought I’d post some landscapes from my trip. For the most part, I used my 70-300 mm lens but once in a while I pulled out the Sigma 10-20 mm or my kit 18-55 mm kit lens to capture the vastness of space around us. On a safari we all want to [...]
Posted in africa, animals, landscape, lessons in learning, photoshop |
By Sabrina on February 5, 2010
It’s Friday and I’m heading home today after some morning meetings. As promised on Twitter last night, today I’m posting my favourite animal image from my Kenyan safari.
Posted in africa, animals |
By Sabrina on February 4, 2010
pair of giraffe on our walking safari
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By Sabrina on February 3, 2010
Posted in africa, animals |
By Sabrina on February 2, 2010
lone cheetah on the savannah
Posted in africa, animals |
By Sabrina on February 1, 2010
vervet monkey: mother and child This week I’m on the road again but it’s all work-related so each day I’ll be posting an image from my safari but not writing too much. I’ve always admired the work of Nick Brandt and Andy Biggs but what I now have is a new found respect for just how [...]
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By Sabrina on January 30, 2010
The list of constaints on a safari are long. You’re usually stuck in a van, shooting through the roof or a partially open window from the road, and as luck would have it, the sun is probably at the wrong angle. Then there’s those pesky animals.
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By Sabrina on January 11, 2010
One of the things I was hoping to do during my short stay in South Africa was to visit animal centres to learn more about some of the creatures I’d be shooting while in Kenya. On Saturday my family piled into the car and headed north to the Ann van Dyk Cheetah Research Centre for what [...]
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By Sabrina on January 9, 2010
Before you ask, I did leave my vehicle to take this shot; I had to as it was taken with my Sigma 10-20mm. Ever since I took the Vancouver workshop with Bryan Peterson, I’ve loved using this lens. The secret I learnt is
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By Sabrina on January 8, 2010
Learning happens through planned activities but also more serendipitously and not always so pleasantly. I was of two minds whether or not to write about happened over the past 24 hours but as this is a blog about the chronicles of learning, I couldn’t not write about it. At the very least you might have a good laugh [...]
Posted in africa, animals, musings |
By Sabrina on October 8, 2009
dreaming st. martins, new brunswick One of the best aspects of a photography workshop is the amount of time you get to spend immersed in the craft. You can eat, drink, and breathe nothing but photography; it’s wonderful. What’s more, if you are lucky enough to be in the company of such talented people as [...]
Posted in animals, workshops |
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 April 22, 2009
african montage * photos used with the permission of Ryan Snider Today’s photo might be a bit confusing considering I am in Tokyo at the moment but good news must be shared no matter what. I am very pleased to let you know that I am joining David duChemin and Ryan Snider on a socially [...]
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By Sabrina on March 23, 2009
In July 2008, Google reported that there were over 1 trillion unique URL’s on the information highway based on results returned by Google Search. That’s one URL for every dollar estimated in the current US budget but you didn’t tune in for politics so let me get to the crux of my posting today. There [...]
Posted in animals, black and white, microstock |
By Sabrina on January 5, 2009
Lioness in Bent Grass Andy Biggs After more than two weeks of eager anticipation, the newest member of our family finally arrived today. Lioness in Bent Grass by Andy Biggs is a combined Christmas and birthday present to my sister. Andy is one of my favourite animal photographers and is best known for his [...]
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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 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 [...]
Posted in animals |
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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