Everybody loves a good story because stories are the best way to evoke memories and emotions in people. They can make us excited; they can make us laugh or cry or make us feel empathy for someone. Visual stories help us to understand each other better. For me, photography is […]
When the sun starts to rise over Newfoundland, magic starts to happen along these 18,019 miles of coastline. There is so much to see and do in Newfoundland from photographing whales, puffins, fishing villages, icebergs, to the dramatic coastlines. Newfoundland is Canada’s fourth-largest island and the pace of life here […]
What Makes a Photograph Memorable? When scanning through a magazine or browsing the internet, we are continuously exposed to photographic images. The power of images plays an integral role in storytelling. Amazing photographers like Ansel Adams, Annie Leibovitz, and such like produce amazing work that captures the imagination at first […]
It took a “photo a day” challenge with 365project.org to make me a better photographer. Before I had joined this group ten years ago, I was not really pushing myself to get one good photo per day. Believe it or not, getting one good photo per day is not as […]
The Hahnemühle Rice Paper is part of the Matt FineArt smooth collection. The papers in this Collection are as diverse as the images printed upon them. The first thing that I noticed when compared to other Hahnemühle papers is that the Rice Paper is very thin, 100gsm. It has a […]
As a landscape photographer, I love to print out my own images on canvas or art paper and share them with family and friends. This year I decided to make my own Christmas cards with the beautiful Hahnemühle photo cards. These 4”x6” cards come in an elegant metal tin and […]
When most people think of the Caribbean, they probably think of sipping a cool beverage on a beautiful beach somewhere while soaking up the sun. And for sure, that is a big part of it. However, the Caribbean has much more to offer than just relaxing on the seashore. Since […]
Located in northern Ontario, Manitoulin Island is the world’s largest fresh water island and features more than a hundred small inland lakes. The name Manitoulin means “Spirit Island” or “cave of the spirit” in Ojibwe, referring to an underwater cave in the local lore. From Toronto, it’s just over a […]
Hilton Head Island in South Carolina is a place of beauty that I’d heard about in the past, so with flights available from Canada to the USA, off we went. Hilton Head Island is a place of windswept beaches, sand dunes, tranquil waterways and marshes. The Spanish moss draping from […]
Having Lake Ontario at our footsteps in Toronto makes for a beautiful sunrise. The sun rises right over the water in different positions, depending what time of the year it is. There is a lot of natural light available even before sunrise, with calming shades of blue to fresh hues […]
