As anyone who knows us will tell you, we love cars and trucks. Especially old and classic ones. In the spring, if the snow ever decides to stop, we’ll pull our beloved 1987 Corvette convertible out of the garage, get her detailed up and do a full on photo shoot of her. In the meantime, [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Dodging The Wrecker
Posted: 28th February 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Canada, Cars, HDR, Photography, Trucks, Urban, Weathered, West Coast
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Away From The Castle’s Keep
Posted: 25th February 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in A Toad In The Turret, PhotographyTags: Architecture, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Landscape, Photography, Victoria, West Coast
This has been such a great series to bring to you and the response has been incredible! We thank everyone so very much for all your kindness & support, and it’s with a tinge of sadness that we wrap up this great series today on Hatley Park Castle. Today we are going to take a [...]
The Dark Garden
Posted: 24th February 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in A Toad In The Turret, PhotographyTags: Architecture, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Landscape, Photography, Victoria, West Coast
Today’s post is the second to last one in our continuing series of photos from Hatley Park Castle. We’ve had a total blast bringing you this series and quite honestly the response from everyone has been overwhelming! Thank you all, we really appreciate it!! Without further ado, let’s wander into the gardens together, shall we? [...]
Hello, Is Cinderella Home?
Posted: 23rd February 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in A Toad In The Turret, PhotographyTags: Canada, HDR, Heritage, Landscape, Photography, Victoria, West Coast
OK, I might be having too much fun with this series this week! I think I’ve mentioned before that I love turrets, and any castle worth it’s keep definitely has some of those. Today we come around from the back of the castle to the front. This image is a 13 bracket HDR image. The [...]
Nooks & Crannies
Posted: 22nd February 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in A Toad In The Turret, PhotographyTags: Architecture, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Landscape, Photography, Urban, Victoria, West Coast
We continue our adventure of exploring the Hatley Park Castle today, and today we take a look at some interesting features of the site and facility. Nestled in some nooks and crannies, we find these wonderful items… they require you to look for them, but once found they present a wonderful opportunity to capture an [...]
We Storm The Castle
Posted: 21st February 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in A Toad In The Turret, PhotographyTags: Architecture, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Landscape, Photography, Victoria, West Coast
Today’s post finds us continuing our new series showcasing the wonderful Hatley Park Castle. As mentioned in yesterday’s post, this castle eventually was purchased by the federal government and has been converted to Royal Roads Military College. Eventually it became a private college, as far as I know, civilians can now take courses at this [...]
Summers At The Cottage
Posted: 20th February 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in A Toad In The Turret, PhotographyTags: Architecture, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Photography, Victoria, West Coast
We’re kicking off a brand new series titled “A Toad In The Turret” here this week. This series showcases a wonderful castle that eventually became the Royal Roads Military College. The castle was designed and built by the Dunsmuir family in the early 1900′s. This family started in the coal industry and eventually became a [...]
There Goes The Neighborhood
Posted: 18th February 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in Demolition, PhotographyTags: Architecture, Canada, Demolition, HDR, Heritage, Photography, Urban, Urbex, Victoria, West Coast
Today we wrap up our series of the active demolition in progress. As you read this blog, this entire lot is vacant and will remain so until the new development begins. The dust flies in the air, the excavator is in mid bite…. the roof and framing are now really just a loose bunch of [...]
Because I’m Worthless
Posted: 17th February 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in Demolition, PhotographyTags: Architecture, Canada, Demolition, HDR, Heritage, Photography, Urban, Victoria, West Coast
We continue to explore an active demolition today with 3 new HDR photos of the site. We will be wrapping this series up tomorrow and we are thrilled with the response we’ve received with the series so far. Sincerely hoping that you all are really enjoying this! As the activities progressed, the scene began to [...]
The Toad’s On Fire
Posted: 16th February 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Architecture, Canada, Cityscape, Fire Hall, HDR, Heritage, Photography, Urban, Victoria, West Coast
We have a special bonus post tonight, dedicated to my best friend. This is a special building to us, and this is a special photo of it. I took it a few weeks back and have been holding onto it waiting for just the right time when I could do it justice with a fitting [...]
