We’re continuing our latest photoblog series, “The Toad Visits Chemainus“, today with a look at some of the interesting items and artifacts that have been put on display in town to facilitate the rebuilding process. This running series showcases the little town of Chemainus, BC on Vancouver Island in Canada. During the early 1980′s, the [...]
Archive for June, 2011
Small Town Life
Posted: 29th June 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography, The Toad Visits ChemainusTags: Architecture, Artifact, Canada, Chemainus, Cowichan, HDR, Heritage, Landscape, Park, Photography, Vancouver Island, West Coast
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A Doll’s House
Posted: 28th June 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography, The Toad Visits ChemainusTags: Architecture, Artifact, Canada, Chemainus, Cowichan, HDR, Heritage, Landscape, Photography, Vancouver Island, West Coast
On today’s photoblog post we come back to our roots, photographs of classic and heritage architecture. This post continues our running series “The Toad Visits Chemainus” which is a photoblog series showcasing the small town of Chemainus on Vancouver Island in BC, Canada. Vancouver Island is home to a pretty unique style of architecture. The [...]
The Little Train That Could
Posted: 27th June 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography, The Toad Visits ChemainusTags: Architecture, Canada, Chemainus, Cowichan, HDR, Heritage, Landscape, Locomotive, Park, Photography, Texture, Trains, Vancouver Island, Weathered, West Coast
Today we adventure together by taking a visit to a little town on the East Coast of Vancouver Island, in BC Canada. Chemainus was originally founded and settled by the folks involved in the logging industry, and for decades the town was a booming locale. Great portions of modern history on Vancouver Island were all [...]
Falling Down But Not Forgotten
Posted: 24th June 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Abandoned, Architecture, Canada, Chemainus, Cowichan, HDR, Landscape, Photography, Saltair, Texture, Vancouver Island, Weathered, West Coast
As it stands right now, our plans are to roll out a great new series of images next week we have captured in the little town of Chemainus, on Vancouver Island. This is the town where last weeks images of the interior of the castle came from, and the little town itself is absolutely rich [...]
The Magic Cabin
Posted: 23rd June 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Architecture, Canada, Cowichan, Duncan, Forest, HDR, Heritage, Landscape, Photography, Texture, Urban, Urbex, Vancouver Island, Weathered, West Coast
Hi everyone, welcome back to our blog today! Thanks so much for taking the time to visit, we’ve got something really special to share. Today we’re going to look at a totally magical cabin that has been in my heart for over 25 years now. This is one of these things that as a photographer [...]
A Peaceful Visit With History
Posted: 22nd June 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Artifact, Canada, Cowichan, Crofton, HDR, Heritage, Landscape, Park, Photography, Vancouver Island, West Coast
On our journey together today, we’re going to take a look at something that is a little different for us here at The Hollow. We typically love to photograph buildings, architecture, cars and other loosely related subjects, but every once in a while you encounter something out of the ordinary that merits a photo-expose. Today’s [...]
Heaven’s Planter
Posted: 21st June 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Artifact, Canada, Forest, HDR, Heritage, Landscape, Nature, Photography, Rust, Texture, Vancouver Island, Weathered, West Coast
We really missed everyone yesterday, and it sure is good to be back here writing up a new post this morning. We’ve been away on business and completing a massive photo shoot of the little town last weeks castle photos came from. We’ve got some really great stuff coming down the pipe from all this [...]
The King’s Bedchamber
Posted: 17th June 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Architecture, Canada, Castle, HDR, Heritage, Interior, Photography, West Coast
Welcome back everyone! Today we continue our exploration of the inside of a castle situated in Chemainus, BC on Vancouver Island in Canada. This is the 2nd installment of a mini-series we’ve posted. If you’re just joining us, please feel free to visit yesterday’s post “In The Castle’s Keep” to see the first installment. This [...]
In The Castle’s Keep
Posted: 16th June 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Architecture, Canada, Castle, HDR, Heritage, Interior, Photography, West Coast
We’ve been looking forward to bring you these really interesting images for a while now. On our photo shoot of Chemainus, BC on Vancouver Island in Canada, we met a wonderful new friend. She has just recently moved to Vancouver Island and bought herself a B&B. In the backyard of this gorgeous heritage house sits [...]
Inbound On The Inlet
Posted: 15th June 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Boats, Canada, Forest, HDR, Landscape, Marina, Marine, Mountains, Nautical, Ocean, Photography, West Coast
As a photographer, every once in a while you take a picture you’re not sure of. Maybe you were in a bit of a rush, didn’t have a chance to spend the full time you wanted on composition or framing. Maybe there were some elements visible that weren’t really part of the vision you were [...]
