Today we mark the beginning of a new project here at Toad Hollow Photography, one that speaks to a subject that is so very important to us. The heritage and associated architecture of our beloved Vancouver Island are in a constant state of dynamic change, and with this comes a bevy of issues; some good [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Heritage’
Springtime At The Inn
Posted: 14th May 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in Anne Hathaway's Cottage At The Olde Inn, PhotographyTags: Architecture, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Landscape, Photography, Vancouver Island, Victoria
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Toys! Toys! Toys!
Posted: 6th May 2013 by Mrs. Toad in Olde School, PhotographyTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography
“When I am grown to man’s estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys not to meddle with my toys!” – Robert Louis Stevenson If you believe roller skates should have keys, made a game of picking up wooden sticks with painted ends, created endless works of art with the [...]
A Quarry’s Story
Posted: 26th April 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in Island Hoppin', PhotographyTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Landscape, Marine, Ocean, Park, Photography, Vancouver Island
History is such a fickle lady, elevating certain stories to levels of yore while others are soon forgotten, lost forever in the ether of time. History can be centered around a tale woven in the fabric of time a millennium ago, or it can share an allegory from recent times. What factors affect those stories [...]
The Rusty Truck And Topaz Labs Detail 3 Plugin
Posted: 9th April 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography, ReviewTags: Antique, Canada, Cowichan, Duncan, HDR, Heritage, Photography, Rust, Texture, Trucks, Vancouver Island, Weathered
Recently we were contacted by the terrific folks at Topaz Labs with a request to try out their brand new Topaz Labs Detail™ 3 Plugin for Photoshop. Time is critical for us here at The Hollow and thus any chance we get to try out new software and techniques can be very exciting. Any tool [...]
Mrs. Toad And The Case Of The Missing Links
Posted: 22nd March 2013 by Mrs. Toad in Olde School, PhotographyTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Vancouver Island, Volunteer
History is like a scavenger hunt. It rarely presents itself in any sort of tidy and immediately appreciable way, choosing rather to leave its prints scattered in every direction of possibility. As if someone took the whole story, tore it up into tiny pieces and released it into the air, to be carried by the currents [...]
Fostering Our Children’s Future
Posted: 13th March 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography, The Toad's HometownTags: Architecture, Canada, Downtown, Duncan, HDR, Heritage, Photography, Vancouver Island
The morning was cold and still, but return on Monday and the parking lot of the Duncan Elementary School will look entirely different. Children will be rushing about, saying goodbye to parents as they leave their little ones under the care and tutelage of those who have taken on a career of fostering our children’s [...]
These Shoes Were Made For Walking
Posted: 1st March 2013 by Mrs. Toad in Olde School, PhotographyTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Interior, Museum, Photography, Vancouver Island, West Coast
Put on your dancing shoes, walk a mile in my shoes, and for goodness’ sake, don’t step on them, especially if they happen to be made of blue suede! It amazes me how many ways we find to pay homage to the simple shoe. Sure, they keep your flippers warm and dry, and I’ll be the first [...]
A Time Before Satellite TV
Posted: 26th February 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in Olde School, PhotographyTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Interior, Museum, Photography, Vancouver Island
Have you ever wondered what people did for entertainment 100 years ago? Back then, there was no such thing as 697 channels to choose from, as a matter of fact there was no TV! There, I said it. I know it’s near impossible to believe, but trust me friends, it’s true. Today, there’s almost a [...]
The Heart Of Duncan
Posted: 13th February 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography, The Toad's HometownTags: Architecture, Canada, Cowichan, Downtown, Duncan, HDR, Heritage, Landscape, Photography, Trains, Vancouver Island
I’ve found myself wandering around the Cowichan Valley lately, sometimes rather early in the morning. And as such, I am finding treasures in my own backyard once again. It’s been said many times before that new compositions and studies can be found by revisiting places with strong subject potential. Join us today as we take [...]
Old Stone Butter Church
Posted: 7th February 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Architecture, Canada, Cowichan, HDR, Heritage, Interior, Landscape, Old Stone Butter Church, Photography, Urbex, Vancouver Island
As photographers, many of us have our places that we love to return to often seeking that ultimate shot. The subject is so compelling you just know locked in the scene lies a masterpiece awaiting discovery. For me, my place is Old Stone Butter Church built in 1870 on Comiaken Hill in the beautiful Cowichan [...]
