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 ‘Landscape’
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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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 [...]
Have I Been Forgotten?
Posted: 23rd April 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Boats, Canada, HDR, Landscape, Marina, Marine, Nautical, Ocean, Photography, Vancouver Island
One of the very best parts about being involved in photography is encountering a scene that leaves the visitor with many unanswered questions. Trying to place context on such scenes adds interest and intrigue for the viewer, commonly referred to as “artistic tension” by those who subscribe to Gestalt. Today’s post finds us taking a [...]
These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things
Posted: 17th April 2013 by Mrs. Toad in PhotographyTags: Boats, Canada, Cowichan, HDR, Landscape, Marina, Marine, Mountains, Nautical, Ocean, Photography, Vancouver Island
Usually as we set out to create a new blog here at the Hollow, Mr. Toad will give me some incredibly inspirational photos and then we put our little green heads together until we put the last period at the end and call it a wrap! But today, perhaps because it is finally Spring and suddenly [...]
The Story Of Life
Posted: 6th April 2013 by Mrs. Toad in Island Hoppin', PhotographyTags: Canada, Forest, HDR, Landscape, Marine, Nature, Nautical, Ocean, Park, Photography, Vancouver Island
I remember as if it were yesterday. We were all sitting in a circle on the floor at the teacher’s feet as she opened the book “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’Engle. As she started the words “it was a dark and stormy night”, I felt chills run down my spine and from that [...]
Looking Out View
Posted: 4th April 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Boats, Canada, Cowichan, HDR, Landscape, Marina, Marine, Mountains, Nautical, Ocean, Photography, Vancouver Island
It’s been a rough week here around The Hollow as it seems that I picked up a bit of a bug. And we’re not talking about the delicious, fly-like kind, either, we’re talking about the kind that puts a trusty toad straight into the Lily Pads where he needs to rest for a few days. [...]
Chief Tzouhalem’s Mighty Mountain
Posted: 11th March 2013 by Mrs. Toad in PhotographyTags: Boats, Canada, Cowichan, HDR, Landscape, Marina, Marine, Mountains, Nautical, Ocean, Photography, Vancouver Island
There is just something purely magical about the quiet hours of the morning. Those fleeting few moments that belong neither to the night nor to the day. As if the world is unaware that you are watching, or simply doesn’t mind. Uninterrupted by the clatter of everyday life, it is a time that belongs to each one [...]
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 [...]
High Above Heaven
Posted: 4th February 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Canada, Cowichan, Forest, HDR, Landscape, Mountains, Photography, Vancouver Island, West Coast
A day so thick with fog you can’t see to the bottom of your property. A day so thick with fog you feel as if you’re the last remaining living being on the entire planet. A sense of solitude, a sense of absolute stillness… a creepy sense that only seems to pass by finding others [...]
