The Hour of the Land – Book Release
The Hour of the Land, A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks by Terry Tempest Williams, is being re
leased today and I am so honoured and excited to tell you that one of my images will be featured in the book. In conjunction with the release of the book, EUQINOMprojects will be having a gallery group exhibit of the photographs in Terry’s book.
If you find yourself in the San Francisco area, I encourage you to visit the gallery and see the exhibit. Below is the press release from EUQINOMprojects:
Here are a few images from the exhibit….
And lastly my image “Taking it All In” taken a Acadia national Park.
Capture The Colour Photo Contest 2013
For the second year Travel Supermarket is holding its Capture the Colour photo contest. I was very excited to hear about this years contest and I’m very grateful to Ingrid from Road Tripping Europe for nominating me to participate in this years contest. Thank you Ingrid 🙂
To enter the competition you must publish a Capture the Colour blog post and submit 5 images in each of the colour categories. You must also nominate 5 other travel bloggers. If you’d like more information on this years contest you can find it here.
So after a long hard look at which of my pictures were worthy of entry and exemplified the chosen colours….here they are:
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Yellow
I shot this image in July. I started the trip in San Francisco and drove down the Pacific Coast Highway to Los Angeles. I spent a couple of days in Monterey Bay and this was the view of the marina from fisherman’s Wharf. I love the variations and different shades of yellow, some deep some not, from the lights in the marina to the lightning in the sky and the rocks in the foreground. You can see the original post here.
White
One of the things that I loved about my sunrise shoot in Venice was the quiet. As anyone who’s been to Venice will know, during the day and night San Marco Square is teeming with tourists. Being up and out before sunrise not only provides a photographer with incredible light to shoot in but the Piazza if virtually empty. I chose this image of St. Mark’s Basilica because of the white washed marble of the dome, pillars and floor. As you can see it was still early as some had found a place to sleep after a long night of partying.
Red
This grand theatre is The Elgin and is located in Toronto. It dates back to 1913 and showcased up and coming talents such as George Burns, Gracie Allen and Milton Berle. The theatre was purchased by the Ontario Heritage Trust in 1981 and fully renovated in 1987. Today it showcases Broadway hits such as Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Rent and Avenue Q. While certainly not subtle, the red in this image brings out the regal and grand look of what a theatre should be.
Green
Falmouth, Jamaica. There are lots of colours to choose from in this image but for me it’s the green shutters and doors framing the 2 men inside this makeshift rum stores that attracted me to this scene.
Blue
While up for an early morning shoot in Bar Harbour, Maine I came upon this scene walking down to the waterfront. The blue of the sky and the blue paint of the building coupled with the ladder and workers screamed Norman Rockwell to me.
My Nominations
Nomadic Pursuits – Swing by and check out Jim Nix’s gorgeous HDR travel photography
SKE-daddle – Living Life Serendipitously & Exploring the Luxury Lifestyle Through Travel
Places To See Blog – Cornelia Lohs has been writing (and photographing) a blog in German for quite some time and has recently launch one in English. This is lucky for us English-speaking folks since Cornelia is also a journalist and her writing compliments her photographs and vice versa.
Travel Photography by Dmitrii Lezine – Beautiful HDR travel photography from around the globe.
LensEye View Photography – Len is a phenomenal landscape and travel photographer. You’ll just want to jump right into his pictures.
Weekly Photo Challenge – Color and a Few Thank You’s
I shot this image last summer while driving through Maine. We were on our way from Bar Harbor to Portland when we spotted this flea market and decided to stop and have a look around. There was a treasure trove of vintage and collectible items that just begged to be photographed.
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Over the last few months I’ve been honoured to receive multiple blogging awards. Time seems to have gotten away from me but I didn’t want to leave these long overdue thank you’s any longer. These are the wards I was nominated for and the wonderful bloggers who nominated me. Please take sometime and visit these excellent sites.
Blog of the Year 2012 Award
The Sunshine Award
The Adventurous Blogger Award
The Versatile Blogger Award
Olivia Wolfe – The Road Less Traveled
The Beautiful Blogger Award
Weekly Photo Challenge – Renewal
I was contemplating this week’s photo challenge and which image I should post. Naturally with a theme like “renewal” I was leaning towards posting an image of a bloom in the spring but then I started to think about what makes me feel “renewed and fresh.” It’s being out by the ocean…it does it to me every time and obviously this couple felt the same way on this day. I was a bit envious when I spotted them. It seemed that they had Otter Point (in Acadia National Park) all to themselves. I made a mental note to bring a chair the next time I visited 🙂
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Maine – A “Vintage” Travel Poster
It’s been awhile since I’ve created (and posted) a “vintage travel poster” so I thought this would be a good time. I’m actually working on one for Bruce Peninsula National Park and hope to be able to share it with you shortly.
This is the second one that I’ve created for Maine. The first one that I did was for Acadia National Park which you can see here. This time around I just couldn’t resist but use an iconic place such as Portland Head lighthouse as the focus of this travel poster.
You can view more travel posters in the gallery.
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Edith Levy Photography 