Wildlife Category Winner - Sandra Preston Honorable Mention - Jim McLeod, Karen Wells, Kim Oka Plant Category Winner - Karen Wells Honorable Mention - Leah Laurie, Sarah Nattrass, Tara Crosby Places Category Winner - Jan de Beer Honorable Mention - Arden Shibley, Tracey Ross, Kelly Findlay People Category Winner - Braden Blackmon Honorable Mention - [...]
"Wait!” I yelled as we were just about to pull away from the Sechelt Library parking lot. I had spotted the most precious scene: a brilliant red autumn leaf dotted with perfectly round water drops. In the middle of this urban situation, I had discovered a subtle yet incredibly complex universe as I followed the [...]
Located northeast of Sechelt, Tetrahedron Provincial Park affords visitors some of the most spectacular ocean and mountain views on the Sunshine Coast. The varied landscape includes mountain peaks, freshwater lakes, streams, wetlands, and the Sechelt area’s community watershed. The main access to the park is via Grey Creek forest logging road in Tuwanek. The park [...]
As a child I was fond of two things: animals and painting. While neither of these interests led to a full-time career, they led me to a keen interest in photography. My husband and I moved from Hungary to Canada in 2007 to start a new life, and we eventually found ourselves on the Sunshine [...]
“I was born in the sign of water and it’s there that I feel my best.” — Little River Band I’ve spent my life dreaming of endless days on the beach collecting seashells. The sound of the waves crashing and the call of the Seagulls. The smell of the sea and the freshest air on [...]
I love to photograph things that the average person wouldn’t stop to look at. There is so much beauty that gets passed by, when really people just need to slow down and look around in order to see it. The abundance of nature, its beauty, and the ocean at my doorstep inspire me on a [...]
Life is a journey, both internal and external. As a child, I was fascinated with nature and was constantly exploring unknown neighbourhoods, forests, and river ways. Then as a teen unable to make sense of life’s tumults I immersed myself in the visual arts through painting and drawing. At the age of 18, I was [...]
There were a total of 472 images submitted in the second ZOOM Photo Contest. It is taking some time to catalogue all of them and the judging may not start until the week of the 19th. I am very impressed with the quality of submissions! I would like to personally thank all of the photographers [...]
[custom_frame_center][/custom_frame_center] My interest in photography has come into play over the last five years and after taking thousands of photos, I’ve discovered my passion is nature and taking close-up or macro shots. It’s amazing what you see once the photos have been downloaded to a computer, for example, the hairs on the ant’s chin, I [...]
[custom_frame_center][/custom_frame_center] Sechelt photographer Martin Nichols is from a working-class area of London, a city he says he couldn’t escape from even if he wanted to; and credits these roots with the development of his photographic style, which places emphasis on the emotional appeal of an image rather than technical brilliance: You have to feel it, [...]