All Entries Tagged With: "Books"
Alexandre Buisse’s Extreme Perspectives, An Introduction to Mountain Photography
Craft and Vision – Extreme Perspectives, An Introduction to Mountain Photography by Alexandre Buisse – Book Review While extreme perspectives is a photography book about photographing extreme mountaineering and not directly related to the Cowichan Valley it provides wonderful information for both amateur and professional photographers alike. Having photographed from sea kayaks and boats for many years as well [...]
Winter in the Canadian Rockies Review – Darwin Wiggett ebook
Winter in the Canadian Rockies by Darwin Wiggett True, it’s not the Cowichan Valley or even Vancouver Island but a review of Darwin Wiggett’s new ebook, Winter in the Canadian Rockies has a purpose. Firstly, most of our visitors and locals love photography and this series is an amazing deal for anyone wanting to learn [...]
Journey Through Java By Mitchell Kanashkevich – Craft and Vision
While the Cowichan Valley Photos web site is primarily about the Cowichan Region we are also about photography. Much can be learned from other photographers as they travel around the world on assignment and Mitchell Kanashkevich’s Journey Through Java gives a great insight into the planning process. Travel photographers commonly find themselves in interesting dilemmas [...]
Light And Land, Landscapes In The Digital Darkroom Photography Book Review
There’s no doubt that I’ve been very blessed being a professional photographer for the reason that I have embraced digital technology ever since the early days of the digital photography. You should understand that this is not a number of generations we’re dealing with however, in my illustration it is only since 1999 I believe. [...]
2010 and Cowichan Valley Photography Workshops
2009 turned out to be a busy year for us at Cowichan Valley Photos. I was very fortunate to photograph many different events and festivals, much of the natural beauty of the area and it seems almost anything else that happened locally. The highlight of 2009 was the release of the new book The Cowichan [...]
The Cowichan – Photo Presentation
I would like to thank all of those that had the opportunity to come to the book launch of The Cowichan: Duncan, Chemainus, Ladysmith and Region. Georgina and I had a wonderful time, Volume 1 did an excellent job of book selling and handling the crowds and Fatima at Bistro 161 and her staff put [...]
Community celebrated in feast of words and pictures – The Cowichan
Community celebrated in feast of words and pictures by Peter Rusland – Cowichan News Leader and Pictorial Published: November 03, 2009 6:00 AM There is life over the Malahat. It’s chronicled in the photos and stories gracing The Cowichan, a coffee-table book by writer Georgina Montgomery and lensman Kevin Oke. The two locals launch their [...]
The Cowichan – Cowichan Valley Citizen Review
Book shows us beautiful Cowichan Sarah Simpson, The Citizen Published: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 As residents of the Cowichan Valley, our day-to-day lives often leave us with a jaded view of our surroundings. Oh, the ugly highway corridor, ugh, that boxy new development. But every so often we’re reminded of just why living in the [...]
Cowichan Valley Photos – Large gallery update and news
Summer is over and I am spending my time working through approximately 30,000 photos of the Cowichan Region that I shot in the past 4 or 5 months. The more I see of this beautiful area the more impressed I am with what the Cowichan has to offer and I think that many will agree. [...]
