Allison Kendall, Author at apkphotoblog

A Legacy of Smoke and Fire

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:July 9, 2021
Post category:Landscape Photography / Personal Work / Stories & Studies / Travel Photography
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This was not the scene I had been looking forward to photographing during my first visit to Glacier National Park, while on a road-trip ranging from the deserts of Arizona,…

Thoughts on the shifting landscape of time…

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:March 14, 2021
Post category:Landscape Photography / Personal Work / Travel Photography
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Howling wind, blowing snow, big sky and soft hilly terrain seen from the Crowsnest Highway in Southern Alberta, Canada “Antipathy toward time clouds personal and collective thinking.” - Marcia Bjornerud⁠⁠⁠⁠Morning…

Frozen Bubbles

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:February 22, 2021
Post category:Abstract Photography / Macro Photography / Personal Work
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You know those exquisite wintertime close-up photos of ice crystals forming on bubbles as they freeze? These are not those. You are looking at the messy, interesting results of an…

Holding space, looking for light

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:January 10, 2021
Post category:Abstract Photography / Personal Work
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“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” -…

Winter Light Celebration

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:December 21, 2020
Post category:Abstract Photography / Behind the Scenes / Canada Photography / Personal Work / Reflection Photography / Snapshots
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As winter settles in, the sun is slipping lower and lower across the sky. During the winter solstice here in Winnipeg, Manitoba the sun barely clears the treetops. Such low-angled…

Summer Reflections | Riding Mountain National Park, Canada

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:December 9, 2020
Post category:Canada Photography / Fine Art Prints / Landscape Photography / Reflection Photography
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"After everything that's happened, how can the world still be so beautiful? Because it is.” ― Margaret Atwood Blue summer skies and fluffy white clouds mirrored in the water of Whirlpool…

Water Lily & Lotus

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:December 1, 2020
Post category:Bloom | Spent | Flower Photography / Fine Art Prints / Reflection Photography / Stories & Studies
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With bright flowers emerging from the water, contrasted by the rounded geometry of simple floating leaves, water lilies and lotuses have inspired artists and poets, symbolizing deep cultural meanings for…

Uncertain Road

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:April 1, 2020
Post category:Travel Photography
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Snow blows across the landscape and Crowsnest Highway in Southern Alberta, Canada

I woke last night in the darkness to the rumbling sound of a heavy train passing through the city, threading through the quiet neighbourhoods with its horn calling a long,…

Looks pretty scenic to me…

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:March 10, 2020
Post category:California Photography / Personal Work / Travel Photography
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Scenes and details from Point Lobos State Natural Reserve in California; crashing waves, rocky cliffs and unique forest along the beautiful California coast.

Winter landscape and ironic sign, Point Lobos, California ⁠ A little unintentional humour from Point Lobos State Natural Reserve in California where crashing waves, rocky cliffs and unique forests come…

Ladybug Light

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:June 27, 2019
Post category:Fine Art Prints / Macro Photography / Personal Work
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"The more specific we are, the more universal something can become. Life is in the details. If you generalize it doesn't resonate. The specificity of it is what resonates." -…

Summer Horizon | Big Sur, California

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:June 20, 2019
Post category:Big Sur / California Photography / Travel Photography
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Seen through a line of stately coastal cypress trees, fog rests along the horizon of the deep blue Pacific Ocean off the California coast of Big Sur Having spent a…

Snapshots and Small Prints

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:May 10, 2019
Post category:Fine Art Prints / Personal Work
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My thoughts have turned to the garden - I am working with a new yard, new climate - and I am looking forward the warm, humid summer months, however brief, because they will bring a depth of colour and light that is special to that time of year...