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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.” -…

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,…

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...

Of Land and Sea | Point Lobos, California

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:April 4, 2019
Post category:Fine Art Prints / Personal Work / Studies / Travel Photography
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As a favourite slice of coastal Californian wilderness, Point Lobos State Natural Reserve has captured my photographic eye on many occasions. Every season brings new colours and light to the…

Recent work | Hopeful yellow flowers

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:March 28, 2019
Post category:Fine Art Prints / Monterey / Personal Work
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From recent travels to California, these vivid yellow pincushion protea flowers stood in bright contrast to their dark green foliage. Spotted while on a waterfront walk in Monterey, with blustery…

Lost in the Details | Venice, Italy

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:February 21, 2019
Post category:Travel Photography
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Italy is all texture and patina, and in summer the city of Venice is rich with seemingly endless variety; every detail and architectural style basking in the luminous reflected light…

Dark and moody storm | Monterey, California

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:January 24, 2019
Post category:California Photography / Monterey / Personal Work
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It was just another blustery, spring day on the California coast, with scattered rain showers and blank overcast skies accompanying my drive South from Santa Cruz to Monterey. With glimpses…

Winter escapism | Bright and bold Barbados

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:January 17, 2019
Post category:Travel Photography
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This January morning, I am sitting at my kitchen table, watching the deep midwinter pre-dawn gloom just outside. Cars hiss along the street in icy darkness, their headlights illuminating canyons…

New Year’s Reflections | Transition to Momentum

Post author:Allison Kendall
Post published:January 7, 2019
Post category:Personal Work / Updates & Insights
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My "best nine" from 2018 on Instagram 2018 was a year of big moves; from California to Regina, Saskatchewan in Canada, and then in the last week of the year,…