Photos by Kevin Archer Drew
I know a picture focusing on a garbage can isn’t immediately what you might think of as a nice shot but I think this one works. The can is clean and I love the contrast of the white posts against the dark lake and hills in the background.
This photograph is taken in Kelowna, BC, Canada.
My wife and I got away to Mexico for our 10th anniversary. We have actually been married 15 years but it took us the extra 5 years to actually get away. We planned on going in year 12 but 2 days after booking the trip I broke my ankle so we ended up canceling. It was well worth the wait. This photo is looking down at the surface of the water of the hotel pool with the great blue tile.
My daughter is really into horses. This is a shot from a spring horse show which I love because of the muted colors of the background with the bright green fence in the foreground (and of course because it’s my daughter).
It took me awhile to catch this butterfly in focus with such a narrow depth of field against the backdrop of Magic Sands Beach on the island of Hawaii. Magic Sands is an interesting beach because the sand disappears from it in the winter and returns to it later in the spring.
This photo was posted on 1x.com, a great photography website, here. Photos are screened and only posted if they pass screening. I haven’t been able to get another one posted yet. It’s probably about time I tried again.
I took this picture looking straight up as a Westjet (way to go) 737 flew over the orchard near our house. I like the orientation this way because it makes it look like the aircraft is diving towards the ground and makes you take a second look at it. I also love the contrast of the clouds against the sky.
I love this shot of my Grandma’s old Henry Singer sewing machine. The intricate detail on the metal parts would never be found today on a machine for the home. Can you imagine your lawn mower with shiny silver etching or gold colored embossing on your toaster oven these days. There was something artistic about the way things were made in the past.
By the way, does anyone know where you can buy a new belt for a machine like this? Mine has turned brittle.
I am so happy I stopped. We were on our way to Kamloops and it started snowing. We drove past these two horses seeking some shelter beside this old barn and I asked my wife if we should stop and she said “of course, if we don’t you’ll be sorry”.
I think the color of the horses complements the colors in the barn wood perfectly.
When visiting friends in Washington state Kari showed me her amazing set of Matryoshka dolls that she bought on her cruise to Alaska. I just had to take some pictures and this is my favorite of the bunch.
I really liked the way the sun was filtering through the blinds and figured my bright orange platty would look great in one of our blue bubble glasses so I combined it all for this photo which would become a memorial shot of my deceased fish. I hope his final trip down to the lake via the water treatment plant was a good one.
Note: no fish were harmed during the taking of this photo. The death was a result of another incident at a later time.
This shot was taken in British Columbia’s Cathedral Provincial Park in July. These goats were just two of herd of about ten. They were eating the snow to get water.
I like the lighting of this shot. The sun was streaming through a hole in the clouds which was shining only onto the patch of snow resulting in the high contrast between the rocky background and the snow.
