<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="0.92"> <channel><title>SandyCanvas.com</title><link>http://www.sandycanvas.com</link> <description>Photography by Sandra Howard</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:25:01 +0000</lastBuildDate> <docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs> <language>en</language> <item><title>Portraits of a Child</title> <description><![CDATA[This photograph a photo of me, shot over 9 years ago at age 17 (2001) while churning through another portrait drawing. The photograph I am drawing from was an original portrait of a child from my Mom&#8217;s home daycare service. The camera used to take the shot was a Pentax MX film body. It took [...]]]></description><link>http://www.sandycanvas.com/2010/03/portraits-of-a-child/</link> </item> <item><title>Charcoal Hand Drawing Study</title> <description><![CDATA[Give or take ten years ago, I went through a phase of  drawing human figures. As a right-handed artist myself, my left hand would sit day by day, just begging to be recognized. One day the light caught my hand in the most perfect way, so I took the opportunity to record it. I grabbed a nearby [...]]]></description><link>http://www.sandycanvas.com/2010/03/charcoal-hand-drawing-study/</link> </item> <item><title>Handling Life</title> <description><![CDATA[Handling life in your own hands? This painting brings me back to the year 2000 in my own high school art class. Our project involved completion of a large-scale mural with the ability to choose our own subject matter. Upon completion, the size measurements of the piece estimated 6&#8243; by 3&#8243;. If you look closely, [...]]]></description><link>http://www.sandycanvas.com/2010/03/handling-life/</link> </item> <item><title>The Digital SLR Virgin</title> <description><![CDATA[In 2005, I Sandra Howard, shot my first digital SLR photograph on the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT. Remember theses? I do! Over the past 6 years, I have been through a variety of learning phases and an equally wide variety of camera bodies. Proceeding in order, my first film body camera was a Pentax MX. Upon moving [...]]]></description><link>http://www.sandycanvas.com/2010/02/the-digital-slr-virgin/</link> </item> <item><title>Smells like Roses</title> <description><![CDATA[During the final photo-shoot, 7-month old Sophia appeared delighted being set into a brown bum-sized bucket, especially upon our offering her a gorgeous single pink rose to hold. While having the opportunity to be so close to such a beautiful flower, Sophia never took her eyes off it. Judging by the expression in her eyes, [...]]]></description><link>http://www.sandycanvas.com/2010/02/smells-like-roses/</link> </item> <item><title>Baby Sophia in Blankets</title> <description><![CDATA[Following the bathing of 7-month old Sophia, I bundled her up into one of her Daddy&#8217;s favourite brown blankets for the first set of photographs, followed by one of my favourite multi-coloured wool blankets for the second set. I am pleased with the series, especially the way the girl kept looking up into my camera [...]]]></description><link>http://www.sandycanvas.com/2010/02/baby-sophia-in-blankets/</link> </item> <item><title>Sophia&#8217;s Purple Palace</title> <description><![CDATA[A mid baby photo-shoot nap is one of the best pieces of advice I would give any baby photographer. During this sessions our baby model, Sophia, became clingy to her parents. This is where my advice kicks in&#8230; the following shots were taken after setting Sophia down for a quick 30-minute nap. Upon awakening, Sophia [...]]]></description><link>http://www.sandycanvas.com/2010/02/sophias-purple-palace/</link> </item> <item><title>Ready for Sunshine in Spring</title> <description><![CDATA[Imagine the smell of fresh blossoms peaking through the tired winter soil early into each spring season. 7-month old Sophia has yet to experience the season&#8217;s true beauties. Don&#8217;t worry though because Mom has her ready to play in this gorgeous new polka-dot dress. This dress was so adorable that I wanted one on my [...]]]></description><link>http://www.sandycanvas.com/2010/02/ready-for-sunshine-in-spring/</link> </item> <item><title>Love from a Mom and Dad</title> <description><![CDATA[In this series, I wanted to try to capture those split-second bonds that a parent feel when they look deep into their child&#8217;s eyes. Sophia&#8217;s eyes lit up every time her parents were in her peripheral vision, she&#8217;s turn to them and her smile would break free over and over again. In this series, I captured [...]]]></description><link>http://www.sandycanvas.com/2010/02/the-love-of-a-mom-and-dad/</link> </item> <item><title>Smile as Bright as the Sunshine</title> <description><![CDATA[As both an entrepreneur and brilliant baby photographer herself, Anne Geddes has forever been a true inspirations and mentor to me. As you will see in her work, Geddes has mastered the fine art of photographing babies unlike any idea have ever seen. Her work is simple yet dynamic and her composition is nicely balanced while the [...]]]></description><link>http://www.sandycanvas.com/2010/02/smile-as-bright-as-the-sunshine/</link> </item> </channel> </rss>
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