Author Archives: Scott MacQuarrie

Approaching the Launch

By Scott MacQuarrie | Published November 22, 2011

Antarctica   Well, I am five days from leaving for Antarctica – the last continent and, quite frankly, the edge of the world.  I have been talking about such a trip for more than 10 years and been in the preparation for this trip for more than a year.  Although, I ave been getting ready [...]

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Cuba

By Scott MacQuarrie | Published October 23, 2011

Cuba   Here is a print candidate from Cuba that is just dripping in history. As you can probably tell, this was taken at the now famous La Bodeguita del medio in Havana, Cuba. A favorite drinking spot of Ernest Hemingway, as the sign in his handwriting will attest.    

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Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia

By Scott MacQuarrie | Published October 3, 2011
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Blue Ridge Parkway

By Scott MacQuarrie | Published August 26, 2011

Blue Ridge Parkway   Here is a another print candidate for your review. I’ve been getting a lot of solid feedback on these works I’m putting up. So much that I have been wondering why I haven’t done this before. Thanks to everyone you contacted me about these print candidates.

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TateShots: Don McCullin

By Scott MacQuarrie | Published August 21, 2011

TateShots: Don McCullin A rather quietly powerful video of one of the great photographers of the 20th century.  His comments about needing to move the countryside to try to heal himself are a genuine expression of the cost of work .  The price combat photographers pay to show us what’s really happening his truly staggering [...]

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Nova Scotia Portraits

By Scott MacQuarrie | Published July 28, 2011

Nova Scotia Portraits   A couple of weeks ago I was in Nova Scotia for a family event and I took the opportunity to create a few portraits.  I also did some landscape photography (what a surprise),  but that it going to wait for another post.   Here is my favorite shot of the trip [...]

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Robert the Bruce

By Scott MacQuarrie | Published July 17, 2011

Robert the Bruce   This is a print candidate from a trip I did to Scotlan. This is the Robert the Bruce Monument in Bannockburn, Scotland. This is the site of one of the most important battles in Scottish history. I get asked this fairly often, but this is  the actual sky when I took [...]

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Zippy

By Scott MacQuarrie | Published July 13, 2011

Zippy This is Emiliano “Zippy” Zapata and a friend of his, the hedgehog. The Hedgehog has no stuffing because a security dog taught him to remove the stuffing from his toys. Now he thinks it needs to be removed. Zippy is a 130 lbs Lab/Rottweiler,  so if he wants to remove the stuffing from his [...]

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Wild Water Kingdom

By Scott MacQuarrie | Published July 6, 2011

Wild Water Kingdom Well, it was recently the long weekend for Canada and the US. For the US, it’s July 4th and for Canada it’s July 1st, both national holidays for roughly the same reason (The US fought a war, while we simply asked to form a country of our own – It’s a Canadian [...]

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Surfing Dog

By Scott MacQuarrie | Published July 3, 2011

Surfing Dog   I am a real sucker for animal photography and videos, so I thought I would include one I recently spotted on the Chive.  This is a very co0l surfing dog. He looks like is he having a great time, as well.  

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