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This image has been voted by photographers in the top ten for 2015 for the Food and Drink category in a global competition. Thank you photographers. 

Sorry Fine Art America. I love your products. The printing and quality is top notch on everything except the new throw pillows. I have now ordered three different images in three different sizes. The quality isn't up to Fine Art America standards... 

"To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy." - Henri Cartier-Bresson I think that is why we do ... 

Image Overheard in a coffee shop, three teens talking: “Hey, wanna come skiing tomorrow, there’s a rad new jump I heard with some awsome air?” "Nah, we’re just gonna stay home and get high.” I’m taking bets on who’s going to get some... 

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." - Scott adams There are photographers who sketch, who use the camera very much like an artist will use a pencil to dash off a quick gesture drawing, always ... 

“In the end, it’s not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away” – Shing Xiong There is a lot of accumulated and often repeated wisdom about the necessity of taking a chance. Photography provides me wit... 

I'd like to introduce you to Corrine and Gary. They are on an epic road trip, coast to coast to coast in Canada, big cities and back roads. They've made it their mission to introduce the artitsts (like me) they find along the way to a wider audienc... 

“A generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind scatters some leaves upon the ground, while others the burgeoning wood brings forth – and the season of spring comes on. So of men one generation springs forth and another ceases.” – Hom... 

For millions of people including this cold looking soul, Valentines day this year, is just Friday the 14th. of February, one of the coldest darkest months in North America, Northern Europe, and Russia. For those without a warm home let alone the wa... 

"There ain't no rules around here. We're trying to accomplish something." - Thomas Edison And how sweet it is when accomplishment is recognized, and recognized by others engaged in the same attempt to capture to photograph to reinterpret the world... 

I am honoured to have my work included in the top 20% of 2013 by my peers. For anyone not familar with Pixoto, it is a community of photographers who submit and rate each others work using a unique "image duel" system, where everyone as they say, ha... 

"It takes a strong effort on the part of each American Indian not to become Europeanized. The strength for this effort can only come from the traditional ways, the traditional values that our elders retain." - Russell Means These proud people i... 

"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered." Nelson Mandela (1918 - 2013), 'A Long Walk to Freedom' "They always say time changes things, but you actually have to chang... 

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) There is always a momentary secret thrill for a photographer, while light is streaming past an upraised mirror, just then while an i... 

"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and r... 

"Whatever precautions you take so the photograph will look like this or that, there comes a moment when the photograph surprises you. It is the other's gaze that wins out and decides." -- Jacques Derrida I love surprises. They're still there in ... 

“No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.” ― Ansel Adams http://1-b... 

“Soon it got dusk, a grapy dusk, a purple dusk over tangerine groves and long melon fields; the sun the color of pressed grapes, slashed with burgandy red, the fields the color of love and Spanish mysteries.” ― Jack Kerouac, On the Road Ser... 

The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. ~Paul Strand I think of some of the amazing work written from within prison cells. I think of the unbelievable... 

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” ― Lao Tzu What a difference a day can make. Just a... 

"Art is a tryst, for in the joy of it, maker and beholder meet." (often secretly) ~Kojiro Tomita Trust yourself. It is the only way to make art. At least any art that matters. The tryst? Well... exhibit well, be open, be honest, and one c... 

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." - Albert Einstein When it comes to my photography, I've found the most important question for me to answer is why. If I know why I am shooting something... 

The Lecture A mercifully short story by: Image Brian Boyle She seemed harmless enough. Quite pleasant really. Bright eyes, inviting smile, and she was saying nice things about my work. I was already on a roll. Maybe four glasses of wine, but... 

“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” - Dorothea Lange How true that is. Every photographer can recall vividly those images glimpsed only once, when their camera was out of reach. How lucky I am to wand... 

Kleptomaniacs are always taking things literally. - ANONYMOUS Photographers are always taking things. It is the language of what we do, "take a few shots" "grab a quick shot of that" "Take her portrait". People in some cultures when first intr... 

"If only you could hear the sound of snow..." - HAKUIN EKAKU Snow has many sounds. I've heard most of them. I've even recorded a few for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, everthing from the "slooshhh" of wet spring walking to the "Skreeek... 

"It's not where you take things from. It's where you take them to." Jean Luc Goddard Ok, I'll fess up, many of my inspirations are stolen, swiped, pinched purloined and generally lifted wholesale from others. But where else are you supposed... 

350+ Images, 4,000+ visitors. I love this gallery. Fine Art America is a fine place to build audience, make a few dollars, and take a welcome reprieve from the administrivia of marketing, promoting, selling, accounting and other related duties giv... 

"Photographs are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it." - John Berger A pho... 

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice's ... 

The first dusting of new snow is settling on the mountain peaks around Whitehorse. "Termination dust", ie. If you're working on something outdoors you'd better get it done quickly. A long standing sign that layoffs were imminent in placer mining, ... 

"When facing a single tree, if you look at a single one of its red leaves, you will not see all the others." ~Takuan Soto Educators have us all believing in social inclusion. Everyone is in, and no one is out. And that is fine, but for a photog... 

"Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it." Marshall McLuhan I believe I am fortunate indeed to live where I do when I do. The Yukon has... 

"Discovery consists, not in seeking new lands but in seeing with new eyes." Marcel Proust Sometimes just seeing things in a different light. A tree directly outside my door that I have seen thousands of times becomes a discovery when covered in ... 

"In some photographs the essence of light and space dominate; in others, the substance of rock and wood, and the luminous insistence of growing things... It is my intention to present-through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the ... 

"There was the person who sent ten puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did." Anonymous And no wonder that wasn't signed. I am hoping that sending a dozen images isn't having un-... 

"I swish the amber hue of lager on my tongue and ponder the drilling rigs in the Gulf of Alaska and all the oil-painted plovers." On Disappearing by Major Jackson I too like a good lager. I worry about the poor plovers. The belugas. And ... 

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."... 

Over the summer I have had a small showing of my work at Bridges Cafe in Whitehorse. The cafe is operated by Challenge Industries giving differently abled folks opportunities they might not otherwise get. I love the cafe mostly because of the attit... 

When you have to scrape the ice off your windshield in the morning and you hear geese honking above you as they hurry southward you'll know, if you've been in the Yukon any appreciable number of years, you'll know, it is time to check the wood pile, ... 

A sad and happy day. My joint show with my sister Noni Boyle at the Art Gallery of Algoma has closed after a summer long run. But I am thrilled to report that one of the images from that show has found a new home in the home of two of the artists I... 

My dad probably wouldn't understand why I drove 40 miles of bad road to take a couple of snapshots. He drove bad roads every day to put food on the table for me and my eleven brothers and sisters. I traveled with him for a few summers in my early t... 

My sister sent me this quote, she says, "Leonardo Da Vinci sounds like a photographer here". “A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.” - Leonardo Da Vinci... 

In the eye like a big pizza pie. (Sorry kids, haven't got a grip on those puns just yet, but I am working on it.) No really, it hit me quite hard really. I have spent the day in some absolutely phenomenal photographic company. Cathie Archbould, Ro... 

You too can order any size you like, small medium or large whatever your stature or psychic abilities. No, seriously folks,...sorry about the puns. I will admit I am trying to capture some attention here and I was told, humour might help, however I... 

I know that is a lot like saying, "if this snow keeps up, it won't come down.", but it does convey a bit of the challenge I am feeling trying to reach out to a few billion people, to plant a seed, to say, I am here. "Whoo hoo, no over here, way ove... 

No, I'm not getting married or anything like that. It's just that I have already discovered that this is not working. At an upload rate of a dozen a day no one will ever see any of my new work. I am going to try half a dozen old and half a dozen n... 

I am always intrigued by the interplay between trees and their environment. They cannot move, go inside to get warm, or even huddle up with each other. These are some tough trees. Hope you like them.  

From rhubarb to rainbows, & trilliums to the Takhini River valley. Today's offerings cover a few months a few years back with images from Mexico and the Yukon and a few places in between., Hope you find something to like here.  

A print of this image sold two days ago. Since then people from New York to Argentina have been clicking to have a look at it. Thank you Fine Art America. Statistics - view recent: Viewed 27 Times - Last Visitor from New York, NY on 08... 

I have a large body of work I am hoping to make available on this website. I'm thinking I can handle a dozen uploads a day. If they're entertaining, interesting, or fun to look at let me know. If I am boring everyone to tears with these, please le... 

Next they'll be lining up to pick up the latest and greatest. More images coming soon. Watch this space. Please.  

The littlest cowboy just isn't about to take a cold shoulder from a hungry horse in green grass at face value. I think you've just gotta like that.  

Here is a Radio Interview with CBC from this spring about an opening of my photographs at the "Arts Underground Gallery" in Whitehorse. Brian Boyle: 100 yards from home CBC News Posted: April 19, 2013 CBC reporter Brian Boyle works in radio...