Jacqueline loves photography as it allows her to exercise her artistic skills in yet another way…
Again it is wildlife and nature that calls to her, this time as the photographer. She is ever on the lookout for that next picture, her keen eye picking out a deer at the forests edge, a fox crossing the field or something unusual in the tree boughs. Although most of us would pass by never noticing that flash of color or those amber eyes peering out of the shadows, Jacqueline has an incredible sense of where to look and is able to pick out things that we miss.
Wherever she travels, whether it be Yellowstone or her backyard, she carries her Canon Rebel equipped with a mega-zoom Tamron 150-600 lens.
Jacqueline strives to capture wildlife in their native environment and natural poses.
Her photography provides Jacqueline with endless subjects and backgrounds for painting. Her camera abilities coupled with the knowledge of light and composition as well as her understanding of the wildlife itself, cumulate in photos that enable her to capture nature’s vibrancy and wildlife that is true in poise and form. As the photographer, she’s able to frame the image in a range of shots just as she would like to compose her painting.
Over the years she has amassed a huge library of photos (numbering in the hundreds of thousands). Her collections include most Canadian wildlife, whether it be the more commonly seen such as deer, fox, canadian geese or the rarer grizzly, wolverine and musk ox.
Her collection also includes a huge number of locations throughout the Maritimes, from the famous (Peggy’s Cove & Kejimkujik) to the obscure (places off the beaten path where her adventures have taken her).
Jacqueline goes to great lengths to capture the moment and observe wildlife in it’s natural habitat.
Jacqueline patiently approaches her subjects, sometimes taking hours to get into the right position. This is where the naturalist and the photographer skills meet as a good eye for capturing images, just won’t do the job without being able to approach your subject. Then as the moment happens, she’s there in the perfect spot clicking away with her camera. It’s often assumed that her amazing photos are taken from great distances with her huge 600 mm lens and while that can be the case (especially in the case of bear) sometimes patience, gradual creeping and a regular lens will do just fine.
This is evidenced by the picture to the left showing how close she was to capture the picture below. If you look closely you can see the streaking rain that she endured to get this picture set.
Jacqueline traveled to Sable Island in 2017 to photograph the wild horse’s there.
Sable Island is 42 km’s long and consists of only sand and grass, no trees grow there but the dunes tower almost 100 feet tall.
Over 500 wild horses live wild and free on Sable. The herd has thrived there since the 1600’s when their ancestors were first stranded there.
