{"id":10292,"date":"2025-07-20T10:42:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T10:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/10292\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T10:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T10:42:04","slug":"qualicum-beach-couple-publishes-1st-book-of-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/10292\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualicum Beach couple publishes 1st book of photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver Island: The Art of the Landscape\u00a0represents a 20-year\u00a0photographic journey of two nature lovers, husband and wife\u00a0Dave Hutchison and Kelly Hutchison, who recently moved to Qualicum Beach.<\/p>\n<p>The book\u00a0is a visual journey and celebration of the Island and its\u00a0adjacent Gulf Islands, as seen by nature and wildlife photographer Dave Hutchison, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>It features more than 150 colour images of the islands&#8217;\u00a0diverse landscapes, flora, fauna, cityscapes and wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Dave and Kelly\u00a0shared a vision: to create a pictorial fine art book,\u00a0filled with scenic images, which both preserves and honours the landscape in time.<\/p>\n<p>The narrative is woven through Dave\u2019s personal experiences, as he shares the stories behind his photos, offers tips on his favourite locations, and delves into the islands\u2019 fascinating history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot merely a collection of photographs, this book is a love letter, a tribute, to a place that has given us so much,\u201d the authors said in the release.<\/p>\n<p>The book is organized into seven geographical regions for easy reference: Victoria, Sidney and the Saanich Peninsula; Cowichan and Carmanah Valleys, Nanaimo and Parksville; the Southern Gulf Islands; Sooke to Port Renfrew West Coast Corridor; Tofino, Ucluelet, Bamfield and area; Comox Valley, Campbell River and area; and northern Vancouver Island.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vancouver Island: The Art of the Landscape\u00a0represents a 20-year\u00a0photographic journey of two nature lovers, husband and wife\u00a0Dave Hutchison&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[6690,457,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-10292","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-arts-and-entertainmentbooksparksvillephotographyqualicum-beach","9":"tag-books","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}