Serenity Seekers – Cork & Bean Peterborough 2024

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Serenity Seekers For the Love of Nature

Cork & Bean Peterborough
382 George St N
Peterborough
Phone 705-742-0144
Email corkandbeanPTBO@gmail.com

Website corkandbean.ca/peterborough/

Instagram instagram.com/corkandbean.ptbo

Facebook facebook.com/corkandbeanpeterborough

Hours
Sunday: 9 am to 5 pm
Monday to Friday: 8 am to 10 pm
Saturday: 8:30 am to 10pm

Reception
First Friday Ptbo: Friday, April 5, 6 to 9 pm

Linda Kassil
Email lindalpd68@gmail.com

Cindy Bartoli
Email cbartoli86@gmail.com

 
 
 
 
 
 

Maris Lubbock
Email mlubbock@gmail.com

Rachelle Richard Mack
Email rachellemack66@gmail.com


For the Love of Nature

 

 

 

 

 

The magic of social media has brought together four incredibly talented women, all with a passion for capturing nature and what moves them. Linda, Maris, Cindy and Rachelle met online through Facebook and Instagram and spent time liking and commenting on each other's photos. They discovered that they all have very similar interests, career backgrounds, and photography styles. When Linda approached the rest of the group with the idea to join forces at the Spark Photo Festival, the opportunity was too exciting to pass up, and the Serenity Seekers group was formed.

Photographers

Rachelle Richard Mack
Over the years Rachelle has always had an interest in photography of all kinds. She is rarely seen without her camera. Through her work as a media specialist then as a high school communication technology teacher Rachelle developed and learned more about the making of photos. Since retiring in 2020, most of her time is spent in the Kawartha Lakes area capturing images while out kayaking, hiking or sometimes just driving around. Nothing makes Rachelle happier than getting outside and capturing the beauty around us each and every day.
Rachelle was featured on the Weather Network in March 2021 for their Candid Closeup series. She has had her photographs published in the Nature Canada Calendar, Green Party Calendar and multiple other publications including a 2nd place finish in the Share Your Canada (Reader’s digest) Photo contest in 2023 and a judges pick in the Living Lakes Biodiversity contest. Rachelle also placed second in the Cottage Life photo contest in 2023 in the wildlife category.
Photography is about you, what you like, what inspires you and what you want to share with the world. These moments that we capture hold meaning for each of us. The tricks of the trade that help photographers solidify those moments are not secrets and through the sharing of Rachelle’s work, she hopes to provide some useful tips and inspiration to helping others make great photos.
Check her out on
Instagram instagram.com/rachelle_richard_photography

Linda Kassil
From the time Linda was a young child, she remembers her father always walking around with a camera slung about his neck. Wherever they were, whatever they were doing, it had to be documented on film. She was fascinated that moments in time could be forever frozen like this. When her father let her use his camera for the first time, she was thrilled - and hooked.
Photography quickly became a much-loved hobby. But then she started working full-time as a high school teacher and had two beautiful boys - and so photography took a back seat. It wasn't until she retired in 2019 that Linda plunged herself back into it. Her beloved father recently passed away but his memory lives on through her photography.
Nature has always been a tremendous source of inspiration and peace for Linda - a warm blanket of serenity. Nowhere is she more mindful, more aware, more calm than in nature. She sees the beauty in simple things: the way the light strikes a tree just before sunset, the way the snow sparkles on a bright day, the way a lone tree stands out in the mist… For her photography is about capturing these simple, serene moments. By sharing them Linda hopes to inspire you to, not only get outside and enjoy nature, but to truly see the beauty that surrounds you each and every day.

Check out her website:
Website linktr.ee/kawartha_kaptures
and
Instagram instagram.com/kawartha_kaptures

Maris Lubbock
Maris, an introvert, loves taking photos, an activity she can practice on her own. Formerly a runner she loved the contemplative nature of running country roads alone at dawn though she also enjoyed the socialization of a small group run. Sharing a passion made it easy to communicate.
Maris is an avid reader and after acquiring her first DSLR camera she found that photography was something she could read about endlessly. She concentrated on learning all about the camera and settings before framing photos that she could be proud of. Many others will create art first and then figure out all the workings of the camera.
Many of Maris’s photos are taken locally. She also walks or rides her bike with her camera in her backpack stopping frequently to frame a shot. In the spring the weight of the backpack increases as she adds her long lens to the camera and searches along the backroads for birds. Maris lives by Chemong Lake with a western exposure and sees the lake as an extension of her front yard. She loves the changing skies over the water and is often out in the still early morning capturing the starlit skies.
Maris is also a private portrait photographer for her family; three married children and four grandchildren. Though Maris rarely appears in photos, after a family dinner, she will get out the tripod and Maris, her husband Ken and the two dogs will join in the family group shot.
Instagram instagram.com/marislphotography

Cindy Bartoli
Cindy Bartoli is an outdoor solitude seeker and passionate photographer who harbours a deep-seated yearning for beauty in language and place. She finds visual poetry in the small things – a ripple on the water, a rogue sunbeam in the forest. Photography is her way of placing a bookmark in time. Her highest hope is that her work whispers quiet feelings of peace and an appreciation of the outdoors directly to the hearts of others. An avid traveller, her natural habitat is the backcountry of any country though she calls Peterborough, Ontario home. From early spring until late fall she can be found paddling the local waterways with camera at the ready.
When snow flies, the cross country skis come out. She is a lifelong Kawartha Highlands cottager, and the adjacent provincial park is her favourite playground and refuge. Her work has been published in various magazines, used in marketing campaigns, and has graced the masthead of numerous newsletters and social media pages. Cindy was the Grand Prize winner of the 2022 Cottage Life Photo Contest – one of 13,000 entries. She can be found in the virtual universe on Instagram and Facebook at cBartoli_Photography where she posts eclectic shots of places, spaces, and moments that feed her soul.
Instagram instagram.com/cbartoli_photography

 

 

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