About Black Dog | About Me | My Experience | Featured Works
About Black Dog
Black Dog Creative Arts is a digital art and photography company that specializes in:
- Photography — including garden and landscape, portraits and documentary.
- Conceptual photo-based illustration.
- Original art.
While most of my photo shoots take place in the Alliston-Orangeville-Caledon (Ontario) triangle, I’m more than happy to take on photo illustration projects for individuals, companies and organizations outside this region. I’ll also consider photo shoots in other areas on an individual basis.
About Me
My name is Rosemary Hasner.
I started Black Dog Creative Arts in Mansfield, Ontario after spending nearly two decades working as a professional photographer in Toronto, most recently for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.
My artwork is born from photography (but I’ve been told you’d never know it if I didn’t tell you)! My photos form the foundation for evocative and emotive constructed images, mostly of rural and environmentally-inspired scenes.
Each piece I create tells a story, one of icons, landmarks, symbols and metaphors.
Sadly, all is not well out here “in the country”: the history and the legends of both rural life and the natural environment are being sacrificed in the name of progress.
But my work is not a eulogy. Instead, it is designed to trigger long-buried emotions that might create change.
My Experience
I have more than 25 years’ experience as a professional photographer.
I was formally trained in Photographic Arts at Conestoga College in Kitchener and received an Imaging Certificate (intensive Adobe Photoshop training) at DPA Communications in Toronto. I stay current through tutorials and materials provided through my membership with the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP).
Featured Works
My photography has been featured in three books:
My work has also been published in various Canadian magazines and on posters, calendars and CD jackets in Canada, the United States and Japan. |
