Our top nine Instagram photographers for April 2020

Every month, we share the work of local photographers from across the Kawarthas

By Jeannine Taylor -
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This photo of artwork featuring beach stones and salvaged driftwood by Port Hope artist Lee Higginson and her two sons was one of a series of four photos of their artwork that comprised our top Insta post in April. (Photo: Lee Higginson of Fluke Craft @flukecraft / Instagram)
This photo of artwork featuring beach stones and salvaged driftwood by Port Hope artist Lee Higginson and her two sons was one of a series of four photos of their artwork that comprised our top Insta post in April. (Photo: Lee Higginson of Fluke Craft @flukecraft / Instagram)

If there was anything we all needed during month two of the Great Pandemic of 2020, it was a group hug. So it warms my heart on a frigid spring day to see artists Lee Higginson’s photo of her beach art at the top of our Instagram list for April.

With the next top spots featuring photos from Bobcaygeon (where 28 residents of Pinecrest Nursing Home have died because of COVID-19) and Nova Scotia (where a madman killed 22 people), it demonstrates April was a highly charged and emotional month for our followers.

But, of course, we also have the usual round-up of picturesque landscapes and waterscapes, sunsets and sunrises, with a red fox on the list for good measure.

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Do you want to get on our top photographers list? All you need is an Insta account and to tag us using our hashtag #kawarthanow when posting your photo.

We share photos from across our readership area, which is the five-county area surrounding Peterborough which includes Peterborough, Northumberland, City of Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Hastings (we sneak in the occasional Algonquin Park picture as well, particularly if it’s by a Kawartha photographer).

To see our daily shares of photos, follow us on Instagram @kawarthanow and check out our feed’s highlight reels for recaps of every month in 2020.

 

#1. Pandemic beach art by Lee Higginson of Fluke Craft @flukecraft

Posted April 18, 2020. 7,001 impressions, 682 likes

Along with her two boys, Lee Higginson of Fluke Craft in Port Hope had been making public art on West Beach during the pandemic, using beach stones and salvaged driftwood, when the pandemic closed down the beach. So they are continuing with their art in their own backyard.

 

#2. For the love of Bobcaygeon by Douglas + Son @douglasandson

Posted April 26, 2020. 6,506 impressions, 659 likes

 

#3. Remembering the victims of Nova Scotia by Cindy Bartoli Photography @cbart03

Posted April 21, 2020. 6,315 impressions, 499 likes

 

#4. Snowy April sunrise by Tim Haan @tim.haan.photography

Posted April 19, 2020. 6,182 impressions, 615 likes

 

#5. Algonquin at rest by Jesse & Susan @followmenorth

Posted April 13, 2020. 6,143 impressions, 516 likes

 

#6. Kiluna Island in Stony Lake by Ward Strickland @ward.strickland

Posted April 21, 2020. 6,106 impressions, 651 likes

 

#7. Sunset on Chemong Lake by Joe Yusiw @kawartha_joe

Posted April 25, 2020. 6,050 impressions, 701 likes

 

#8. Edwin Binney’s Community Garden in Lindsay by United Way for Kawartha Lakes @unitedwayckl

Posted April 25, 2020. 5,978 impressions, 427 likes

We used this photo in our story about the Ontario government’s announcement on Arril 25th permitting community gardens to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a popular announcement, with our story shared almost 28,000 times on Facebook and Twitter.

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The Ontario government announced on Saturday (April 25) that emergency orders under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act will be amended to permit the use of allotment gardens and community gardens across the province. The gardens, which are a source of fresh food for people including those who face food insecurity, were previously not considered an essential service. With the growing season fast approaching, many advocates for food security and community gardens raised concerns that the gardens were forced to remain closed under Ontario’s state of emergency. Local medical officers of health will provide advice, recommendation and instructions that the gardens must meet to operate, such as physical distancing, and cleaning and disinfecting commonly used equipment and surfaces. Pictured is the largest community garden in the Kawarthas, Edwin Binney’s Community Garden in Lindsay, which harvested 5,500 pounds of vegetables in 2019, all of which were donated to social service agencies, food banks, shelters, and children’s programming agencies. Read more in our News & Community section at kawarthanow.com (link in bio). ????????? #food #gardening #communitygardens #kawarthalakes #lindsay #peterborough #ptbo #ptbokawartha #ptbocanada #kawarthas #kawarthanow

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#9. Kashabog Lake starry night by Mike Quigg @_evidence_

Posted April 24, 2020. 5,882 impressions, 447 likes

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