About Darlene Hildebrandt:
Born and raised in Edmonton, Darlene has had formal training in photography at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. She enjoys weddings, portraits, fine art, and travel photography. With 16 years of experience, her style has evolved from a more formal style, to one that incorporates the popular trend of journalistic style photography. Darlene strives to capture each event, or portrait, as her clients desire, fires and foremost. She is available for events in Edmonton Alberta and the surrounding area, or travel outside Alberta as schedule permits. Darlene has been a member of the Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC) since 1993 and among her awards,
Nominated for Canadian Photographer of the Year - March 2008
Generalist Photographer of the Year in Alberta - October 2006
Finalist for Portrait Photographer of the year - Alberta 2003 and 2005
Winner of Best Fine Art Image - PPOC Alberta 2005
Winner of Best Wedding Journalist Image - PPOC Alberta 2003
Winner of Kodak Gallery Award - Wedding, Alberta 2001
Darlene says
Photography is my passion, and the people that enjoy my work make it worthwhile. If someone can relate to something I've photographed, or if I can make someone feel something through my images, then I've achieved my goal
Darlene's Passion For Whole Foods
Darlene has a passion for food and creating great vegetable dishes. She will be sharing her whole food recipes and photographs of them with readers of this community.
Darlene's mission statement is
to share my artistic talents to inspire people to see beauty and to experience self love and ultimate health.
A new whole food recipe is released each Saturday morning. Subscribe to her posts using the form on this page under her photo to have each recipe sent directly to your inbox.
All Posts Written By Darlene
Saturday, September 1st, 2007
Dulse is a red algae (seaweed) that grows on the northern coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is a well-known snack food, and in Iceland and has been an important source of fiber through the centuries. Dulse is a good source of minerals and vitamins compared with other vegetables and it contains all […]
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Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Kale (also called Borecole) is a form of cabbage, green in color, in which the central leaves do not form a head. It is considered to be closer to wild cabbage than most domesticated forms. The species Brassica oleracea contains a wide array of vegetables, including broccoli, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts. Kale is considered […]
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Sunday, August 19th, 2007
Asparagus has been used from very early times as a culinary vegetable, owing to its delicate flavour and diuretic properties. There is a recipe for cooking asparagus in the oldest surviving book of recipes, Apicius’s 3rd century AD De re coquinaria, Book III (from Wikipedia).
Asparagus rhizomes and roots are used in Traditional Chinese Medicine and […]
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