Hi, I’m Caprina Valentine

I’m a 29 year old designer, photographer and website developer. I also love to cook, hike, paint and play drums. I photograph everything from urban to nature, in a style that is attentive to detail and line, rich in texture and often scoped by a narrow depth of field.

I got my first camera when I was 12. It was a Pentax 35mm automatic and I took it everywhere. When Mom saw what I was producing, she gifted me her vintage Pentax K1000 completely manual 35mm film camera, which she had carted around in her younger days in New York City. It was (and still is) in great working condition and how I learned most of my technique with the patience of working on film into my early 20s. In 2004 I made the switch to digital, now using a Canon Rebel XT. (I would still be very much interested in working with film and/or film collaborations.)

exhibitions
Black & White • Coast Collective Gallery • Victoria BC • Feb 11-26, 2012
Food For Thought • Coast Collective Gallery • Victoria BC • September 2011
Bloomin' Again • Coast Collective Gallery • Victoria BC • March/April 2011
Transported • Coast Collective Gallery • Victoria BC • June 2010
Second Annual Bloom Show • Coast Collective Gallery • Victoria BC • March/April 2010
Land + Sea • Coast Collective Gallery • Victoria BC • Aug 6-23, 2009
CACGV Look! Show • Victoria BC • August 2009
All Art Show • Sooke BC • July 10-12, 2009
CACGV Look! Show • Victoria BC • August 2006
CACGV Look! Show • Victoria BC • August 2005

published
Booooooom! Art Blog • Small Victories • July 2010
This Side of West • UVic Student Art Book • February 2005

current memberships
Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria (CACGV)

professional
Caprina Designs • Owner/Designer • 1998 to present
offering design + websites + photography + writing + marketing