When Elizabeth Messina hosts a photography workshop, you can be dead certain that the ambience, lighting, and details are going to be on point.  Here, workshop attendee Maru Photography of Vancouver shares a collection of moody images that exude an old world appeal in a new world setting.  Photographed at Sunstone Winery in Santa Ynez, California, the inspiration captured could be executed beautifully at a number of Canada's own wineries or perhaps on a private estate.  Russian olive trees are plentiful across the Canadian landscape which would make for a perfect substitute in the absence of more traditional species.  And of course, roses are in no short supply....  

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