I am out of season but other than the arrival of my daffodils, my immediate surroundings aren’t offering many photographic ‘must shoots’ right now. It is cold and wet and dreary, unlike these shots taken in the glorious days of fall in and around my own environs. At least I’m in sync with those down under 😉 Ailsa’s Travel Theme is: Glow Continue reading Autumn Glow
I’m taking a different tack this time. The actual letter will be found somewhere in the photo, part of the design and composition itself, not within any printed words that may also be found in the photo. Frizztext’s A-Z challenge For my other entries to this challenge see Frizztext A-Z challenge in my tag cloud hidden at the top of the page – click on … Continue reading A-Z Challenge: Q
“As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.” – Sam Abell Ese’s Shoot and Quote is: Pleasure Continue reading Visual Quotations 55: Pleasure
I am interested in our family history, and in fact self-published a book about our family – “Who ARE These People?”. I had an excellent start on the stories from several different sources, one of which is a journal written by my great grandmother about the first twenty years of my grandmother’s life. Written in her own spidery hand, difficult to decipher in passages, it … Continue reading Family Treasure
There is no photography without light and the play of light and shadow together is irresistible to those of us who tote cameras on every outing. The most mundane subjects become interesting and beg for their image to be captured.
I’m taking a different tack this time. The actual letter will be found somewhere in the photo, part of the design and composition itself, not within any printed words that may also be found in the photo. Frizztext’s A-Z challenge For my other entries to this challenge see Frizztext A-Z challenge in my tag cloud hidden at the top of the page – click on … Continue reading A-Z Challenge: P
“What we have to do… is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.” – Hillary Clinton Ese’s Shoot and Quote is: Celebrate Continue reading Visual Quotations 54: Celebrate
Perched on top of a ridge of rock in the Aude Department of Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France, on the edge of the Pyrenees, sits the Cathar castle of Peyrepertuse. “The castle is one of the “Five Sons of Carcassonne” along with the castles Quéribus, Puilaurens, Termes, and Aguilar, all situated atop ‘unassailable’ rocky peaks.” – Wikipedia The Cathars were a religious group, persecuted for their beliefs, who retreated … Continue reading Peak Performance
Ailsa’s travel theme is: Round Continue reading Round and Round We Go
Some black and white shots from around Alexandria, Ontario, population 3,500. Continue reading Black and White: Around Town
I’m taking a different tack this time. The actual letter will be found somewhere in the photo, part of the design and composition itself, not within any printed words that may also be found in the photo. Frizztext’s A-Z challenge For my other entries to this challenge see Frizztext A-Z challenge in my tag cloud hidden at the top of the page – click … Continue reading A-Z Challenge: O
When I was in the Falkland Islands I remarked (more than once) on the sky. It somehow seemed higher, brighter, and more expansive. I took over a hundred pictures of that sky. Perhaps I should be embarrassed to say that 😉 The Falklands are about 800 miles north of the northern tip of Antarctica and I wondered if there was an effect of light bouncing off the Antarctic snow and ice. Or perhaps there is less pollution to cloud the air way down there where the South Atlantic begins to mix with the Southern Ocean. Whatever the cause, the overall effect was light and clean and fresh.
“Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” – Albert Einstein Ese’s Shoot and Quote is: Whole Continue reading Visual Quotations 53: Whole
I recently did a post on monuments so I was looking for something other than actual monuments or statues and thought of these images of monumental windows. The weekly photo challenge is: Monument – show us your take on a monument (broadly defined) — anything can be monumental as long as it’s imbued with a shared sense of importance. Continue reading Monumental Windows
I was working on these already when I saw “Patterns” was Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge prompt. So I played some more. I had a night photo of distant city lights and from it created these images of light patterns. All of these images are from one original photo, which I included at the end of this post. I’d love to hear what you think and which you like best, if any at all 😉 I used Photoscape, Photoshop Elements 8, Paint, and Sagelight to achieve the effects. Click on any photo for a closer look.
I’m taking a different tack this time. The actual letter will be found somewhere in the photo, part of the design and composition itself, not within any printed words that may also be found in the photo. Frizztext’s A-Z challenge For my other entries to this challenge see Frizztext A-Z challenge in my tag cloud hidden at the top of the page – click on … Continue reading A-Z Challenge: N
“From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.” – Helen Hayes Ese’s Shoot and Quote is: Wings Continue reading Visual Quotations 52: Wings
Village of Dinan on the Rance River, Brittany Petrohue Falls, Chile On the back roads of Languedoc-Roussillon, southern France Ailsa’s travel theme is: Misty Continue reading Mist and Fog
“Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.” – W. Eugene Smith Weekly photo challenge is: Threshold Continue reading Visual Quotations 51: Threshold
Shooting into the sun or under heavily overcast skies no longer has to result in dark, featureless or lifeless images. Click on any photo for a larger view. This is a view of where I was shooting that day – the Black Mountain area in Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales All editing done in Sagelight Continue reading Photo Editing: Raising the dead
Beyond the Brush 