Visual Quotation 66: Truth
“If you shut the door to all errors, the truth will be shut out.” – Rabindranath Tagore Continue reading Visual Quotation 66: Truth
Tag: imagery
Descent into Madness
Happy Hallowe’en Weekly photo challenge: Descent Continue reading Descent into Madness
Lost
As I took this photo of the interior of a shop, the child walked into the frame, appearing ghost-like in the developed image. I have enhanced it slightly and it strikes me as a good book cover for a novel about anyone who is lost, either physically or figuratively. Below is the original image The weekly photo challenge is: Cover Art Continue reading Lost
Bubbles/5
“Sometimes, I sit alone under the stars and think of the galaxies inside my heart, and truly wonder if anyone will ever want to make sense of all that I am.” -Testy McTesterson Weekly photo challenge: Refraction Continue reading Bubbles/5
Angel
“Monsters will always exist. There’s one inside each of us. But an angel lives there, too. There is no more important agenda than figuring out how to slay one and nurture the other.” – Jacqueline Novogratz This is the original photo, taken through the windshield while driving at night. This week’s photo challenge is: Refraction Continue reading Angel
Illusions I Recall
I looked upon the simple tree and there I saw the symbols that showed the way. I was rooted there in awe. Yet the answers they held eluded me, its limbs so twisted and crossed. This time and place, it wasn’t mine. I turned away; I’m lost. The weekly photo challenge is: Dreamy Continue reading Illusions I Recall
Visual Quotations 65: Humanity
“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.” – Desmond Tutu We need less of this … and more of this … The weekly photo challenge is: Humanity Continue reading Visual Quotations 65: Humanity
Photo editing: Every time is an adventure
Lady Luck The original photo The weekly photo challenge is: Adventure Continue reading Photo editing: Every time is an adventure
More on making your photos talk …
Frédéric Biver offered up quite the challenge this week – bring two of your photos together in dialogue. What do they say to each other? Place together two photos that open up meanings that weren’t there when viewed alone … hmmm. Click on image below for a closer look at Underwater Symphony Continue reading More on making your photos talk …
Emergence
“Today I am someone different. Today I have finally become who I really am.” ― C. JoyBell C. Click on image for more detail Some have enquired how I produced this. Below is my starting image – In Sagelight I played with the light for a more dramatic effect and changed the colour to blues. In Photoscape I did a zoom blur distort. In PS … Continue reading Emergence
Photo Editing: Making your photos speak
I’ve said before that I think of each photo I take as a canvas with which to play, to see what I can bring out of it. Ideally I’d like my photos to speak to the viewer, to evoke a feeling or spark a memory. So I challenged myself and took some pretty mundane images and tried to get them to speak … these are my starting images. The … Continue reading Photo Editing: Making your photos speak
Bubbles/4
“I seem to have run in a great circle, and met myself again on the starting line.” Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Continue reading Bubbles/4
Bubbles/3
“A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.” – Wade Boggs, professional baseball player Continue reading Bubbles/3
Bubbles/2
“Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading Bubbles/2
Bubbles/1
“Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume. ” Jean de Boufflers Continue reading Bubbles/1
I digress, take two
Lost I’m looking for someone. I thought I knew her – once. But now at last I see – she’s lost. Or maybe was never there. I thought she was always with me But when I turned to look I could not see her. I’d like to know her better, If I could find her. Weekly writing challenge: memoir madness Continue reading I digress, take two
Visual Quotations 63: Tree
“God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.” – John Muir Bonsai tree at Montreal Biodome Weekly Photo Challenge: Zigzag Continue reading Visual Quotations 63: Tree
Visual Quotations 62: August
“The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.” – Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting Continue reading Visual Quotations 62: August
Visual Quotations 61: Hope
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all -Emily Dickinson- Continue reading Visual Quotations 61: Hope
Visual Quotations 60: Castle/2
” … the walls of my castle are broken; the shadows are many, and the wind breathes cold through the broken battlements and casements.” – Bram Stoker Carreg Cennen, Wales Continue reading Visual Quotations 60: Castle/2
Beyond the Brush 