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
Tag: life
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
I digress …
I didn’t know what I was going to blog about when I started but it has morphed itself into a focus on photography. HOWever, I enjoy writing and when not tinkering with my images I write. Today I am following the lead of the Daily Post writing challenge: memoir madness. This is an extract I shall title … Graduation During the evening, gripped by a strange nostalgia … Continue reading I digress …
Portrait of a Woman
A word a week challenge: Red Continue reading Portrait of a Woman
Despite the heat it’ll be alright
Hot town, summer in the city. I live in the rural area outside a small town and in the summer I like to make a trip into the city, head down to the Market area, sip in a street-side cafe and people watch … The weekly photo challenge is: summer lovin’ Continue reading Despite the heat it’ll be alright
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
Those were the days, my friend
When milk came in bottles … with little card board pull tab tops … and the empties sat on the doorstep with money in them waiting to be replenished by the milk man …The weekly photo challenge is: Relic Continue reading Those were the days, my friend
Odd Couple/1
Taking the lead from Susan Judd and her One series, I began a solo series on my photo blog and here I thought I’d do something with couples which for lack of anything more imaginative I have named the Odd Couple series, when in fact they may, or may not be odd. I’ll leave that to the viewer 😉 I am also including the original photo for … Continue reading Odd Couple/1
Culture Contrast
The weekly photo challenge is: Contrast Continue reading Culture Contrast
Sweet Cadence
The gentle give and take at the water’s edge, like the ebb and flow of the days and nights; the gurgle and the ripple, love’s lost sighs. Sunlight trickles running giddy across the floor, like laughter bubbling in the throat; the gentle sway and roll, life’s rhythm. Slap against the dock, rustling over the pebbles, to whisper across the sand Sweet cadence Inspired by Cee’s … Continue reading Sweet Cadence
Visual Quotations 57: Beauty
“I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” – Anne Frank Continue reading Visual Quotations 57: Beauty
Photo Editing: Gimme Shelter
Oh, a storm is threat’ning My very life today If I don’t get some shelter Oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away Songwriters: JAGGER, MICK / RICHARDS, KEITH This is the original – Editing done in Sagelight After cropping, I enhanced the detail in the flower using the HDR effects available in Sagelight. Then I decreased the tone contrast and saturation in the background using the … Continue reading Photo Editing: Gimme Shelter
Thank you
I just watched a very moving and well done tribute to the veterans of D-Day, honouring them on the 70th anniversary, to which I add my own small tribute, to those I knew, and those I did not. Continue reading Thank you
Life Cycle
Having fun with photo editing. Here’s the original Edited in Sagelight where I played with the contrast, filters and lighting. Greater part of the transformation was achieved with the dodge and burn function. Continue reading Life Cycle
Treat Night
The challenge is to portray a story in a single frame … Treat Night Weekly Photo Challenge: Split Second Story Continue reading Treat Night
Close-up in the City
Street photography is a new subject of interest for me. What I find most intriguing is the capture of a split second in time, which is so much more apparent on the streets than it is in landscape photography. I love the ‘freeze frame’ aspect of it, capturing people in mid-step, with a smile, or a grimace, looking at the camera or talking to … Continue reading Close-up in the City
New Day Dawning
Fine Art Photography by Lynne Ayes I’m excited to say I just got a call from the art gallery to tell me this piece sold. It’s a good day 🙂 Continue reading New Day Dawning
Visual Quotations 48: Injustice
“Injustice boils in men’s hearts as does steel in its cauldron, ready to pour forth, white hot, in the fullness of time.” – Mary Harris Jones Ese’s Shoot and Quote: Hot Continue reading Visual Quotations 48: Injustice
Beyond the Brush 