Various posts featuring an eclectic collection of images.
I always have mixed feelings when one of my Photography Classes comes to an end, a little sad that I won't be connecting with my students any longer or seeing how their photography improves with each passing week but thrilled they're empowered with a new skill, have more confidence in their photography and excited about… Continue reading My 3 little stars 2017
This blog post is primarily for my fabulous photography students who are finishing up their digital photography course with me and their final module is about learning to see and work with light. The quality, quantity, direction, intensity and colour of light helps to dictate the mood of an image; all these photographs were taken… Continue reading Same photographer, same camera, DIFFERENT light
“After years of having a dog, you know him. You know the meaning of his snuffs and grunts and barks. Every twitch of the ears is a question or statement, every wag of the tail is an exclamation.” ― Robert McCammon, Boy's Life No we haven't gone barking mad. We're celebrating because Paddington, our Golden Retriever,… Continue reading Paddington’s Birthday Giveaway
"Peter stood, cleared his throat, and began to hum softly, then sing, slowly building up the song as his voice cleared. He found the old tune, the song of the Sunbird. And as he sung, as his rich voice echoed off the tall cliffs, the birds and the faeries lent him their voice and soon… Continue reading KNYSNA – You’re still beautiful
I can hear your whisper and distant mutter. I can smell your damp on the breeze and in the sky I see the halo of your violence. Storm I know you are coming.” ― Robert Fanney The fields quivering, the skyline a grimace, At any second to bang and vanish with a… Continue reading THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTNING
You won't forget a woman like her, easily anyway. Once you cross paths with Magic it's hard to see life the same.” ― Nikki Rowe I remember my Nana clearly, and the older I get the clearer that mental image of her becomes, strange how that happens, you'd think it'd be the other way around.… Continue reading MY MOST UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTER
What I really love about them... is the fact that they contain someone's personal history...I find myself wondering about their lives. I can never look at a garment... without thinking about the woman who owned it. How old was she? Did she work? Was she married? Was she happy?... I look at these exquisite shoes,… Continue reading BOOTS AND ALL
“There is no blue without yellow and without orange.” - Vincent van Gogh Sam | Canon 60D, 50mm f/2, ISO1250, 1/160s | Lightroom God made the cat in order that man might have the pleasure of caressing the lion." - Fernand Mery Sam | Canon 60D, 50mm f/2.2, ISO640, 1/100s | Lightroom As… Continue reading ORANGE AND BLUE
There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck. Fall in love whenever you can.” ― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic The theme for this week's… Continue reading PEOPLELESS PORTRAITS
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