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Photo 101: Triumph

03 Friday Jul 2015

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black and white photography, blogging U, classic cars, photo 101, Photo Challenge, PHOTO101, photography, red cars


Sometimes I’m such a guy! Show me a babe with great curves and I’m lined up with the rest of them, gawking, drooling and making inappropriate comments…out loud! I can’t tell you the difference between makes and models, or tell you what’s under the hood, but I know I’m in love!

I fell in love with a number of classic cars at the car show this Canada Day!

White Mustang GTO1969 Black Mustang GTO

“Well-behaved women rarely make history.” – Marilyn Monroe

It’s the weekend – I have to go make history!

Photo 101: Double

02 Thursday Jul 2015

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blogging U, photo 101, Photo Challenge, PHOTO101, photography, summer


Frog towel hooks

“Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.” – Warren Buffett

Photo 101: Edge

01 Wednesday Jul 2015

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blogging U, photo 101, Photo Challenge, PHOTO101, photography, River scenes


I ran away to my parents’ for a few days to enjoy summer…and it has rained every day! We “escaped” the house for half an hour one afternoon and went for a walk along the river bank. I just missed catching the crane on the left coming in for his landing. After he landed, he walked down the road around some picnickers and their car, before heading into the water.

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” – A. A. Milne, Pooh’s Little Instruction Book

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The old granary

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At the top of the Falls

Photo 101: Glass

30 Tuesday Jun 2015

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blogging U, glass, photo 101, Photo Challenge, PHOTO101, photography


Today’s challenge was to incorporate glass in today’s images, using it to introduce a story or add a layer of complexity to the image.

These photos were taken inside a 19th century Pump House.

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Inside the 19th Century Water Engine Pump
Inside the 19th Century Water Engine Pump
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“Of all the means of expression, photography is the only one that fixes forever the precise and transitory instant. We photographers deal in things that are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished, there is no contrivance on earth that can make them come back again.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Mind’s Eye: Writings on Photography and Photographers

Photo 101: Landscape

26 Friday Jun 2015

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blogging U, landscape, nature, photo 101, Photo Challenge, PHOTO101, photography


It was supposed to rain last Sunday, but instead we had sunshine and marvelous white clouds. Perfect for a short photography “adventure”. I hopped in the car with my son, each armed with a camera, and I took my usual route to work. There are special places along the way that I enjoy – places where the sun plays in the trees, where the mist lays low in the meadows, or where the trees burst into colour in the Fall. Little Guy wasn’t interested in getting out of the car to take pictures at the first stop, and consequently, he missed the 4 wild turkeys feasting and the hawks circling over the field. He was the first one out of the car taking pictures at the next 3 stops (and out the window…and in the car…and everywhere in between).

At the last stop, we parked in a subdivision and walked to our spot. I got to show him how the clouds made patterns on the fields as it blocked the sun in one place while still shining in another. I also showed him some settings on his camera and let him experiment with the wild flowers growing along the edge. On the last leg of the journey, my “city kid” rolled down his window and let the road wind tie his hair in knots, and he sang into it and experimented with sound.

It was a lovely day!

Farmer's Field
Farmer's Field 2
Farmer's Field 3
Hawk over the Field

Photo 101: Scale & Observation

25 Thursday Jun 2015

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blogging U, nature, photo 101, Photo Challenge, PHOTO101, photography


Today, we were asked to play with scale using anything and everything to help convey size in your image. As usual, my “world” is small and my time (and energy level) is limited, so I experimented with some unusual, natural elements around the house. How did I do? 🙂

Thorns

Little Things: “Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.” - Shannon L. Alder

Little Things: “Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.” – Shannon L. Alder

Photo 101: Moment & Motion

24 Wednesday Jun 2015

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black and white photography, black&white Photography, blogging U, photo 101, Photo Challenge, PHOTO101, photography


“Love isn’t what makes the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin Jones

Music Express Carnival Ride

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The challenge: “The colors, the music, the chanting, the whirling…a moment becomes an eternity”. Today, play with motion.

Photo 101: Architecture & Monochrome

23 Tuesday Jun 2015

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The challenge was to “Train your eye to look for architectural elements that translate in black and white: sharp lines and patterns, defined shapes, large surface areas, and a mix of very light and very dark colors”.

Like Hithcock’s movies, the play of light and shadow absent of colour can be very dramatic.

“Perhaps I am old-fashioned, but black and white films still hold an affectionate place in my heart; they have an incomparable mystique and mood.” – Ginger Rogers

The Old Train Station
The Old Train Station
Cenotaph
Cenotaph
City Hall
City Hall

Photo 101: A Pop of Colour

22 Monday Jun 2015

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blogging U, food, photo 101, Photo Challenge, photography, tea


Raspberry on white tea cup

“Imagine a world, in which your entire possession is one raspberry,
and you give it to your friend.” – Gerda Weissman Klein

Photo 101: Warmth

18 Thursday Jun 2015

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blogging U, flowers, garden, nature, photo 101, Photo Challenge, PHOTO101, photography


I love roses.  All week, I have been watching with anticipation as 3 beautiful pink roses begin to unfurl in my flower bed. I have snapped photos in the rain, of the dark pink buds beginning to unfold. I have snapped photos with their creamy centres and pink-tinged petals. Last night, I snapped photos as the sun was setting, of a mature rose in bloom. Each layer reminds me of ruffles, like the full skirt of a ball gown on a princess. Corny, I know. But sometimes we need a little corny in our lives.

Pink Rose - Front View

Pink Rose - Sideview

“I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.” – Emma Goldman

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