Patti suggests we think about Simplicity this week so I decided to feature a few flower and landscape shots to illustrate how beautiful and elegant things are when they are not lost in the detail. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” – Leonardo da Vinci “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry “Simplicity is the glory of expression.” – Walt Whitman “There is beauty in simplicity” – unknown “Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy” – Isaac Newton “Our life is frittered…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #81 SEEING RED
Patti invites us to show pictures featuring the color Red. Red colors are believed to be a symbol for many things: passion, love, rage, danger, good luck. Even though shades of red can be in many tones, it’s rarely seen as demure. Perhaps Taylor Swift says it best: “Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it’s on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end you’ve got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration.” Ladybugs are considered to be lucky charms by many cultures when they land on someone…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #77 MY FAVORITES IN 2019
Patti suggests we show a few of our favorite photograph from 2019. I also decided to share again a few of my favorite quotes plus my all time favorite from Ansel Adams. “You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.” – Ansel Adams “Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.” – Don McCullin …
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #75 NOSTALGIC
This week Tina wants us to share a few special nostalgic moments. Thinking back the great memories of the fun times spent with our family is right up there at the top of the list. Our children and grandchildren are scattered in the northeastern part of the country so we do not have the opportunity to see everyone as much as we’d like. This means getting together a few times each year is a real treat. Without fail, we always seen to congregate either in the kitchen, on the beach, or at the pool. “Sometimes we will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.”…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #73 COLD
This week Tina challenges us to show pictures which can make you feel “Cold”. Snow, ice, frosty window pane anything that looks cold! In recent years my experience with Cold has been associated with a few snowy months in Maine before returning home to the warm, sunny south! As you can see, we were literally knee deep in snow and watching snow storm after snow storm roll in on a regular basis. Snow and the cold is handled so different there, school was only closed a day or two, roads clear and drive-able quickly and stores were operating on a normal schedule. “What good is the warmth of summer,…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #70 MONOCHROME
This week we are exploring Monochrome photography. Patti suggests we can include images in black and white, sepia, and/or different shades of one color. And, for an extra challenge, add a bit of color to a black and white image. Monochromatic pictures showcase a color scheme based on only one, single color tint. It uses only variations or shades of a single hue, which is made by altering the saturation and brightness of the base color. Black and white colors are always added. (Colorpedia by Paletton). I decided to feature with a few photographs in black and white with a single hue of color added and was surprised as to…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #69 SEEING DOUBLE
This week Tina suggests we feature pictures showing “two of a kind” or Seeing Double in a photo. It can be people, animal, or things shown in sets of two. A fun topic to think about! Two youngsters playing while the parents watch close by. Not sure whether they are siblings or friends but it is almost like Seeing Double and they are two of a kind. Wish I can say this was taken in the wild, instead these elephants live in the Wild Kingdom Park at Disney World in Florida. Belgian Draft Horses enjoying each other’s company on a beautiful fall day in Maine! This particular pair always…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #68 LAYERED
Amy is inviting us to explore Layers through a few of our pictures. I decided to feature a few images showing examples of layers created by Mother Nature! “If you can’t be in awe of Mother Nature, there’s something wrong with you.” – Alex Trebek This image shows multiple layered stone which was formed by hot, molten magma from beneath the earth’s crust as it slowly cooled and hardened many years ago. Taken at the company site in Beebe, Quebec looking down into an active granite quarry. A little over a year ago, we decided to update our kitchen and add new counter tops. Making our selection…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #66 FILLING THE FRAME
Patti asks us to show some images which demonstrate “Filling the Frame”. The implied ‘frame’ is simply the border of a photograph. When choosing to “Fill the Frame” only the subject is shown with very little open spaces around the edges. Why is this concept of interest to many photographers? If the subject is the only focal point in the picture, then it is easy for the viewer’s eye to connect with the details and also get an idea of the kind of feeling the photographer wants to convey. Earlier this week for a couple of days, the Kiawah Island Photography Club hosted Richard Bernabe, an internationally prominent professional…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #63 MAGICAL
Our topic this week is Magical; Ann-Christine suggests we think about something that appears magical to us. When I mentioned this topic to a good friend she suggested I go for a walk along the edge of the woods near our summer house. She had seen wild mushrooms growing and was struck by their astonishing colors and textures which looked so magical growing on the forest floor. Seeing these wild mushrooms among the sun rays and shadows made them look like they had truly been created by magic! “The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” – W.B. Yeats This…