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When the museum building is actually the main exhibit...The play with light in this underground museum is stunning.
Chichu Art Museum, Noashima, Japan.
Design (2004): Tadao Ando.
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs.
When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
~Ansel Adams
To make someone feel, make someone relate, make someone think - this is the beauty of it all. Making some sort of an impact has and always will be my purpose in why I take photographs.
I believe as photographers, we all have a story to tell of why or how we got into photography.
2006.
A year that dramatically altered my perspective on life and the spark that ignited my passion for photography.
It was during that year, two people who meant the world to me passed away 8 months apart from each other. Never had I anticipated experiencing death at such a rapid rate. Emotional turmoil took over and depression became a part of me. I was no longer the same person, I was filled with denial, pain and sadness. I felt numb to the world and every person in it. I was in a constant battle with my emotions, not knowing where to turn for support in such a difficult time.
For months I had obsessively been glancing at sites that contained photography from Deviant Art photographers. With every picture that came across my eye while scrolling down the pages, a lightning bolt of questions and curiosity struck me: “How can someone capture something so beautiful in such a short amount of time?” The fact that each photograph was unique and held a different view fascinated me. I quickly aspired to experiment with taking pictures. Due to such a powerful curiosity, I'm sure you can imagine the delight that filled me when I got my first camera - a Canon Powershot - as a present for Christmas. Little did I know that what I first deemed as an “experiment” would within time turn into an escape, a passion that would heal me greatly.
I began to feel the world looked so much more beautiful when I looked at it through a camera's viewfinder. Every day I would be out in my backyard taking photographs, and in those moments capturing what surrounded me, I didn't feel pain. I didn't feel sadness. I didn't feel numb - I felt peace. Taking photographs made me rediscover who I was as a person. My camera became my greatest friend who knew all my secrets and witnessed me metamorphosis.
It's hard to believe it's been 3 years.
Being a part of Flickr has been such an uplifting experience for me.
Three years ago, I never would have imagined gaining such inspiration, support and friendship from so many extraordinary people. For that and so much more, I am forever grateful.
Photography is a true saving grace.
When we came down to breakfast this morning, our lounge was nice and warm, as the remnants of yesterday's fire were still glowing red in the wood-burner. I got some more wood from our log store (which started life as an outside toilet) and also a bucket of smokeless fuel, and within a few minutes the fire was blazing away and our Yorkie had taken up position in front of it. Our old farm cottage in rural Northamptonshire dates from 1668, and has thick stone walls and relatively small windows. It's the ideal place for the cold winter months. In March, we'll be returning to our holiday home up near the Cumbria border. Hopefully, by then the snow will have disappeared.
small things agitate you very easily. Make your mind an ocean. ~ Lama Thubten Yeshe 🌊💛🌊
Cape Haze, FL.
"When I was a bachelor I lived by myself;
And all the bread and cheese I got I laid up on the shelf.
The rats and the mice they made such a strife,
I was forced to go to London to buy me a wife......"
“Favorite Mother Goose Rimes” illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright and published by Rand McNally & Co., who copyrighted in 1916. I believe my research shows that this book is the last half of the “Real Mother Goose” which can be viewed at Gutenberg Project for free.
When driving home late from playing a gig, one can always find peace while waiting for a freight train to pass by. Even if it is 100 plus cars. All this while being less than four minutes from home.
When you begin to see the burst before it happens ....during a storm the colors and burst are all around ...it is hard to decide on which one to capture .....maybe one day I will get it right til then here is another aurora view ......
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”
― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
Pose: [DD] Floor female poses Pose 4 from La Vie en Pose Jan '22
Backdrop: Simply Shelby Be My Valentine Backdrop 1024 from La Vie en Pose Jan '22
Visit this location at Juni and Airagorn's Fortress of Solitude in Second Life
When shadows rise and night comes it is good to remember that new light and a fresh start come in the morning!
Grand Teton as seen from Teton Valley, Idaho in evening light.
When I see trains like this, entwined in the beauty of the landscape.................
.................I wish I was the engineer.
Another shot from Palisades State Park @ The Mississippi River.
Have a great weekend everyone :-)
Shocked and saddened by the sad news of the earthquake centered in Chengdu, our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of our Chinese daughter, from Chengdu. Nine years ago, we dodged disaster when the top 50 feet of a rotten Doug Fir gave way and fell on our family during a hike, Liu Yang, (aka "Janet") then 16, suffered only a small gash in her head. Here she is comforted by my wife, Kathleen, as they sit amidst the tree debris in the Salmon River, awaiting the arrival of rescue workers. Fate is arbitrary and capricous. That tree could have crushed us all, or it could have stayed put up in the forest canopy. Only Janet, Jack and Sadie the dog were along the river bank when the tree fell--other dawdlers had stopped on the trail for a rest break. Jack and Sadie jumped away and the big limbs and branches fell all around Janet, missing her mostly, and leaving only a small wound that required just a few stitches. Conclusions? Hard to come by. Except that for any of us, at any time, death can come in an instant. But if it isn't time for your number to come up, you're good to go, through almost anything.
A serious nod here to Zetti Art. The quote is from Ralph Elliston.
Credits to Pixabay for figure, masks, and moths.
When our school was remodeled a couple years ago, this old school desk appeared as a display in the new office. I don't know where it came from, but I thought it was a great touch. In thinking of a title for this photo, I recalled a song I learned as a child:
School Days
School days, school days,
Dear old "Golden Rule" days.
Reading and writing and 'rithmetic,
Taught to the tune of a hick'ry stick.
You were my queen in calico,
I was your awkward barefoot beau,
When you wrote on your desk, "I love you so,"
When we were a couple of kids.
Can't believe I remembered the whole thing!
January 23, 2009, Project 365
"Superficially impactful" describes something that appears impressive, powerful, or important at first glance but lacks lasting depth, significance, or substance. Superficially impactful images are often seen as "fast food" for the eyes—technically flawless but often devoid of lasting emotional depth or narrative.
I’m not delusional about my images, most never make it to the level of superficially impactful.
Regardless, I still enjoy photography.
When she was around a year old and her hair started to come in i was a little sad that her hair was going to be so curly and sorta red due to the fact that my other 2 children,myself and the husband all have dark and stright hair and i knew she would look nothing like the rest of us......but now not a day goes by that i don't fall more in love with her hair.........even when i get stoped in the stores all the time by strangers asking where she gets the red curly hair from.....(my husband always tells them from the mailman) !
Cromer, Norfolk when the tide was going out.
Looking forward to getting out this Sunday with the Norfolk Cakes and Cameras group.
When the day is overcast it seems like the perfect opportunity to try my hand at monochrome photography.
When I was a little girl my Grandma always gave me cards with Pansies on them I grow them every winter and love them ,they do remind me of the Victorian sentiments of the meaning of different flowers ,Pansies were for "fond remembrance".
Probably the most photographed structure in Brighton.
Once a grand structure, with so many feet walking along her planks. She has long since suffered this fate. succumbing to fire, Storms and now rust. If your eagled eyed, You will notice the bird resting. LOOK for it and comment when you have found it.
Linus loves to be high up and watch over HIS kingdom (Cleo and Fynn think he is megalomaniac). I guess it's also nice to be closer to the birds that way. :)
When the prey looks up to see this, it's often already too late!
For my nature photos introductory video, please also see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuA7zKHFewg
Schooner: "WHEN and IF" - Key West Harbor
Key West, Florida - The Florida Keys - 12/5/20
*[newcomer to the harbor-fleet this year! She's beautiful!]
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - classic lines - afterglow]
*[I'm doing a Key West Harbor Boat Series 2020.....so bear
with me for a little bit. There were lots of really awesome boats,
ships and beautiful sailing vessels this year! Thanks for looking]
The America 2.0, the Adirondack III, the Western Union, the Appledore and many other tall ships are credited with helping
to keep Key West's maritime traditions alive for years to come.
The 'WHEN and IF' is a beautiful addition to the Key West Fleet!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_keys
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisteria_Island
My Key West 2020 Slideshow : flic.kr/s/aHsmTvNLb4