Transport: Ways of Getting from Here to There
Planes, trains and automobiles. Not to mention bicycles, buses and boats. Planes. “Do we really want to get on a plane whose company logo is a flying white elephant?” I […]
Category Archives: Photo Challenges
Standing Stones From Around the World
I’ve been racking my brains for a topic that starts with S. At first the only thing I came up with was ‘Sketches of Stones’ but then I thought Stonehenge, […]
The Colour Red Around the World 2
A quick tour of reds from around the world. Mexico has red hot chile peppers! And these are habaneros which are the hottest of the bunch! And then there is the red […]
A Photographic Journey, 1973-1979
I had started my art college photography course with an ancient bellows camera but was soon coveting the other students’ substantially more advanced cameras. On a student budget it took […]
Artworks of Horses from Around the World
A collection of artworks of horses from around the world. A little revolutionary stands in front of a statue of Pancho Villa riding in on a galloping horse. The statue […]
A Photographic Journey, 1972
This wondrous Kodak is the camera I used for my first real travel experience – a trip to Denmark in 1965. You can read about that experience which includes my first […]
2020 Photos in Review
Let’s face it, I have been somewhat of a Grinch this Christmas. All over the internet everyone was writing ‘Merry Christmas’ and I was thinking “What’s so merry about it?” […]
Red & Green Poinsettias for Christmas
Poinsettia, Flor de Nochebuena, Cuetlaxóchitl – this beautiful plant has many names. Poinsettias are native to the tropical highlands of Mexico. In the wild they grow into 10-foot-high bushes with explosions of […]
Out in the Blue Hour in BC’s Okanogan, January 2020
Late last year my little camera took back control of the white balance settings – I used them all the time as its auto white balance was horrible, especially in […]
Searching for Wabi-Sabi in Japan
Tina of the Lens-Artists Challenge introduced me to a completely new word/concept this week: Wabi-sabi, the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection. When I thought back to the times […]
