Painted Petals
By Stéfan.
One of the satisfying part of scouting for photos is stumbling on a great location and seeing plenty of appeal. What is even more satisfying is finding great visual stimulation of a sort you were not expecting – like finding painted petals.
Stand Up Straight and Tall
By Stéfan.
How does that song go… “I stand up straight and tall…” Let’s see… “I never bend at all…” Whistle, whistle, whistle.
What Is That?
Some things need a good long look before you can make any sense of what they are, what they are saying, or what they are depicting. You know… things that make you ask: what is that?
Very Old Things
Very old things can make you think. Consider the fact that very old things were crafted by hand several generations ago. Is this one reason for the appeal of old things?
Burning the Midnight Oil
During a midnight photography outing, storefront windows provided dim scenes in which lights, shades and fixtures took turns being subjects. Wait a minute… this smells like one big idiom.
Boat Names
By Stéfan.
Boat names come in all sorts of flavours. We could climb aboard the Mariposa Belle. We could join the crew of the Empire Sandy. Or, we could go back in time with Captain Matthew Flinders.
The Power of Bricks
Written by Stéfan.
Have you ever noticed how anything placed near a brick wall looks good? It appears to be a surprising ability that brick possess. Where, oh where do bricks get this power?
Such a Character
By Stéfan.
We all have them in our lives… characters. These are people who are idiosyncratic, or similar to well-known or archetypal characters. To think about it, we ourselves might be characters in others’ minds.
Bird Story
Written by Stéfan.
To introduce today’s post on birds, I wanted to recount a story about an exclusive bird auction I once attended. It ended up being very exciting.
