my flower offering today, a yellow orchid
Posted: April 17, 2012 Filed under: flowers, still life photography | Tags: fine art photography, flower, Orchid, Orchidaceae, Phalaenopsis, Plant, telefora.com 4 Comments »
I remember a time when a orchids were rare in the stores and used for special occasion corsage. Your boyfriend would buy one for your graduation, or special members of the wedding party. Now they are everywhere! I bought a simple stem of yellow orchids at the grocery store for a few dollars. Varies types of potted orchids are available at the home handyman stores in varies sizes and prices. According to telefora.com the flower is a symbol of love, beauty, strength and luxury.
Using a sheer white background with a flash behind it, and a flash in front set 2 stops lower I was able to back light the flower and give it that dreamy feeling. Enjoy!
Dr. Sun Yat Sen Window
Posted: April 13, 2012 Filed under: black and white photography, Calgary Photographer, fine art photography | Tags: attractions, Calgary Fine Art Photographer, Canada, chinese garden, fine art photography, garden, Ming Dynasty, Sun Yat, Sun Yat Sen Chinese Gardens, Vancouver, Vancouver BC 13 Comments »
At the Sun Yat Sen Chinese Gardens in Vancouver, you will find garden walls and pavilions with beautiful screened windows. Inside the pavilion you will find, artifacts, paintings and displays that beautifully provide a glimpse into another culture. Here a mountain, inside beside a window looking out, as the room was dark it was difficult to show both the mountain and the exterior garden. I have both the colour and the black and white photo side by side because I can’t decide which one I like best.
The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chines Garden has been selected as one of Canada’s greatest places and is the first garden in the Ming Dynasty created outside of China, You can read the full article on line by clicking the link below.
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Jane’s Carousel, Brooklyn NY
Posted: February 24, 2012 Filed under: black and white photography, bridge, manhattan, new york city, places, street photography, travel | Tags: amusement rides, Brooklyn, brooklyn bridge, Brooklyn Roasting company, carousel, Carousel Ponies, East River, fine art photography, Jane, Jane's Carousel, memories, motion blur, New York City, places 1 Comment »
Another image of Jane’s Carousel, it was a rainy day in New York City, when we took the subway to Brooklyn and wandered the streets, our goal a little coffee shop that was recommended by a fellow blogger, called the Brooklyn Roasting Company and seeing Jane’s Carousel.
There is something magical about a carousel. Aside from the beauty and craftmanship of these historic gems, there is the craftsmanship that goes into restoring them. Maybe we remember the feeling of being a small child and riding the carousel and seeing our parents and or grandparents standing on the side waiting for us to come around and wave. Maybe it is as a parent or grandparent standing on the side and seeing the joy of the children as the see us and wave. There is magic and joy all around the carousel, and this one is no exception. The setting on the East River in view of the Brooklyn Bridge even on a rainy gray day is worth the walk, after all the coffee shop is just around the corner!
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Inspiration just out the front door
Posted: January 4, 2012 Filed under: Alberta, flowers, landscape photography, photography | Tags: Art, blue sky, bokeh, fine art photography, front door, Henri Cartier-Bresson, inspiration, inspiring, Jen, nature, nature light photography, photography, photos, red flowers, textures 13 Comments »
There is no closed figure in nature. Every shape participates with another. No one thing is independent of another, and one thing rhymes with another, and light gives them shape. – Henri Cartier-Bresson
The nature is a beautiful and inspiring place, and the world is filed with hopeful and gifted people. Photography and carrying my camera helps me to recognize that, to remain grateful. Each day I am inspired by the world around me and the people I meet, and those who take time to introduce themselves to me either through commenting on the blog, or through my regular day job! Henri Cartier-Bresson was talking about nature, but the same could be said of people.
I hope you have a fascinating and inspiring day.
Mime, Central Park NYC
Posted: September 12, 2011 Filed under: Calgary Photographer, fine art photography, new york city, people, photography, portraits, street photography | Tags: Central Park, Central Park Mime, fine art photography, Manhattan, Mime, New York, New York City, NYC, people, places, portrait photography, work, yellow bird 17 Comments »
Mimes are fascinating to watch – the detail in the costumes, the time for their make-up, then they stand very still, almost frozen in time, for a while. Yet they wait and watch the crowd watch them, then at the right moment interacting and entertaining the crowds. This lady was in New York City, Central Park, it was a cool afternoon, while the crowds didn’t stay long to enjoy her show, plenty of the onlookers rewarded her efforts.
I have been revisiting some of my old photos – cataloguing, keywording, organizing and editing as I move everything to a new hard drive! It has been fun revisiting the sites, the sounds and the smiles of the past and it is something I will continue to do periodically as time allows. I hope you enjoy my trip down memory lane.
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One photo; two ideas, two images.
Posted: July 28, 2011 Filed under: black and white photography, Calgary Photographer, fine art photography, photography | Tags: Butterfly, Dream, fine art photography, Key West Florida Butterfly Conservatory, Kim Klassen Cafe, Kim Klassen textures, textures 3 Comments »
Dream butterfly and lunch butterfly
I took the 2nd image shown here at the Butterfly Conservatory in Key West Florida.
I converted the images above to a black and white image and then worked in one of Kim Klassen’s textures.
I am not sure which one I like best.
I have enjoyed visiting the Kim Klassen Cafe, I have learned a lot, and I have been inspired.
If you are interested in learning more I would recommend checking out the site, there are lots of tutorials, samples and information
Upside Down and Backwards! Reflections and Life
Posted: July 18, 2011 Filed under: Alberta, Calgary Alberta, Calgary Photographer, fine art photography, flowers, landscape photography, photography, reflections, still life photography | Tags: Calgary Fine Art Photographer, fine art photography, flowers, glass balls, mirror image, perspective, philosophical view, reflections, upside down view 7 Comments »
I have this glass ball hanging in the garden on what looks like a spring, when the wind turns the spring it looks like the glass ball is moving up and down, it is an illusion! The glass ball also mirrors the world, but the image in it is upside down and backwards. It is, at least for me, quite fascinating to study the view and I was reminded again how things aren’t always as they seem, our personal perspective shapes what we see, and is shaped by how we look at things, and I should try to look at things from more that one perspective occasionally.
I hope your view is a good one!
Hummingbird, busy looking for lunch
Posted: July 13, 2011 Filed under: Calgary Alberta, Calgary Photographer, fine art photography, flowers, photography, places, travel, travel photography | Tags: bird photography, birds, Calgary Alberta, fine art photography, flowers, hummingbird, motion, pink flowers, speed Leave a comment »
Here is the little hummingbird one more time. To learn more about hummingbirds and some of the best places to see them head over to the “Talk about Wildlife” pages. according to them hummingbirds are in the Calgary area between Mother’s day and Fathers day, gone for a while and returning after the Calgary Stampede until Labour Day. I guess they like a quieter Calgary!!!! If you haven’t yet put a feeder out, you can put one out next week, one might pop by for a visit. If you are considering putting out a feeder there it would be a good idea to check out the website for helpful hints, and considerations. I hope you have as much fun as I have had watching them. Let me know if you spot any in your area.
Early Morning, Highway # 1, Alberta
Posted: June 10, 2011 Filed under: Alberta, Calgary Alberta, fine art photography, landscape photography, photography, places, sunrise, travel, travel photography | Tags: Alberta, fine art photography, Highway #1, landscape photography, Sunrise, telephone poles, Transcanada Highway 1 Comment »
Yes I do get up early enough to see the sunrise, at least occasionally. On this morning I was rewarded with the most amazing sky. Red sky in the morning,sailors warning! I think this is an orange sky, and I’m not a sailor, so I am going to go blindly forward believing that this is going to be a great day, having seen such a beautiful sky!
I hope you have a great day!
Mother’s Day Sunflower
Posted: May 9, 2011 Filed under: black and white, black and white photography, Calgary Alberta, fine art photography, flowers, macro photography | Tags: fine art photography, flowers, macro photography, Mother's Day, sunflower 5 Comments »
Yesterday was Mother’s Day, and it was wonderful. I got to spend part of the day with my family. One of our family traditions is to participate in the Forzani’s Mother’s Day Walk/Run. I think we have participated almost every year since about 1997, we did miss one year. Some years we have run, some we have walked, this year we walked!
After the run, we met up again for brunch, and the girls bought me flowers (amoung other things). This morning I photographed the Sunflower, and the beautiful delicate petals Read the rest of this entry »
