Quiet Day around English Bay, Vancouver BC
Posted: May 22, 2012 Filed under: black and white photography, flowers, landscape photography, places, travel, travel photography | Tags: black and white photography, English Bay, flowers, Vancouver BC 3 Comments »
Tulips, from the Innisfail Grower, Calgary Farmers Market
Posted: April 25, 2012 Filed under: Calgary Alberta, fine art photography, flowers, jmeyersforeman | Tags: Calgary, Calgary Farmers Market, flower, flowers, Haiku, poetry, spring, Tulip 5 Comments »
- Calgary Farmers’ Market now settled in new location (calgaryherald.com)
grand cayman,
Posted: February 5, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: fence, flowers, Grand Cayman, holiday, persective, travel, vanishing point 7 Comments »
along the walkway we spotted many quiet fences with plants trying to escape
white amaryllis diptich (Hippeastrum)
Posted: December 11, 2011 Filed under: black and white, black and white photography, Calgary Alberta, flowers, macro photography, photography, still life photography | Tags: Amaryllis, backlighting, black and white photo, black and white photography, Christmas, christmas flowers, christmas plants, diptych, flower, flowers, Hippeastrum, macro, macro lens, macro photography, texture 6 Comments »
The white Hippeastrum, commonly known as Amaryllis, that has been sitting on my dining room table has been blooming for a couple of weeks. I have finally taken a few minutes to photograph it, to try to capture the delicate beauty. Amaryllis means “to sparkle” in Greek, the flowering bulb has become almost as popular as the poinsettia to decorate our home. Photographed in front of the kitchen window, using a macro lens I was able to get a nice clean background, and the backlight helps to bring out the lines and texture.
Karen and Jon – 5th anniversary of their first date!
Posted: October 6, 2011 Filed under: black and white photography, Calgary wedding photography, people, photography, weddings | Tags: anniversary, black and white photography, Calgary Alberta, Candy, flowers, Jolly Rancher, jolly rancher candy, jon, Karen, Karen and Jon, memories, photography, Relationships, st. patrick's church, wedding details, wedding dress, wedding photography, Weddings 1 Comment »
In a wedding that truly reflected their personalities and their style Karen and Jon were married on the 5th anniversary of their first date! Karen and Jon were married at St. Patrick’s Church where Jon attends service regularly, and Karen worn her mothers wedding dress, just slightly altered. And then there was the candy – jolly rancher candy, something they shared on their first date, and when Jon proposed to Karen he hid the ring in the candy for her to find!
I remember meeting Karen and Jon to talk about their wedding, and first hearing their story, and of these details. As they recounted them they would often look at each other and smile. These details have meaning for them, the memories and the feelings that go with these memories are part of their story, and bind them together. May they continue to add detail, happy memories and stories like this to their life together, that is my wish for them.
Fall Flowers on Nosehill Park, Calgary Alberta
Posted: September 14, 2011 Filed under: Calgary Alberta, Calgary Photographer, flowers, macro photography | Tags: autumn, autumn quote, fall, flowers, macro photography, nosehill park, purple flowers 10 Comments »
“Autumn is a season followed immediately by looking forward to Spring.”
- Anonymous
Fall has arrived in Calgary, it has been cool the last couple of days, but I hear that it is going to warm up. Walking on Nosehill Park, and you can see the grass going golden, the leaves on the shrubs chaging color, and the flowers setting their seeds. I am not sure what kind of flower this is, but it does have an intersting seed pod, and a pretty color. Every season has it’s beauty and we are lucky to live so close to such a great park. If you know what the flower is, let me know!
Saturday with friends……
Posted: August 14, 2011 Filed under: Calgary Alberta, flowers, photography | Tags: flowers, friends, moroccan tea light, vase 3 Comments »
Saturday afternoon was spent with family and friends – siting on the back deck painting “Moroccan tea lights” visiting and catching up with everyone’s news! It was a great way to spend what was a lovely afternoon, the weather could not have been better. I decided that my “tea light” made a great little vase, flowers provided by my wonderful husband!
Beautiful Bleeding Heart Flowers……
Posted: August 11, 2011 Filed under: Calgary Photographer, fine art photography, flowers, macro photography, photography | Tags: bleeding heart flowers, Cinderella, flowers, Oscar Hammerstein II, postaday2011 wordpress challenge, Richard Rodgers, tinted b&w Leave a comment »
Do I love you because you’re beautiful,
Or are you beautiful because I love you?
~Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Cinderella
One of my favorite flowers, but I have been unsuccessful at growing them in my current residence. I have been told that they are a hardy perennial, a favorite in shade gardens, and I have plenty of shade in my back yard near the deck. I don’t know what it is, but I am having no luck. So I think I am done trying and next year I will do what I have done the past couple of years and photograph in other gardens!
Bleeding hearts flowers 2
Posted: August 10, 2011 Filed under: Calgary Photographer, fine art photography, flowers, macro photography | Tags: bleeding heart flowers, flowers, Judy Garland, photography, postaday2011 wordpress challenge Leave a comment »
It was not into my ear you wispered but into my heart, it was into my lips you kissed but my soul.
Judy Garland
No there is nothing especially romantic going on in my life right now, but I have been working on some bleeding heart photos, trying different styles, and finishes, seeing what appeals to me and checking to see what feedback I might get. It seemed appropriate, at least to me, that this image was accompanied by a romantic quote.
Judy Garland is also credited with saying, that it is better to be a first rate version of yourself then a second rate version of someone else. Advise I hear from time to time, as others suggest we work on our own personal style; our work is or should be a reflection of who we are, not a copy of someone we admire. That said, art and photography students are encouraged to study the masters; learn from the masters; by trying to replicate their work we learn and grown, and find our own style.
So I study, I experiment, and I learn…….
Colors – weekly photo challenge – flowers
Posted: August 10, 2011 Filed under: Calgary Photographer, fine art photography, flowers, photography | Tags: abstract, colors, flowers, Marc Chagall, postaday2011 wordpress challenge, purple, tulips, yellow 15 Comments »
All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites. ~Marc Chagall
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