I just love patterns, both in nature and man-made. I'll often photograph a chair with an interesting upholstery pattern, or even a piece of furniture, like the bench below. I spotted this on a walk through downtown Bellevue, Washington last week. It's remarkable how you can actually bend slices of wood into undulations not normally …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #296: Abstract
Hello, everyone. This week's challenge is going to be great fun for me, as I am always in the habit of looking both up and down for good photos. It's amazing what you can spot, if you look down around your knees. We have been some places recently that had beautiful flower containers on the …
I think one of the original lessons I learned from the professional photographers who follow me (and who I follow) is to "home in" on your subject. That has taught me to look very closely at possible subjects, and try to eliminate extraneous details that might detract from the subject. My followers will know that …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #275: Filling the Frame
What is an edge? It divides two things, or two places, from each other. Sometimes, it can divide people from each other, too. Like the term "edgy", which has come to mean something that might be too vulgar, or modern, for some people. The "water's edge", or the beach, delineates the land from the water. …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #269: On the Edge
I have always liked to take photos of simple scenes, since I do most of my photography outdoors. On our way out to dinner this evening, I looked up and found the most beautiful sky, covered with the puffy white clouds you often see in stock photos. Right above our heads! And the tree in …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #257: Simplicity
This week's topic is tailor-made for me. On my computer, I have an album dedicated to photos of clouds. Here in the Pacific Northwest, the sky is as apt to be covered with gray clouds all winter, and they are never the same one minute to the next. But when Spring arrives and the gray …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #250: Skyscapes/Cloudscapes
I'm no professional photographer at all, but I do love to snap pictures with my iPhone camera everywhere I go. My most common subject is landscapes, with a preference for rolling hills, mountains, and water. Now, the last week of February, we flew down to Indian Wells, California, for a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar, …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #240: The Photo Road Most Traveled
This week, Tina has sent us on a guided treasure hunt, with a list of subjects to capture with our cameras. I think I can find them all. Here we go! First on the list is A Pet. My readers will all know that I have a profusion of photos of our pet (owner), Kikyo …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #219: A Treasure Hunt
To start with, these favorite finds are all from this month of August, 2022. I have a great liking for clouds, and I keep an album on my computer of just cloud photos. I was impressed with these wispy clouds around Colonial Peak in the North Cascades, when we visited the Diablo Lake Overlook on …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #214: Favorite Finds
Every Picture Tells a Story. Ominous cloud, southern Idaho 2022 Rainbow, Skagit Valley 2022 After the storm, Mammoth Lakes, California, 2009 Here's the Link to Terri's Original Post.
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