The title of this post is the opening line of a poem, “The Red Wheelbarrow,” by William Carlos Williams. It came to mind the other day when I saw the same line under a picture in one of our Toronto newspapers, either the Globe and Mail or the Toronto Star. We get both – it’s […]
I love stamps. Unfortunately I don’t collect them. I often tear them off envelopes and collect them in another envelope and then manage to lose that envelope. I have had albums before, but I always found them messy, with packets of stamps that had little of anything interesting about them. I do remember that the
The photography group that I am in and out of these days is doing an exercise on the ordinary. Ordinary is what happens daily. It’s the extraordinary that takes work. However, photographers do ordinary very well, and some make it extraordinary, without a lot of effort. I have written before about photographers who have literally
The first movie I watched on our new flat screen “Smart TV” (were all the other ones dumb?) – was “Finding Vivian Maier.” I have been fascinated by her photography since 2011, the first time I read an article about the auctioning of all her undeveloped film. In fact I wrote a post on it
I took a photo walk today in the cemetery. Since I’m leading a photo hike on a retreat this weekend, I thought that I would try to get some pictures which follow the basic rules of photography. I managed to find examples of two of them. Framing: I love this tree. It reminds me of
This morning, in the Toronto Star, was a wonderful article about a photography artist, Elaine Waisglass, whose exhibit, The Beauty of Life, is on display for the next few weeks at the Roberts Gallery. The article first outlines Ms Waisglass’ long career in the arts from OCAD – Ontario College of Art and Design, through script
On one of my walks through the cemetery last week, I took some pictures. It was a brilliantly sunny day, so the trees cast some amazing shadows. I happen to love shadows. They often say more than the actual structure that’s casting the shadow. Here they are – I particularly liked this one because it
I have always looked out of windows. In fact I wish I had a collection of all the places I have been and the pictures from those windows. There is something very simple and yet profound about recording the here and now, as you contemplate the world from your window on it. Mashable posted a
Often I write about not having an idea for a post, however, I generally end up putting together a paragraph or two – go figure. The other day I posted about having too many ideas for just one post and listed them. So now, when I am going through a dry period, I pop back
I just found another photo-sharing site – imgur.com. The pictures are really funny and don’t require professional photography skills – just a sense of humour. I have tried posting in a few on-line photography collections that actually made your photographs available for sale. Needless to say, I have not sold one of mine. Maybe this
