photography

“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” ~ Dorothea Lange How to see, or what do you see? Thursday’s post contained the other …

“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know”. One of the things that being a photographer does is it changes how …

“We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.” ~ Marilyn Monroe Christmas tree lights and long exposure photography really are best friends. It has taken me a …

“I am forever chasing light. Light turns the ordinary into the magical.” ~ Trent Parke If ever there was an image that I have taken which fits this quote I …

“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”~ Henri Cartier-Bresson I have no idea how many images I have taken over the the years but there are over 3500 images in …

The spirit-world around this world of senseFloats like an atmosphere, and everywhereWafts through these earthly mists and vapours denseA vital breath of more ethereal air.~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow When I …

“Abstract art is not the creation of another reality but the true vision of reality.” ~ Piet Mondrian Last year we had a little trip away to Sussex with my …

“Hotel rooms inhabit a separate moral universe.” ~ Tom Stoppard I love a hotel room (Air BnB places count too) There is something about the whole thing that is just …

“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and …

“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.” – Aaron …

O is for Outside and let’s get naked in the woods Back to nature, just human natureGetting on back toI think I’m done with the sofaI think I’m done with …

“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson It’s Thursday which means it is …

“Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.” ~ Ambrose Bierce As has become tradition during February Photofest Thursdays are Throwback Thursday where I take an image …

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” ~ Douglas Adams This is my 500th Sinful …

“Won’t you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.” ~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan Last week I posted Soft Side which was the second image in …