I love bringing history back to life, I like to think that it infuses the amazing artistic talents of long ago with the modern creative aspirations of today. Keeping memories of eras and people of yesteryear alive and kicking in some way or another. I understand the appreciation of art is very personal and subjective
Read MoreI have to be honest I am more of a night owl, but when I was visiting Newquay, Devon with my mum and dad I did grab my camera and head off to the beach at around 7:00 a.m. There were only two other people who had the same idea, which was nice, as it
Read MoreFor this week’s Photo Challenge I used the obvious meaning of shadowed. This photo was taken on the beach at Burlington, Ontario. Here are some other great contributions: thoughts and entanglementsWeekly Photo Challenge Laura Gabrielle FeaseyThe End of the Line. MyBlogWeekly Photo Challenge: shadowed J. PicksWeekly Photo Challenge: Shadowed Ese’ s VoiceWeekly Photo Challenge: Shadowed Paintings
Read MoreThis weeks Photo Challenge is – a minimalist photo can also effectively tell a story, in spite of its relative simplicity, and it is anything but “plain”. This photo was taken in Instow, a small village in Devon. There were many boats sitting on the sand waiting for the tide to come in, but this
Read MoreWhat a great challenge this week… perspective. The beauty of photography is being able to capture and create different perspectives of the world; to show things in a different light. The above is not a great work of art, or photography for that matter (smiling), but it demonstrates how you could mistake this photo for
Read MoreI created a digital painting a few weeks ago which I called ‘Abandoned’ so I thought it was a natural choice for this week’s photo challenge. When I took this photo I remember thinking to myself, I bet you were once part of a magnificent tree, now here you are all by yourself, hence the
Read MoreThe beach is a fun place in the summer whether you are relaxing in the warm sun, cooling off in the water or enjoying all the fun activities from water sports to building sand castles. Whatever it is that takes you there, it is always a busy, exciting place to spend time, with all the
Read MoreI have just got back from a wonderful two-week vacation in England where I was visiting my parents. It was six years ago when I saw them last, when they visited Canada, so I thought it was about time. We spent a few days touring Cornwall and Devon as I was craving the smell of sea air and even though the
Read MoreThis photo was taken on the beach at Varadero, Cuba. It was an exceptionally hot day as we went in August, so if you weren’t in the water, you needed to be in the shade. It was a beautiful beach and if you look in the background you will see the beach bar hiding in the bushes.
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