CBWC: Half of Anything I took this first picture this morning while the coffee was brewing. I had forgotten that this challenge was waiting. Some part of my brain must have remembered because I decided this needed to be done in… Read More ›
black & white photography
BLACK & WHITE PATTERNS
CBWC: Patterns Mostly, it’s architecture that form patterns for me, but sometimes trees and even flowers can do it too.
MEETING ALFRED EISENSTADT
In the early 1990s, Garry did a feature about Alfred Eisenstadt and Lois Maillou Jones, both of whom lived on the Vineyard and had been given Presidential Medals of Honor for their work. We became friends with both artists. Eisenstadt was… Read More ›
DARK AND STORMY NIGHT
It was a dark and stormy night when the power went out. Somehow, I knew the first storm would knock down the line. Why can’t National Grid take care of business before it becomes an emergency.? There’s at least one… Read More ›
RESTORING THE UNITARIAN CHURCH
CBWC: People at Work Ever since we moved into this town, we have watched how the Unitarian Church has stood there getting older and more worn out. I kept asking why we didn’t just use the property as a small museum… Read More ›
CBWC – BIG, BIGGER, BIGGEST
CBWC: Large Subjects Large subjects. Large is relative. If you are an ant, I’m sure everything is large, but if you are an office building, only a bigger office building can beat you. Or a dinosaur.
REFLECTIONS & MIRRORS IN BLACK & WHITE
CBWC: Reflections and Mirrors I haven’t taken a lot of pictures of mirrors, but there’s a lot of reflection in windows, lakes, and rivers.
CBWC: FIELDS AND LANDSCAPES IN BLACK & WHITE – GARRY ARMSTRONG
CBWC: Fields and Landscapes It was the last sunny day for weeks to come, though to be fair, we had no way of knowing it. I’m just glad we went out and actually took pictures because it was going to be… Read More ›
GEOMETRY IN BLACK & WHITE
CBWC: Any Kind of Geometrical Shape A lot of my favorite architecture and other geometric pictures were taken in black and white. Somehow, black and white seems to work best for anything blocky and especially with sharp edges.
FLOWERS IN LIVING BLACK AND WHITE
CBWC: Flowers I have to admit having a personal preference for flowers in color rather than black and white. To me, the essence of flowers is color, but I’ll give it a try. Maybe orchids since they are more “form”… Read More ›
OLD STUFF IN BLACK AND WHITE
A Photo a Week Challenge: Weathered Photographers love old rusty vehicles and old weathered wood. I have an old tractor that’s a favorite piece for photography. I consider it art. Other people consider it trash. Not everyone thinks my aging tractor… Read More ›
MYRON HEALY WANTS A DRINK
CBWC: Faces In Things In this case, the faces were in our television. My husband is not merely a movie maven. He is also seriously hooked on old western movies and television shows. This was an old episode of Cheyenne. Made… Read More ›
Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth 